We’ve discussed earlier that Google Chrome is improving its spelling suggestions. However, the feature is already available in the latest Canary / Dev Channel builds and you can also test it. As shown in the below image, it is a minor enhancement that adds one suggestion at the bottom of the list.
The below screenshot explains the result of Google’s online spell checker. If you type “Gmal”, “Gmail” will be the most likely spelling correction. However, you can’t get the result from the dictionary based approach that usually Google can.
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Consider you’re using your notebook both at work and at home and wish to use it with printers as well, what you will do? In such case, you can set a different default printer for each location. If you’re in your office, you can set default to the networked color laser printer and use the scanner/copier/laser printer when you’re in the other office. However, you can still use your personal printer when you’re at home.
All it is required to do is, just click on the Start Menu and type “printers” in the search field, and choose “Devices and Printers.” Then, it is required to click on one of your printers and click on the “Manage Default Printers” option in the menu bar.
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Most of us still use Windows Vista as we feel bad or struggle with Windows 7. If you are such a user, this article will be one of the most useful. By default, Windows Vista has come out with the Reliability Monitor. It is used to access the system ability data from the Reliability Analysis Component (RAC) database in a graphical manner. Moreover, this tool lets you view the system stability trend and associated events that might have affected that stability. However, in Windows 7, you can access the RAC database via WMI and to make the IT pros view and use the data more flexibly. As Windows 7 has come out with Windows PowerShell 2.0, you can have the remote scripting capabilities comprising access to WMI. By combining these technologies, you can get the reliability data from user systems without having to physically visit their offices. Check out the following commands.
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Now, you can have translator bookmarklet from Microsoft. The name of the feature is Microsoft Translator Bookmarklet. The bookmaklet has been especially designed for web browsers and it will be added to your favourites bar for translating the web pages to foreign languages in moments. You can get the translation on the same page. Therefore, it isn’t required to leave the page with the help of this light-weight, java script and cross-browser plugin.
Just visit the Microsoft Translator site, select the language you wish to have for the web pages. Then, you can simply drag and drop the bookmarklet onto your bookmarks or favourites bar.
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As one of the experiments, YouTube uses a new home page that brings you an easier way to filter the videos from your subscriptions, social networks and your account from the homepage. YouTube calls the new homepage a guide as it recommends new channels. Moreover, you can have a special page that lets you browse the popular channels by category comprising a list of recommended channels.
The main feature of the new home page is that you can just click an option from the left sidebar and the corresponding videos are displayed without opening a new home page. Moreover, you can easily access the list of videos you liked or from your history. Make sure that you’re logging in to get the complete features of new YouTube.
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