Windows XP shows balloon tips of various kinds in the notification area (also called the system tray). These balloon tips can be very annoying for some of us and if you want to prevent Windows XP to show these balloon tips in the notification area, then follow these steps
Read moreChange drive letter for a drive in Windows Vista
When you attach a new hard disk to your computer, Windows recognizes it upon boot and assigns it an available letter. If you do not like the assigned letter, then you can always change it.
Read moreQuickly access all Google services in Mozilla Firefox
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 moreBlock third-party cookies in Google Chrome
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 moreDisable shortcut arrow on desktop icons in Windows Vista
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 moreCreate a new profile in Mozilla Firefox
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 moreBlock third-party cookies in Mozilla Firefox
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 moreVirusTotal add-on for Mozilla Firefox
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 moreMake menus transparent in Windows 7
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 moreLock mouse and keyboard when young kids are around
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.
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