Windows 7 Starter edition does not allow a user to change the desktop background wallpaper. Microsoft has taken many measures to lock down the default desktop background. But there are some workarounds to change the wallpaper.
Read moreCopy Unformatted Text in Google Chrome
When you have to copy – paste something from a webpage without all the fonts, colors and images into an editor like MS Word, you first copy and paste it in Notepad so it loses all the HTML formatting. Then you copy it from Notepad and into MS Word. But this is time consuming and tiresome. If you are a Google Chrome user, then you are in luck. You can use the Copy Without Formatting extension for Chrome browser to copy unformatted text right from a webpage.
Read morePrint Webpages Without Crap Using Print Friendly
Websites are designed in a user friendly fashion with sidebars, menus, advertisements, related links etc. If you try to print a useful webpage, all of this un-needed information also gets printed. Not only the printout looks bad, but this is also a waste of the printing ink and the paper. You can now print any webpage with a nice print friendly format using the Print Friendly service.
Read moreView List of Recent Files in Windows 7
Whenever you open a file using the Open dialog box or by double-clicking on it in Windows Explorer, it is recorded in the Windows Recent folder or the Windows Registry. If you want to know which files you recently accessed then you can use the RecentFilesView from Nir Sofer. This utility display the list of all recently opened files, and allows you to delete unwanted filename entries. You can also save the files list into a text, html or xml file.
Read moreFind How Much it Takes to Print Your Twitter Timeline
Twitter is the popular microblogging web site that everyone is using these days from teenagers to celebrities. If you are tweeting for a while, have you ever wondered how long it would take to print your entire twitter timeline, how much paper is needed to print all of your tweets etc. Well, you can get an estimate without actually printing using the the Print Effect web site.
Read moreInstantly Get IMDB Ratings For Movies in Chrome
When you want to find out the IMDB (Internet Movie Database) ratings for a movie, you have to visit the IMDB web page and then type in the movie name. But if you are a Google Chrome user, then you can instantly find the IMDB ratings for any movie using the Go to IMDB extension. The Go to IMDB extension allows you to see the IMDB rating for any highlighted movie name on a webpage.
Read moreQuickly Switch a Webpage to Another Browser in Apple Safari
Many web sites specifically mention to open a webpage in a different web browser for it to work properly. For example, my university webpage does not allow to fill online application forms unless you open it in Internet Explorer. One way to do this is start a different web browser, type the webpage address manually and open the site. But if you are using Apple Safari, then you can quickly switch a web page in a different installed web browser.
Read moreEnable Tabs Preview in Windows Taskbar for Firefox 4
All the latest web browsers support tabbed web browsing. Mozilla Firefox also allows tabbed web browsing. When you hover the mouse cursor over the Firefox window in the Windows taskbar then by default it only shows the thumbnail preview of the current tab. But you can change the settings so you can see the thumbnail previews of all tabs open in a Mozilla Firefox web browser.
Read moreAutomatically Convert Foreign Currency in Firefox
If you shop online a lot, many a times you come across foreign web sites selling something that you so much want to buy, but the cost of the item is given in a foreign currency. You can always use Google to lookup for it and convert the foreign currency into your local currency. But if you are a Mozilla Firefox user, then you can just use the Simple Currency Converter add-on which performs the currency conversions at the click of a button.
Read moreF-Secure Health Check for Checking System Security
F-Secure Health Check is a free application from F-Secure Corporation (the makers of F-Secure Internet Security), that tells you if your computer is protected and helps you fix possible security issues. It can tell you if your firewall, antivirus, and anti-spyware software is on and up-to-date. It can also tell whether your photographs, text documents, and other irreplaceable files are automatically backed up.
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