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How to Disable or Turn Off Facebook Group Chat
December 19, 2010 | 7 responses
How to Disable or Turn Off Facebook Group Chat

If you ever get annoyed by group chat that keeps on flashing on your screen, you can disable the group chat sent from specific group, or simply turn off the chat feature by going offline for your chat status. Here’s how you can do it:
Method …

How to Add Chinese Characters or Symbols to Facebook Name
December 16, 2010 | 3 responses
How to Add Chinese Characters or Symbols to Facebook Name

Recently, Facebook has restricted the ability to use characters more than one alphabet (usually symbols or Chinese characters) in their name. So, if you have second language or symbols in your name other than English, you should have noticed that Facebook requires you to change your name …

Free Rapidshare Premium Account and Link Generator 2011
December 3, 2010 | 2 responses
Free Rapidshare Premium Account and Link Generator 2011

Rapidshare is often known as the most popular online file hosting site available on the internet. Purchasing a premium account will cost you 5.99 euro per month, or cheaper if you purchase a longer term. Some people are just can’t afford the price to own …

How to Unblock Someone (Friends) on Facebook
December 2, 2010 | one response
How to Unblock Someone (Friends) on Facebook

You may not want to be friend with every other person on facebook and only want to add people that you know. In this case, you can easily block someone on facebook, whom you do not want to interact with. If you’ve accidentally blocked someone …

How to Block Someone (People) on Facebook
December 2, 2010 | no responses
How to Block Someone (People) on Facebook

Facebook is now the most popular social website on the internet. On facebook, you can find and make new friends via the friend searching tool or through your existing friends. This, however, enables people that do not interest you to send you their friend requests …

Free Hotfile Premium Account and Link Generator 2011
December 1, 2010 | 3 responses
Free Hotfile Premium Account and Link Generator 2011

Hotfile is yet another file hosting site which is becoming more popular now because of its ease of user interface and fast download speed (even without a hotfile premium account). Hotfile has been on the market since early 2008 and has now grown to a …

Set Internet Explorer 9 to Open in InPrivate Mode Automatically
November 2, 2010 | no responses
Set Internet Explorer 9 to Open in InPrivate Mode Automatically

InPrivate Browsing (or filtering) allows you to browse the web without leaving any traces in Internet Explorer. This helps to protect your online privacy from other people who might be using your computer. It does not affect how you appear on the internet. To run …

8 Important Tips and Tricks for Internet Explorer 9 (IE9)
November 2, 2010 | no responses
8 Important Tips and Tricks for Internet Explorer 9 (IE9)

To open a new tab, just Double-Click an area to the right of the tabs boxes, without having to click the little blank Tab Box.
Right-Click a blank area and click Favorites bar to enable the Favorites bar.
Right-Click a blank area and click Command bar to …

Always Open Internet Explorer 9 in Full Screen Mode
November 2, 2010 | no responses
Always Open Internet Explorer 9 in Full Screen Mode

To view IE 9 in Full Screen Mode, you have to press the F11 key on your keyboard. But, a question comes to mind, how do I get Internet Explorer 9 to run in full screen mode every time I open it instead of having to always press the F11 …

Turn Internet Explorer 9 Menu Bar Always On
November 2, 2010 | no responses
Turn Internet Explorer 9 Menu Bar Always On

One of the major changes in IE 9 is that the menu bar isn’t showing by default. It’s not missing, it’s just hidden. To view the menu bar, you have to press the ALT key on your keyboard to temporarily view it. This can a …

Connect Facebook With Windows Live Messenger? Download WLM 2011 Now!
October 27, 2010 | one response
Connect Facebook With Windows Live Messenger? Download WLM 2011 Now!

Windows live messenger 2011 is finally out of beta and you can now download its final version from this page. Aside from the new user interface, there’re a variety of new features and improvement brought into this version. Yet, WLM is still the most preferable and the …

Tip: How to Make Chrome your Default Web Browser – choose set change setup select define
October 5, 2010 | no responses
Tip: How to Make Chrome your Default Web Browser – choose set change setup select define

Usually when you open a webpage from an external software such as Messenger, Windows will call your default browser to open the webpage. If you have multiple web browsers in your computer, Windows needs to know which browser to use by default when you open …

Tip: Mass Replace or Update String in MySQL Database
September 29, 2010 | no responses
Tip: Mass Replace or Update String in MySQL Database

As I changed my domain name from ontechnews.com to computertipsfree.com a few months ago, I needed to replace all strings that contain my old domain name with the new domain name in MySQL database. Do it manually? No way! There were probably more than 10 …

Fix: IE 9 Error – Internet Explorer has stopped working
September 29, 2010 | 3 responses
Fix: IE 9 Error – Internet Explorer has stopped working

Symptoms: When you try to open a new tab, window or webpage in Internet Explorer 9, you get a pop-up error message saying that the Internet Explorer has stopped working.
Since IE9  is still under beta, many websites and add-ons have not cope with the required …

Tip: IE 9 Compatibility View Mode Switching On and Off
September 29, 2010 | no responses
Tip: IE 9 Compatibility View Mode Switching On and Off

After installing Internet Explorer 9 on my computer, I found that my site somehow looks weird and different from what I can see in chrome, firefox or IE8. So I did an investigation on this issue and finally came to a solution which is to …

Google Chinese Pinyin IME Installer Download 下载谷歌拼音输入法
September 22, 2010 | 3 responses
Google Chinese Pinyin IME Installer Download 下载谷歌拼音输入法

It’s been 8 years since I stopped using the traditional NJStar Chinese Input Software. I then used the built-in Chinese Input Method provided in Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. Now, I switched to Google Chinese Pinyin Input Method. Why Google again? It’s simply because they …

Gmail Sign Up
September 7, 2010 | 6 responses
Gmail Sign Up

10 Reasons Why You Should Sign Up For Gmail
1. Spam Free – Gmail Sign Up
Don’t waste time with junk mail and unwanted messages. Gmail blocks spam before it gets to your inbox. If an unwanted message ever finds its way through, you can fight back …

Gmail Sign In | Gmail.com Login
September 7, 2010 | 60 responses
Gmail Sign In | Gmail.com Login

In this article, I would like to share with you several tips regarding Gmail sign in. There has been many cases where people’s gmail accounts got hacked, email privacy exposed, and others which possibly caused by improper Gmail login habits. If you have yet to …

Auto Delete, Filter or Report Spam Email in Gmail Account
August 20, 2010 | no responses
Auto Delete, Filter or Report Spam Email in Gmail Account

To remove or delete spam from your inbox: 

Select the unwanted messages.
Click Report Spam.

 

Paypal.fr Mon Compte
August 2, 2010 | no responses
Paypal.fr Mon Compte

Ce poste va vous montrer comment vous pouvez vous inscrire un compte PayPal en France. S’il vous plaît suivre les étapes ci-dessous pour enregistrer “mon compte paypal”:

2 Auto Downloader Software for Rapidshare Megaupload Hotfile 4shared Mediafire etc
July 29, 2010 | one response
2 Auto Downloader Software for Rapidshare Megaupload Hotfile 4shared Mediafire etc

Do you often download files from these online file storage websites? Tired of typing captcha and waiting for the countdown timer? What if I tell you that you don’t have to do so? Yes, there’re actually some auto downloaders available on the internet that can …

Trick: Use Chrome to check all different browsers memory usage – Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari
July 27, 2010 | no responses
Trick: Use Chrome to check all different browsers memory usage – Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari

The amazing code - about:memory
By typing this about:memory in the address bar of Google Chrome, you’ll be able to see a list of all web browsers you’re currently open and their memory usage.  Not only does it tell you how much physical and virtual memory each browser is using, but it also tells …

How to Backup Windows Mail for Windows 7 and Vista
April 25, 2008 | 8 responses
How to Backup Windows Mail for Windows 7 and Vista

It is wise for you to backup your emails regularly, so that you don’t lose your important emails if your Windows Mail goes bad or your computer crashes. This tutorial will lead you through the steps of how to backup emails from Windows Mail.

How to Restore Email from Backup
April 22, 2008 | no responses
How to Restore Email from Backup

How to import Outlook Express? How to import Windows Mail? If you are here, it probably means that you have done your email backup and came here for a solution on how to restore email from backup. If not, please read How to Backup Outlook …

How to Set Up Outlook Express or Windows Mail
April 10, 2008 | 2 responses
How to Set Up Outlook Express or Windows Mail

Outlook Express is an e-mail client that was included with several versions of Microsoft Windows, starting with Windows 98 through the release of Windows XP.
While on the contrary, Windows Mail is an e-mail client included exclusively in Windows Vista.
To send or receive emails using these …

How to create Email Account on my own Domain Name?
April 9, 2008 | 13 responses
How to create Email Account on my own Domain Name?

The question: I have purchased a domain name. How do I set up new email account on my own domain name?
There are a few conditions that have to be met before you can make an email account on your own domain name.