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Best Practices for Ensuring Webcam Privacy on Windows

Ashutosh

Jan 12, 2022

Privacy, Quick Tips, Windows

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Digital privacy is of utmost importance to all of us, but it sometimes tends to take a backseat in this ever connected world of gadgets, apps, and online services. Fantastic tools as they are, webcams can be misused by malicious apps for spying and gathering data without your consent. In this post, we will cover …

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How to Uninstall Optional Windows 10 Features (like Internet Explorer and MS Paint)

Ashutosh

Mar 26, 2021

Quick Tips, Windows

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Windows 10 has come a long way since its release back in 2015, but it still ships with some legacy apps (or “features”) for backwards compatibility. They are optional and can be easily removed. While removing these features is not really going to free up a ton of space, it will make the app lists …

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How to Substitute Fonts in Firefox for Windows Without Extensions

Ashutosh

Jan 10, 2021

Apps, Browsers, Quick Tips, Windows

Update on July 25, 2021: Firefox 90 has re-introduced the problem. You can fix the issue by following steps mentioned in this Firefox support thread. Update on June 19, 2021: Firefox 89.0.1 has FIXED whatever issue was introduced in Firefox 89.0. Below steps are working again! Update on June 5, 2021: These steps no longer …

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How to Automatically Update Apps on your Windows PC with Ninite

Ashutosh

May 18, 2020

Apps, Windows

Simple steps to keep apps on your Windows PC automatically up-to-date

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Automatically Smush Screenshots on Your PC

Ashutosh

Sep 10, 2015

Apps, Windows

We show you the process of automating screenshot optimization in WIndows with two free apps.

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Declutter Windows Taskbar With Hedgehog’s Jumplist Launcher

Ashutosh

Jul 7, 2015

Apps, Windows

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We show you to how to tackle Windows taskbar clutter with a tiny app.

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Create An Encrypted Container For Important Files Using VeraCrypt [How To]

Ashutosh

Jun 29, 2015

Apps, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows

Free encryption tool VeraCrypt lets you create a secure storage space for all your important files.

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