The standard Firefox download manager does not provide many information or options when downloading files. That can be a problem for some users who use the standard download manager and not an add-on or third party download manager for their Internet downloads. The download manager extension dmextension replaces the standard download manager with an advanced [...]
Configure and use the KDE 4.4 pager
Have you ever used the Linux pager? If you’ve not you might want to read my article “Get to know Linux: The pager“. The KDE 4.4 pager is, as the above article will agree to, a very handy tool – and one you shouldn’t ignore. Not only can it make your life much more organized, [...]
Reprofiler Fixes Windows User Profile Errors
Every user in the Windows operating system has a user folder associated with the account name that stores computer settings and data. It can happen that the link between the user account and the user folder gets lost. Some reasons for this are hardware failures, migrating to a new computer system, username changes, joining the [...]
Browser Keyboard Shortcuts Not Working On Some Websites
If you browse the Internet a lot and use keyboard shortcuts to speed up the browsing you will have encountered the following behavior. If you happen to visit a site with embedded content, such as Flash or a document that is being displayed on the page, then you cannot make use of the keyboard shortcuts. [...]
Chrome Extension Gallery Needs Better Filters
If you visit the official Google Chrome extension gallery you notice that there are quite a few ways to sort the extensions. It is for example possible to display extensions sorted by popularity, date or rating. If you compare those filters to the ones offered at the Mozilla Firefox add-ons portal you notice that some [...]
Typing Aid To Auto Complete Words
Auto complete is a semi-automated typing aid that usually is added by software developer’s to their programs. They usually match words in a dictionary against the first few chars that are typed by the user. The user can then activate the auto completion of the word or continue typing to finish the word or reduce [...]
Easy folder sharing in KDE 4.4
Once more unto the KDE topic my friends, once more. This time, however, we take a look at a very useful feature that allows you to easily share out folders with a few clicks. These folders will be shared with the help of Samba and not a single line of a configuration file will have [...]
Adobe Still Offering Insecure Adobe Reader Version
If you are a Ghacks regular you have without doubt noticed that Adobe has published an update for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat yesterday that fixes two security vulnerabilities that affect Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3 and earlier. The update that has been provided updates both products to version 9.3.1. One would think that this [...]
Windows Activation Technologies for Windows 7 Update Available
We have covered the news about the Windows Activation Technologies for Windows 7 update earlier this month with the expectation that Microsoft would provide downloads for the update later in that month. The first step has apparently been made as a Knowledgebase article now links to the update that can be downloaded for 32-bit and [...]