Do you suspect that someone else (a hacker or a jealous lover) is snooping into your Gmail emails ? Well, there is a way to make sure if someone is logging into your Gmail account or not. You can view the Gmail access history along with the type of access, IP address and the location from which the Gmail was accessed. This is how.
Read moreSwitch to new tabs in Firefox automatically
Starting with Firefox 3.6, when a new tab is opened, Firefox does not automatically switch to it but keeps the current tab active. But you can change the settings to make it switch to the newly opened tab as soon as it is opened.
Read moreTurn off Internet Explorer Accelerators
Internet Explorer 8.0 and above has a feature called Accelerators. When you select a text on a web page, a blue arrow is shown clicking on which various options are shown like Blog with Windows Live, E-Mail with Windows Live, Map with Live Search, Translate with Live Search, Search with Live Search, Search with Bing and etc.
Read moreSchedule multiple drive defragmentation
Windows 7 automatically defragments your primary hard disk drive every week. But what if you have more than one hard disk drive ? Do not worry, you can schedule all your hard disk drives to be defragged with Windows 7. Windows 7 disk defragmenter can defrag all the hard disk drives at the same time.
Read moreCustomize address bar font in Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a popular browser partly because it allows a high number and variety of customizations. You can choose to make any part of the Firefox browser look as you want. In this article we would see, how to customize the address bar font.
Read moreReopen closed tabs in Mozilla Firefox
Most of us use the tab feature in Mozilla Firefox and open multiple web sites in Firefox. Sometimes, when we open multiple sites using the tabs we might accidentally close one of the tab. Now what? But do not worry, Firefox has a method to open the closed tabs.
Read moreUsing MSConfig in Windows XP
Windows XP has a System Configuration Utility, popularly called MSConfig by users. You can run this utility by pressing Windows Key + R typing msconfig and pressing Enter. You can use this utility to troubleshoot Windows XP problems, have a look at the auto-starting programs in Windows etc. It also provides shortcuts to some other basic tools.
Read moreSet a browser as your default browser
If you have installed more than one web browser on your computer you can set any one of them as your default browser. This article details how to set Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox and Chrome as your default browser. But instructions are same for any other browsers.
Read moreChange the space between desktop icons
If you have a smaller screen like on a netbook and want to put many icons on your desktop, then you can decrease space between two icons. On the other hand, if you have a big screen, then you can increase space between two icons on your desktop, to make it look more tidy.
Read moreUnassociate a file type in Vista
Sometimes a software associates a some files types with itself and it becomes very irritating. Its not an easy job to unassociate the file types from that software manually. But now you can use a utility that you can use to easily unassociate files types.
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