Clear Cache for Current Domain Only in Internet Explorer 9

When you browse the internet in your web browser, the downloaded files are locally stored on your hard disk for quick access. This temporary storage of web site files on your hard disk is called cache. We all know how to clear browser cache. But when you clear the browser cache in Internet Explorer, it removes files for all web sites. What if you want to remove cache only for the currently open web site?

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How to Close a Windows Live Account

Windows Live offers many services in one account like Hotmail, Messenger, Skydrive etc. If you are not using these services or you have more than one Windows Live account, then it is better that you close your Windows Live account. You can close and drop your Windows Live account very easily. This will close your account access including Hotmail, Messenger, Skydrive etc.

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Create a Backup of Tweets using TweetBackup

If you are a very creative tweeter (a person who posts tweets on twitter), then you would want to create a backup of your tweets. The backup would be your own personal archive of what your tweet. You can have this archive published as a book and gift it to your grandchildren. Or you can look at your tweets years later and smile. Here is how you can create a backup of your tweets for free using TweetBackup.

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Create a Disposable Link for Your Phone Number Using Babble.ly

Many times you have to give your phone number to people you do not know personally. This is always risky as you do not know what kind of person you are giving your phone number to. For example, you want to be listed in Craiglist but do not want to expose your personal phone number to thousands of stalkers. For these situations, you can create a disposable web link for your phone number using the Babble.ly service.

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View Bootup Check Disk Results in Windows 7

If you try to run check disk to scan and repair problems on a boot partition, then Windows asks you to schedule the check disk on the next boot. After scheduling the disk check, when you reboot your computer disk check is performed quickly. Sometimes you are not even able to see the results of the disk check. But if later you want to view the bootup check disk results, then you can view them in the event viewer.

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Increase Number of Simultaneous Downloads in Internet Explorer

Microsoft Internet Explorer limits the simultaneous downloads to only two at a time by default. So if you try to download more than two files from the same website, you can download only two files at the same time – more downloads start only after first ones have finished downloading. This is true for all version of Internet Explorer from versions 7 to 9. But you can increase the number of simultaneous downloads in Internet Explorer by doing a Registry hack.

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Transform Windows 7 to Look Like Windows 8

Microsoft has already started working on the next version of their operating system – Windows 8. Although very little is known about Windows 8, yet some Windows enthusiasts have created a transformation pack for making Windows 7 look like upcoming Windows 8. If you want to make your Windows 7 look like Windows 8, you can also download and install this transformation pack.

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Extract Files from an MSI Package in Windows 7

An MSI file is a Windows installer package file which is used to install software in Windows. Many software authors just pack their software programs in an MSI package which you can download from the internet. Some of these software do not really need to be installed on your computer and can be run in the portable mode. For such software you can just extract the files from the MSI package and run the program from the extraction target folder.

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Disable Search Direct in Yahoo Search

The Search Direct feature from Yahoo! is Yahoo’s answer for Google’s instant search. You type a search phrase and results are displayed without your needing to hit the Enter key. This can be very useful but some of us do not really need this. If you are the one who likes the old way of hitting the Enter key on your keyboard for getting the results from the Yahoo! search, then you can disable the Search Direct feature.

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