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Chrome Classroom Tip Adobe Flash

Updated: June 7, 2015 by Floyd Brooks Leave a Comment

Google has just made an important announcement. The Google Chrome browser is being configured to automatically pause ‘nonessential’ content that uses Adobe Flash. As more and more classrooms, businesses and homes are using mobile technology, a longer lasting battery life is becoming increasingly important. You can configure your browser today to detect non-essential Flash based content (such as adverts) that are sometimes delivered using Flash by following the steps below. Even if your computer is wired to an outlet, you may still see an improvement in your computer’s performance if you follow this recommendation. Also, if you want to exclude specific websites from this feature, you can do so by selecting “Manage exceptions” and add your favorite websites.

Step 1
Select the Chrome Browser Icon and click on settings

Step 2
Click on Content Settings

Step 3
Under the plugins Section, click on the “Detect and run important plugin content.” Click on done and return to your browsing.

Combined

Search Tip of the Day: Google Search Tip #1

Updated: February 12, 2014 by Floyd Brooks Leave a Comment

This is a Google Search tip that will surely increase the amount of search results you receive. To do this you will need to:

1. Increase the amount of search results returned per page. By default, Google restricts you to 10 results per page if you want to have search suggestion or auto complete turned on while you search. However, you can increase the amount of search results up to 100 per page-without search-suggest. You will need to get into the search preference settings to do this.

2. You will get into the search preference page by entering this url into your address bar:

http://www.google.com/preferences

You will modify the results by changing the instant results. Google only allows you access to the instant search at 10 results per page. If you want to have more than 10 results per search you will lose the instant search feature.

How to Remove Visual Bee and Other Browser Hijackers From Chrome

Updated: August 15, 2013 by Floyd Brooks Leave a Comment

There are many companies out there that would love to track you online and offer you ads. However, some of them will go to any lengths to take over your computer’s browser, specifically your search page. This post will allow you to remove Visual Bee and other browser hijackers from Chrome.

Visual Bee and other undesirable browser hijackers may be installed in a number of areas on your computer. The browser hijacker may be within various areas of your computer and your Chrome browser. For example, the browser hijacker may be located in your programs menu, your Chrome start page, and/or your extensions area. Below, I have provided the steps that you will follow to identify and remove your browser hijacker. Let’s get cracking!

Add or Remove Programs

Click on the windows icon and search for “Add or remove programs”. This will bring up the list of programs that you have installed on your computer. Look for the program that you are looking to uninstall and remove it from your computer by clicking uninstall.

Change Your Chrome Start Page

Click the Chrome browser settings icon and select “settings”.
From the “Settings” page, navigate to the “On Startup” section and click on the link “Set Pages”.
Hover over the URL link that you want to remove and click on the “x” to delete the URL you do not want to show up there.
Click “ok” to save your changes.

Remove Visual Bee From Your Chrome Extensions List

The hijacker may have added itself as a browser extension. Follow these steps to remove it from that location.

Click on the Chrome Wrench.
Hover over “Tools” and select Extensions”.
From the list of extensions, remove the extension that you do not wish to have running in your browser.

Hope the above process was helpful in removing your browser hijacker. You can now surf the net the way you choose, and with a tool that you want to use.

How To Change Font Size in Google Chrome

Updated: June 21, 2013 by Floyd Brooks Leave a Comment

Google Chrome is a very useful browser, and for the most part it is very easy to use. However, there are a few simple settings that are quite buried in the Chrome browser, and changing your font size is one of them.

Just follow these few simple steps to change the size of your fonts in Google Chrome.

Step 1: Get into Chrome Settings

Click on the Chrome customize and control icon, formerly called the wrench-when it was a wrench, and then select “settings” in the drop-down menu. Alternatively, you can type this in your Chrome browser: chrome://settings/ and hit enter. This will bring you to your settings page.

Step 2: Get into Advanced Settings

Right now you are on the settings page, scroll all the way to the end of your setting page and select:

Show advanced settings…

Step 3: Set Your Font Size

Go into the settings and choose the font size that you want. You can see from the image that I have my settings at medium font size and 100% zoom. Change the font settings to whatever makes you happy. Hint: most websites use Arial/Times/Serif web-fonts.

You are done! Google saves Chrome changes that you make automatically.

Cheers!

Beginners: How to Setup Your Google Chrome Browser

Updated: May 26, 2013 by Floyd Brooks Leave a Comment

PC’s, for the most part, come with the venerable Microsoft Internet Explorer installed by default. Most users just stick with the default browser and never even upgrade-very bad idea. Well, today I will show you how to cut the Internet Explorer string-if you choose- and add the new kid on the block that is inching closer to world browser domination. I am of course talking about Google Chrome-the browser that has thousands of plugins and extensions that will extend its power and usefulness. Today I will show you how to install Google Chrome, add extensions to your browser and sign in to Google Chrome to synchronize your plugins and other browsing activity across all devices that you use the Chrome browser on.

Step 1: Download Google Chrome

Download the Google Chrome browser from the Google Chrome page here. Just follow the instructions onscreen to get it running on your machine.

Step 2: Add Chrome Extensions to Your Chrome Browser

Extend the power of your Google Chrome browser by adding extensions, if necessary. To do this:
a- click on the icon in the upper right of your screen
b- Scroll to tools, hover over tools and select extensions
c- At the end of the page there should be a link to extensions, click on that.
d- Select the extension that you would like to add to your browser by clicking on “add to chrome”

Step 3: Extension Added

The extension icon should show up in the upper right hand corner of your Chrome Browser. To utilize the functionality of that browser you will just click on it whenever you want.
That is it, you are done. You have successfully added a plug-in to your browser.

Step 4: Optional

To synchronize your browser across all devices you will need to sign into the Chrome browser with your Gmail account.
Please Note:
By default all plugins are disabled in the Chrome incognito mode. If you would like to have that plug-in show up when you go private, you will need to tell that to your browser by going back to the browser extensions page and checking the box to give each plug-in that permission.