If you have a smaller screen like on a netbook and want to put many icons on your desktop, then you can decrease space between two icons. On the other hand, if you have a big screen, then you can increase space between two icons on your desktop, to make it look more tidy.
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Set a browser as your default browser
If you have installed more than one web browser on your computer you can set any one of them as your default browser. This article details how to set Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox and Chrome as your default browser. But instructions are same for any other browsers.
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Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the next-generation Internet Protocol version designated as the successor to IPv4. Although the older version IPv4 is still being used dominantly on most of the networks, yet many new organizations have started to adopt to the latest IPv6.
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Sometimes a software associates a some files types with itself and it becomes very irritating. Its not an easy job to unassociate the file types from that software manually. But now you can use a utility that you can use to easily unassociate files types.
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Every web browser uses user agent strings to have itself identified. The web servers request these strings to find out if it is Internet Explorer, Opera or Mozilla Firefox etc. The user agent strings are built inside the browser. But in Mozilla Firefox you can spoof the user agent strings.
Read moreRemoving password from a user account in Windows 7
On the Windows logon screen, a user has to enter a username and password. If you are an administrator and a user has forgotten his/her account’s password, you may want to remove his/her password to let that user logon again. This article tells you how to remove password from a user account in Windows 7.
Read moreControl Windows 7 Firewall
Although Windows 7 comes with a built-in firewall, it does not provide you with as many control features as a commercial firewall does. In addition, Windows firewall allows all the Microsoft programs, by default. But now you can control which programs Windows 7 gives network access and which kind of access is to be granted.
Read moreHow to Disable Automatic Activation in Windows 7
When you install Windows 7 without supplying any license key, it installs in trial mode. In this mode you can use Windows 7 for upto 30 days without activation. In this trial period, Windows 7 keeps you bombarding with Activation message whenever you go online. If you feel annoyed by this message you can disable it following these steps.
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After installing Windows Live Messenger in Windows 7, it is set to auto run at the Windows logon. If you do not like this, then you can disable Windows Live Messenger from starting up at Windows logon
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