IE Search Customizer is a simple freeware which allows you to define custom searches in the Internet Explorer browser. With the help of this little app you will be able to create short and extremely useful aliases for the address bar of IE.
The application works as described in our "Add custom searches to Internet Explorer's address bar to save your time" article.
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How to create a shortcut to open Disk Space in Windows 8.1 Update
The Disk Space feature of Windows 8.1 is a part of the PC Settings application which allows you to view the disk usage of your PC and Tablet. Also, it allows you to go directly to the app sizes page and clean the Recycle Bin folder. It is designed specially for touch screen devices. It is accessible through PC Settings -> PC and devices -> Disk space, but Windows 8.1 Update allows you create a shortcut to open it directly with one click.
Windows 8.1 Update feature: View the disk space usage in PC Settings
The recently released Windows 8.1 Update comes with an option in the PC Settings app, to view your disk space usage. This feature will be definitely useful for all Tablet PC owners, as the PC Settings app is more touch friendly than File Explorer. Let's take a look at the disk space feature.
Fix: Error 14098 the Component Store has been corrupted
One of our readers posted a question related to corruption in the Component Store of Windows 8. The Component store is a core feature of Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista which stores all of the system files related to the OS grouped by components and as hardlinks (since files are shared between two components). When the OS is serviced, the component store is updated. It is part of Windows Imaging and Servicing stack. If you got the error 14098 'The component store has been corrupted', it means that something went wrong with Windows updates and its packages. Thankfully, Windows 8 has all the necessary tools to fix this issue.
Add custom searches to Internet Explorer’s address bar to save your time
Recently we posted a detailed tutorial on how you can add custom keywords in Google Chrome to perform searches from its address bar faster. Today, we should like to show you how to do the same for Internet Explorer. IE does not come with any options in its UI to configure these searches, but we will try to make it simple. Using the custom searches feature, you can save a lot of time and speed up your daily search-related tasks for Internet Explorer.
Download A set of custom searches for Internet Explorer
A set of custom searches for Internet Explorer.
A set of custom searches we created for Internet Explorer. See more info here:
Add custom searches to Internet Explorer’s address bar to save your time
Add custom Chrome searches for address bar to save your time
Google Chrome has a nice feature ever since it's earliest versions, which allows you to search from the address bar, customize search engines and their keywords, and define your own searches. Using this feature, you can save a lot of time and speed up your daily search-related tasks. In this article, we will look at how you can define and use your own searches in Google Chrome with some popular examples.
How to download all the data associated with your Google account
If you are an active user of Google's services, then you probably have over time, entered lots of data in various Google products and apps. Wouldn't it be nice if you could view all this data that Google stores about you in one place? You might also be interested in getting a downloadable archive with all the data you have posted in Google's services. Specially for such a case, Google have their 'Takeout' service.
How to prevent Windows 8 from automatically rebooting for update installations
If you configured Windows 8 or Windows 7 to install updates automatically, you might notice that it performs an automatic restart when updates are installed. This can be a really annoying thing if you had no plans to restart your PC and were busy with some important stuff. It can even reboot while you are watching some TV show or important online transaction. Fortunately, it is possible to change the OS behavior and prevent Windows from automatically rebooting for update installations.
