With the release of Firefox 3.5, comes some new features and some annoying ones.
One annoying feature is wasting un-necessary real estate to include a new tab button on the tab bar.
All the button does is add a new tab when clicked, which is really not needed since you already have three options to add another tab, with the easiest method by pressing CTRL+T on the keyboard (the other two ways are double clicking on an empty tab bar area or right clicking on the tab bar and selecting New Tab).
A fourth method is not needed (yet another reason why Firefox is bloated).
Fortunately Firefox is customizable and removing the tab button requires a simple fix.
read more: How To Remove The New Tab (Plus) Button In Firefox 3.5
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In a previous article, I showed you how to view and kill processes on remote Windows computers.
One drawback to killing processes on a remote computer, is if the process was started by a service, once it's killed it's no longer running anymore.
NOTE: If you are unfamiliar with Windows Services, see the following article on services.
Being able to restart the service again, remotely, may be necessary with out rebooting the remote computer, especially if the service is needed by the user.
One of the best utilities to accomplish this, is to use Sysinternals PsService tool.
read more: How To Stop And Start Services On Remote Windows Computers
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The motherboard or PCB (Primary Circuit Board) is responsible for connecting all computer devices to the microprocessor. It supplies devices with power and allows the computer to react with them, Devices that can be used by connecting to the motherboard are: Storage devices, sound cards, graphic cards and hard disks.
Devices or components that are needed to make the computer work as it should, are inbuilt within the motherboard or can be connected to it using a socket or port. Listed below are sockets and ports that are available on the motherboard for connecting devices and , what that they are capable of doing.
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Before we consider how to choose a spyware removal tool, let us see what the term Spyware means.
Spyware is software created with a malign intent that is installed without your knowledge on your computer. They are designed to hide itself from the average users. They will usually reside in your computer and may track keystrokes, URLs of the websites visited and the kind of products you usually buy.
In addition to spying on your personal preferences, they can also download additional programs, redirect browsers to specific sites or links.
The only way to combat the very real threat presented by spyware to your privacy is by using a spyware removal tools. These removal tools can detect and remove spyware from an infected computer or they may monitor data coming into the computer.
There are many spyware removal tools available in the market today. Both freeware and commercial. Here are some things to look for when you want to get this useful anti spyware tool:.
read more: 7 Tips For Choosing the Best Spyware Removal Tool
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Have you notice that your Vista computer does not seem to take full advantage of it's CPU processing capabilities and appears to run slower than XP?
If so, it may be because of the power plan option that Vista is using.
Unlike XP, Vista power plans include a configuration setting that can greatly effect speed and reduce performance by 50 percent, almost to the point of frustration.
Especially if you use the Power Saver plan.
read more: Speed Up Vista Performance By 50 Percent With Power Saver Plan CPU Setting Tweak
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Are you a pack rat with your Windows XP or Vista desktop?
You know you are if your desktop looks anything like this:
What a mess. Sure, all the icons are organized in nice neat rows and columns. But honestly, that's the only thing organized about it. What a double-vision-icon nightmare these desktops are when I have to work on people's computers.
So instead of telling them to get rid of everything, I show them a better way to clean up and organize their desktop, with out deleting anything.
read more: 4 CLean Up Tips To Declutter Your XP or Vista Desktop Without Deleting Anything
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One thing is for sure with any computer operating system, the older it becomes, the occurrence of broken or "things don't work like they used to" become more frequent.
Take shortcuts for example. You know…the ones on your desktop or in the start menu.
You click on a shortcut that you have not used in a while, and chances are, it works as expected or you get the dreaded Problem with Shortcut error warning:
So to fix it, you re-point to the new location of the source or delete it. Now you wonder, how many more shortcuts do I have that are broken?
Well you could go one by one and click on each shortcut on your desktop or start menu and fix them. But that would take a be ridiculously long time (who wants to do that anyway).
Instead there is an easier way…
read more: How To Find And Fix Broken Shortcuts In Windows XP Or Vista
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Ever have a need to show a list of what packages were installed (or recently installed) by date on Ubuntu?
Say you are troubleshooting a problem and need to back-track on when a package was installed. Or if you are a Windows user who has switch to Ubuntu and is not familiar with how to check when a package was installed.
Fortunately there are a few ways to find out. In this article, we'll look at how to view installed packages by date using Synaptics Package Manager and from the command prompt using a Terminal window.
read more: Display The List Of Recently Installed Packages By Date On Ubuntu
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