Microsoft Plays Games With Silverlight To play certain videos, like Netflix and videos on Microsoft’s site, you’ll need to install Microsoft Silverlight. And we’ve hammered Sun (Java) and Adobe (Flash Player) for trying to sneak software unto people’s computers or hijack their search engine and/or browser Start page. It’s bad enough that Sun Java and Adobe Flash Player… Read More »
Identify Annoying Audio from Web Pages This tip is for Chrome, Firefox and Edge Users Many sites, especially news sites, have delayed auto-start videos (or audio ads) on their pages. When surfing multiple pages, you may suddenly hear the audio, but finding which page it is on meant going through each open tab; sometimes I have 15 or… Read More »
How to Change Your Download Folder By default, when you download a file in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Edge or most any other browser, your files will be downloaded to your default download folder. On Windows 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10, your default download location is: C:\Users\Your Windows User Name\Downloads But what if you want have a… Read More »
Managing Bookmarks In Firefox Managing Firefox bookmarks is more like managing Favorites in Internet Explorer, than managing bookmarks in Chrome. Speaking of which, you can learn more about managing Favorites in Internet Explorer and Edge here. If you’re a Chrome user, you can read about managing bookmarks in Chrome here. As with Internet Explorer, the key to managing… Read More »
Managing Bookmarks In Chrome Chrome – you either love it or you hate it, but one thing you can’t deny, it’s the most popular browser right now. There’s a good chance you either use it as your default browser or you have it installed on your computer and you have at least tried it. There’s a lot to… Read More »
Working With Favorites in Windows 10 We have had quite a few people who can’t find their Favorites in Windows 10. We assure you they’re still there. Windows 10 makes Microsoft Edge the default browser, but Edge still uses Favorites. Let’s take a look. Microsoft Edge If you upgraded to Windows 10 and did not change your default browser… Read More »