Open Windows Applications from Firefox Add-on bar with Easy Access Addon

How many times in a day you close the browser and work with other programs on your computer?. These days most people spend their times on web in browser by visiting social networking sites YouTube, Google+ and Facebook. If you use Firefox browser through out the day then why you need to switch to desktop to open some programs and to run system commands? which you can do easily from add-on  bar of Firefox browser by installing Easy Access add-on.

Using Easy Access is easy, install it and its icon appears on extreme right on Add-on bar(status bar functionality moved and replaced with Add-on Bar). You don’t even need to add some routinely used programs on windows like Notepad, Paint, Calculator and My computer as they’re already available from Easy Access button.

You can add most often used  applications like CCleaner, Chrome and other by clicking on “Mange your own Easy Access” and from customize your quick launch you can browse for the path of application to add and access from add-on bar.

There is nothing great about this extension, but we got to know that it is possible to launch Windows Applications from Firefox browser through this add-on.

You can install this add-on from here. What do you say about this add-on? have you found any use with this? share with us in comments.

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How to Disable Windows Update on Windows 8?

Microsoft, the producer of Windows 8 system, always recommends to users to update their Windows system regularly. To some, it causes issue to their system. It is a fact that sometimes updates mess up the computer and it simply causes conflict with other programs installed on the computer. It induces some users to disable Windows Update and to ignore crucial or important updates eventually. 

I’d been using Windows since 2007 (from XP up to 8). Since I upgraded from Windows 7 until 8, I never downloaded and applied updates to my computer except for manually installing the .NET framework security updates. As per my experience, the more I install updates, the more it gives me headache. I know my computer is vulnerable to malware or whatever but having a paid antivirus program plus Malwarebytes are enough for me. Also, I’m very careful with my activities online. I always ensure that I only visit those trusted websites and avoid those messy and unhelpful sites at all. 

Now, if you are one of those Windows 8 users who don’t want to update at all, here’s a short guide for you on how to temporarily disable Windows Update on Windows 8. I used the word ‘temporarily’ because you have the option to re-enable it in the future if the need arises. 

Temporarily Disable Windows Update 

Step 1: In Desktop mode, press Windows logo key plus X key to access the Windows Tools menu. Select ‘Computer Management’. 

Step 2: Select ‘Services and Applications’ at the left-hand side of Computer Management Window. 

Step 3: Double click ‘Services’. 

Step 4: Find and locate the following services: 
→ Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 
→ Windows Update 

Step 5: Double-click the two services provided above then under Startup type select Disabled. Click Apply → OK to save. 

After that, highlight each service one by one then on the left hand side click ‘Stop the service’ 

Tip: It is OK to leave BITS enabled most especially if you have Microsoft Security Essentials installed on your PC. BITS is an important component for your machine to fetch signature updates. 

Step 6: Close Computer Management window and you’re done. 

”Disabling BITS and Windows Update services via Computer Management window” 

Since you disabled both BITS and Windows Update, it is normal that you will get notification to re-change your settings as Microsoft strongly recommends to always update and the system will always notify you about it. 

Disable Windows Update via Control Panel 

Here’s an alternative way of disabling Windows Update from downloading and installing security updates automatically. You can apply this workaround together with the steps above or just follow this one. 

Step 1: In desktop mode, click Windows logo key (WINKEY) plus X to pull up Windows Tools menu. 

Step 2: Select Control Panel. 

Step 3: In Category view, go to System and Security Windows Update 

Step 4: Click Change Settings in the left-hand corner then select ‘Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them’ or ‘Never check for updates (not recommended)’. Click OK to save. 

”Disabling Windows Update via Control Panel”

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Add Nate Email to Microsoft Outlook

Nate Mail is a free web-based e-mail service developed by SK Communications, owner of Nate, a famous web search portal in South Korea. Signing-up for an account entitles every user to get up to 30GB of free e-mail storage which is bigger compared to Yahoo or Gmail. 

A lot of Korean citizens sign-up for a Nate e-mail account. Even foreigners register as well even though the website is only available in Hangul. 

If you own a Nate e-mail account, you can add it to Microsoft Outlook so you won’t have a hard time using the web-based portal. Thus, you’ll be able to perform e-mailing tasks quickly since Outlook is rendered in your preferred language. 

If you don’t know yet how to setup Nate Mail in Outlook, here’s a step-by-step guide on how to do it. 

Setup Nate Mail in Outlook 

Step 1: Open Microsoft Outlook. Go to File → Info then click Add Account button.

Note: I used Microsoft Outlook 2010 in this tutorial. If you are using an old version of Outlook, please check for a guide online on how to set-up a new account if you are having trouble following the rest of the steps below. 

Step 2: In Add New Account window, tick ‘Manually configure server settings or additional server types’. Click Next. 

Step 3: In the next page, tick ‘Internet E-mail’. Click Next. 

Step 4: Type-in your user information (Name and Nate e-mail address). You can use whatever name or alias you want. 

Account Type: IMAP 
Incoming mail server: imap.nate.com 
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.mail.nate.com Username: Don’t include @nate.com. Just put in your complete e-mail username. 
Password: Type in your e-mail password 

Put a check mark on ‘Remember password’ box. 

Step 5: Click ‘More Settings’ button. Go to Outgoing Server tab then put a checkmark on ‘My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication’ box. 

Outgoing Server Setting – Nate Mail

Still on the same window, go to ‘Advanced’ tab the put the following values (server port numbers) on each corresponding box. Look at the screenshot below for your reference. 

Incoming Server (IMAP): 993 (SSL) | Outgoing Server (SMTP): 465 (SSL) 

Incoming and outgoing server port numbers of Nate Mail.

Click OK. 

Step 6: Going back to ‘Add New Account’ window, hit Next. Outlook will now conduct a test to confirm that the configuration is working properly. 

Step 7: Click Finish. Outlook will now download and create a root folder for your Nate e-mail account. It will take a few minutes to finish downloading all your e-mails depending on the volume.

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Show Most Visited Sites on a New Tab in Internet Explorer

In Internet Explorer 9 or 10 you can choose what shows on a new tab. It can be the primary home page or the ten most visited websites. 

When you open a new tab in Explorer 9 or 10, you can choose what shows on it or just leave it blank. Here are the three common options: 

1. A blank page 
2. Frequently visited websites 
3. Default or primary home page 

Sometimes, when your machine is infected with a virus, the default setting is changed. Users are having a hard time looking for a way to restore back the original setting. Actually, it’s very easy. 

For your reference, here’s a short guide on how to do it: 

Show Most Visited Sites in New Tab 

Step 1: Launch Internet Explorer. Click Settings. It’s the gear icon below close button at the upper-right hand corner. 

Select Internet Options. 

Step 2: In General tab, click ‘Tabs’ button. 

Step 3: Under ‘When a new tab is opened, open:’ drop-down options, select your preferred setting: 

Option 1 - Blank page 

Option 2 - The new tab page: shows thumbnails of 10 websites you visit the most. It also lists the last 10 closed tabs on Internet Explorer. Thus, you’ll be able to re-open important page you’ve closed accidentally. 

Option 3 - Your first home page: loads the default home page of Internet Explorer. Remember that in Internet Explorer you can set multiple home pages but the first one in the list will always be primary (Settings → Internet Options → Home page). For example: http://www.google.com/ 

Tabbed Browsing Settings window in Internet Explorer 10. It is where you can tweak settings on Tabbed Browsing.

Step 4: Click OK → Apply → OK. Now, you’re done. 

Try to check the setting you’ve applied by opening a new tab on Internet Explorer. No need to re-launch the program because the new setting will be applied automatically.

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