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Windows Live Messenger 2011: How to Disable Notifications

Sometimes the notifications from Windows Live Messenger can becom overwhelming, especially if you use it for chatting with your Facebook friends. Each time a friend signs in, you will be notified. You can disable some or all notifications and stop the interuptions.

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Batch File: How to retrieve Asset Tag / Serial Number for a Dell computer

This guide is a quickie on how you can use a batch file to retrieve asset tag and / or serial number information for a Dell desktop or laptop.  This recipe assumes that the Dell computer has had its asset tag entered into the BIOS. Note, not all computer motherboards use this field in WMIC but Dell computers will.

Firefox: How do I Block Cookies of a Specific Website?

Cookies are a valuable way to improve the web browsing experience. They do important things such as remembering preferences and login information. However, other sites may use cookie to track you or to record your browsing habits. This tech-recipe describes how to block or allow cookies for one specific page or website.

Word 2010: Always Paste as Plain Text without Style Formatting

I hate that Microsoft Word always try to preserve styles when I copy and paste in text from an outside source. Instead of manually removing the extra style information within Word 2010, it is much more efficient to just remove this text formatting by default.

Windows Live Mail 2011: How to Customize the Quick Access Toolbar

By adding all commands that you frequently use, you can rely completely on the Quick Access Toolbar and keep the Ribbon completely minimized without having to use it much at all. This allows you to recapture the large amount of real estate that the Ribbon occupies.

Twitter: How to Easily Revoke Access to 3rd Party Apps You No Longer Use

There are hundreds and hundreds of different third party applications that can be given access to your Twitter account. Through your course of using Twitter, it is probably safe to say that you used quite a few before finally finding one that you decided to stick with. Here’s how to quickly and easily revoke access to all of those applications that you no longer use so that you keep everything all nice and tidy.

IE9: Increase the Number of Sites Displayed on New Tab Page (Your most popular sites)

Internet Explorer 9’s New Tab Page displays two rows of 5 (10) of your most popular sites. You can increase the number of rows from 2 to 3, 4, or 5 by applying a simple change to your registry.

Firefox: Recover Lost, Deleted or Corrupted Bookmarks

Firefox bookmarks can be lost for multiple reasons. Accidental deletion or file corruption are two common causes. However, if this occurs, you still have a chance to recover them using Firefox’s auto backups. This tutorial also describes how to manually backup and restore your bookmarks as well.

iOS4: Creating and Using Folders for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Users can finally organize their applications by placing them within folders! This ability requires iOS4.0 and higher for the iPhone and iPod Touch. iPad users will need to update to at least iOS4.2

Outlook 2010: Arrange Emails as Conversations or Threads

Many email services like Gmail group your incoming emails by conversation if they have the same subject. Frequently, this is also referred as viewing messages as threads or “threaded” view. If you want Outlook to group emails as conversations, this tech-recipes will show you how.

iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch: How Do I Update with an .ipsw File?

Apple frequently releases beta versions of its iOS software through ipsw files. These are the same file format that iTune uses to create backups of your device. If you should find yourself needing to update your device with an ipsw file, this tutorial will walk you through it.

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