Show My Computer icon on Desktop in Windows 7

The classic Start Menu, which was available till Windows Vista and is removed from Windows 7, allowed you to put the My Computer (or just Computer in Vista) shortcut on the Desktop. When you double-click on this My Computer icon, you would see all your hard disks and other removable devices. If you miss this classic My Computer shortcut, you can create one on Windows 7 desktop as well.

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Latest YouTube videos alerts for Google Chrome

Usually we visit the YouTube web page, to check for the latest videos that someone (you have subscribed to) has uploaded, liked or favorited. But if you are too lazy to visit the YouTube webpage to check for the new videos, then the YouTube Feed extension for Google Chrome web-browser is for you. This extension notifies you of the new videos when someone you have subscribed to uploads a new video, likes a video or favorites a video or comments on some video.

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Clear video history for your YouTube account

Recently we published an article on how to clear the web history from your Google account. Similar to your web search history stored by Google, the YouTube web site stores your video watching history – which video you watched in the chronological order of watching the videos. This history is used in suggesting you more videos of the time in the Recommended For You section.

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Organize Start Menu programs into groups in Windows 7

One of the most annoying things in Windows 7 is its modified Start Menu. Microsoft took the liberty of removing the classic Start Menu in Windows 7 and in the new Start Menu it is very hard to select a program. Luckily some folks have developed a program called HandyStartMenu which groups the programs installed under Start Menu into many categories like Internet, Music and Video, Fun and Games etc.

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Watch YouTube videos in expanded mode

YouTube has become one of the most visited websites all over the world. Everybody loves to watch funny videos on YouTube. If you also visit YouTube a lot and enjoy watching the videos on it, then you would love to watch the videos in expanded mode. When you expand a video, it removes all the unwanted and distracting texts on the right side and the comments on the bottom.

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Personalize shopping experience using AmazonAssist in Firefox

Amazon is the largest online retailer company in the United States. You can get almost anything from books to computers on Amazon. If you often shop online at Amazon, then you can get good bargains using the AmazonAssist add-on in the Mozilla Firefox web-browser. The AmazonAssist add-on shows up at the bottom on the Firefox web browser and shows the related product searches as you lookup for a product in the search engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo!.

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