Install IDM CC (Add-On) For Firefox Integration

You can use context menu in Firefox to download videos from popular sites like YouTube, MySpace TV, Google Video, etc. When your browser starts playing a video file, IDM grabs its download link. If you like the video, and you would like to save it on your computer, you should open Firefox context menu by right clicking on the web page that plays the video, and select "Download with IDM" menu item. The context menu appears when you right click on a web page in your browser.

If you don't have this menu item in Firefox or other Mozilla based browsers, you will need to reinstall idmmzcc.xpi extension. To do so, follow these steps.

1. Please make sure that you have installed the latest version of IDM.

2. Don't forget to turn on the corresponding checkbox for browsers that you use in IDM.

To do so, click Download tab in IDM and select Options.

Select the General tab and then turn on the corresponding checkbox for browsers.

3. Click File, select Open File.. in the main menu of your browser and openidmmzcc.xpi file from IDM root folder :

C:\Program Files(x86)\Internet Download Manager\ idmmzcc.xpi

4. When you open this .xpi file you will see a “software install” dialog box. ClickInstall Now to install.

5. After that go to Tools and select Add-ons. In the Add-ons manager, click Enableto enable the Internet Download Manager Integration Module.

6. Now close and restart your browser, you can see the Download with IDM option when you right click on a video.

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How To Enable/Disable Startup Sound In Windows ?

By default, Windows 7 plays certain sounds when events occur. When you log on to Windows 7, it plays the Windows Logon sound. When your computer has to load a 500KB media file to play, it slows things down. To disable the logon sound, follow these steps:

1. Click the Start button and then Control Panel.

2. Click Hardware & Sound and click Change System Soundslisted under Sound.

3. In the Program Events box, scroll through the list and select Windows Logon and remove the assigned sound by setting it to None in the Sounds drop down list.

4. Below the Program Events list, remove the check next to Play Windows

Startup sound. 

5. Click OK and you are finished.

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Security Zones: Set Up Trusted and Restricted Web Sites in Microsoft Internet Explorer

To keep your computer most secure and working at its best, you need to keep it free from malware and other damaging software that can be inadvertently downloaded. You can set up Windows to protect your computer by preventing downloads from sites that you know are likely to contain virus or other software that could damage your computer.

Set Up Trusted Websites

Setting Up Trusted Websites allow the Web site, that you want to allow your computer to access. To set up Trusted Websites, follow these steps.

1. Open your Internet Explorer browser, Choose Tools and then click Internet Options.

2. In the Internet Options dialog box, select the Security tab and Click the Trusted Sites icon and then click the Sites button.

3. In the resulting Trusted Sites dialog box, enter a URL in the Add this website to the zone text box for a Web site you want to allow your computer to access and Click Add to add the site to the list of Web sites.

4. If the Require Server Verification (https:) for all Sites in this Zone check box is selected in the Trusted Sites dialog box, any Trusted site you add must use the https prefix, which indicates that the site has a secure connection.

5. To remove a site, select the site in the website dialog box and click Remove.

 

6. Repeat Step-3 to add more sites. When you’re done, click Close and then click OK to close the dialog boxes.

Set Up Restricted Websites

Setting Up Restricted Web Sites block the Web site that you don’t want your computer to access. To set up Restricted Websites, follow these steps.

1. Open your Internet Explorer browser, Choose Tools and then click Internet Options.

2. In the Internet Options dialog box, select the Security tab and Click the Restricted Sites icon and then click the Sites button.

3. In the resulting Restricted Sites dialog box, enter a URL in the Add this website to the zone text box for a Web site you don’t want your computer to access and Click Add to add the site to the list of Web sites.

4. To remove a site, select the site in the website dialog box and click Remove.

5. Repeat Step-3 to add more sites. When you’re done, click Close and then click OK to close the dialog boxes.

Establish a Privacy Setting

You can establish a privacy setting on the Privacy tab of the Internet Options dialog box to control which sites are allowed to download cookies to your computer.

1. In the Internet Options dialog box, select the Privacy tab and then click the Sites button.

2. In the resulting Privacy Action dialog box, enter a URL in the Address of the website text box and Click Block or Allow to control which sites are allowed to download cookiesto your computer.

4. To remove a site, click on that site in the managed website dialog box and clickRemove.

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How To Create Your Own Command Prompt Calculator?

Have you wanted to make calculations in command prompt? Well now you can make your own calculator to quickly solve a simple mathematical problem using notepad and command prompt.

To make calculator using Microsoft Command Prompt and notepad, follow these steps.

1. Click the Start button, type Notepadin the Search box of the Start menu, and choose Notepad from the menu to open the Notepad.

2. Copy the following code to the Notepad:

@echo off

:start

echo Enter your choice

echo Press 1 for Addition

echo Press 2 for Subtraction

echo Press 3 for Multiplication

echo Press 4 for Division

echo Press 5 to Quit

set /p type=             

if %type%==1 goto a

if %type%==2 goto b

if %type%==3 goto c

if %type%==4 goto d

if %type%==5 goto e

 :a

echo Addition

echo Please enter 2 numbers you wish to add

set /p num1=

set /p num2=

echo Sum of %num1%+%num2%?

pause

set /a Answer=%num1%+%num2%

echo %Answer%

pause

goto start

 :b

echo Subtraction

echo Please choose the 2 numbers you wsh to subtract

set /p num1=

set /p num2=

echo %num1%-%num2%?

pause

set /a Answer=%num1%-%num2%

echo %Answer%

pause

goto start

 :c

echo Multiplication

echo Please enter 2 numbers you wish to multiply

set /p num1=

set /p num2=

echo multiplication of %num1%*%num2%?

pause

set /a Answer=%num1%*%num2%

echo %Answer%

pause

goto start

 :d

echo Division

echo Please enter 2 numbers you wish to divide

set /p num1=

set /p num2=

echo Division of %num1%/%num2%?

pause

set /a Answer=%num1%/%num2%

echo %Answer%

pause

goto start

 :e

echo. Done!

3. Go to file and save as file with .bat extension and Save as type box to All Files and then click save.

4. Double click on the file and Follow the simple instructions to get your desired result.

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How To Hide File Inside Picture?

Have you ever wanted to hide your important files or document inside an image file on your computer? You can hide any type of file inside of an image file, including txt, exe, mp3, mp4 or whatever you wish. Not only that, you can also store many files inside of single image.

1. Select an image to be used for hiding file behind the image.

2. Select a file you want to hide and make it in .RAR format with the help of the WinRAR and Name it whatever you want.

3. Now paste both the files on your desktop. You can do this anywhere instead of desktop.

4. Click the Start button, choose Run, type cmd in the Run text box and then press enter to open the command prompt.

5. Then type CD Desktop to change your directory to desktop.

6. Now type the following line and press Enter.

Copy /b imagename.jpg + filename.rar finalimagename.jpg

Here Imagename.jpg is the name of the image you're using, filename .rar is the name of your file, and finalimagename.jpg is the name of the new image with the hidden file within it.

7. Now when you will try to open this newly created image it will open as a normal image.

How to Access Hidden File?

You can access your hidden file in two ways. Firstly, simply change the extension to .RAR and open the file using WinRAR. Secondly, you can just right-click on the JPG image and choose Open With WinRAR and extract the file. 

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