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Google Desktop: Index and Search Email in your Gmail Account

If you use the Google Desktop to search for various items on your computer, you should think about also having it index and search the email in your Gmail account. It makes this useful tool even more valuable.

PowerShell: Enable Script Support

By default, PowerShell has scripting support disabled. If you try and run a PowerShell script, you will be greeted with an error stating that the execution of scripts is disabled on your system. To enable scripting support so that your scripts will run, read on:

Google Talk: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts

By default, the Google Talk application starts when Windows does. If you don’t use Google Talk regularly, you are wasting resources by having it run when you don’t need it. To stop Google Talk from starting when Windows does:

Google: Filter Explicit Text from Search Results

By default, Google filters explicit images by utilizing moderate filtering. Since it is doubtful you were looking for explicit language in the first place, you can filter out explicit text as well. You must have cookies enabled on your browser in order for this to work.

Google Talk: Disable Mail Notifications

If you are using a Vista Gadget (or some other notifier) to show when you have new mail in your Gmail account, then Google Talk’s mail notification becomes unnecessary. To diable notification for new mail in Google Talk, follow these steps:

Twitter: Post to Twitter Using Skype Client

If you are already using Skype for making calls and chatting, you can Twitter with it as well. Thanks to a Skype bot, you can post to Twitter using the Skype client. Once you have added the bot to your contacts and authenticated, you can post to Twitter and view your friends’ postings as well.

Windows Defender: Enable Automatic Definitions File Update for Automatic Scans

When it comes to removing spyware from your computer, it can be imperative to have the latest definitions files in order to remove the nasty files from you machine. Automatic scanning in Windows Defender, by default, does not check for the latest definitions file prior to scanning your system. To enable the automatic retrieval of the definition file prior to performing the Auto scanning, follow these steps:

Ad-Aware 2007: Enable Automatic Definitions File Update for Auto Scans

When it comes to removing spyware from your computer, it can be imperative to have the latest definitions files in order to remove the nasty files from you machine. Auto scans in Ad-Aware, by default, do not check for the latest definitions file prior to scanning your system. To enable the automatic retrieval of the definition file prior to performing the Auto Scan, follow these steps:

Opera Mini 4: Enable Small Screen Rendering for Easier Viewing

By default, the new Opera Mini uses a thumbnail representation of the entire web page you are viewing for initial navigation. On small screens, such as my RAZR, this view is pretty useless because it is so small that you are unable to make out any of the contents of the page. This means you don’t know what to zoom in to view. You can enable the small screen rendering which is the same as earlier versions of Opera Mini while keeping the rest of the new features by following these steps:

Excel 2007: Add Minimum, Maximum and Numerical Count to the Status Bar

Excel’s status bar can come in handy by giving you additional information when you select a range of cells. By default, it displays the Average, Count, and Sum. You can also include Minimum, Maximum, and Numerical Count, or any combination of the six options.

Mobile Phones – Set up automated numbers for accessing accounts

Well, i know i’m a huge fan of accessing my account info via my phone and at times get a bit sick of entering my account info each time i dial an automated system. lets make it easier and setup speed dials for this! WARNING, if you do decide to do this i would recommend setting up security on your phone so that a pin is required to access your phone book incase your phone is lost or stolen and your info will not be in harms way!

iPhone: Control iPod functions through headphones

The little microphone/switch that bulges out on the right side of the headphones included with the iPhone can do some neat tricks other than answer or hang up a call. When not in a call, you can use this switch to control the iPod functions of the iPhone. It’s a testament to Apple’s designers to implement something simple like this that would be easy to overlook.

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