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222 articles

Google Chrome

Bookmarking Star missing in Chrome Omnibox [Fix]

March 16, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Not finding the star icon to bookmark pages in Chrome omnibox? Your profile might have corrupted, the fix is simple:you need to create a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
AVGIDSAgent service could not be deleted error

[Fix] AVG Uninstall Fails with error Service ‘AVGIDSAgent’ could not be deleted

March 3, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
AVGIDSAgent service could not be deleted error

When you try to uninstall AVG free antivirus with Identity Protection Service installed, its uninstallation fails and an error dialog will be displayed on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Firefox

Fix: Enable E10s (multi-process) (disabled: An accessibility tool is active)

February 19, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’ve enabled Electrolysis aka e10s or Mozilla done that for Firefox Nightly on your computer, have you spotted that? If you use Screen … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Troubleshooting
Google Chrome

Fix Chrome Web Store Shows ‘This application is not supported on this computer..’ Error

February 13, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you visit an extension page in Chrome browser on the Web Store in Windows 8 or Windows 10 (Tech Preview), extension page shows … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Select always allowed for IDM plugin in Chrome

[Fix] IDM is not showing ‘Download this video’ Panel in Chrome

February 11, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Select always allowed for IDM plugin in Chrome

Whenever you play a video on YouTube, IDM shows a ‘Download this video’ button – this is called download panel-you can click on it … [Read more…]

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Troubleshooting

Fix Avast uninstall stuck at creating system restore point?

December 15, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you try to uninstall Avast from your computer, uninstall process starts, but it gets stuck at creating system restore point, this may take … [Read more…]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
News

Fix: Can’t Install KB3020114 Explorer Crash Patch in Windows 10

December 5, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Those who’ve upgraded to or using Windows 10 Preview build number 9879 are  experiencing frequent crashes with the Explorer, Microsoft has released a fix … [Read more…]

Posted in: News, Troubleshooting
How to

How to Restore the missing volume icon in the notification area?

November 10, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Volume or sound icon not appearing in the notification area? Here is how to bring it back. This article has got you covered even when the system icon behavio…

Posted in: How to, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting

Fix Google Drive’s Uninstall Error: ‘ Another application has exclusive access to the file..’

November 1, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you try to uninstall Google Drive from your computer, you may get an error dialog like this:  ‘Another application has exclusive access to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Firefox

Fix: Firefox crashes due to Avast 2015 [Updated]

October 27, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recently released Avast Antivirus Free 2015 not playing well at all with Firefox, whenever you try to close or Exit Firefox, it crashes, the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting

Fix Panda Free Antivirus Installation’s ‘Incompatible program detected’ Error

October 19, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’ve failed to uninstall Panda Free Antivirus or  the previous Panda Cloud Antivirus version from Control Panel’s Programs and Features on your computer … [Read more…]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Security

Fix Malwarebytes ‘Malicious Website Protection disabled..’ Error

October 15, 2014 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

For the last two days, on startup of the computer, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware premium started showing a notification: ‘Protection Disabled one or more components protection … [Read more…]

Posted in: Security, Troubleshooting
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