During working hours or during sleep hours, you may want to turn off all notifications on your laptop or tablet to avoid disruption. Instead of manually turning off notifications for every single app, you can turn on the Quiet hours feature in the system setting so that all notifications during that period will be muted automatically.
By default, Adobe Reader 7 retains a list of up to five of the most recently accessed PDFs. This makes it easy to locate a document that you have currently viewed. However, if you read many PDFs, you might want it to increase the number of recently-accessed files that it lists. To do this, use the steps provided in this tutorial.
By default, Winamp reports anonymous usage statistics back to their server. To provide yourself with a little more privacy, you can stop reporting these stats by following the directions below:
By default, Winamp 5 will attempt to restore associations of various multimedia files when the application is launched. This can be rather annoying if you do not prefer to use Winamp to play all of your multimedia content. To prevent Winamp 5 from performing this action, use the steps provided in this tutorial.
Adobe Reader 7.0 contains a feature called CoolType that smoothes text and monochrome graphics, making documents easier to read. It is optimized for LCD screens and laptops. To enable CoolType, use the steps below.
You can increase the size of the text in your Winamp 5 playlist. This will make the text easier to read, but it will also show fewer items at one time in the playlist.
This tech-recipe contains a quick policy which will stop software theft by disabling CD burning options.
You can control which connections on your computer have Windows Firewall enabled. Keep reading to find out how to do this.
If a hard drive is formatted with NTFS, you can limit the amount of disk space a user can utilize using Disk Quotas. Disk Quotas are based on file ownership (which means that it counts against the one who owns it). To enable Disk Quotas, follow the steps provided in this tutorial.
You can save your frequently used Find and Replace searches so that you no longer have to recreate them each time you want to use them. To do this, use the steps below.
If the Show Desktop icon been deleted from your Quick Launch bar, it can be quickly restored by performing the steps provided in this tech-recipe.
As an improvement from Windows 8, Windows 8.1 includes better Start screen customization settings, including animated backgrounds, tile grouping and more tile sizes. This tutorial is a comprehensive guide which you can use to give your Start screen a whole new look.
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