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Tips and Tricks

Enable Public Folder for New Dropbox Accounts

October 8, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Public folder in Dropbox accounts allows users to drop files to the folder and share the generated link with the public (even they don’t … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: cloud storage, Dropbox
How to

How to Update Avira Manually With Fusebundle Generator

September 12, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

We’ve written a post two years back on how to update Avira offline, a manual update method used to work till Avira 2010 or … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Avira, Fusebundle generator, manual update
Google Chrome

Is it Possible to Remove Chrome Remote Desktop Viewer Plugin from Chrome?

August 12, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

If you’ve noticed Chrome Remote Desktop Viewer plugin in Chrome:plugins page, don’t think you’ve installed Chrome Remote Desktop extension in the past and the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Chrome Remote Desktop, plugin
How to

How to Deactivate and Uninstall Office 2013 from Your Computer

July 27, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Few days back, Microsoft has released Consumer Preview of Office 2013 for public testing and if you don’t know- Office 2013, or office 15 … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, MS Office, Tips and Tricks Tagged: deactivation, Office 2013, uninstall
Google Chrome

How to Remove Plugins from Chrome

July 23, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Plugins like Flash, Remoting Viewer, Native Client, Chrome PDF Viewer are enabled by default in Chrome, when we install Silverlight, Java and third-party PDF … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Security, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Chrome, Java, plugins
Firefox

“Tabs on Top” option Removed in Firefox 15 & Here is how to Bring Tabs on Bottom Again

July 19, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

What’s the tab position in your Firefox? are “Tabs on Top” or on bottom? by default from Firefox 4 onwards Mozilla puts Tabs on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Tabs on Top
MS Office

Office 2013 Consumer Preview Expiration Date?

July 17, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

By this time you might have heard the news about public release of Office 2013 consumer Preview, have you installed Office 15 beta on … [Read more…]

Posted in: MS Office, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Expiry date, Microsoft, Office 15, Office 2013
Freeware
Run commands, CMD and PowerShell on a Windows command line

Win+R Alias Manager: create aliases for apps in Windows to quickly launch from Run command

July 15, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu
Run commands, CMD and PowerShell on a Windows command line

The Run box (Win+R) is one of the fastest ways to start a program in Windows. Type notepad or mspaint and press Enter. That … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, Tips and Tricks, Windows
Freeware

Classic Shell Now Skips The Metro Screen on Startup and Boots You Directly on to Windows 8 Desktop

July 1, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Two annoyances in Windows 8 are Metro Start screen and user will be taken to start screen instead of desktop after startup, there are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Classic Shell, desktop, Metro Start Menu, Windows 8
Firefox
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

How to disable Flash Player’s protected mode for Firefox

June 15, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Adobe added a sandbox called protected mode to Flash Player for Firefox on Windows in June 2012. It made Flash harder to exploit, but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Security, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

How to Disable URL Autocomplete in Firefox 14 Address bar

June 11, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Firefox address bar aka awesome bar starts to show suggestions in a drop down menu when you start typing, you can then select any … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Firefox 14, URL Autocomplete
How to

How to Enable WebGL in Opera 44+ [Updated]

June 8, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Today Opera has released first release candidate of Opera 12 and we’re assuming final to land soon by tomorrow or on Monday, we came … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Opera, Tips and Tricks Tagged: enable, hardware acceleration, Opera 12, WebGL
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