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Fix : Extensions,apps, and user scripts can only be added from the Chrome Webstore

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With the recent changes in installing chrome extensions, Whenever you try to install an extension from the source other than chrome webstore it won’t get installed and instead it shows a message saying Extensions,apps, and user scripts can only be added from the Chrome Webstore Why this change ? It is been stated as to protect users from installing malicious extensions, apps from the third...

How to change default browser in windows 8? ( Firefox / Chrome / IE )

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There are many browsers available in internet hence the choice of making one particular browser as default comes into picture.  Almost all the browsers will ask you to chose it as default browser by showing up a dialog box whenever you open that browser. But there are times when you might have asked not to show that dialog box and now you might wanted it to be default browser for some reason. So...

How to make internet explorer as your default browser ? ( quick tip )

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If you have set some other browser as your default and wanted to make Internet Explorer as your default browser then here is the way how we could make internet explorer as default. All the browsers will show a message to make it as default when it is not set as default but if you have selected not to show the message again then you can follow the below steps to make it as default. 1. Open...

How to make firefox as default browser ? ( quick tip )

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Firefox is one of the best browsers to use, In case if you don’t know how to make it as your default browser try following the below steps to make it as your default browser. 1. Go to options in the “Tools” menu bar (or) by clicking on firefox drop down menu. 2. In the options window go to “Advanced” tab and select “General” sub tab, There you can find an...

How to make google chrome as your default browser ? ( quick tip )

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Almost all the browsers will ask you to set it as default when you open them and same is the case with the chrome and by chance if you selected not to show the dialog box and wanted to make chrome as your default browser here is how you can make it as default. Steps to make chrome as your default browser : 1. Go to settings options by clicking on the “settings” which is shown with...

Windows Hosts File – Complete Explanation

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To speak about “windows hosts file” you must have to know about the term “hosts” in information technology context and how do we connect to a host. What is a host ? A host in technology terms can be considered as a node in internet. A node in internet is nothing but a device that is connected to internet. It can be your computer, PDA or it can be a web server that is...

How to use custom image as background to taskbar ?

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If you are using windows 7 or windows 8 and would like to tweak your operating system to customize and personalize to your tastes then you can try changing the background of your taskbar. In this tweak we are going to add a custom image as background to taskbar and because of the transparency in the aero theme we can see the image behind the taskbar. However the aero theme has been disabled in...

How to Install windows 8 from USB drive ? ( ISO File )

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Installing windows from USB drive is one of the possible ways of installing windows. There can be many reasons for you to install windows from a pendrive, It may be because the problem with your DVD drive or probably you don’t have the DVD copy of the windows you want to install. In such cases you can install the windows using USB stick provided that you have the copy of windows...

How to Search using an Image : Reverse Image Search

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If a picture is worth a thousand words then isn’t it be great if you can search using an image ?. There would be times when you wanted to search for an image but you don’t find keywords to describe the image. Gone are the days where you cannot search for an image itself to query for an image, Now you can use Reverse Image Search for this problem. What is Reverse Image Search ? Reverse...

Google Penguin Update Rolls out

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Today I have came across Matt cutts tweet in twitter, The tweet gave information about the latest Google Penguin update Roll out Weather report: Penguin data refresh coming today. 0.3% of English queries noticeably affected. Details: goo.gl/AF5kt — Matt Cutts (@mattcutts) October 5, 2012   If you have not heard of Google Penguin then Penguin is basically designed to fight web-spam and to...