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The ability to open a web page in a new browser tab instead of a new window is one of computing’s most popular upgrades of all time.
But there is one annoyance with tabbed browsing that really gets on my nerves, and that’s how new tabs open in the background instead of opening out in front where you can see them without having to first click on the new tab.
Getting Internet Explorer and Firefox to open new tabs immediately is simply a matter of changing a setting. [Read more…]
If you’ve been using Windows 8.1 for a while, you probably already know how to uninstall Desktop programs with the Control Panel’s “Uninstall a program” utility.
But you have also probably noticed that you cannot uninstall Modern Apps (that have tiles on the Start Screen) that way.
Well, it’s actually just as easy to uninstall a Modern App as it is to zap an unwanted Desktop program. In fact, it’s even easier because you can uninstall multiple apps at the same time! Here’s how: [Read more…]
Have you ever watched a YouTube video and wished you could easily (and quickly) convert the audio from the video into an MP3? Well, you can, with an awesome web service known simply as YouTube MP3.
There are numerous online services that will convert YouTube audio to MP3 files, but none are faster or easier to use than YouTube MP3. Here’s all you do: [Read more…]
Many Windows 7 users decided to skip the upgrade to Windows 8 because of all the stories they heard about how horrid Windows 8 is, and I can’t say I blame them.
But now that Microsoft has fixed many of Windows 8’s most irritating problems and annoyances with the release of Windows 8.1, many of those same users would now like to upgrade. Perhaps you’re one of them. [Read more…]
If more than one person uses your PC, you probably each have your own user account. If not, you really should! If you do, you might be wondering how to switch from one user account to another without having to reboot the computer every time.
It’s actually quite fast and easy to switch user accounts in Windows 8.1. Here are three ways to do it, depending on which screen you happen to be on at the time: [Read more…]