Removable drive is recognized but not displayed. Why?
The moment you insert the USB memory stick in the USB port of the computer, Windows reports it with a typical message tone. However, at times, the Explorer does not display the removable drive or the normal dialogue box does not open. On the other hand, all the other hard disks and network permissions are displayed in the Explorer window.
The problem hits frequent users who work in an administered network. Network permissions literally overnight. If a USB stick is used for the first time. It receives the next free drive letter, for instance,’E:\’ Windows then maintains it even in the future. Now, the IT division and the network permission under ‘E:\’ and there is a conflict with the USB stick. Windows adds the removable disk under ‘E:\’ but displays only the network drive. Read more
How to force the ‘Safety Remove Hardware’ dialog
The ‘Safety Remove Hardware’ taskbar icon is necessary when removing storage drives with important data in them. This procedure ensures that the data is safe during the drive removal and that all read/write tasks are finished at the operating system level. if the icon doesn’t appear for some reason, simply follow this tip. Read more
How to Fit the full URL on printouts
Sometimes, you may want to print out a Web page you’ve found, so that you can recommend the site to a friend later. But if the URL of the page is a long one, it’s likely to be truncated in the footer of the printed page. This is because Internet Explorer, by default, uses a large font and cuts off any URL that doesn’t fit on the same line to accommodate the date.
To print the whole of a URL, every time, click ‘Tools|Internet Options’ and then on the ‘General’ tab, click the ‘Fonts’ button. Then, select a Web page font that is more compact than Times New Roman, for example, Vista’s Counrier New( This font, which is similar to Arial, will also become the default font for Web pages that don’t specify a font). If that doesn’t print the entire Web address, give URLs a separate line. To do so, pull down the Printer toolbar and select Page Setup Enter ‘&b&u’ in the Header field to devote the full header to the URL, (aligned to the right). Read more
How to retrieve the lost ‘E- mail’ button Internet Explorer 7
The ‘Mail’ button in Internet Explorer 6 was used to read mails or send a link through an e-mail. This useful button is missing in version?
The functions of the ‘Mail’ button have been dispersed in Internet Explorer7. you can now open your mail program with the ‘Read Mail’ button in the browser but it is not shown by default. To enable this icon, click on ‘Tool’ and select ‘Toolbar|Customize’ and integrate the button in the toolbar. Now, go to ‘Read Mail in the ‘Available toolbar buttons’ dialog box under ‘Customize toolbar’ and then click on ‘Add’ and ‘Close’. Read more
How to secure and import filter rules for your e-mail account
you have defined some filter rules for your e-mail account and would like to use these rules for other accounts as well. Besides, you also want to use the data on your notebook.
Thunderbird saves the filter rules in the ‘msfilterrules.dat’ file. You can edit them, but it is easier to customize them using the free extension ‘Message Filter Import/ Export. It integrates a menu command for managing filter rules in the e –mail client. This useful tool is available on http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2474. Right -click on ‘Install now’ on the website and select the ‘Save Target As’ context command. You can now secure the extension on your hard disk. Start Thunderbird and go to ‘Tools|Extensions’. Click on ‘Install’ and navigate to the downloaded XPI file and open it. Click on ‘Install now’ to start the setup and restart Thunderbird. To ensure the rules of an account, go to ‘Tools|Message filter’. Set up the desired account and click on the newly visible button ‘Export Filter’ in the ‘Filter for’ combination field. Then name the text file and click on ‘Save’. Read more
How to open new tabs directly next to the tab in current page
Firefox always opens new tabs on the extreme right when you click on a link. You have to toggle between topics that are related to each other if several tabs are open at the same times. Or you have to shift the tabs. Both methods are not satisfactory.
The free add-on ‘Tab Control’ changes the behavior of the browser in such a way that it opens the new tabs to the immediate right of the tab in use. The ‘http://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/1480’ link directs you to the download page. Here, click on ‘Install’ to open the ‘Software Installation’ dialog box. Click on ‘Install now’ to start the setup. Select ‘Restart Firefox’ to activate the tool. Read more
How can you protect your configuration settings from being accessed by others
You use a computer with several user accounts. You want to ensure that only you, as administrator, can change important browser settings such as configuration of the proxy. However, users should be able to make changes in the general settings.
The key to this is a configuration file, in which you block selected options and which you then encode online.
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Determining options concerned: Type ‘about config’ in the address bar of the browser and find the entries you want to block for other system users in the list. You cannot do without the configuration of the Internet proxy set by you in the example. The line ‘network, proxy, type’ sees to it that Firefox uses the proxy. Therefore, you have to ensure that this line cannot be changed. Read more
