Microsoft has finally decided to bring back the Start button in Windows 8.1 after seeing the disappointment of users arising from the missing Start Menu. This Start button is not much of help – all it does is open the Start Screen. If you right-click on it, it opens the Win + X administrator menu. In Windows 8.1, you can adjust whether to show command prompt or PowerShell in the Win + X menu when you right-click on the Start button.
Read moreHow to Boot Straight to Desktop in Windows 8.1
Microsoft has released Windows 8.1 which comes as an update to the Windows 8. This new version has many new added features that were missing in the Windows 8. For example, Microsoft has finally decided to bring back the Start button in Windows 8.1 after seeing the disappointment of users arising from the missing Start Menu. Another feature enables you to boot straight to the desktop instead of the Modern UI Start screen.
Read moreRemove Malicious Browser Helper Objects (BHO) with SpyBHORemover
Browser helping objects (BHO) are third party add-ons in Internet Explorer which are supposed to add new features and functions in Internet Explorer web browser. For example, the Adobe PDF Reader adds a BHO that helps you open PDF files right inside the Internet Explorer window. While there are some useful and good BHOs, there are some malicious BHOs too which hijack your web browser to carry out unwanted actions. You can remove these malicious BHOs with the help of freeware SpyBHORemover tool.
Read moreHow to Find Duplicate Files in Windows
Duplicate files exist on our computer for many reasons – downloading same file multiple times, creating a backup copy of some files, saving the same file in different locations and so on. Although not harmful, yet these duplicate files take up the valuable disk space on our hard disk. If you want to get rid of all the duplicate copies of the files, then AllDup is a great tool. It is a freeware application for searching and removing file duplicates on your computer.
Read moreHow to View Passwords Stored in Firefox
If you have forgotten login passwords to your favorite sites, then there is nothing to worry about. You can still recover the passwords stored in the Mozilla Firefox web browser. There is a freeware tool called PasswordFox that lets you view the the user names and passwords stored by Mozilla Firefox Web browser. You can view the passwords stored in your default Firefox profile as well as other user profiles.
Read moreDrivePurge : Clean Unnecessary Files from Windows
You must have noticed that after using Windows for a few months, it tends to become slower in response. This is mainly because of the junk files and obsolete registry entries that it has to deal with. You can either reinstall Windows or you can use the freeware tool DrivePurge to clean your Windows system of the unnecessary files that are just taking up your hard disk space and making it slower.
Read moreHow to View Update History in Firefox
Mozilla Firefox web browser keeps updating itself as soon as a new stable version is released. This is a very good feature of Firefox as you do not have to manually update the web browser. Having an always up-to-date web browser is one of the essential steps towards online security. If you want to see how many times your Firefox web browser has been updated after the installation, then Firefox provides an easy option for that too.
Read moreHow to Quickly Type Funny Unicode Characters in Firefox
Unicode is a system that assigns a unique number for every printable character in different languages of the world. Typically in Windows, you press the the Alt key and press the Unicode number of a character on the numpad in order to type it. But this means that you either have to remember all the characters or you have to consult a chart of Unicode characters. Now you can use the Fun Characters add-on for Firefox using which you can type the funny character quickly in any text field.
Read moreHow to Check if Windows is 64-bit or 32-bit
Often you hear that this software is for 64-bit Windows and that one is for 32-bit Windows. But how do you know if your computer is running 64-bit Windows or 32-bit Windows? You can go through system information settings and find it out, or you can simply use the freeware 64bit Checker to find out if your system is 64-bit or 32-bit.
Read moreHow to Unlock Password Protected PDF File
The password protected PDF files are becoming a new trend. They are great if you do not want anyone else other than the intended recipient to view the contents. But if you forget the password to open the PDF file, then there is nothing much to do but to ask the sender for the password. In case you have forgotten the password to a locked PDF file, then you can use the Free PDF Unlocker software to find the password and unlock it.
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