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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Remove Bing from Firefox

Problem: You have Firefox, but you hate Bing and want to remove it.  When you type search words into the address bar, it always redirects to Bing (instead of Google).

Solution: Type "about.config" in the address bar → Enter → I'll be careful, I promise! → Type "keyword.URL" in search box → Enter → R click → Reset

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Type Arrows in Regular Text

Problem: You're typing an email, a message, a document, a blog or some other such thing that doesn't have an "Insert Symbol" function and you want to put some arrows in it.

Solution: Go to Wikipedia's Arrow (symbol) page → highlight the arrow you want → copy (Ctrl+C) & paste (Ctrl+V)

Monday, January 7, 2013

Access the Device Manager in XP

Problem: You want to to access the Device Manager in Windows XP, but you don't know how to get to it.

Solution:
Start → Run → devmgmt.msc → Enter
Start → Control Panel → System → Hardware tab → Device Manager
Start → Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Computer Management → Device Manager (on L)