This brief tutorial will show you how to change your computer name or workgroup in Widows Vista or Windows 7 easily and quickly. If you bought new computer that had Windows already installed, then your PC probably has a random name given to it. To change that name to something or your choice, I’ll show you below.
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Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Shareware, Utilities, Web search engine, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista 
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This brief tutorial will show you how to install Google Chrome (Chromium) in Ubuntu lucid or Maverick via PPA. Installing programs via Ubuntu PPA allows for automatic updates, upgrades and maintenance. If you’re current using Google Chrome in Windows and want the same for your Ubuntu machine, then this tutorial should help you get there.
This short tutorial will show you how to install Google Chrome on Fedora or CentOS Linux systems easily and quickly. If you’re currently using Chrome in Windows and you want to do the same with your Fedora or CentOS Systems, this tutorial will show you how to do that.
Posted in How-To Tips, Linux Tags: Fedora, Google, Google Chrome, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Search Engines, Searching, Web search engine View Comments
This tutorial will show you how you can quickly access Windows Shares from openSUSE Linux with ease. There are many ways to setup file sharing between Windows and openSUSE Linux, but this tutorial will only focus on accessing Windows shares from openSUSE Linux
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This short tutorial will show you how to print to a shared Windows printer easily and quickly from openSUSE Linux. If you have one printer that is installed on your Windows system and you want to be able to print from openSUSE Linux, this tutorial will show you how to do that.
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It is probably not efficient to always download PDFs, Word Documents or PowerPoint Presentations onto your computer before you can view or edit them. How about being able to preview or edit documents and view PDFs directly in your web browser? This tutorial will show you how to use Google Docs Viewer in Firefox to preview documents, and pdfs without leaving your browser.
Posted in How-To Tips, Web, Windows Tags: Add-on, Clients, Firefox, Google, Google Docs, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Web search engine View CommentsThis tutorial will show you how to browse securely online with Google Chrome and McAfee SiteAdvisor extension. SiteAdvisor warns you when you’re about to visit a site with malicious content and low ratings. It is based on McAfee SiteAdvisor that gives you safety information on millions on websites online. If the site you want to visit has harmful contents, SiteAdvisor will automatically redirect you and tells you why the site might not be safe.
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Do you want to bookmark a web page or save a session? Session Manager is an extension in Google Chrome which lets you quickly save your current browser state for later use. It also lets you manage multiple sessions, rename, and remove them from the library.
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How would you like to know what’s behind a web link before clicking it? If we all knew what was on the other side of a link before we click on it, viruses, spyware and other harmful programs might never have had the chance to infect our computers.
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How would you like to include all your favorite Google Services on one menu bar in Firefox? With this cool extension called Google Shortcuts, you can display all your favorite Google Services in one location for quick access.
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Some among us do travel to other countries at times. If you’re among the few who travel, it’s now possible to change the keyboard layout, time zone and language format based on your current region in Windows. After configuring these settings, the date format, language style and time zone will automatically adjust based your selection.
Posted in How-To Tips, Windows Tags: Keyboard, Keyboard layout, Language, Language Options, Microsoft Windows, Russia, Web search engine, Windows View CommentsThere may be some good reasons why you wouldn’t want to use or enable some of Windows Vista or Windows 7 features. For instance, Internet Explorer — maybe you like Firefox or Chrome and you don’t really use Internet Explorer anymore — well, you can get rid of Internet Explorer altogether and free up some space on your computer.
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