List of simple tips and tricks of Smartphone, gadgets and browsers. These includes Tethering of smartphones, Enabling WiFi Hotspots, Browser optimisation, Tips and Tricks on Browsers etc.
Ubuntu 11.10 automatically uses Unity as default session and fall back to 2D for the systems which do not have 3D graphic controllers. To use Ubuntu Classic Desktop(GNOME), you need do little tweaking.
Steps to be followed to use Ubuntu Classic Desktop(GNOME) in Ubuntu 11.10
Open the terminal. To open terminal, keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Alt+T
In terminal, type sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback
Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular browser today. It is very fast and safe for browsing. Earlier the default search in Firefox browser was Google. But recently it has changed to Bing by default. Some time even addons and some free software change the default search provider. To change the default search engine in your browser below are the steps given. Mozilla firefox supports address bar search also. So let us first look into change the default search engine for Mozilla Firefox address bar.
Steps for Changing default search engine for Mozilla Firefox address bar:
In Firefox we can search simply by typing the search keywords in the address bar to get result. So below is the step to update the search engine.
Open about:config in Firefox (if you doing it for the first time, you may have to promise you are going to be careful)
Search for keyword.url from the filter box.
Double click on this entry. It will open a dialog where you can edit the ‘keyword.url’ string.
The MS Word by default saves file in My document folder(In Windows 7 just ‘Document’). Whenever we save a file without choosing the destination folder, Word saves the file in Document. These Document folder has restrictions. Only from the user name it created under that user name ‘Document’ folder has the right to open it. So it is ideal to save a files in a common folder or drive by default if multiple users are using the file. Also if you are saving the documents in Documents folder, incase of OS reinstall you will lose the data. So it is highly recommended to save your documents in different drive. Unless the documents are confidential. Let us have a look into the same.
Steps to Change default File Saving path in MS Word
Go to ‘Tools’ Menu and select ‘Options’
In ‘Options’ dialog box, click ‘File Location’ Tab.
Select the ‘Documents’ option under the ‘File Type’ Section.
Select ‘Modify’ button
Choose the folder where you need to save your files always.
Once done save the changes and restart Word to take place the changes.
Steps to Change default File Saving path in MS Word in Word 2010:
Select ‘File’ menu from left top corner.
Choose ‘Options’
In newly opened dialog box select ‘Save’ Tab.
In ‘Default file location’ choose the folder where you need to save the files.
Some Laptops and Desktops have multiple versions of Windows. The default operating system is automatically sets to the latest OS we installed. There are times Primary OS we are using is not set as default one. So below is the steps to set the default Operating systems. Microsoft is providing a simple and very easy way of setting the default version of Windows to boot. So here is the guide, on how to set default Windows OS for booting. Steps for Setting default OS while booting:
Double click on the ‘My Computer” icon
New screen comes up. In the new screen select ” System Properties” button
Then select “Advanced system settings” link from the left panel.
Click on “Advance” Tab
Click on “Setting” button under the “Startup and recovery” Section
Select the default Operating system which needs to be set as Default OS from Default operating system drop down menu.
Click ‘OK’ to Save.
Steps for Setting default OS while booting in Windows 7:
Right click on “Computer” Icon which available in start menu right side.
Click on ” Advance System Setting”
Go to “Advanced” Tab.
Click on “Setting” button under the “Start up and recovery” Section
Select the default Operating system which needs to be set as Default OS from Default operating system drop down menu.
Click ‘OK’ to Save.
Note:
This will work only if the multiple OS are Windows based OS like Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7. This will not work if you are using Windows and Linux OS.
These setting needs to be changes in the Latest OS installed on your system. For example if you have Windows XP and Windows 7, then you need to set this settings in Windows 7.