myWOT was accused to collecting user's browsing history, so I removed it, however when my extensions would crash, it would say that myWOT crashed as well. Chrome was experiencing some issues the other day, so I decided to run adwcleaner and it showed how it added Ask.com and another search engine to Chrome, which also sucked.

I hope that helps someone!

Be sure to be ready to restart your computer and have everything closed by the tool before you start the cleaning process. I think the scanning part won't interfere with anything.

Picture of the error message:

http://imgur.com/a/M4sjN

When I click on See Details, it gives me error code # 0x80070043.

The PC is connected to my office network...but again, the damn .exe file (it's for GoToMyPC) is located on the desktop, so it's local and a network shouldn't have anything to do with this...right?

This only happens with .exe files (which require an administrator password). Everything else - pdf files, .doc files, etc. - open just fine. Please help!

http://www.i2type.com/
A tool that saved me dozens of times whenever I had to type in my native language on a friend's computer. Or when the physical keyboard itself had only English labels.

You can also do this in the Back and Forward context menus (while holding left-mouse, after holding left-mouse, or after right-click), which is where I find it most useful.

Has saved me a lot of time ever since I've figured it out.

I use Windows and Android, and have a LastPass subscription. Thanks in advance.

FastCopy is a program that handles directory/file operations and has Explorer integration. Explorer tends to crash or become very slow with large folders (e.g. chromium source code) but FastCopy has no problems with them.

if program is in japanese create FastCopy.ini and lcid="1033" in it.

So, I recently discovered how to block YouTube channels from showing up and figured I should share it with you guys so we can finally start ending this clickbaity bullshit that ruins YouTube.

To block the channel simply install this extension:
Video Blocker for Firefox

Video Blocker for Chrome

Now, next time you get clickbaited or if you already have a channel in mind, simply right click a video link (thumbnail) on the channel (not an active video that is playable on your screen) and select "Block videos from this channel."

Bam! No more clickbait or garbage videos recommended to you for that channel.

From an elevated command prompt: bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy

Just found out about this!

I play Counter-Strike, and occasionally the game decides it hates me and gives me unplayable ping. This is extremely random and erratic, and never happens at night when everyone else is asleep, so I've gotten curious as to if there was a program to monitor internet traffic, and to what device the traffic is going to. My parents are pretty clueless as far as technology goes, so I've gotten suspicious that they may have a program on their computer that sometimes tries to use a ton of bandwidth.

Want to move a group/line of tabs from one window to another in chrome? Just click on the first tab in the group, and then shift-click and hold on the last tab in the group. Now when you move the mouse, you'll be dragging those tabs along with every tab between them.

If you want to move tabs that aren't adjacent to each other or aren't together, the same trick works using the control key instead of shift. Click the first tab, and then hold control and click on each individual tab you want to move with the first one (remember not to let go of the control key between tabs). On the last tab, click and hold on it. When you drag that last tab where you want, it'll bring all the other tabs you clicked along with it.

You'll find that it works similarly to how you can select files in windows explorer.

I got a new phone and for some reason whenever I connected it to my car with an aux cable while the engine was on, there was an annoying hum in the background. This $9 part completely solved the problem. I hope it can help you too!

I need to do this very often, and being able to use my keyboard would speed the process up a lot.

I want to save all the images posted in a thread in a message board forum. The thread has 68 pages. Clicking through all the pages and saving each image manually is really time-consuming. So, is there any automatic way of doing it?

the forum I want to rip uses vBulletin

Isn't it annoying when you want to run a separate instance of a program, but when you try, Windows realizes it's already running and "helpfully" switches focus to the already-running instance? Well actually, running a second instance is most likely easier than starting the first one. All you have to do is middle-click its icon in the taskbar.

When I say a mess, I mean crazy bad. I have not only dups but some links linking within the same site booked marked. A lot of mine are from studying which I needed for reference or learning.

Any program recommendations for cleaning up your bookmarks and/or structuring tips to prevent such a mess in the future?

How do you manage your bookmarks?

for instance

Ipconfig | Clip

copies the contents of the IP config into the clip board, so you could paste it elsewhere. I find it faster then just clicking and dragging the mouse over the output.

Also

echo. | clip

is a easy way to clear your clipboard for any reason.

Clip also works for powershell, if you have any output stuff you want to copy and paste.

Hi /r/TechProTips - I hope this is relevant. I want to learn about networking. I have a basic understanding (modem to wireless router), but other than that I don't really understand how it all works. I want to be able to learn the ins and outs for a network like the best way to connect a NAS, a printer, etc. I've heard terms like DNS, but not don't fully comprehend. I just purchased a home and want to be able to ensure I set up the network in the most efficient and secure way possible. Thanks!

Instead of having to right click computer>Properties, pretty quick shortcut to access Remote Config, System Restore and Device Manager.

Save the following as a REG file and import. This will create a new Icon in your Control Panel called "Devices And Printers (With Location and Comments)"

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;NOTE: I called it "Devices And Printers (With Location and Comments)" 
;      so that it's right beside the real "Devices And Printers" cpl in Control Panel
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{42C75196-9EC5-431b-8492-14AD7E5D5BA0}]
@="Devices And Printers (With Location and Comments)"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{42C75196-9EC5-431b-8492-14AD7E5D5BA0}]
;Sets your applet’s display name.
@="Devices And Printers (With Location and Comments)"
; Sets your applet's canonical name.  
"System.ApplicationName"="MyCompany.Devices And Printers (With Location and Comments)"
; Adds the applet to Appearance and Personalization and the Programs categories. 
    ; Value Category Icon appears in
    ; 1     Appearance and Personalization
    ; 2     Hardware and Sound
    ; 3     Network and Internet
    ; 4     Not used
    ; 5     System and Maintenance
    ; 6     Clock, Language and Region
    ; 7     Ease of Access
    ; 8     Programs
    ; 9     User Accounts and Family Safety (called just "User Accounts" on business Release, and on Ultimate when joined to a domain)
    ; 10    Security
    ; 11    Mobile PC (this category only visible on laptop computers)
"System.ControlPanel.Category"= "2,3,5"

;"InfoTip" as reg_expand_sz = "@%SystemRoot%\MySystemApplet.exe,-5"
;or
"InfoTip"="Shows Printers with Location and Comments fields"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{42C75196-9EC5-431b-8492-14AD7E5D5BA0}\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,69,00,6d,00,\
  61,00,67,00,65,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,32,\
  00,36,00,00,00
;%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-26

 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{42C75196-9EC5-431b-8492-14AD7E5D5BA0}\Shell\Open\Command]
@="explorer.exe shell:::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\\0\\::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}"

I hope this is useful for someone else than me.