Restore the old Firefox address bar The new address bar also shows larger fonts to display more meaningful content in the view. Mozilla says earlier, it did not truncate or hide https:// as the user would know beforehand whether they are navigating to an encrypted site or not. However, now, most sites use https secure protocol. As such, it made sense to flip that around (hide https://). In the input, Firefox continues to show https://....

At times, you might have to present a customized spreadsheet for your school project or office report. If so, you can use the Orientation feature in Excel to rotate the text in whatever direction you want. Whether you want to rotate text in one cell or multiple cells – everything is possible with the help of this functionality. How to rotate text in Excel spreadsheet To rotate text in an Excel spreadsheet, follow these steps- To know more about these steps, keep reading....

Send text messages from Windows 10 with Android Phone Launch Message app on your phone. It has to be the default messaging app. Open messages.android.com on your favorite browser. Click on the QR Code scanner button and scan the QR code which you see on the browser. Give it a minute to sync all your message and show it to you. To send a new message, click on Start Chat, then add contacts and send a message....

Assign a static IP address in Windows 11/10 In most cases, the IP addresses for PCs or computers are automatically configured to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) by the respective router. This is useful as the devices connect to your network instantly. You save the trouble of manually configuring the IP address for each new device yourself. However, there’s one shortfall associated with the process – The device’s IP address can change from time to time....

That said, here is an interesting fact. Even if you turn off location access history, Google can still track you. That happens every time you open an application that requests a location. Google Maps is used vastly on many apps, especially Food Delivery, and Google has its way to know that it’s you. In this post, we will look into a way that can stop Google from Tracking Location History....

The syncing feature for Sticky Notes allows you to take a note on your PC and look it up on your phone, using applications like Microsoft Launcher, Microsoft OneNote for Android and Microsoft OneNote for iPhone. The application can now by default sync across all your devices that you are signed into with the same Microsoft Account and allows you to manage them from any device. How to sync Sticky Notes across devices For the synchronization of notes to start working, all your devices need to be linked with an active Microsoft account....

Kill explorer.exe in Windows Windows 11, Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 You right-click the Taskbar, open Task Manager, select Process Tab, right-click explorer.exe and select End task. Windows 10/8 offers the context menu option to Kill explorer (End Task) as well as Restart Explorer in its Task Manager. You can even exit explorer using the Taskbar context menu. You will see the option to Exit explorer. TIP: Right-Click Restart Explorer adds Restart Explorer option to Context Menu....

Time boot & perform a Boot Trace in Windows To get started you need the Windows Performance Tools Kit. Sadly Microsoft removed the stand-alone installer from the download. To get the installer, you have to install the Windows SDK for your version of Windows – it could be Windows 10 SDK, Windows 8 SDK or Windows 7 SDK. Make sure to just select the Win32 Development Tools or I promise you, you’ll be waiting for a long time for it to download and install (I found out the hard way not paying attention)....

Turn on Windows Spotlight Like What You See Windows Spotlight is a feature included by default in Windows 11/10. The feature downloads images, automatically from Bing and displays them when the lock screen becomes visible. If the Spotlight image is not accompanied by ‘Like what you see’ and other informational hot-spot overlays, you’ll have to carry out the following : 1] Make sure Windows Spotlight is selected under LockScreen Options Windows 11 Open Windows 1 SettingsOpen Personalization >Lock screenClick open the drop-down menu against Personalize your lock screenSelect Windows Spotlight....

InPrivate Filtering feature in Internet Explorer By default, InPrivate Filtering (press Ctrl+Shift+F to enable) analyzes the websites you visit and the content providers they use, but does not automatically block them. You can choose to allow or block any content provider that InPrivate Filtering identifies as receiving information about your browsing. Alternatively, you can have InPrivate Filtering automatically block any content provider, or you can turn off InPrivate Filtering....

Page Options Purposes in Microsoft Publisher The purpose of the Insert Blank Page is to insert a blank page into the publication; the Insert Duplicate Page inserts a duplicate page into the publication, and Insert Page inserts a page into a publication. How to use the Page Options in Publisher In this tutorial, we will explain: Let us discuss this in more detail. 1] How to use the Insert Blank Page option Open Microsoft Publisher....

Use PowerShell to find information about hard drive There are two things that you can do using PowerShell to get physical disk information, including serial number, disk size, free space, and more. The command works with all the storage devices connected to your computer. You can identify the type of device by looking at the Device type column. The column displays an integer that corresponds to the type of disk drive the logical disk represents....

How to view cached images on your PC The tool we’re going to talk about is called ImageCacheViewer, and it supports Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge. Here is a list of some of the data shown for each image: URLWeb BrowserContent-TypeImage TimeBrowsing TimeFile SizeWebsiteFilename. Let us talk about this from a more detailed perspective. 1] Load images from ImageCacheViewer OK, so when it comes down to loading up images from the app, you will need to fire up the tool and make sure the web browsers are closed for best performance....

What is Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260? The Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC is a powerful and high-performance wireless networking device for your home or office. With speeds of up to 867 Mbps, this 2×2 Wi-Fi adapter provides an outstanding experience with uninterrupted web browsing and smooth video streaming. The latest Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC technology is designed to deliver a strong, reliable Wi-Fi signal to every corner of your home. The dual-band delivers both 2....

Intuitive Password review The insecurity lying with multiple password management On average, every person has a PC, and an online account holds at least three apps or services that need a user name and a password to operate. In such a scenario, we often select the same user name and password combo for easy recollection. Though this seems to be a straightforward way of password management, it can also become a serious threat to security....

JoyRide Turbo Local Multiplayer not working on Xbox One For those who might have no idea, JoyRide Turbo supports local multiplayer, and some owners of the title are having problems signing in a second player as a guest. Apparently, an error pops up saying the guest is unable to connect to Xbox Live, so right away we have a big problem that needs fixing. 1] Create a guest account from outside of the game OK, so bear in mind that JoyRide Turbo is an Xbox 360 game that runs on the Xbox One via an emulator....

Now, we should point out that this program is based on JAR, which means, you must first install the Java Runtime Environment before moving forward. Without it, the tool will fail to operate in any capacity, so bear that in mind. If for some reason you’re not a fan of running any form of Java applications on your computer, then we suggest taking the time out to try an alternative to JABFR....

After downloading the tool, to your Windows 10 computer, if Microsoft Defender SmartScreen throws up a warning, you will have to allow the file to be downloaded. You see, the software is not signed by the developer, therefore, SmartScreen will think it is harmful to your computer. Please click on the option that says Keep Anyway, and move on to complete the installation on your system. Installing only takes a short while to complete, and from there, it’s time to see what LazPaint has to offer when compared to others....

The released versions of Internet Explorer for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 use the following format: major version.minor version.build number.sub-build number This table includes possible Internet Explorer version numbers. Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 10 has a version number that starts with 11 (for example, 11....

Log & Track activity on Windows computer The program collects information from various sources on a running system and displays a log of actions made by the user and events that occurred on this computer. The activities which are covered include: Opening and closing of files and foldersSoftware installationsShutdown, Restart, Sleep, Logon, Log off and Start operations of your computerRunning applications or .exe filesOpening and closing of Open or Save dialog boxApplication crashesSystem crashesFolder viewed in ExplorerBlue ScreensCreation of Restore PointsStart and End of Windows InstallerNetwork connection/disconnection and more....