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Nobody wants to upgrade and update Windows Live Messenger 2009 to Windows Live Messenger 2011. This guide will show how to disable the force  to update feature embedded in Windows operating systems which constantly pushes you to download and install the latest Microsoft chat client  version (MSN). The reason why nobody wants to switch to WLM2011 is that such a version is full of annoying bugs and issues such as the nickname which can not be changed, or contacts which always appear offline, for example. Because of such issues and many others, a growing number of users feel that the previous WLM was the best one for them! However, Microsoft aware of this problem has started showing kind of alerts on Windows Vista and Windows 7 running Windows Live Essentials 2009. Basically, Microsoft will prompt those users who have not upgraded Windows Live Essentials 2009 to update to the latest 2011! Let’s see how to turn off the force to update notifications, reminders and prompts with some hack! Continue reading »

Microsoft has finalized and released the first official Windows 7 Service Pack (SP1) to manufacturing (RTM). And of course such a SP1 has been leaked to download as ISO installer on the Internet (torrent websites). The ISO image is a “courtesy”  by Microsoft  for its OEM partners such as MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Let’s se some more information about this Service Pack 1 and where you can download it. Continue reading »

If you want to force and enable your Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) to open the useful Inprivate Browsing mode by default you have to know that  there is an nice hack for this! As you know, latest Internet Explorer 9  (like IE8) has got among its feature the inprivate browsing that allows you to surf the web anonymously. This means that you won’t leave anything on your browser such as Internet history, cookies etc. However such a feature is on demand meaning that you will have to follow certain steps in order to turn it on and active it! But why have to repeatedly follow these steps every time you want to surf the Internet when there is a nice hack which let you automate the process and have the InPrivate browsing always on, by default? Continue reading »

Do you have a lot of friends scattered  on different chat clients? If so, why don’t you use a multiple chat client that manages to access through multiple chat networks  thus gathering all your contacts under the same chat application? This means that you can simultaneously talk with your friends on Google Talk (Gtalk) while you are sending a file on Windows Live Messenger and sit on a Yahoo chat room, all at the same time! Let’s see how to achieve this incredible result thanks to a free multi chat client application! Continue reading »

Recently, there is a lot of stir on the Internet due to the elusive  “Facebook Masthead” term. Where can you find Facebook Masthead? Well, before talking about where, I think we should talk about what this term means!  The whole story started with the movie “The Social Network” which spins around the most famous social network on the Internet: Facebook. If you haven’t watched the movie and wish to know more, read this Wikipedia article. In the movie there are a lot of references to this rather unknown term. Technically speaking a Masthead is a list, found on the editorial page of a newspaper or magazine which lists the publisher, editorial board, advertising rates, etc. On Facebook there is an interesting page, which almost nobody knows, which contains interesting information about the founder, co-founders, factsheets, executives, a time line with all the important facts and occurrences happened during Facebook’s life and other technical, interesting details! Continue reading »

There are a lot of ways to listen to and play any song you want online, without any restriction and for free! I am talking about legal ways, legal websites and programs which give you the great opportunity to  listen to (no download allowed…officially) your favorite songs, on demand. All you have to do is type the song’s title or the singer’s name on the search box and the song will start automatically. The whole trick behind these “too-good-to-be-true” websites and free software is called online streaming. A streaming provider or a streaming network converts any MP3, wma file to a streaming flux which is then received, reassembled at the receiver and played a second or two later. The caveat here is that you are not allowed to own the song or the file itself (you should buy it). You are only allowed to listen to it!  Let’s see where to play any favorite song you want instantly and for free! Continue reading »

Google Instant Search shortcuts give you a nice experience when it comes to searching the Web. However there are two tricks to put and set the cursor on Google Search box (by using your keyboard, of course)  which could help you greatly  in order to save valuable time during your Internet searches.  In fact, Google put and added two interesting features which are rather unknown but which might be quite valuable to “Hard Searchers”. Both of them involve the enhancement and the use of the cursor movements thanks to a couple of shortcuts! Continue reading »

If you have installed a lot of applications on your computer,  you might wish to stop and block some programs from accessing the Internet on your Windows 7 operating system. In this way you will be able to better control your computer, decide which applications really need to gain access to the Internet and know what it is going on in your computer background, while you are writing a document or watching a movie, for example. Being in charge of your computer  background processes is also a way to prevent being hacked by  spyware and malware which often attempt to connect to the Web in order to allow hackers  to steal your private file or inject viruses . Continue reading »