As you continue to use your computer, whether it is a work computer or a personal home computer, over time it accumulates chunks of unwanted files. These files could be “temporary files” when you install a certain software and the said installer failed to remove them after the installation process. They can also be temporary internet files that your browser downloaded so that your web browsing experience will be faster and efficient. They can also be “orphaned files” or left-overs when you uninstall a certain program. To top it all,… Read More
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How to View Saved Passwords in Google Chrome
When you are using a web browser like Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and many others, you are saving some important information about you and your identity. These information are stored on cookies and internal browser system database so that your browsing experience will be fast and efficient. These are the same information that hackers exploit to hack email account and even banking or financial accounts. This might be scary but as long as your computer is protected by a good antivirus software and constantly updated, the information… Read More
How to View Saved Passwords in Mozilla Firefox
If you are using Mozilla Firefox web browser to surf the internet, then that is a very good decision as Firefox is safe, reliable, fast and stable browser. But this article will not just promote the use of Firefox, this will describe how you can hack or reveal the passwords that Firefox “remembered”. Most web browsers like Firefox, offer an option to “Save” or “Remember” the password you enter when you are logging in to your online accounts like emails, banking sites and other user-account related portals. When you choose… Read More
How to Change or Update your Gmail Password
Everyday thousands of email accounts are being hacked or compromised. This figure includes Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, AOL, Gmail, and many others. One of the basic step or best practice to secure your email account is to change your password regularly. This article shows how to change the password in a Gmail account. Remember to always use a strong password so that your account will take thousands or millions of years for a hacker to hack. For more information about creating secure passwords, read this article. Changing your Gmail Password You can… Read More
How to Check your AOL Subscription Bill
One way to keep your online subscriptions healthy and in good standing is to ensure that you are paying your accounts payables on time, whether online or other means. This is true for AOL service subscription as well. In order to keep your AOL subscription in good standing, make it a habit to check your bill and make the necessary payments. The following procedures will describe how to check your AOL subscription billing. First, it is recommended that you use a web browser like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox… Read More
How to Block Pop-up Windows in Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is one of the most widely used web browser in the world. Besides from being free, it is fast, reliable and is supported by several functionality expanders called plugins or add-ons which like Firefox, are also free. Even if Firefox is a stable and always up-to-date browser, it is still prone to the attacks of malicious websites. Most attacks are in the form of unwanted advertising through pop-ups. In order to protect your Firefox browser from these annoying pop-ups, you can configure it to block all pop-ups and… Read More
How to remove WinZip Registry Optimizer malware
WinZip Registry Optimizer is basically not a malware, it is a legitimate registry cleaner. However, it is a troublemaker for most Windows users, it is not a recommended tool. A better registry cleaner could be CCleaner from http://piriform.com. If you are infected by a copycat, fake WinZip Registry Optimizer, which is a malware, here are the things that you can notice or observe: Do these sound familiar? To completely remove the infection, here are the steps: A. Boot your computer into Safe Mode with Networking Step 1: Turn ON your computer or… Read More
How to extract whole numbers from decimal digits in Microsoft Excel
In daily spreadsheet tasks, you will encounter various types of data. Suppose you have a column of numeric data of formatted in 3 decimal points like the table below: Suppose you need to use the WHOLE number parts of the data in column C (Average) in the table above, how would you do it? Using the Round Function If you vaue the decimal digits of your data and want to include them in the computation of the resulting whole numbers, you need to use the ROUND() function. In Excel, the… Read More
How to extract the unique values or data in a column with duplicate data
Suppose you have a spreadsheet at work and one of the columns contain a huge list of account numbers being exported from your company’s accounting system that contains a lot of duplicates. And you are tasked to extract the UNIQUE account numbers in this huge list. If the list is just a short one, like 50 rows or 100, you can easily use the Conditional Formatting that highlights all duplicates, then you can manually delete the highlighted duplicates until no marked cells are left. This can be done easily with… Read More
How to recover deleted contacts in Gmail
One of the problems that Gmail users like you are facing is when they find out that their contacts are missing. This normally happens when your Gmail account is hacked or compromised. The hacker could have deleted emails and contacts giving you the headache. To recover the deleted contacts, please do the following steps: Step 1: Go to this link and then sign in to your Gmail account: http://gmail.com Step 2: When signed in, click on the Gmail link right below the Google icon or logo Step 3: In the pull-down menu that shows… Read More