Tips to use Pop up Blockers

Pop-up window messages basically used for online advertising to increase the web traffic with minimum cost, but these pop-up messages can be used to damage a computer or also for hacking purpose. In routine when you are browsing the internet and suddenly a new window pop-up dialog box display with different messages for example" speed-up your internet ","free upload your files or images". All pop-up messages are not dangerous for you but some unwanted program and website that might be disturb your computer performance.

There are many free pop-up blocker software's available in market but always download it from well-known sites. Simply Download Google toolbar and install it to use its feature "Block annoying pop-up" to block the pop-up messages, You can say this is simple and best way to block unwanted program.

If you are working with Internet Explorer and want to block the pop-ups windows and unwanted messages. Open the Internet Explorer and click on Tools menu and go to Pop-up Blocker option, here you can Turn Off Pop-up Blocker to block pop-up from all websites. But you have option to allow some websites for pop-up. For this purpose open the Pop-up Blocker Setting. Here you can add some specific websites name to allow for pop-up and click Add. If you feel any problem to block any pop-up message due to some problem, simply click on the X at the right top of the pop-up windows.

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How to Change the Font size of Web page?

If you are visiting a website or reading an e-mail and there is some problem to read text due to color of page or the font too small. You can change the font and color as well to solve this problem.

• To increase or decrease your font size and color of webpage in Internet Explorer, select the Tools option from the top of your Explorer window and go to the Internet options.

• Here go the General option and then click on Accessibility button on right lower of the dialog box.

• Now change the status of checkbox marked "Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages" and next Ignore Colors specified on Web pages", end with Ok. 

• For change the font size select to View option from the top menu and go to Text size option to change it.

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Move the Location of your Temporary Internet files.

When you are browsing your internet, the website you visit placed some temporary files on your computer. The main purpose of temporary files to save your preferences that you specify for future reference. Normally internet temporary files are saved on C drive in windows folder but you can change the location of temporary folder to hide your internet browsing history from others.

If you are using Internet Explorer then follow the given steps to change the location of temporary folder.





Open Internet Explorer, click on the Tools then Internet Options.












Go to General tab then Settings button under the Temporary Internet Files.



Here click on Move folder button then select new location to save Temporary files on different drive or computer.









Now restart your computer for this change.

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How to disable auto-start applications on windows startup?

Using this tip, you can minimize the startup time of windows XP and Vista also. You can disable some optional windows applications like windows messenger, Yahoo messenger, QuickTime and many others auto startup programs that run automatically when you start your computer.

Follow the given steps to disable the windows auto run applications: 

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

Click Start button and type msconfig in Run option then press Enter for next.

A small System Configuration Utility dialog box will appear with many options like General, System.ini Win.ini, Boot.ini, Services, Startup and Tools.

Now select Startup tab and uncheck the applications that you want to disable from windows

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Now click on Apply button to implement the changes then click on Ok button to end the configuration process.

Again close the all program and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

                                                                                                                                                

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You can set the boot time in windows XP as your wish if you are install two operating systems on same computer, for example window 2000 with windows XP or more than two. Yow can do this with editing  Boot.ini file. Here you can also set  the sequence for operating system which operating system boot first.

First Right Click on My Computer option and then select its Properties. In next dialog box open Advanced tab button. Under Startup and Recovery, click on the Settings button. Use the spin box "Time to display list of operating systems" to set the number of seconds you want the system to wait before automatically starting the default operating system. Here you will set time in seconds and its range start from 0 and ends with 999 seconds.

After set the time, then click OK option to close the dialog box to save your change. The next time you restart, the new time will take effect. 

 

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Task Manager running but hidden from view

If you are using Windows Task Manager to display the information about programs and processes that are running on your computer. You can start your Windows Task Manager with pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys or with pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc keys.

To keep Task Manager hidden when it is minimized.

• First open it by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys then go to Options menu and click on Hide When Minimized.
• You can easily restore it, if you click on the icon of Task Manager that will appear in taskbar near the time display.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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Turn Your Num Lock On Forever?

You can set your Num Lock to stay on by default when you logon your system.

There are two different techniques to set Num Lock stay on by default.

• If you can use Registry Editor correctly then Click on start button and type Regedt32.exe in Run command. Here Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard and change the value for InitialKeyboardIndicators from 0 to 2.
• You can do same by configuring the script to change the NUM LOCK state. Click Start button and then open Notepad. Copy the giving code and paste in Notepad.
  
  
   set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
   WshShell.SendKeys "{NUMLOCK}"
  
  
  Now save this file with name "num.vbs" must including the quotes. At the end copy this file to user startup folder. The path for this folder is:
   Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup. 
   
  Now restart the computer. Num Lock should come on and stay on.

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