Tool and Tricks

5 security steps to take after installing Windows Windows is the most popular PC operating system around with a whopping 91% market share( That’s also the share Google has in its search Engine market). Unfortunately, more popularity means more and more people searching and exploiting loopholes. In this present scenario, security threats and exploits are on the rise and the default level of protection in Windows is not at all enough to meet them.There are some security steps that you must follow in order to stay safe from hackers and identity stealers. AUTOMATIC UPDATES The first thing is to check Whether Automatic Updates for your OS has been enabled or not. Microsoft regularly patches security loopholes and vulnerabilities and its the best bet to stay safe. Even patchy versions(read :pirated) require updates and can get all security updates(not the functional ones) here also. If everyone would have patched their systems regularly, we wouldn’t have been hit th...

Speed up Firefox Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up: 1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries: network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading. 2. Alter the entries as follows: Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true" Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true" Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once. 3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves. If you're u...

Some times it becomes necessary to block a website on our Computers for one or other reason. You can easily and effectivily block access to a website by adding it to your Windows HOSTS file. Once the website is blocked in the HOSTS file, it will not appear in any of the browsers. That is, the website becomes completely unavailable. 1. Go to your HOSTS file which is located at: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC for XP, Vista and Win 7 C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC for Win 2000 C:\WINDOWS for Windows 98 and ME 2. Open HOSTS with Notepad. The default Windows HOSTS looks like this:  ______________________ # Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.  #  # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.  #  # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each  # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should  # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.  # ...

Google is indisputedbly the best search engine out there on the Internet, however there are a few ways by which you can customize Google and make it even better. I have got 3 best free Firefox extensions using which you can customize Google by adding extra useful information to your search results and remove unwanted informationlike ads, spam and click tracking so as to improve the overall searching experience. The following are the 3 best extensions for Firefox using which you can improve the search results. 1. OptimizeGoogle: Using OptimizeGoogle , you can get rid of text ads from Google search results, add links from about 10 other search engines, add position counter, product results and more. You can even filter your search results to see dead websites (using WayBack Machine ) and remove click tracking so that you can search anonymously. Here is a list of some of the other useful features of this plugin. 1. Use Google suggest (get word suggestion while typing) ...

If you do not want to timeline more, then friends don’t worry. I received a tricks on my email from my friends, I tested it and it works great so i share this tricks with you. How to Remove or Disable Timeline From Mozilla FireFox:- If you are using the Mozilla Firefox then it’s very easy to disable timeline. First of all install UserAgent Switcher Extension from here(user-agent-switcher) and then choose the Internet Explorer 7 by selecting Firefox tools/Useragent Switcher/Interent Explorer. How to Remove or Disable Timeline From Google Chrome:- For Windows 7 and Windows vista:- Right Click on the Google Chrome icon and click on proprieties and  in target box add following syntax after/chrome.exe” `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` –user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and click on Apply and Ok. In simp...

Mac keyboard shortcuts Tab and window shortcuts ⌘-N Opens a new window. ⌘-T Opens a new tab. ⌘-Shift-N Opens a new window in incognito mode. Press ⌘-O, then select file.Opens a file from your computer in Google Chrome. Press ⌘ and click a link. Or click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel). Opens the link in a new tab in the background . Press ⌘-Shift and click a link. Or press Shift and click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).Opens the link in a new tab and switches to the newly opened tab. Press Shift and click a link.Opens the link in a new window. ⌘-Shift-T Reopens the last tab you've closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you've closed. Drag a tab out of the tab strip.Opens the tab in a new window. Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window.Opens the tab in the existing window. Press ⌘-Option and the right arrow together.Switches to the next tab. Press ⌘-Option and the left ...