Tags : Mozilla Firefox, Google Shortcuts

August 27, 2010

Google is the internet giant company offering dozens of free services like e-mail, search engine, bookmarks and many others. If you do not want to manually type the address for each service, each time you use it, then Google Shortcuts add-on is for you. Using this add-on in Firefox you can access all the Google services with the click of a mouse button. Read more...

Tags : Google Chrome, Cookies

August 27, 2010

Most of the web sites store data on your web browser called cookies. Some of these cookies are good, but others store data on your computer in order to track down your browser behavior. Most of these tracking cookies are third-party cookies. Read more...

Tags : Windows Vista, Shortcuts

August 26, 2010

By default, the shortcut icons shown on the desktop in Windows Vista have an arrow overlay over them. If you do not like this arrow, you can follow a workaround to disable it. Here is how to disable this arrow. Read more...

Tags : Mozilla Firefox, Profiles

August 26, 2010

If your Firefox is acting sluggish or hanging up, then you may want to create a new profile. When you create a new profile and run Firefox using this new profile, it is like you have installed Firefox afresh. Here is how to create a new Firefox profile. Read more...

Tags : Mozilla Firefox, Cookies

August 26, 2010

Some web sites store data on your computer in form of cookies. While most of these cookies are good, some of them store data on your computer in order to track down your browser behavior. Most of these tracking cookies are third-party cookies. You can easily block these third party cookies in Mozilla Firefox. Read more...

Tags : Mozilla Firefox, VirusTotal add-on, VTZilla

August 25, 2010

If you are suspicious if a file or web page is infected with a virus, then you can scan it using VirusTotal. The free VirusScan service can scan a file with a multitude of anti-virus engines and display the results. Now an add-on for scanning files and web pages using VirusTotal, called VTZilla, is available for Firefox. Read more...

Tags : Windows 7, Transparent Menus

August 25, 2010

If you are tired of the boring menus in Windows 7, you may want to add extra bling in them. Now you can make the menus transparent and even skin them using a little tool called Moo0 Transparent Menu. Read more...

Tags : Windows 7, Lock Keyboard

August 25, 2010

You just finished your important report, left your computer for a minute and when you came back your little cute kid is has randomly pressed the Del key to delete the whole report! What a nightmare! You do not have to worry about this kind of situation, if you have installed Kid-Key-Lock. Read more...

Tags : Windows Vista, Change Registered Username

August 24, 2010

If you have entered wrong user name and organization name when installing Windows, do not worry, you can change it anytime you want. Same applies if you have bought an older computer and the owner name and organization is set to different. Read more...

Tags : Windows Vista, Notification Area

August 24, 2010

Some programs show their icon in the system tray - called the notification area. Whenever a program shows its icon the icon and program is registered by Windows. Even after that program is deleted or uninstalled, it remains in the notification area list of programs. Read more...