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Remove username from Start menu on Windows 7

Username of logged in user is displayed on the Start Menu on Windows 7 computer. Do you want to hide or remove display of username of account on the start menu? You can easily remove username on the start menu by customizing 'Start Menu' settings in few simple clicks. Windows 7: Hide

Add Skype contacts / friends to Facebook

If you happen to use both Skype and Facebook, then you can easily expand your Facebook network with Skype friends. Facebook's find friend feature allows you to search your Skype contacts not on Facebook. You can selectively invite Skype friends to join and network with you

Create ‘Control Panel’ icon on Windows 7 desktop

'Control Panel' allows one access to all settings and options on your Windows 7 computer. If you often open 'Control Panel' to customize settings - how about creating 'Control Panel' shortcut icon on the desktop? You can easily add 'Control Panel' icon on Windows 7 desktop for quicker

Remove left navigation sidebar in Windows 7

Windows 7 has a navigation pane (sidebar) which is displayed on left side in the explorer window. It is useful to quickly hop to specific locations on the Windows 7 computer. However, few users may not want this navigation pane for more screen space and simple layout. Fortunately, you can

Disable geolocation tags on iPhone photos

Geotagging feature adds location information to photos. It adds latitude and longitude location data to EXIF header of a JPEG photo file. Using that data, devices and application can display location information associated with specific photos. Many websites like Flickr, Facebook, Google

Use Chrome extensions in Incognito private mode

Google Chrome support feature of incognito or private mode. It allows you to surf internet without recording browsing history on local computer. History details of visited websites are not recorded and stored on computer by Google Chrome browser. By default, extensions do not work in

Restore original default theme in Google Chrome

You can give a new look to Google Chrome browser by installing different themes. If you have installed Google Chrome theme and does it not look good - you can easily revert back to original default theme in Chrome browser. From Google Chrome options, you can change the newly installed

Enable high resolution video chat on Orkut

Get set to enjoy high resolution video chat on various Google services. We have already seen procedure to activate higher resolution & bigger video chat on Gmail. Now you can enjoy high resolution and better quality video chatting with friends on Orkut. After installing video chat

Save most used Searches on Windows 7

Do you often local search files related to same keywords again and again on Windows 7 PC? You can use 'save search' feature to save lot of time and efforts. This allows quicker searching for specific files and content on your local drive partitions. You can open saved searches anytime to

Ways to hide & remove Ribbon in Office 2010

Ribbon is a part of every application in Microsoft Office (2007, 2010) suite. It is useful to quickly find commands you need to complete tasks in specific Office application. It display commands clustered into logical groups. You can click through specific tabs in ribbon to access more

Use mouse as Laser pointer in PowerPoint show

PowerPoint presentation is an interactive and rich medium to share information with lot of people. During a presenstation you may want to point attention to specific content on Powerpoint slide - how about using a laser pointer? Instead of using seperate laser pointing device you can

Automatic http to https redirection in Firefox & Chrome

Be default, http version of websites are loaded in a web browser. You can make web browsing more secure by using https ecrypted version of websites. Only selective websites offer ecrypted https version for accessing their content. If you are Firefox users, then you can automate redirection