HOW TO MUTE/SILENCE WHATSAPP GROUP NOTIFICATION SOUNDS/TONES

Some Whatsapp users often complain about disturbing group notification sounds or tones. This even caused people to leave their Whatsapp groups with the complain that the numerous sounds often drain their batteries quickly, which though may or may not be true. I therefore decided to give the below tutorial which may be known or unknown to many. 1. On your Whatsapp Chat/conversation menu, go to Settings, then Notifications. 2. Select Notifications and scroll down to Group Notifications. 3....

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WINDOWS XP SUPPORT ENDED LAST YEAR, 2014

Microsoft first released Windows XP on October 25, 2001 and after over twelve years of supporting the operating system announced it is ending Windows XP support April 8, 2014 which means that they will no longer be providing any updates, patches, or further software security related support. If you are still running Windows XP it will continue to work after this date, but if a security vulnerability is discovered after this date it will not be fixed by Microsoft....

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MICROSOFT KEY BOARD SHOTCUTS

Ctrl + 0 Adds or removes 6pts of spacing before a paragraph. Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page. Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection. Ctrl + C Copy selected text. Ctrl + D Open the font preferences window. Ctrl + E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen. Ctrl + F Open find box. Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection. Ctrl + J Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen. Ctrl + K Insert link. Ctrl + L Aligns the line or selected...

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5 Essential free Software for Windows PC

5 Essential free Software for Windows PC Imagine, you have a new high end PC with Windows installed. You switch on the PC in excitement only to ask yourself the question, what should I do now? Even the most high end hardware is useless without the right software. This article deals with such five essential software for your PC that do not put any dent on your pocket. For convenience purposes, each software is provided according to the category of its usage. So lets begin. All the freeware...

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CONVERT, RESIZE AND CUT VIDEOS WITH VLC MEDIA

VLC, the free and open source media player is great at playing media of even the most obscure formats. However, that is not all it can do. It can be used to easily convert videos from one format to the other. Converting videos with VLC media player is pretty fast and is in the league of most premium video converters in terms of quality. It can also be used to resize videos from one size to other for when you need to shrink videos to fit in your mobile devices. It can also serve as a quick video...

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HOW TO LOCK YOUR FOLDER WITHOUT ANY SOFTWARE

This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to create a locked folder in Windows 7 – without installing any additional 3rd party software. The steps below will guide you in creating a hidden and password protected folder, this method is not 100% secure. It will however deter the average computer user enough, but an advanced user may be able to access the contents of this folder. HERE WE GO Create a new folder and name it whatever you would like. Open the folder,...

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