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How To Delete Facebook Account Permanently & Temporarily

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 If you bored with Facebook or want, few days break from Facebook. So I have amazing techniques to delete or deactivate your Facebook account
 in just 1 minute. It is very helpful for that student who want to 
concentrate on their studies when exams come. Here I give the right 
technique that work for you to ignore you Facebook account and fully 
focus on your school, college, work, etc. 

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Permanently Delete Facebook Account:</h2>

Step 1: You can delete your Facebook account permanently with simple steps. So first go to Facebook and login. 

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Step 2: before you delete your Facebook account 
permanently. Save your Facebook information like photos, profile 
picture, etc. It is important to backup your all Facebook important 
document because in future you can’t access all these. 

 

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Step 3: Remove all your Facebook history, such as 
comments and more. Personal information is important. So you have to 
clear all your Facebook history. 

Step 4: Now visit the “<a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Delete Account</a>”
 page. This page permits you to delete your Facebook account 
permanently. It is easy to find. Click on the delete my account button. 

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Step 5: in the next step, they are asking you to 
enter your password and enter the CAPTCHA for a security check. Once you
 fill this information click on “okay” to delete your account 
permanently. 

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Step 6: Your account will instantly deactivate, but 
your account will permanently delete after 14 days. No other user can 
search your name and can’t find your Facebook profile. Between this 14 
days. If you login into your Facebook account. You can restore the 
account but after 14 days your Facebook account will permanently delete,
 and you cannot recover your account in your whole life. 

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Step 7: This process removes everything from your 
account. But the personal messages that you sent to another user is 
could not be deleted. They can see the messages you have sent. No one 
can able to search for you, and your profile picture is set as default. 

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Temporarily Delete/Deactivate Account:</h3>

Step 1: there is a big difference between 
deactivation and delete the account permanently. If you have an 
important work and you have no time to access Facebook. So can 
deactivate your account for some time and you can activate your account 
anytime. But In case of delete your account permanently. It will remove 
all your Facebook information, and you cannot be able to access your 
account in your life. 

Step 2: First login to your Facebook account and go 
to security setting page. It is simple to find. Click on the arrow that 
point downward and select “Settings” from the menu. Next page, click on 
security icon in top left. 

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Step 3: on the security page. there is option 
available “Deactivate your account” click on it. After that, at the 
bottom there is a link that says “Deactivate your account”. By clicking 
this link, you can see a page open and explaining you the process of 
deactivation. 

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Step 4: Fill out the form of deactivation. To 
deactivate your account, you have to five proper reasons for why you 
deactivate your account. When you are ready for deactivate your account,
 click on “Confirm” button and your account will deactivate for the 
world. You receive an email from Facebook that your account is 
deactivated. You can activate your account by login to your Facebook 
account and click on activate your account. 

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Insert a Watermark in Word 2010

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If you need to insert a watermark 
into your Word 2010 document, it’s pretty easy! You can insert a 
template-based watermark or you can create your own using your own text 
or your own image.
Oddly, you would have thought to insert  a watermark, you would go to
 the Insert ribbon, right? Wrong! You can always count on Microsoft to 
make you hunt for simple options like inserting watermarks.

Anyway, it’s under the Page Layout ribbon. Towards the center you will see the option called Watermark.

If you click on the Watermark button, you’ll see a bunch of options like below:

By default, there is Confidential, DO NOT COPY, DRAFT, SAMPLE, ASAP, 
and URGRENT. Clicking on any of them will insert the watermark onto all 
of your pages for the current document.

You can also click Custom Watermark and you’ll get the following dialog box:

You can choose from either Picture watermark or Text watermark. The first option is nice if you have already created your own image watermark using a program like Photoshop or something.

For a text watermark, you can type in any text you want and change 
the font, size, color and the layout (horizontal or diagonal).

Lastly, you can click on More watermarks from Office.com, which will 
load up more templates that you can download and use if you like.

So there you have it. Inserting a watermark into Word 2010 is a pretty straight-forward process!

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Export Videos from iPhoto 11

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iPhoto 11 has some pretty cool 
features, such as Fullscreen Mode and facial recognition, which makes it
 really nice to use over Picasa if you are running on a Mac. 
 However,there are some aspects of iPhoto 11 that might confuse you if 
you don’t understand how the software works.
For example, in iPhoto 11, your entire library is stored in one file called “iPhoto Library“.
 This is because by default iPhoto will manage your library for you. 
When you import a new photo or video, it will copy those files into the 
library and leave the original ones untouched. You can change this 
option under iPhoto Preferences – Advanced so that iPhoto points to the original location of the files instead of copying them to this library file.

Obviously, if you unchecked this item yourself and you are managing 
your media files on your own, then this post is not very relevant since 
you can access all the photo and videos without any problem. However, if
 everything is stored in the iPhoto Library file and you don’t have 
access to the original files or if you made lots of changes to a photo 
or video and want to export out the edited version, then you have to 
follow the procedures below to get your video out of the library.

Even though it may not look like it, iPhoto can export videos. Click 
on the video you want to export in iPhoto and then click on File and Export.

In the Export dialog, you’ll see that the Kind is set to JPEG. In order to export a video or movie from iPhoto, you need to change that to Original.

Click Export and then choose a location for the video. That’s it! Now
 you can upload that video to YouTube or Facebook or do whatever else 
you wanted to do. Note that if you want to stop iPhoto from copying and 
therefore duplicating all your media files, you can uncheck the box to 
Copy Items to the iPhoto Library.

However, you need to ensure that the orginal videos are in their 
original locations, otherwise iPhoto won’t work. If you still have the 
original videos, but they are not in the same location as when you had 
imported them into iPhoto, you can delete your iPhoto library by 
dragging the file to the trash and then starting fresh and re-importing 
everything from the new location. If the Copy Items box is unchecked, 
then iPhoto will simply point to the new media instead of copying it.

If you have any issues with iPhoto related to exporting videos

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Quickly Empty the Trash in OS X Lion

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For some reason, emptying the trash 
in OS X has always been a slow process, especially if you have a lot of 
files there. I tanked a huge folder that had over 10,000 items in it and
 it took a whopping 30 minutes to trash it! There isn’t too much you can
 do about this since it’s the way the operating system works, but if you
 know how to use Terminal and aren’t afraid of it, then you can speed up
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The first thing you can do is to make sure you are not securely 
deleting your trash. This is an option in OS X that will completely 
overwrite the data that was stored where those deleted files were. 
Basically, it makes sure that no data can be recovered once it has been 
deleted. Most people would not want this unless they are storing super 
sensitive information that they would not want anyone to be able to see 
even after the data has been deleted.

Go to Finder, then click on Preferences and then click on Advanced.

Make sure Empty Trash Securely is not checked. If 
you had that checked for any reason, it would take a lot longer to empty
 the trash. If this option wasn’t checked and emptying the trash is 
still slow, you can empty the trash using Terminal.

Open Terminal by going to Applications, Utilities and Terminal and type in the following command:

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Make sure you type it exactly as it appears above with no extra 
spaces or anything else. Using this command incorrectly can lead to 
deletion of files and folders you did not intend to delete.

Emptying the trash using the Terrminal is significantly faster than 
the traditional method of using the GUI. Most of the time it’s probably 
not worth going into the Terminal, but if you have a huge amount of data
 that you just deleted, it might be worth the extra effort to save some 
time. Note that using this command in the terminal does not delete the 
trash that is from external hard drives or other partitions, just the 
local files on your Mac.

That’s it! If you are having issues/problems with emptying the trash 
in OS X Lion or other thoughts, please post a comment here and let us 
know! Enjoy!

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Safari Running Slow on Your Mac?

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Ever since the release of Safari 5, a
 lot of users have complained that browsing the Internet has become 
painfully slow. Loading webpages, watching videos, opening multiple 
tabs, etc. I didn’t have this problem on my 2009 MacBook Pro, but I did 
have a friend whose Safari was having this odd problem. In the end, we 
managed to somehow fix the problem by trying lots of different things, 
but we’re not sure what worked and what didn’t.
So in this article, I’m going to go through all the different things 
we tried to fix the slow Safari problem and hopefully it will work for 
others out there! If not or if you found a different solution, post a 
comment here and let us know!

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Method 1 – Reset Safari & Empty Cache</h3>
The first thing you can try is to simply reset Safari. You can do this by going to the main Safari menu and choosing Reset Safari. Notice that there is also an Empty Cache option directly below that. Do both of these and then restart Safari and see if it makes any difference.

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Method 2 – Turn Off Extensions</h3>
Another reason Safari could be running slow is if there is an 
extension that for some reason is not compatible or is simply 
problematic. You can turn off all extensions and then restart Safari to 
see if the slowness goes away. To do this, click on the Safari menu and 
then click on Preferences. In the Preferences dialog, go ahead and click on Extensions.

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Method 3 – Change Safari as Default RSS Reader</h3>
By default, Safari is the default RSS reader on the Mac. This means 
it keeps trying to update any RSS feeds and this could possibly cause 
the slowness if there are many feeds or if there is a problematic feed. 
Go to Preferences again and click on RSS this time.

Click on the drop down and change the value from Safari to Mail. If 
you want to keep Safari as the RSS reader, you can try turning off 
automatic updates and try removing all the articles to see if that 
speeds things up.

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Method 4 – Change DNS Servers</h3>
You can also try changing DNS servers once to see if that might be 
what is causing the slow browsing. If Safari itself is responsive (like 
opening tabs, etc) and only the webpages are loading slowly, it could be
 something with your DNS servers. You could try OpenDNS servers, which 
are very fast, to see if it’s a problem with your ISP or not.

Go ahead and sign up for a free account at OpenDNS and then go to Preferences on your Mac, click on Network and then click on the Advanced button.

Click on the DNS tab and enter the DNS values that you are given from OpenDNS.

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Method 5 – Disable DNS Prefetching</h3>
If using a different DNS provider did not work, then you can try 
disabling DNS prefetching, which is turned on by default in Safari. On a
 Mac, open Terminal and copy and paste the following command:

<pre style="font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">defaults write com.apple.safari WebKitDNSPrefetchingEnabled -boolean false</pre>
Go ahead and restart Safari and see if the issue goes away.

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Method 6 – Remove the Cache.db file manually</h3>
For some reason or the other, resetting Safari or emptying the cache 
does not properly remove the cache.db file from the hard drive, which 
results in Safari still running slow. In this case, you can do it 
manually by going to the Library folder. However, that folder is not 
visible by default, so you have to go to Terminal and type the following
 command:

chflags nohidden ~/Library/

Now you will see the Library folder in your root user folder. 
Navigate to Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari and you will see a cache.db 
file. In our case, it was a whopping 181 MB! Go ahead and delete it and 
then restart Safari.

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Method 7 – Upgrade Flash Plugin</h3>
It’s also best to go ahead and get the latest version of Flash for 
Safari because there have been problems with older versions of Flash 
that could Safari to hang or become very slow.

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Method 8 – Delete the Favicon Database</h3>
Depending on your setup, your favicon database can become quite large
 and end up slowing down Safari. This is rare, but it’s worth a shot 
since it has fixed the problem for some people. Again, go to the Library
 folder and then go to the Safari folder.

Mine was only 4.6 MB, but some people have this file that is well 
over 50 MB. In that case, just delete it and then restart Safari.

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Method 9 – Log Into Another Account</h3>
Sometimes the problem is with the user account you are currently 
using. It’s worth creating another user account (takes 1 min), logging 
into that account and then running Safari. If it’s suddenly faster, then
 there is a problem with your user account. You can try to fix the 
problem by using Disk Utility. You can go to Spotlight and type in Disk 
Utility to open the dialog quickly.

Click on your hard drive in the left hand pane and then click on the 
First Aid tab, which is usually selected already. Now click Verify Disk.
 If you are reported to have any problems, it will be necessary to 
reboot using your installation disc to perform a repair. You can read 
the steps in this Apple article to do a 
repair: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1782?viewlocale=en_US.

That’s about everything I tried and it seemed to have worked on my 
friend’s Mac. If you’re having issues with Safari running slow or 
loading web pages really slowly, let us know the results of the above 
possible fixes.

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Top Ways to Boost WiFi Signals and Improve Wireless Network Performance

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With a newer Wireless N router, WiFi
 networks are usually fairly efficient. For at home setups, a quality 
router will usually be more than enough to run a decent network. After 
all, even your close neighbors can find your wireless router’s network. 
Of course, there are some exceptions. If you live out in the country or 
you live in a mansion, you may need to boost WiFi signals to cover the 
entire household.
The main problem with WiFi comes from constant higher bandwidth 
usage, usually attributed to things like streaming movies and media. 
Weak WiFi signals can produce lagging chopped up streaming.

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Luckily, there are several things that you can do to help boost WiFi 
signal strength, for whatever the reason. Here are some top 
recommendations for improving weak WiFi.

Use Wireless N

Wireless N has pretty much become the standard, but if you have not 
yet upgraded to a Wireless N router, and are still using Wireless G, you
 may want to consider upgrading. Wireless N has proven to be a much more
 capable technology that not only produces greater WiFi range, but 
improved and more consistent signal strength as well.

Of course, a Wireless N router will be most efficient with Wireless N
 devices. So, Wireless N wireless adapters as well. If you are using a 
newer device with a built-in wireless card, such as a laptop or an Xbox 
360 Slim, it should already have built-in Wireless N.

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Give Your Cable or DSL Provider a Call

Most cable companies are constantly refining their plans, and usually
 they are upgrading plans in order to stay competitive. This means the 
best possible deal for new customers, but there is a good chance that 
you are not a new customer and have been with your internet service 
provider for a while. The catch is, most cable companies don’t inform 
customers that they are eligible for an upgraded plan, nor do they 
automatically upgrade customers.

Check out your cable or DSL providers latest offerings on the web and
 compare their latest plans with the plan they have you on. If you don’t
 have the latest and greatest, often times your cable provider will 
update you to the new plan, without any additional charges; and if they 
won’t, there is nothing wrong with threatening to switch companies.

The good thing about this, the heavy majority pay for internet 
service on a month to month, no contract basis. Of course, a better plan
 can give you more download and upload power, as well as less 
restricting bandwidth caps.

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Use a Cable Signal Booster

If you have cable internet, several factors can play into the actual 
cable signal strength coming from the cable company to your home. If you
 live in a busy neighborhood with many households, the actual cable 
power that your home receives may not be optimal. Aside from this, 
things like in-line cable line-splitters that allow for a cable outlet 
in every room tend to weaken the signal, and the more splitters you 
have, the weaker the signal will become.

A cable signal booster can help give your home WiFi network the best 
possible signal by acting as an amplifier. Basically, these devices look
 and work just like normal coaxial splitters. However, they are 
engineered to distribute cable signals in the most efficient manner. 
Cable signal boosters will also improve the signal strength to your 
television.

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Keep Firmware Up to Date and Optimize Router Settings

This one is pretty much a given, but it’s always best to have the 
most up to date firmware update for your wireless router. As technology 
changes, firmware updates are needed to keep the router running at peak 
performance. You should also tweak the settings on your router for 
maximum output. For example, if you are getting a lot of interference, 
you may want to switch channels. Routers like Apple’s Airport Extreme 
also have different WiFi broadcast strength levels that can be utilized.
 It is best to consult a router’s user manual or router manufacturer’s 
website for firmware and settings tips.

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Reposition the Router

For best WiFi coverage, a wireless router should be placed in a 
central location within a home. It should also be positioned not too 
close to the floor, but not too close to the ceiling either. WiFi 
signals travel in a lateral pattern, and most of the time, WiFi devices,
 such as laptops are used at midpoint within a home. For example, you 
usually sit on the couch when using a laptop computer, you don’t lay on 
the floor (most of the time), and you do not stand on a ladder.

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Add a WiFi Booster Antenna

Depending on the exact model of your WiFi router, it may be 
compatible with an add-on WiFi booster antenna. WiFi antennas seem to 
have a varying degree of mixed reviews from purchasers, but for 
approximately 50% of people, they are worth the purchase. WiFi booster 
antennas work with the same concept that retractable antennas on old 
boom boxes work. While the default antenna may be built-in or minimal, a
 standalone WiFi antenna may help improve WiFi network signals.

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Add a Powerline Wireless Network Extender

If you do a lot of video or media streaming, but the quality is not 
the best, a Powerline wireless network extender may help drastically. 
These devices basically extend the range of your existing WiFi network 
via a remote interface. Connect one device directly to your router, and 
place the other device in a room where you want to use a device. From 
there, you can connect the device, Xbox 360 for example, to the remote 
device via ethernet cable.

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Use a Multi Router Network Setup

Although Powerline adapters are efficient, if you want greater WiFi air strength, you may want to consider utilizing a <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/setup-a-second-wireless-router-on-your-home-network/" target="_blank">multiple router setup</a>.
 This will ultimately give you the best boost in WiFi coverage, but 
setup can be more complex. Because your cable company may monitor router
 serial numbers and mac addresses, you may need to consult them before 
using a multi router setup.

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Router-Wiring-Diagram.png"><img alt="Router Wiring Diagram" border="0" class="lazy aligncenter" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Router-Wiring-Diagram_thumb.png" height="159" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Router-Wiring-Diagram_thumb.png" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="240" /></a></div>
Using any of the above methods should help strengthen your WiFi 
network, and using a combination of the above methods should greatly 
help boost WiFi in a home. Any other good ways to help improve WiFi 
signals?

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How to Speed Up Logging Into Windows

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Even with fast hardware and the 
newest operating system, logging into Windows can become painfully slow 
if there are a lot of programs that startup when Windows starts up. Note
 that I am not talking about how long it takes to boot Windows because 
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I’ve already written previously on speeding up <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/speed-up-windows-boot/" target="_blank">Windows boot times</a>, <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-7/speed-up-a-slow-windows-7-pc/" target="_blank">speeding up Windows 7</a> and <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/featured-posts/5-ways-to-speed-up-windows-8/" target="_blank">speeding up Windows 8</a>.
 Just reading those articles will help you speed up Windows guaranteed. 
One common theme you’ll see in those articles is managing startup items.

As mentioned before, your Windows 8 or Windows 10 machine might be 
able to boot up in 10 seconds, but once you type in your password to 
login, it could take more than a minute to get to a fully functional 
desktop because of startup programs. I’ve already written a detailed 
article on how to <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/simple-ways-to-increase-your-computers-performace-stopping-the-startup-programs/" target="_blank">disable startup programs in Windows 7</a> and higher, which you should read first.

However, there are situations where you simply can’t disable 
everything. Maybe you working in a corporate environment and are 
required to have certain programs startup when you login. If you’re a 
business owner or professional, you might have certain business 
applications that you want to start up when you login.

In this type of case, you need something different. One interesting 
solution to this problem is to delay the loading of the startup programs
 by the few minutes after you login. In this article, I’m going to talk 
about a program called <a href="http://www.r2.com.au/page/products/show/startup-delayer/" target="_blank">Startup Delayer</a>, which does exactly that.

<h2>
Startup Delayer</h2>
Once you download and install the program, it will show you a dialog 
the first time you run the program. Here you have to choose how you want
 Startup Delayer to behave.

Note that you can change whatever settings you picked here later on 
in the program settings. The dialog has a slider where the far left 
means you want your programs to load as fast as possible and you don’t 
mind your computer running slow or sluggish. There really isn’t any 
point to using this application if you choose the far left because all 
the programs loading immediately is what’s happening by default when you
 log into Windows.

As you move the slider to the right, you’ll see it’s pretty much the 
same except for the CPU and Disk Idle values. By default, its set to 
30%, which means the program will wait till your computer is at least 
30% idle before launching the delayed applications you have chosen.

Moving to the far right means your delayed applications will start 
later, but smoother. You might have to wait a minute or so before the 
application will launch. Startup Delayer manages all of this and will 
automatically launch the applications when the desired idle value is 
reached.

Once you click Save, you’ll get to the main program interface. Here you will see 3 tabs across the top: Startup Applications, Running Tasks and System Services. As the name of the first tab implies, any startup applications that start with Windows will be listed here.

The startup items are broken down into three different categories: 
Delayed, Normal Startup and Disabled. You can simply drag and drop the 
items to the section you like. To delay an application, just drag it 
from Normal Startup to Delayed like shown below.

The first item you drag and drop will be given the first priority 
when loading. As you add more items, they will be added to the queue. 
When Startup Delayer loads the programs, it will launch then in the 
order listed. You can change the order of the items by dragging and 
dropping the items.

When you select an item, you will see that Automatic Delay is 
selected and the default values for CPU and DISK idle are listed. You 
can change the idle values for each application individually if you like
 also by simply selecting the item and typing in new values.

If you double-click on any of the delayed applications, you can configure the advanced settings. The General tab lets you edit the target in case you want to add any command line parameters to the program.

On the Delay tab, you can again edit the idle values or choose to do a Manual Delay if you like, but the program developers don’t recommend using manual delays.

On the Wait tab, you can check a box to ensure that 
the application has completed loaded before Startup Delayer continues 
loading other applications. You can also set it so that Startup Delayer 
will wait until the current program is terminated or a user gives 
confirmation before launching the next application.

On the Advanced tab, you can configure options so 
that the program launches on certain days only, doesn’t launch if 
another instance is already running, or launches if an Internet 
connection is detected. This option can be useful in certain situations.
 For example, do you really need Skype to launch if there is no Internet
 connection?

Finally, going back to the main screen, you can click on the green Add New
 button to add a program that is not already listed. This can be really 
useful for things like launching a web browser or a MS Office 
application or any other program that may not automatically startup when
 logging into Windows.

The Running Tasks lists out all of the current 
processes running on the system. Again, if something is not listed in 
the main tab, you can go to Running Tasks, select a process and then 
click the small round plus button. I would be very careful about adding 
anything from here to the delayed section because many of the processes 
listed are Windows processes.

Luckily, they have a filter that lets you hide all the Microsoft 
processes so that you see only processes created by third-party 
programs. Just click on the Filter button and then click Hide all created by Microsoft.

The last tab is System Services, which lets you 
stop, start and disable Windows services, but for the purposes of this 
article, you should just leave it alone unless you know what you are 
doing.

Before we get into whether this program actually works well or not, 
there are a couple of other small items to mention. Firstly, you can 
click on the Options button at the top right of the 
main interface to change how the program behaves. I personally haven’t 
had to mess around with any settings here, but if you want more 
information during the login process, you can click on the Launch Process tab and select Show always during Startup and check the Show Launch Process Window on Startup.

By default, the program keeps itself very well hidden and only pops 
up during the login process if something goes wrong. Otherwise, you 
won’t even know anything is going on. What’s nice about the program is 
that it has a plethora of options so you can see more info if you like.

Secondly, you can click on the Tools button to do 
even more stuff like create startup profiles, view the last launch log, 
view the last performance graph, create a backup of all your settings, 
etc.

<h2>
Performance Results</h2>
So does this program really work? Well, when I tried it out back in 
2008, it didn’t work all that well. Back then, it simply did a manual 
delay, which didn’t work very well. However, in the ensuing years, the 
program has gotten a lot more advanced and in my tests on Windows 7, it 
made a significant difference in the user experience.

Instead of sitting around waiting for the desktop to become clickable
 or waiting for the Start menu to appear after clicking on it 10 times, 
Startup Delayer can make everything seem snappy. You obviously have to 
wait a bit longer for some programs to load up, but I have never once 
felt I needed one of those startup programs to load immediately after 
logging in.

It’s also worth noting that the program becomes more useful if you 
have a larger number of startup items. If you only have a couple of 
things loading up on startup, it’s probably not going to make a major 
difference. Let us know if the program helped on your system or not. 
Enjoy!

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Edit the Windows 7 Hosts File to Block Websites, Programs, and Applications

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The Windows 7 Hosts file is a file 
that Windows uses to control and map IP addresses. By editing the Hosts 
file, Windows can be customized to block specific websites, and even 
protocols that are used by programs and applications.
To get started editing the Windows 7 Hosts file, you first need to locate it. Open up the Start Menu and click the Computer listing. Double click your hard drive, which is usually labeled Local Disk (C:). Next, open up the Windows folder and scroll down the page until you reach the folder System32. Double click System32 and open up the drivers folder located within. Finally, navigate through the etc folder to find the hosts file.

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Windows-7-Hosts-File.png"><img alt="Windows 7 Hosts File" border="0" class="lazy aligncenter" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Windows-7-Hosts-File_thumb.png" height="164" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Windows-7-Hosts-File_thumb.png" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="524" /></a></div>
Now, notice that the file type for the hosts file is listed as File. 
Because there is no default program set to open a file type like this, 
double clicking the hosts file will simply give you a Windows prompt, 
asking you which program you would like to use to open the file.

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Choose-a-program-prompt-Windows-7.png"><img alt="Choose a program prompt - Windows 7" border="0" class="lazy aligncenter" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Choose-a-program-prompt-Windows-7_thumb.png" height="433" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Choose-a-program-prompt-Windows-7_thumb.png" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="524" /></a></div>
From this prompt, you can choose to edit the hosts file with Notepad. So, simply click to select Notepad and click the OK
 button. From there, Notepad will launch with the hosts file 
information. This way of opening the hosts file was demonstrated to show
 where the hosts file is actually located within Windows, but there is a
 better and easier way to edit the file for quick reference.

Use the path Start > All Programs > Accessories > Notepad, but don’t click on Notepad to open it. Rather, right-click the Notepad listing to bring up the context menu. Select the option Run as Administrator. The hosts file must be ran as administrator.

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With Notepad open, select File > Open. Use the path Computer > C: > Windows > System32 > drivers > etc. You will have a blank screen, that displays the prompt No items match your search. Change Text Documents (*.txt) to All Files using the drop down menu. Now, you can select the hosts file and click Open.

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Windows-7-Hosts-File1.png"><img alt="Windows 7 Hosts File" border="0" class="lazy aligncenter" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Windows-7-Hosts-File_thumb1.png" height="221" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Windows-7-Hosts-File_thumb1.png" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="524" /></a></div>
Adding files to the hosts file is very simple. The hosts file uses the format:

<blockquote>
IP Address    exampledomain.com</blockquote>
Blocking a website in Windows is as simple as:

<blockquote>
127.0.0.1    <a href="http://www.blockeddomainname.com/">www.blockeddomainname.com</a></blockquote>
So, we could block Online-Tech-Tips like this, not that we would ever want or need to.

<blockquote>
127.0.0.1    <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/">www.online-tech-tips.com</a></blockquote>
With a website blocked in the hosts file, a web browser will simply return an error page when the website is accessed.

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<a href="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Unable-to-Connect-Hosts-File.png"><img alt="Unable to Connect - Hosts File" border="0" class="lazy aligncenter" data-original="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Unable-to-Connect-Hosts-File_thumb.png" height="229" src="http://onlinetechtipscom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Unable-to-Connect-Hosts-File_thumb.png" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="524" /></a></div>
The hosts file can be used to block permission to specific websites, 
which can be useful for blocking malicious websites, but what else can 
be set in the hosts file? Well, some programs and applications that you 
use may actually call out and use external websites to operate. So, when
 you open an application on your computer, it may connect with a website
 in order to do things like verify licensing and other tasks. Blocking a
 website in the hosts file, in many cases, will stop a program or 
application from accessing a website as well.

An example of this is, Adobe programs such as Photoshop and 
Dreamweaver. Most Adobe products access several verification websites 
for registration and activation purposes. So, as some hackers have found
 out, blocking these websites with the Hosts file can actually modify 
the Adobe registration and activation cycle. By blocking the according 
URLs that Adobe uses for activation (with the hosts file), you could 
actually not have to activate Photoshop, or other Adobe programs, in 
order to use them.

If you want to block a specific website, and also have a different, 
specific website open up when the blocked website is trying to be 
accessed, you can use the following format:

<blockquote>
IP Address of specific website    <a href="http://www.blockeddomain.com/">www.blockeddomain.com</a>

Example: 66.102.9.147    <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/">www.online-tech-tips.com</a></blockquote>
The Example will make the website with IP Address 66.102.9.147 
(Yahoo) redirect to Online Tech Tips, whenever it is accessed in a web 
browser. So if you were to type <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">www.yahoo.com</a> into your web browser, with the hosts file setup like this, you would be brought to <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/">www.online-tech-tips.com</a>. You can find a websites IP Address using <a href="http://www.selfseo.com/find_ip_address_of_a_website.php">this website</a>.

The hosts file is an easy way to restrict websites from accessing Windows. Do you know any other cool hosts file tips?

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