Web browsers: Killing Flash after it’s started

Lots of browsers have extensions to prevent Flash from running. Is there a way (extensions perhaps?) to kill a Flash object after it’s started? I’m particularly interested in Chrome, but other browsers are helpful too. Answer To stop the chrome flash plugin after it has started you can press SHIFT+ESC to bring up the chrome … Read more

Chrome: How can I open a tab that includes only certain extensions?

When I do web development on win10, I use Chrome to preview my work. However, some of my regular extensions can occasionally interfere with my app rendering correctly. I’d like to be able to open a tab that has only certain extensions: specifically, the few I use for web development. I know I can open … Read more

Why does the IP location differ if I visit Wikipedia on Chrome and Firefox?

I have the IP Country Domain Flag addon installed on Chrome and the Flagfox addon installed on Firefox. Both are meant to report where the IP address of a domain name is hosted. I understand that a single domain may have more than one IP address. But when I go to Wikipedia on Chrome, IP … Read more

How do I make a web page(with many scripts which require internet to load) available offline?

I want to have a specific web page which usually connects to a server to load the page available offline. More specifically, I want to make https://www.desmos.com/calculator available in chrome even when I’m not connected to the internet. I know it should be possible because once I load it with access to the internet, I … Read more

stopping videos from website to play

Here is website from which a lot of videos are being streamed http://www.jagran.com/spiritual/puja-path-the-veneration-of-saturn-in-the-household-wellbeing-remains-forever-14747757.html?src=fb I don’t want to block flash in my browser is there any other way to block these stream of videos. Chrome and Windows 8 is what I use. Suggestions for firefox are welcome. Answer Open the hosts file and add 127.0.0.1 www.jagran.com … Read more

Browser Shortcut link getting modified with some URLs

I have a problem with my browser links in desktop(firefox and chrome), it’s getting modified with http://yeabd66.cc/ link with the shortcut and whenever I open the browser it directs to that link. How can I get rid of this? Thanks in advance. Answer Run Malware-bytes on your computer then delete the shortcuts from your desktop … Read more

How to solve 0x000012d error on Windows 10?

Opening chrome, I often get the error “The aplication failed to initialize properly” 0x000012d error.Reinstallation didn’t help. I’ve also reset my OS Windows 10, but after a few days, it gave the same error. Sometimes, I also get the error: The laptop often says “low in memory”. You need to restart all your programs. and … Read more