Web Browsers

In order to resolve this problem you have to uninstall Chrome and re-install Google Chrome.
NOTE: Please backup all your bookmarks etc before attempting to remove Google Chrome.

What happens if you accidentally closed a Tab in Firefox and the information on that page was important?
Press CTRL+SHIFT+T together and Firefox will automaticcaly re-open the last closed Tab, you can always press this key combination multiple times to re-open previously closed tags.

STEP 1 Visit  to download the IE NetRenderer Firefox Extension. STEP 2 In the search box search for IE NetRenderer and click on the green button to search. STEP 3 Now the search results should display IE NetRenderer, if it does click on the green Add to Firefox button to install the Extension. STEP 4 Now click on Install Now STEP 5 IE NetRenderer will now be installed. After installation click...

NOTE: This has been tested in Firefox 3.0.13 on Ubuntu 9.04 

Open Firefox
Click on Edit->Preferences (In Windows the Preferences option usually is located under Tools)

The following window will appear

Click on Saved Passwords

Now a list of site urls together with Usernames should appear

Click on Show Passwords to view all stored passwords.

NOTE: Tested with Firefox 3.0.13 on Ubuntu 9.04 (Should work on all Firefox versions)

Open Firefox
Click on Tools->Clear Private Data

Now tick the following boxes (You may select all options that apply to you)

Browsing History
Cache
Cookies

Click on Clear Private Data Now and your cache, cookies and history will be cleared.

NOTE: This has been tested on Firefox 3.0.13 running Ubuntu 9.04 Open Firefox In Windows click on “Tools->Options“ In Linux (Ubuntu) click on “Edit->Preferences“ Now a Window will open similar to the screenshot below Click on the Main tab Under the Downloads section, locate Save files to and select the location where all downloads should be stored by using...

Favicons are those little icons that usually are located next to the address bar on the right hand side of your Firefox webbrowser. NOTE: Been tested and tried in Firefox 3.0.12 but should work in all different versions of Firefox.   Answer: Open Firefox In the address bar type in the following ‘about:config‘ and hit enter Search for ‘browser.chrome‘ by using...

NOTE: Tested and Tried with Firefox 3.0.14 on Ubuntu 9.04   Answer: Open Firefox Click on Edit->Preferences (In Windows this will be under Tools) Click on the Security Tab Underneath Passwords there should be an option ‘ Use a master password ‘ tick the checkbox next to it A screen will pop-up where you need to enter you’re password Enter you’re password and click...

Open Firefox
Click on Edit->Preferences (In windows Tools->Preferences)

Click on the Content Tab

Uncheck the ‘Load images automatically‘ checkbox

Click on Close
Now everytime you load a website, no images will be loaded

Open Firefox Click on Tools->Options or in Linux Edit->Preferences Click on the Advanced Tab in the right hand corner Click on the Update tab in the second row Below Automatically check for updates to:  Uncheck Firefox, Installed Add-ons and Search Engines to disable all automatic updates and check the boxes to enable all of them again. Alternatively you could select what Firefox should do...

Open a new Terminal Window and locate to your Home Directory

cd /home/YOURNAME

Rename the .mozilla folder to .mozilla_old or anything you prefer

mv .mozilla .mozilla_old

Restart Firefox and problem solved.

NOTE: Always make a backup of the .mozilla folder to avoid data loss

After installing Adobe Reader 9 I get this error: The Adobe Acrobat/Reader that is running can not be used to view PDF files in a Web Browser. Please exit Adobe Acrobat/Reader and exit your Web Browser and try again.
In Firefox click on Tools->Options and then on the Applications tab
Set the action for the Content Type: pdf File to Use Adobe Reader 9.x and the problem will be solved

This usually happens when you use a HTTPS url to open a PDF file.

Open Internet Explorer
Click on Tools->Internet Options->Advanced->Security
Uncheck the tickbox next to Do not save encrypted pages to disk

Open Internet Explorer 8
Click on Tools and then Internet Options

 Click on the Security Tab and then on Internet and click on the Custom level…button

In the Security Settings – Internet Zone under the Scripting Section Enable Active scripting

 Click on OK and OK again and then JavaScript will be enabled.

Sometimes it’s difficult to differentiate between Internet Explorer 7 and 8 and that’s where this information come in handy

Open Internet Explorer
Press the key combination ALT+H together
Then select About Internet Explorer within About Internet Explorer you will find the version

When the menu loads, it is loading behind the html formselectors (select boxes). Unfortunately there isn’t a fixed solution to this since select boxes have an infinite Z-Index in Internet Explorer 6. Possible Solutions: Try putting the select box in an iframe for Internet Explorer 6. And the main page will be in front of the Iframe. Note: Opera 8 has the same problem...

How to manually clear the cache in Internet Explorer 6?

On the Tools menu click on Internet Options 
A box should appear with all Internet Options
Click on the General Tab
In the General Tab options under the Temporary Internet Files click on the Delete Files button.
This will delete all Cache Files.