Sometimes some files get locked because they are opened by other programs and become impossible to delete. There are also many cases when some malicious program (malware) puts such files on your system and lock them in such a way that you cannot delete them. If you try to delete them, you get many kinds of errors like the file is in use by another program or user.
Read moreEnable Saving Tabs Dialog on Exit in Firefox 4
In Firefox version 3.x when you closed the Firefox browser with many tabs open, you were shown the ‘Saving Tabs dialog’ asking you if you want to save the tabs. If you chose to save the tabs, those tabs were opened next time you started Firefox. But starting in Firefox version 4.x this feature is disabled. If you close the Firefox window, all tabs are closed and not opened the next time. This is irritating. If you want, you can enable the Save Tabs dialogs on exit.
Read moreIf Server Cannot be Reached, Try Again in Firefox
Sometimes when you open a web site, you get an error that the server cannot be reached. You can do nothing much except try to reload that webpage by pressing the refresh F5 button on your keyboard. If you are using the Mozilla Firefox web browser, then instead of pressing F5 again and again, you can use the Try Again add-on for Firefox.
Read moreEnable Displaying of Mixed Content in Internet Explorer 9
Some web sites allow you to access it using the secure connection (HTTPS), yet show both the secure (HTTPS) and insecure (HTTP) content. If you access such a web site using the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser, you might get a warning prompt – only secure content is displayed. This is because that web site is showing mixed content. You have to choose to display mixed content each time you visit such a site. If you want you can enable displaying of the mixed content permanently.
Read moreEasily Exit and Restart Explorer.exe in Windows 7
If you have made changes to your Windows Registry so that it requires you to log off and log back on, but you do not want to log off, then you can just kill explorer.exe process and restart it. This way the current user section of the Registry is loaded again along with the changes that you made. Although you can kill explorer.exe using the Task Manager, but there is a hidden option in Windows 7 to exit explorer.exe safely.
Read moreDelete Stubborn Registry Keys Easily with RegASSASIN
Most of the malicious programs (also called malware) make entries in the Windows registry in such a way that you are not able to rid of them easily. These registry keys are crafted using special methods and therefore they cannot be removed or accessed using the software which use the normal Windows API calls. You can remove such obstinate registry keys using a special tool called RegASSASIN from MalwareBytes – the makes of the popular anti-malware software.
Read moreHide the Taskbar in Windows 7
In the older versions of Windows (before Windows 7), you could easily hide or minimize the Windows taskbar to free up extra working space on the desktop for Windows. Usually, the extra space makes surfing the internet or watching movies a better experience. Unfortunately, this sometimes does not work in the Windows 7. But you can hide or minimize the Windows 7 taskbar using a third party tool called ShellWin.
Read moreEnable Instant for Faster Browsing in Google Chrome
Google Instant is a service available on the Google Search webpage. This allows you to quickly search for the typed words or phrases without hitting the Enter key or clicking on the search button. Few people know that the same service can be enabled within the Google Chrome browser itself. This enables you to browse faster on the web by showing search results and webpages in the browser window as you type in the address bar (called Omnibox), even before you press Enter.
Read moreSave Printer Ink by Printing Only What You Like
How many times you end up printing things on a web page that you never wanted to print in the first place? You only want to print an article, but you end up printing the advertisements, pictures and other irrelevant things. This not only wastes your printer ink but also makes the printed out article look bad. Well, worry no more, now you can print only what you like to print using the Print What You Like service.
Read moreAsk Questions from GoogleTalk Guru
Google has always come up with new and innovative ideas. Now Google has brought forward a Google Talk bot called Guru who you can chat with and ask your questions. Google Talk Guru is an experimental service that allows people to get information like sports results, weather forecasts, definitions etc. via chat. It works on many popular chat applications that support Google Talk.
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