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How to: Make an invisible desktop folder

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This is for all you people that have stuff to hide… good stuff.. ahem.. back to the tutorial – an invisible desktop folder. So you basically need a folder with a blank icon and no name. Here is how to create one: 1. Create a new folder. This doesn’t work with a used or renamed [...]

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How to: Block a website

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Want to bully your friends by blocking their favorite websites or just want to hide some web pages from your children? Here’s how you can block certain websites on your home computer: Step 1: Click the Start button and select Run. Type the following text in that Run box: notepad c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Step 2: You will [...]

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Mozilla Firefox wastes room

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Many people who use Mozilla Firefox might have noticed that you have a large part of the web page covered with toolbars. I’ll show you how to get more room in your internet browser. The most commonly used (but actually, a pretty pointless thing) is the favorites toolbar which you can simply remove by clicking [...]

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How to: Customize your desktop

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Have you ever wondered how to make your desktop look as cool as this? Although Microsoft could have made the customizing a bit simpler, we can still do it pretty easily. * Desktop First of all you should get yourself a proper wallpaper. In my opinion the best site to search for them is Deviantart [...]

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How to: Install 3rd party screensavers

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Third party screensavers are screensavers that are not installed by default or are not from Microsoft. Most of them use flash to operate and are often not up-to-date, so they search for the wrong version of it. An error message: Could find the file f”lash.ocx” is typically displayed when this occurs. The new version of [...]

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How to: Make your desktop icons transparent

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It’s up to you to decide which way you like them, but I personally find the default icons that have the awful blue drop shadow very annoying, as it looks like they are all selected. To remove the drop shadow: 1. Go to: Start > Control panel > Performance and Maintenance > Adjust Visual Effects [...]

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