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  • Windows Internet Explorer 9 – Allow Different Zoom Levels and Text Sizes

    Internet Explorer 9 keeps your current zoom level and text size when opening up new tabs or windows. If you prefer to have different settings, make this tweak.

    To make it easier to read small text or view intricate pictures inside Windows Internet Explorer 9, especially useful for some older users, you can adjust the zoom level and / or text size. For example, pressing Ctrl+Shift++ zooms in (hold down the Ctrl, Shift, and + keys), pressing Ctrl+Shift+- (hold down the Ctrl, Shift, and – keys) zooms out, or Ctrl+Shift+0 (hold down the Ctrl, Shift, and zero) resets to the default zoom (100%).

    When you make such a change, Internet Explorer 9 assumes that you want to keep these settings whenever opening a new tab or window. This way if you have difficulty reading web pages and always need Internet Explorer to zoom in, you will not have to do so manually each time. …

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  • Windows Internet Explorer 9 – Allow Different Zoom Levels and Text Sizes

    Internet Explorer 9 keeps your current zoom level and text size when opening up new tabs or windows. If you prefer to have different settings, make this tweak.

    To make it easier to read small text or view intricate pictures inside Windows Internet Explorer 9, especially useful for some older users, you can adjust the zoom level and / or text size. For example, pressing Ctrl+Shift++ zooms in (hold down the Ctrl, Shift, and + keys), pressing Ctrl+Shift+- (hold down the Ctrl, Shift, and – keys) zooms out, or Ctrl+Shift+0 (hold down the Ctrl, Shift, and zero) resets to the default zoom (100%).

    When you make such a change, Internet Explorer 9 assumes that you want to keep these settings whenever opening a new tab or window. This way if you have difficulty reading web pages and always need Internet Explorer to zoom in, you will not have to do so manually each time. …

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  • Windows Internet Explorer 9 – Change the Search Provider From Bing to Another Service

    Configure Internet Explorer 9 to use a different search service other than Bing.

    When you type in a search query instead of an URL into Windows Internet Explorer 9’s address bar, by default it accesses the Bing search engine to return your results. If you would rather use Google or another search engine / service, do the following:

    1. Click on the gear icon at the top-right of Internet Explorer 9, selecting “Manage add-ons”….

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  • Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 – Stop Showing Photo or Video Previews When Hovering

    Instead, hover over a photo or video in Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 to display the filename and date / time.

    When you hover over a photo or video in Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011, a pop-up appears displaying a larger preview of the file.

    If you have a slower computer / graphics card, you may wish to disable this eye candy. Or, instead of showing this preview you may wish to show the filename and time / date as a popup instead. To make this change, do the following:…

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  • File Renamers – Freeware Panda Batch File Renamer for Windows

    Panda Batch File Renamer offers a wide variety of rename options, and can show thumbnails of queued photos to help during the rename process.

    Panda Batch File Renamer is a freeware (for non-commercial use) file rename utility for Windows. The software offers features standard in most renaming packages including adding, replacing, and deleting text. Additional functions include removing accents, reversing text, and regular expression support. File, image, music, and photo information can be added, allowing for filenames including image dimensions, parent folder names, and song artists, for example.

    Files may be added to the rename queue via the menu bar, “Add files” button, or Explorer drag-and-drop. You can choose to rename all files in the queue or only selected files. If after the renaming you realize you made a mistake, the program supports an undo function. You can also choose to undo all or only a few renames, offering extra flexibility….

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  • Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 – Find a Photo, View in Explorer

    Need to find the original location on your hard drive of a photo viewed in Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011?

    If you have Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 monitoring multiple folders for photos, you might need to find a file’s original location via Windows Explorer. This way you can copy (backup) photos to a different location or removable storage, rename a photo’s filename, or perform other file manipulation tasks.

    Luckily, finding this information is easy. From the gallery, just right-click a photo and choose “Open file location” as seen in the below screenshot:…

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  • Windows 7 – Disable Automatic Error / Problem Reporting

    Prevent Windows 7 from automatically contacting Microsoft or prompting you to contact Microsoft whenever a software / hardware / operating system error or problem is detected.

    Depending on your Windows 7 configuration, whenever a problem or error is detected in software, hardware, or the operating system, a problem report may be sent to Microsoft. This way, if solutions are later available such as an updated hardware driver, you will be notified and possibly provided a download link.

    For various reasons including privacy concerns, you may not wish this automatic or prompted sending of information to occur. To disable automatic checking for solutions:…

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  • Windows Live Mail 2011 – Stop Asking to Send Read Receipts

    Configure Windows Live Mail 2011 to ignore read receipt requests instead of prompting you each time.

    You may occasionally receive an e-mail via Windows Live Mail 2011 that comes with a Read Receipt request. This is done by the sender to help ensure their messages actually make it to their destinations.

    While there are many valid reasons for people to ask for read receipts, you may be concerned about privacy and never want to answer these requests. Thus, instead of always responding no to read receipt requests, you can quickly configure the software to ignore these silently:…

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  • Windows Live Mail 2011 – Change the Location of the Message Store

    Change where Windows Live Mail 2011 stores calendar events, downloaded e-mail and RSS feeds, and other items.

    Windows Live Mail 2011’s Message Store is the location on your hard drive where e-mail, calendar events, RSS feeds, and other information and messages are stored. This is normally located in a folder underneath your user folder. For example, in Windows Vista, the location is “C:\ Users\ YOUR_USER_NAME\ AppData\ Local\ Microsoft\ Windows Live Mail”.

    If you have multiple hard drives or partitions, with one of them designated for storing data, you may wish to move the store to another location. Here’s how to change it:…

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  • Mozilla Firefox – Plugins and Extensions – Keep Other Windows from Covering Firefox

    Keep a Firefox window on top of other windows with the “Always on Top” extension.

    Do you keep a lot of other windows open while browsing the web such as a word processor, spreadsheet, or e-mail client? If so, these might cover up the Mozilla Firefox window, something you do not want if the browser is constantly reloading data such as a Twitter feed.

    With the “Always on Top” extension you can force the Firefox window to stay visible above other windows. Plus, the extension is window-sensitive; if you have multiple Firefox windows open you can make one or two of them appear always on top of other windows, even other Firefox windows. …

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