- Show Control Panel as a menu in Windows XPTags : Windows XP, Control PanelJuly 12, 2010The Control Panel in the modern Start Menu of Windows XP is shown as a link. But if you want to show it as an expandable menu, then you can do so very easily. This way you can select a Control Panel item right from the Start Menu. Read more...
- Toggle Control Panel view in Windows XPTags : Windows XP, Control PanelJuly 12, 2010Windows XP Control Panel has two views - category and classic. The category view lists items grouped according to their behavior or functionality. The classic view lists all the items in the same window. You can toggle between the two views easily. Read more...
- Enable Task Manager in Windows 7Tags : Windows 7, Task ManagerJuly 11, 2010You may have the Task Manager disabled in your Windows 7 installation. This may be because of many reasons. For example, a malware can infect and disable the task manager in your Windows 7 installation. But you can easily enable it again. Read more...
- Change menu font size in FirefoxTags : Mozilla Firefox, Change font sizeJuly 11, 2010If you find the menu font size in Mozilla Firefox and you think it is hard to read then you can make it larger. This can be done easily using the Firefox add-on Theme Font Size Changer. Read more...
- Toggle tabs on top or below navigation bar in Firefox 4Tags : Mozilla Firefox 4, Tabs on TopJuly 10, 2010Mozilla Firefox version 4 has a look similar to Google Chrome with tabs being shown on top by default. But you can toggle if you want to see the tabs on the top of the window or below the navigation bar. Read more...
- Set an HTTP proxy server in FirefoxTags : Mozilla Firefox, Proxy ServerJuly 10, 2010A proxy server is a middle-man server through which you connect to the site you want to visit. Thus you can surf the site of your choice without revealing your IP address. Your ISP, if logs the sites you visit, would only log the proxy server site and not the actual site. You become hidden behind the proxy server. The HTTP proxy server can only be used to browse web sites. You can easily set an HTTP proxy server in Firefox. Read more...
- Disable plugin-container.exe in FirefoxTags : Mozilla Firefox, Plugin ContainerJuly 09, 2010Starting from the version 3.64, Mozilla Firefox starts a separate process for plugins like Adobe Flash, Adobe Air etc. so that if these plugins crash they crash in a separate process. This avoids the main browser process not to crash along with the plugins. The separate process is started using the binary file plugin-container.exe. If you do not like the idea, you can stop this. Read more...
- Disable highlighting new programs in Start Menu of Windows 7Tags : Windows 7, Start MenuJuly 08, 2010Windows 7 highlights newly installed programs in the Start Menu using pale yellow color. This can be useful feature to instantly know where your newly installed program\'s shortcuts are but you can disable it if you want to. Read more...
- View system information in Windows 7Tags : Windows 7, System InformationJuly 08, 2010Did you want to find out about your computer system more? Windows 7 has an in-built tool, msinfo32, which can show you all the information including hardware, software, peripheral components etc. This is how you can run msinfo32 and view your system information. Read more...
- Remove Help from Start Menu in Windows 7Tags : Windows 7, Start MenuJuly 07, 2010Windows 7 shows a shortcut for Help and Support in the Start Menu. This is pretty useless because whenever you need Windows help, you can always press the key F1 on your keyboard to bring up the Help and Support window. You can remove the Help and Support shortcut from the Windows 7 start menu to free up the space in Start Menu. Read more...
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