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Internet Explorer

Make Google As Default Search Engine in Internet Explorer 11

October 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 comes with only one search engine that too as default, that is Bing. You can add any other search provider like Google or Yahoo from Internet Explorer galley site and make […]

Posted in: Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks
WebP image being displayed in Sumatra PDF

Open and View Google’s WebP Images in Sumatra PDF Reader

October 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
WebP image being displayed in Sumatra PDF

Sumatra PDF adds support for WebP images. Till now you can able to view Webp images natively in Windows through Windows Photos Viewer, but for that you need to install codec provided by Google. FYI, you can still see WebP […]

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News

Prevent Google From showing your Profile name and Photo in their Ads

October 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Don’t want Google to show your profile photo and name in their ads?. Google has updated their terms of service with three changes and one important change related to users is with effect from Nov 11, 2013 onwards is Search […]

Posted in: News, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Remove CCleaner Options from Recycle Bin’s Context Menu

October 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you install CCleaner on your computer, it adds two options- “Run CCleaner” and “Open CCleaner”- to Recycle Bin’s context menu. If you forget to uncheck those during install on setup dialog, you can still remove them by visiting CCleaner […]

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How to
Move to Dropbox context menu item

How to Remove “Move to Dropbox” from Context Menu in Windows

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Move to Dropbox context menu item

Don’t want Move to Dropbox Context Menu entry? here is how to remove it. Yesterday Dropbox 2.4 has been released with Screenshot sharing feature, it also adds Move to Dropbox option to context menu for files or folders, which appears […]

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Google Chrome
Experimental Chrome App Launcher

All About Chrome App Launcher: How to Enable it, Pin to Taskbar and Remove It

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Experimental Chrome App Launcher

You’re just one app away from getting Chrome App Launcher on Windows. When you install a new app from Chrome Web Store,  you’ll have the option to get App Launcher. When you sign into your Google Account, you can start […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks
How to

AVG 2014: How to Remove “Permanently Shred with AVG” Option from Context Menu

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

How to Remove AVG 2014’s File Shredder options from Windows Context menu. With AVG 2014, AVG Technologies has introduced File Shredder feature, you can see its option on File and folder context menus in Windows. Selecting this option permanently and […]

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How to
WinRAR 5 Archive dialog

How to Create, Open and Identify RAR 5 Archive File

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 3 Comments
WinRAR 5 Archive dialog

Not figured out how to create RAR 5 archive?, or don’t know how to open it when you got one through email and how about recognizing it on your computer, this article is here to help you. After going through […]

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Firefox
Firefox asks to activate plugin

Firefox 26+: How to Set a Particular Plugin to “Always Activate” or “Never Activate” State

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox asks to activate plugin

You can permanently activate or disable a plugin in Firefox. Till now except for Plugins like Java that have vulnerabilities and outdated versions of Flash Mozilla applies click to play blocklisted plugins, remaining all plugins in Firefox are automatically loaded […]

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How to

How to Disable opera_crashreporter.exe?

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Know how to stop crashreporter process of Opera from running. Have you noticed opera_crashreporter.exe process appears always running on Task Manager under Processes tab when Opera based Chromium is open. Its really annoying, instead Opera Crash Reporter should be running […]

Posted in: How to, Opera, Tips and Tricks
Google Chrome
Using Guest Browsing in Chrome

How to Get Chromebook’s Guest Browsing in Google Chrome?

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Using Guest Browsing in Chrome

For Chromebook users Google offers Guest Browsing option which is similar to Incognito mode doesn’t saves browsing history when you close all open Guest windows, however all the files you downloaded will be preserved. Guest Browsing is enabled by default […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks
How to
Uninstalling Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 7

How to Uninstall IE11 on Windows 7 that restores Previous Version to IE10/IE9/IE8

September 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Uninstalling Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 7

Downgrading to IE10 or IE9 or IE8 from IE11 is easy. Yesterday, Microsoft has released Release Preview for Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7, this will be last Preview version and final version will be released this fall. If you’ve […]

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