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This tip was learned at WinAero: How to customize the Windows 8 boot experience . If the steps below are too advanced for you, check out their Boot UI Tuner portable application to easily do the same and more with just two simple clicks. Many tips online suggest making Windows 7 the default OS to bring back the legacy boot menu (this doesn't load the OS before presenting the OS options). But what if you want Windows 8 as the default? To keep Windows 8 as the default OS and still enjoy the speed of legacy (Windows 7 style) boot menu: Launch Windows 8. On the Start screen, type 'cmd' (there's no search box, you just start typing on the screen with tiles). When results appear on left, right-click on "Command Prompt". At the bottom bar, click "Run as administrator". (Your computer may appear to be idle for a couple of seconds. This is normal.) In the User Account Control dialog, click "Yes". In the Command Prompt window that opens,...

So how did  I get that conspicuous Like button on all the posts in my blog? Well it was pretty simple although I had to do a little bit of experimenting to get it work properly. Go to the Like Button Facebook Developers page . In the section "Step 1 - Get Like Button Code", select/enter: URL to Like: http://example.blogspot.com (we will change this later!) Send Button: this is up to you. Check and uncheck to see the difference on right. Layout Style: button_count recommended, unless you have something else in mind. Show Faces: highly recommended to turn this off! Otherwise people who didn't set their privacy settings properly may be shocked and appalled to find their face on your blog. Width, Font, Color Scheme, Verb to display: leave as default (450,  blank , light, like) Click on Get Code, then in the popup, click on XFBML at top. (You may use HTML5 but I recommend XFBML for more backwards compatibility). Note that you will have to copy code 1, 2 and 3 from...

So you have customized your Eclipse Helios (or whatever) installation, and now Eclipse Indigo or (recently) Eclipse Juno has been released. But you dread 'upgrading' your installation as you have to export all the customizations to the new release, transfer all plugins, etc, etc, and ensure everything works properly. Dread not, because you actually don't need to do any of these (well except the last thing). One thing I noticed about Eclipse is that they never provided an official documentation on how to upgrade from (for examples) Helios to Indigo or Indigo to Juno. Everywhere I checked about upgrading Eclipse is vague, some even claiming that you should do what I just described (suggesting there's no other way than manual migration). But Eclipse supports automatic upgrading and migration even if the development team is so sly about it. All you need to do is this: (I use Helios and Juno as examples - adjust accordingly.) CAUTION: If you use Eclipse in mission-cri...

Toddler Lock will lock your Android phone completely so you can give it to a baby or toddler to play with. The only danger from the kid is that it may throw your phone and break it. But other than that, the kid will not be able to damage the phone by unlocking it and messing with what's inside. Here's the problem. The security of Toddler Lock is so tight that it would seem the only way to exit out of the app is to tap four corners of screen in a clockwise direction. (Note that you have to tap the four corners one after the other. Tap any corner, remove your finger, tag next corner in CW direction, remove your finger, and so on. Some people seem to think you need to hold all corners simultaneously which is wrong.) You may think a restart may also unlock it but even pulling out the battery for minutes (or perhaps hours) will not help. You will be stuck in Toddler Lock no matter what. This is fine until my screen started having problems. Two of the four corners I had to touch...

Update: The following was written for Android 2.x and is not in-line with Android 4.x and above. In latest Android, you have to look for "Application manager" in Settings (location differs from phone to phone), and clear cache/data for all your browsers (Internet, Chrome, Firefox, etc). Again be sure to backup your stuff or use some form of sync (like Google sign-in on Chrome or Firefox Sync) to save them. Original post: If your android browser has been hijacked and you find your home page and default home page have been changed to www.searchmobileonline.com, follow the procedure to get rid of it. Warning: Backup your browser bookmarks using a good app before you do this! All bookmarks will be lost from the Internet browser, including those that came pre-installed on your phone. 1. Remove any suspicious "Search" shortcut on your home screen panels. 2. Open Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All (tab on top). 3. Look for "Intern...

If your Windows computer can automatically run screensaver, turn off display and even hibernate when you manually put it to sleep, but it seems to never automatically sleep (standby), AND you have uTorrent running: Open uTorrent Click Options > Preferences > General Uncheck "Prevent standby if there are active torrents." Click OK. This was really an epiphany for me as I had given up trying to solve the problem several days ago, then just today I stumbled upon that setting and remembered the problem I gave up on.

OR: Back up Chrome sessions and tabs to a server automatically with multiple backups This post has been removed as the instructions provided are not correct. A new corrected version will hopefully be published soon. Stay tuned!