Now In yahoo mail new interface you can temporarily hide the advertisement on the right hand side of the Yahoo! Mail page by clicking on the small arrow in the border between your messages and the advertisement. If you decide you want to open the advertisement again, just click the arrow again.

[ as shown in the snapshot below ]

There has been an official post around blocking ads in yahoo mail interface by yahoo mail team. This seems to be a good step taking by yahoo mail team to give some ad free experience in yahoo mail to the free users.

But still if you are not happy, either upgrade to yahoo mail plus to remove all ads or use the some other tricky methods to remove all ads in yahoo messenger.

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How can I disable my Facebook account ?

This is a simple question which seems to have a simple answer too, but why do people face problems in finding the same in Facebook ? Answer to this question is that Facebook in one such crap social networking services which changes its user interface every now and then due to which users got confused and cannot find basic things and options to configure.

An easy step by step procedure is given below, which tells you how to delete your Facebook account.

1. You will first need to login to your Facebook profile to disable your account.

2. Once you are logged in, Navigate to account settings in Facebook.

3. Under Account Settings >> Settings, scroll down to locate the option which says Deactivate Account – click on the link on the right – deactivate.

Please Note – Clicking this link will delete your Facebook account and all information on it, and you might revert back the same, So think before clicking this link.

4. That’s it.

You can read some more Facebook tips we have written before, do let us know how did you like them.

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Microsoft Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer is one of the most popular browsers on the planet, simply because it is include with every copy of Windows. However, it is therefore one of the most vulnerable browsers out there because every hacker and malware writer wants to exploit it. If you are having any problems with your version of IE, whether it is related to page loading or annoying malware, it is essential to update to the latest version. Using IE 6 is not only hazardous, but also old-fashioned as it has none of the advanced features of the latest Internet Explorer 8. The update is free and by having the latest browser onboard you will be able to enjoy all of the new interactive content that exists online.

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox has become a firm favorite amongst those looking for an alternative to Microsoft`s browser. This too is constantly updated and as an open source project new fixes and improvements are made frequently. Basic troubleshooting usually involves closing down Firefox when you encounter an issue and restating it to see if the problem is ironed out. Persistent problems can be addressed by clearing the cookies and cached memory, which is performed by clicking the Tools menus and then highlighting Clear Recent History.

If you want more advanced control over Firefox for troubleshooting, then starting it in Safe Mode will give you a secure environment in which to work. There should be a shortcut for Safe Mode in the start menu next to the main Firefox shortcut, but you can also enter "Firefox -safe-mode" minus the speech marks into the Run function, which is accessed from the Start menu. This will let you know if a theme or plug-in is causing the problem and it can then be disabled.

Google Chrome

Google`s browser is the most recent addition to the mainstream browser market and though its share is still relatively limited compared to its rivals, it is growing in popularity thanks to the strength of Google`s brand. Because of this immaturity, there are still bugs and crashes to fix. Google recommends creating a new user profile in Chrome if you are experiencing problems with your existing one.

General Browser Troubleshooting Tips

If you are having trouble with certain web pages no matter what browser you are using, it might be worth checking your actual internet connection and firewall. Some routers and integrated protection software will automatically block access to certain sites which are deemed to be dangerous. For the most part this is a great thing, as it will keep your PC free from malware, but sometimes a perfectly harmless site can get blacklisted by accident. If this is the case, you may need to look beyond your browser for a solution and when using mobile broadband, remember that connections can be dropped without warning.

This is a guest article contributed by Isabella from Broadband Expert, you can also send in guest articles to us if you want to connect with our readers and share your computer troubleshooting knowledge to help them.

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If you are worried about your important data saved in your hard disk, and want to prevent users on your computer to access it from My Computer Window, then this is the right article for you.

In this article, I will tell you a simple and easy to follow policy settings in Windows that prevents access to hard disk partitions from My Computer / Computer in Windows Explorer.

This tutorial works with up to latest Windows 7 version as I have tested it on my Windows 7 Desktop computer.

Just follow these simple steps to Restrict Access To Hard Disk Partitions in Windows:

1. Press Windows + R key, in the Run Window, type “gpedit.msc” and press enter. This will lauch local group policy editor window.

2. On Local Group Policy Editor in Windows, navigate to the following path on the left hand side pane of the window.

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer

3. Now Double Click on the setting “Prevent access to drives from My Computer”. This will open a setting window. On this setting Window, click Enabled and select the drives for which you want to restrict the access. The simply Click OK to save the setting.

That is it, you will now see an error when you try to access a hard disk partition  on a drive in My computer. The error message will tell you “The operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect from this computer. Please contact you system administrator”

So next time you see this Restriction Window, you know that Windows Explorer has been restricted. To remove this restriction, just follow the same steps again and in step 3, select the option “Not Configured” instead of “Enabled”.

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However if you want to import more than one blog in Facebook you will need to install some third party application, this way you can send updates from multiple blogs when ever you post a new entry on these blogs added.

There are several applications on Facebook which can fetch updates from your different blogs and post new updates from these blogs on your Facebook wall.

NetworkedBlogs is one such popular Facebook application which allows you to add several blogs and then post updates from all of them to your Facebook profile. It is quite popular application on Facebook which being used by many bloggers, so you will see several blogs already using this application for networking and sharing.

Once you add this Facebook application to your profile you can add multiple blogs to send updates in your Facebook profile.

This application is sort of Facebook directory of blogs, as various blogs owners can connect to each other via this social app for blogs.

Another Facebook application which allows you post updates from multiple blogs to your profile is RSS Graffiti – is a fun little Facebook application that is meant to take the fuss out of keeping your Facebook friends and fans updated with the latest news from your other sites.

This application periodically checks the RSS/Atom feeds that you specify and posts any new entries it finds to the Facebook Walls that you specify. You can get any feed written on any wall. In fact, multiple feeds to multiple walls as per your preferences.

So if you are a blogger, a marketeer, a musician maybe, a twitter or friendfeed user, anybody that has more than one RSS/Atom feed and at least a Facebook Profile or better yet one or more Facebook Fan Pages, then RSS Graffiti is for you.

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One of our reader as us this question on how can he, divert all his mails he receive in his hotmail account to his Gmail account so that he can read them in the Gmail clean and faster email interface, he wants to receive all his mails sent to hotmail id in his Gmail account, and also like reply to those emails from Gmail interface only.

Here is step by step procedure to send and receive mails in sent to your hotmail account in your Gmail account.

1. Login to Gmail and click settings located at the top right corner in the internet browser screen, and then click Account and Import

2. Click to Add POP3 Email Account, then enter your hotmail or live id in the newly opened small window and then click next button as shown in the image below.

3. Now Enter the username and password on your hotmail account, and select the following settings and then click add account as shown in the image below.

4. Now Enter the your name, and then click next step button

5. Now select how would you like to send replies to the hotmail mails you receive in your Gmail account.

6. Now click the button to send verification

7. Now check your hotmail account to check for the verification code and enter it in the next screen

Once you enter the verification code, you will start receiving the mails sent to your hotmail account into your Gmail account.

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Today we will tell you about another simple to use tool called PrtScr which lets you take the screenshot of your entire PC screen in one go. Once you install this small program and run it, it will display a tiny icon in system tray. Right clicking on the system tray icon you will see the option to take screen shot of the screen instantly or with delay .

Once you select the option to take the screenshot of the entire screen, then you can select from 3 specific type of screen shots based on your mouse button actions.

Once you took your screenshot it will start waving on your desktop screen, as now you need to select the second step of saving this screenshot, mailing it, printing it etc or discard. [ as shown in the image below ]

You will need to enter the title which is the name of the screenshot being saved and the comment which will added to the snapshot, but comment is optional.

Here is how the final image will look like as shown below.

You can further do lot more with this simple and easy to use free screenshot capturing program with its options.

Some Key Features

1. Accessible through Ptr Scr, Ctrl+Prt Scr, or custom hotkey

2. Captures full screen, rectangle selection, freehand selection, or active window

3. Can capture mouse cursor

4. Supports multiple monitors

5. Allows annotation over capture, with smooth, natural mouse drawing

6. Saves capture straight to desktop or to any file, sends it as email, edits, prints or sends to clipboard

7. Exports as JPG, BMP, or PNG (transparent or opaque)

8. Can re-scale capture before exporting

9. Can pre-fill capture title & comments with window title & browser URL

Below is the video of this program in Action which can tell you more.

Download PrtScr

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We have previously written some tutorials on how to find duplicate music files, and fastest way to eliminate duplicate files. Today we will tell you about another free software which lets you remove duplicate files in a easy and faster way and it is very effective because irrespective of the same file name it performs a binary comparison of the files.

Fast Duplicate File Finder is a free software which help you find all duplicate files in a folder and its sub folders. It will compare the content of your files so it will find duplicates even if they are using different file names. It will analyze the content of the files in order to find similar files and not just file attributes like name and size as the standard duplicate file finders do.

The duplicate remover uses fast binary comparison algorithm and has internal preview supporting a lot of image, video, music and text file formats. You can also preview the files in binary mode. Auto mark algorithm has advanced settings to exclude from auto mark files with user specified extensions, file sizes, file dates and file names.

You can also set which folders you want to exclude from the auto mark. There is an option to protect system files and folders which is recommended to be turned on.

Some Key Features

• Find DUPLICATE files or find SIMILAR files in user specified folders, hard drives, computers or entire networks
• Fast binary comparison algorithm
• Internal preview supporting images, videos, music, text and binary files
• Older files can be automatically marked for deletion
• Duplicate files can be moved to Recycle Bin, custom folder or deleted permanently
• Support for all kinds of removable media – USB drives, diskettes etc.
• Has intuitive interface and rich documentation
• Process priority settings that will let the application scan in your computers IDLE time
• Protection for system files and folders that will prevent damages to your system files
• Automatically locate duplicate files in Windows Explorer
• Open file with associated program
• Powerful filter and exclude from auto-check options
• Multi-language file system support

Requirements

• Operating system: Windows 7/Vista/XP/NT/ME/2000/2003/98
• CPU: Pentium-233 MHz or higher
• 128 MB RAM
• 5 MB free hard disk space

Download Fast Duplicate Finder

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So, there is no tool which can integrate a folder size column in windows explorer in windows 7 and vista, but still there are some other alternatives to find out large sized folder on your computer hard drive. We had written some tutorial on how to Display Folder Size In Vista Windows Explorer, Find Large Size Folders and another interesting tip on 3 Ways To Free Up Space On PC

Today we will tell you about another free tool which can easily help to see the folders size in windows, read on further to know more.

This tool is also called Folder Size which will find and display all file and folder sizes, it will display folder name, folder size, size in percentage, files count, subfolders count, creation time and modification time. [ as shown in the snapshot ]

This application will show a very neat report which can be sorted in order to identify the largest folders and the largest files. You can easily figure out which files or folders have filled up your dive space as Folder Size will also scan the sizes of all the subfolders. The application can scan your entire hard drive in minutes due to its optimized scan algorithms.

Some Other Key Features

• Sort option based on all the different criteria listed above – folder name, folder size etc.
• Option to rearrange the columns in the list in order to suit your preferences.
• Option to display the file and folder sizes in Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes or automatically determine the most appropriate size format.
• Locate selected folder or file in Windows Explorer via a context menu
• Show Windows folder or file properties dialog
• Delete folders or files.
• Open files with associated application using double click.
• Remove folders or files from the list in order to check the folder size after deleting the item.
• Support for all types of storage devices – hard drives, CDROM, USB Drives, Floppy disks
• Progressive scan. If you have stopped a scan it will continue form the point of interruption saving processing time. If you have removed items from the list consequential scan will be very quick by only updating the missing items.
• Easy Explorer-style navigation via Back, Forward and Folder Up tool buttons
• Detailed drive size information list including – total drive size, drive used space and drive free space.
• Intuitive Explorer-style user interface and rich documentation

Requirements

• Operating system: Windows 7/Vista/XP/NT/ME/2000/2003/98
• CPU: Pentium-233 MHz or higher
• 128 MB RAM
• 5 MB free hard disk space

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Retrieved information is presented in a logical and easily understandable form and can be exported into various types of reports.

Following are some key features

1. Comprehensive hardware information

2. System health monitoring (Thermal, Voltage, Fan, Power)

3. Basic benchmarks

4. Text, CSV, XML, HTML, MHTML report formats

5. Periodical updates

6. OS: Windows 9x/2000/XP/Vista/Server 2003/2008/Windows 7

7. Platform: 32-bit (IA-32), 64-bit (x64, IA-64)

We have also reviewed some similar tools which gets information about your computer like LookInMyPC, View Complete Information Of a PC and System Spec 

Download HWiNFO32

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