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Firefox Picture in Picture subtitles and Captions with large medium and small font size

How to change Font size of Firefox Picture in Picture Subtitles or Captions

April 29, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox Picture in Picture subtitles and Captions with large medium and small font size

Here is how you can increase or decrease or set Firefox Picture in Picture Subtitles and Captions font size to large or small.

Posted in: Firefox, How to, News, Tips and Tricks
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Surprise! Windows 11 makes it way too easier to set default browser now

March 29, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Want to set the default browser in Windows 11? It’s damn easy in the stable build 22000.593 or later, here is how you can do that right now.

Posted in: News, Tips and Tricks, Windows 11
How to

Windows 11 now allows insiders switch from Dev to beta channel

March 24, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

At last, Microsoft allows Windows 11 insiders to switch to beta channel from Dev w/ build 22581. Here’s how to switch in time-limited window offered by MS.

Posted in: How to, News, Tips and Tricks, Windows 11
How to
Search highlights Windows 11

How to disable ‘Search Highlights’ in Windows 11 & Windows 10

March 17, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Search highlights Windows 11

Windows 11 and Windows 10 getting updated Search experience w/ interesting moments in time. Here’s how you can disable the search highlights feature.

Posted in: How to, News, Tips and Tricks, Windows 11
How to
Office Sidebar in Microsoft Edge

How to enable or disable Office Sidebar in Microsoft Edge

March 11, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Office Sidebar in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft has quietly added Office Sidebar to Microsoft Edge stable. It provides shortcuts for Microsoft 365 Apps, here’s how you can enable or disable it.

Posted in: How to, Microsoft Edge, News, Tips and Tricks
How to

Finally! Windows 11 gets Tabs Support for File Explorer, how to Enable

March 10, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Microsoft has added much wanted support for Tabs to File Explorer in Windows 11 build 22572 here is how you can enable it right now.

Posted in: How to, News, Tips and Tricks, Windows 11
How to
Add list of sites for automatic Profile switching in Microsoft Edge

How to manually add sites to automatically switch Profiles in Microsoft Edge

March 5, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Add list of sites for automatic Profile switching in Microsoft Edge

Using multiple profiles in Microsoft Edge? Starting version 99, Edge allows to add a list of sites for automatic Profile Switching, here’s how to do that.

Posted in: How to, Microsoft Edge, News, Tips and Tricks
How to
Windows 11 old and new open with dialogs side by side dark mode

How to enable new redesigned “Open with dialog” in Windows 11

March 3, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Windows 11 old and new open with dialogs side by side dark mode

Windows 11’s Open with dialog gets a redesign in build 22567, the feature is still rolling outl, here is how you can enable it right now.

Posted in: How to, News, Tips and Tricks, Windows 11
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How to make Windows 11’s Win+X menu to work without crashing Explorer

February 26, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Pressing Win+X or right-clicking on the start button on the taskbar in Windows 11 build 22563.1 triggers an Explorer crash, here is how to fix the issue,

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows 11
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How to create a Custom Primary Password in Microsoft Edge

February 26, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Apart from Device credential authentication, Microsoft Edge now lets you set custom Primary Password like Firefox to autofill saved Passwords on websites

Posted in: How to, Microsoft Edge, News, Tips and Tricks
How to
Old App picker interface Windows 11

How to enable new App Picker on Windows 11

February 25, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Old App picker interface Windows 11

Microsoft has quietly updated the open with or choose app to open with dialog aka App Picker Ui in Windows 11, here is how you can enable it.

Posted in: How to, News, Tips and Tricks, Windows 11
How to

How to get rid of ‘System requirements not met’ watermark on Windows 11 Unsupported PCs

February 24, 2022 by Venkat Eswarlu 5 Comments

Don’t worry if your PC is unsupported for Windows 11 and shows a “System requirements not met” watermark on the desktop and settings app, you can easily remove it.

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Windows 11
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