Many times I receive messages from others asking "How do I clear my cookies and cache?". I thought I would do a little tutorial to explain (complete with pictures). Its really quite easy and its a good idea to go though and clean them out every once in a while. You can even set it up that it auto clears them upon log out if you wish. Now when ever you clear your data you should always check your settings. With the click of one button you could delete your passwords so better safe then sorry to check first. So here is how to do this (directions
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1. Keep Only One Browser
You may have several browsers installed on your computer, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc. You're better off to go with Mozilla Firefox. If you still want to keep Explorer you can do that from within Firefox, just download the IE Tab add-on, you can get that by clicking here. Using that you can access Internet Explorer.
 
2. Disable Desktop Shortcuts
Sometimes its fun just to decorate your desktop or laptop with some new wallpaper. Sure there are alot of sites with some cool looking ones but I thought we could share the sites that we like to use and maybe give a example or two of what we like and what the site has to offer. The examples below and the links below are all from FREE sites.
Go to about:config in the address bar
I personally like being able to close each tab individually in Firefox but if you get too clicky happy you can close tabs by mistake which can be a pain. Here's a little trick to remove the x's from each tab which makes it impossible to close a tab in error again.
Type about:config in the address bar. You will see the message (if you're doing this for the first time) "I'll be careful I promise", click on it.
Scroll to brower.tabs.closeButtons, double click on it and in the Enter integer value box
If you have a monitor that's 19" or larger, than you can use Split Browser. It's an add-on from Firefox that allows you spilt your browser into two screens.
It would look something like this:
How much of a surprise it is to hear that 80% of the repairs that are turned into Staples are reported simple things that could have been avoided by routine maintenance? Well its true most do not keep up with the simple little things that can keep your computer running at its optimum performance. So what are the routine maintenace that you should be doing?
Here are some easy quick links to online research right at your finger tips:
Research
portals![]() Cool Search EnginesTue, 06/30/2009 - 12:20pm — missbSo everyone loves Google and we can all understand that, it's pretty great at finding any kind of information you want. Sometimes though using other search engines can produce alternate and sometimes surprising results. Attached is an article that talks about some of these alternate search engines. Yes, some will be familiar, some not so much. Feel free to add here any uncommon search engine that you may use.
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