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IE 9: Prevent users from changing your homepage

contributed by Lê Hoàng on September 21, 2011 under Browsers

The home page setting in the IE browser can be changed in a few clicks. If your computer is used by other users, you may not want them being able to set the home page to a different location. To avoid frustration, you can disable that option. This tutorial will show how to do it in IE9.

Google Chrome: The Quick and Easy Way to Create Web Apps

contributed by Rob Rogers on September 20, 2011 under Browsers, Google

If the version of Google Chrome you are using has the latest New Tab page, then you can quickly and easily create web apps of any of the sites listed on the Most Visited tab. This is a great way of making sure that your favorite sites are a click away.

IE9: Disable Internet Options

contributed by Lê Hoàng on July 11, 2011 under Browsers, Windows

The Internet Options is the center place for tweaking most of all important settings in Internet Explorer. Because this option can be easily accessed by anyone, problems may arise when an user erases or tweaks the settings of other users. Luckily, you can lock the option by using this registry tweak.

IE 9: How to Clear or Delete AutoComplete History

contributed by Rob Rogers on May 21, 2011 under Browsers

If you share a computer, you don’t want your typed information to be popping up for others to see. By deleting the autocomplete history, all of that information will be removed.

Firefox 4: How to Customize the Orange Button

contributed by Rob Rogers on May 18, 2011 under Mozilla Firefox

Firefox 4’s infamous orange button can be a real eyesore to an otherwise awesome looking screen. By changing the color to better match your theme, you can improve its looks dramatically. You can also customize it further by changing the text displayed from “Firefox” to something more personal.

Firefox 4: Share Page on Twitter and Facebook at Once

contributed by Siddharth Bose on May 15, 2011 under Browsers, Mozilla Firefox

This tech-recipe demonstrates how to share a page on Twitter and Facebook with a single key stroke.

Firefox 4: Disable Tab Animation

contributed by sourojit on April 18, 2011 under Mozilla Firefox

Tab animations gives Firefox some additional eye candy. However, this can also slow down or degrade overall system performance on slower computer systems. Here is how to disable tab animation if you need to run Firefox as lean as possible.

Fix for Firefox Windows Not Grouping Correctly in Windows 7

contributed by Aaron St. Clair on April 12, 2011 under Browsers

When I installed Firefox, I decided to untick the installation option asking to create a Firefox desktop icon. Later after creating and pinning a Firefox shortcut to the taskbar, I found that it launched a separate instance of the program and did not group correctly. If you have experienced the same issue, keep reading for the fix.

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