avast!: Prevent Popup Messages from Appearing During Game Play

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It is always frustrating to be in the middle of a good gaming session and to have the avast! antivirus application popup a message regarding an update. You can stop avast! (both the Home and Professional editions) from displaying popup messages while you are running a game by following these steps.

Right-click the avast! notification icon in the System Tray and select Open avast! user interface.

When the user interface loads, click the Settings button in the top right corner of the window.

In the Settings window, click Silent/Gaming Mode. Choose between Silent/Gaming Mode and Silent if a full-screen application is running (which will usually restrict the popups only while gaming). Click the OK button once you’ve made your choice.

Time Machine: Delete Files or Folders from Backup

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Time Machine does an amazing job of backing up all files on your system. However, sometimes you do not want every file saved forever and ever. Here is how you remove a backed up file or folder from the time machine.

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Creating FAT32 Partition/Preparing Drive for OS Install Using Windows 98 SE Boot Disk

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The following tutorial explains using the FDISK DOS application to set up a partition on a new hard drive or to delete an existing hard drive before clean-installing an operating system (OS). This is done using the Windows 98 SE boot disk.

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Windows 8: Disable the Store App

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Although the Store app in Windows 8 is a wonderful place to download applications, many situations exist where blocking the Store app is prudent. For example, if the computer or tablet is open to the public, the Store app should be disabled so unwanted software cannot be installed. Likewise, systems that are used by children in an unmonitored environment will not Store app purchases possible.

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Skype: Backup and Restore Your Contacts

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Since your Contacts play in important role in the functionality of Skype, it only makes sense to back up this vital inforamation. That way, if disaster strikes, you simply restore the contacts and you’re off and going again.

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XP: Connect Network Drive

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The following Tech-Recipes tutorial explains how to treat your network shares like a local hard drive.

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Windows 7: Map a Network Drive

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This tutorial will show two ways you can map a network share as a network drive. By mapping a network drive in this fashion, it will have a drive letters just like a local harddrive. This make access more efficient and convenient. Some programs that are unable to use network shares will function when mapped to a drive using this method.

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iPhone: Automatic Sleep Mode

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The iPhone (or iPod) can go to sleep at some time in the future with a simple option in timer mode. If you want to go to sleep listening to music on your iPhone, you can instruct your iPhone to go to sleep, too. When the time comes, your music will gently fade and your iPhone will enter sleep mode. Updated for iOS 5.

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Java if statement syntax

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The if statement is a fundamental programming contruct. If allows a program to execute different blocks of code, depending on the result of a test. This tech-recipe describes the variations of the if statement in Java.

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XP: Status Bar is Disabled or Disappears in Explorer

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After the installation of SP2, users have noted that their status bar in Internet Explorer is no longer visable. Users of SP1 have noted a different error causing the status bar to disappear as well. This tutorial contains fixes for both issues.

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YouTube: How to Delete a Video

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At some point it will become necessary to remove a video that you have uploaded to YouTube. Maybe you uploaded the same video twice, maybe you were asked to remove it, or maybe it turned out to be more embarrassing than you can take.

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Word: Add a Border to a Paragraph

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Adding a border to an important paragraph helps it stand out from the rest of your document. This is helpful if you want a part of your document to be emphasized. To add a border in Word 2007, 2010, or 2011 just follow the directions below.

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It is always frustrating to be in the middle of a good gaming session and to have the avast! antivirus application popup a message regarding an update. You can stop avast! (both the Home and Professional editions) from displaying popup messages while you are running a game by following these steps.

Time Machine does an amazing job of backing up all files on your system. However, sometimes you do not want every file saved forever and ever. Here is how you remove a backed up file or folder from the time machine.

The following tutorial explains using the FDISK DOS application to set up a partition on a new hard drive or to delete an existing hard drive before clean-installing an operating system (OS). This is done using the Windows 98 SE boot disk.

Since your Contacts play in important role in the functionality of Skype, it only makes sense to back up this vital inforamation. That way, if disaster strikes, you simply restore the contacts and you’re off and going again.

The following Tech-Recipes tutorial explains how to treat your network shares like a local hard drive.

The if statement is a fundamental programming contruct. If allows a program to execute different blocks of code, depending on the result of a test. This tech-recipe describes the variations of the if statement in Java.

After the installation of SP2, users have noted that their status bar in Internet Explorer is no longer visable. Users of SP1 have noted a different error causing the status bar to disappear as well. This tutorial contains fixes for both issues.

At some point it will become necessary to remove a video that you have uploaded to YouTube. Maybe you uploaded the same video twice, maybe you were asked to remove it, or maybe it turned out to be more embarrassing than you can take.

Adding a border to an important paragraph helps it stand out from the rest of your document. This is helpful if you want a part of your document to be emphasized. To add a border in Word 2007, 2010, or 2011 just follow the directions below.

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