Set computer Sleep time on Windows 7

Windows can put computer in sleep mode after certain period of inactivity. You can easily configure and set this time, as per requirement. Once you set specific time, say 30 minutes - computer will go to sleep mode if there is inactivity for 30 minutes. You can modify sleep time settings from power

Disable Facebook like button & widget boxes

Facebook provide lot of stuff for third party websites and blogs for seamless integration with Facebook platform and its users. While blogs and websites have been using Facebook like button extensively on each articles page, it has new companion in the form of Facebook Send button. There are also

Disable search feature in Windows 7

Windows 7 operating system has an integrated Search feature. It allows you to search for files and folders on your Windows 7 computer. To use search feature on Windows 7, you can use search box in the start menu or at top right part of explorer window(s). Majority of users do not use search feature

Always open & run programs as Administrator on Windows 7

By default, when you double click application program icon - it is opened and executed in non-admin mode without administrator rights. This works fine while using majority of application programs on your Windows 7 computer. However, problem may arise for programs requiring strict administrator

Enable crash error history reports in Chrome

Like any other application, Google Chrome browser can also crash unexpectedly sometimes. It displays Aw Snap error page when an error is encountered while using Chrome browser. Now you can keep track of crash history through Crash reporting feature in Chrome. Crash report details may include: system

Change location of iTunes media files folder

iTunes application program is all about managing and accessing media files. You browse, organize and playback audio and videos files easily using iTunes program. With media files taking lot of hard drive space, you may want to relocate them to a different drive or partition folder location on your

Buy white Apple iPhone 4

For those waiting for white color Apple iPhone - well, the wait is over. Apple iPhone 4 in white color is now available for purchase. Black iPhone 4 has been available since last June and Apple was expected to bring white iPhone in July 2010. However, there was delay due to white color of phone

Portable USB protection software from Bitdefender

Gone are days of floppy drives and CD discs to share data. USB pen drives have become very common medium to store, transfer and share data quickly. With goodness of USB drive portability comes the risk of infection as a result of autorun malware (and viruses). Infections like Trojan.AutorunInf, the

Minimize & show iTunes icon in System Tray

iTunes is a must have application software when using Apple products. It allows easy access and management of audio, video and lots more. By default, iTunes window will reside on Windows taskbar and even minimized iTunes tab will show on the taskbar. If you use iTunes application regularly, you can

Create Master Password in Firefox 4 to protect saved passwords

Firefox allow users to save login information including username and password for various online services like email websites, online banking portals and more. With login details of websites stored in Firefox 4 browser itself, it is important to secure this information. If some other user open same

Delete local plugin [like Adobe Flash] data in Chrome

Every browser including Google Chrome store history of websites you browse. Besides the general storage of history data like visited URLs, it also contain website cookies. Till now, some cookies and plugin data could not be deleted using default method to delete Chrome history details. However, with

Disable location tracking service on Windows Phone

User privacy in terms of location data is very important concern for every mobile user. If you are using mobile phone with Windows Phone operating system, then following should help in understand location data collected through your phone and how it is used. For starters, mobile device collects your