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If you post a lot of messages on Twitter, you might wish to save your Tweets to your computer, external hard drive or flash drive so that, in case something goes wrong you will have a nice backup of your Twitter Account. This might also be quite useful in case you want to re-read all your old conversations and messages but you don’t have an Internet connection!  Whatever the reason, Twitter doesn’t offer any way to keep your Tweets in a secure place nor does it offers any proper solution to make sure that all your favorite and valuable “memories” will be saved from disruption or hardware failure. Let’s see how to overcome this problem thanks to web utilities, special websites which connect to your Twitter account and transfer all your data to a secure place of your choice. Continue reading »

It is not very easy to repair or completely recover your computer and Windows operating system (Windows 7, Vista or XP) after a virus attack. In fact,  after a virus has been deleted and cleared from your system, most of the time your Windows will experience an annoying slowness, random crashes and a general low performance. But that’s not all.  As you know, viruses and spywares mess with your computer and try to make a lot of damages. Because of this you might need to recover your Windows registry or some utility and tool which have been disabled or hidden such as the Run command, Internet connection, task manager, security policies, themes, folders etc. The list of thing which a virus could have “ruined” is so great that most of the time, the average user will format the computer and re-install the whole operating system! Recently, I have found on the Internet three interesting and free applications which could save you and your machine  froma lot of pain, right after a virus exploit! Basically, they will attempt to heal your computer by re-enabling certain features or checking and fixing some Windows utilities which got corrupted by the virus!  So let’s see together how to restore our Windows OS to its normal, functional state in a couple of clicks!  Continue reading »

Did you delete your Yahoo account account in a hurry? If so, you might wish to get your old Yahoo account back, as well as all of your old sent and received emails. Don’t worry, this is not an problem at all. Yahoo is well aware of this issue and lets you recover your email account in a couple of easy steps. The only issue is to be able to find the right Yahoo page where to file a kind of reconsideration, a request to the Yahoo team where you explain that you need access your account back. Sure you could contact the Yahoo support but well, most of the times that it is not the fastest way to proceed. So, let’s see together  what to do in case you have changed your mind and all of a sudden you need to gain access to your old emails as well as other data you stored in Yahoo! Continue reading »

After the Facebook Cartoon meme, it is now time Facebook number game (number in Facebook Status updates) ! That’s another social game which I am pretty sure is here to stay among Facebook users (there are already a dedicated Facebook group about it). Such a game, which was started by an unknown user is pretty simple and very effective, but also pretty silly, if you ask me! User A sends a message via Facebook chat or message to user B. At this point, user B will create a wall post starting with that number where he will write and describe what he thinks about the user A. In this way everybody will know what user A  thinks about a person who will stay anonymous to all Facebook audience! Continue reading »

Upon trying to activate your Windows 7 online, the system might return you with the error code 0xC004C008. Such activation error, as explained on this Microsoft troubleshooting page,  “occurs if the KMS key has exceeded the activation limit. KMS keys will activate up to 10 times on six different computers.” or when “The activation server determined that the computer could not be activated”. Among the different causes that might trig such error Microsoft  managed to spot 4 different ones, namely: Your computer’s hardware has been changed, Windows 7 was reinstalled on the same computer, your Windows 7‌ product key was transferred from another computer and the ‌Windows 7 product key that you’re trying to use has already been used on the maximum number of computers that your license allows. Let’s see how to fix this error. Continue reading »

This brief guide will show you how to permanently turn off and stop the annoying Choose Profile popup in Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010 from popping up on your screen every time you start the Microsoft email application. It will prompt you to choose a Profile Name from a drop down menu, within the Choose Profile window.  The issue about this procedure is that the system will ask you to select a profile every time you start Outlook. Such an issue appears when the user ticks the Set as Default Profile checkbox on the dialog box (to activate such an option you will have to click the “Options >>” button). Every time you will start the Microsoft email client you will have to set this feature all over again!  This is a true bug (even though Microsoft says that this behaviour is by design) which simply doesn’t let you  change the default profile by using the Choose Profile popup. Let’s see how to fix it! Continue reading »

Facebook profiles look  pretty similar to each other, right? Apparently, there is no way to change the Facebook wallpaper due to the poor customization options the system offers, but hey, as you know there is also some nice trick here at Web Talk to apply and add some spicy to our plain and uniform lives!  The fact that Facebook is not easily customisable is obviously a wanted “feature”. The neat, clear, simple and user-friendly layout is very appealing to a lot of users and external viewers but well, sometimes, above all if you use this social website a lot, you might  get tired with it! Let’s see how to solve this issue with a couple of neat tricks! Continue reading »

Are you “anxious” of other people nosing at the websites and blogs you are reading on Google Chrome? Hide all tabs in one click and keep your privacy safe! One of the main features available on Google Chrome is the nice visual effect which shows you all the visited blogs as thumbnails on the main page as soon as you open Google Chrome. Despite it is clear that such a feature is really useful,  it might also cause some embarrassment, above all if you have people, family members and co-workers around you! They could see what you are doing or they could find out your “little dirty secrets” . It is not easy to delete or hide all those opened tabs on your Chrome right away. Well, fear no more, thanks to this handy add-on you will be able to conceal everything in one click! Continue reading »