How-To Fix Adobe Flash Player Errors on Firefox and Internet Explorer
This has happened to me several times in the past, I am on YouTube, Facebook or some random website about to watch a video or play a game when I see an Adobe Flash Player error that looks something this… “Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of... Read more
How-To install and use Sumatra PDF (Lightweight Alternative to the Adobe Acrobat Reader)
The Adobe Acrobat Reader takes up a good amount of system resources. It can slow down or even freeze your computer as you are attempting to open up and view an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file. There are older laptops at my work that can’t handle viewing .pdf files using the Adobe Acrobat... Read more
How-To Thoroughly Delete Internet Browser History, Cache, Cookies, DNS Cache and More
Hugely popular on the ClearTechInfo YouTube Channel are video tutorials that teach you how-to delete your Internet Browser history, cookies, cache, form data, passwords, etc. What you may not know is that when you delete your complete Internet history via your browser there is still a... Read more
How-To Download and Install the Adobe Shockwave Player on Firefox 3.6+
While the Adobe Shockwave Player is not used nearly as much as Flash is, it is still being used. Adobe Shockwave is primarily used on sites that feature games and a few animation sites. The Adobe Shockwave Player is 100% free to download and use. The first time I was introduced to the... Read more
How-To Download and Install the Adobe Flash Player on Firefox 3.6+
The Flash Player from Adobe is most popular multimedia web browser plug-in on the Internet. Without it you cannot view all video content on popular sites like YouTube and Facebook (though this is slowly changing with HTML 5). Even this site requires that you have the Adobe Flash... Read more
How-To Download and Install the Adobe Acrobat Reader in Windows 7
It is important to have an Adobe Acrobat “.pdf” file viewer installed on your computer. Most computer companies offer product manuals on their websites. Almost all of these manuals are in Adobe PDF format. There are also a lot of companies that send memos to their employees in PDF... Read more
How-To Install the Adobe Shockwave Player on Internet Explorer 8
The way the Adobe Shockwave Player installs on Internet Explorer is slightly different on version 8 that it was on IE 7. The Adobe Shockwave Player is free to use. It is a good idea to have it installed in case you ever visit websites that support it. Websites that have animations and... Read more
How-To Install the Adobe Flash Player on Internet Explorer 8
The “How-To” video tutorials on Adobe Flash installations are amongst the most popular videos I have on my YouTube channel and on the ClearTechInfo site. Internet Explorer 8 installs the Adobe Flash Player slightly different compared to the older version IE 7. So I created a new... Read more
How-To Increase and Decrease the Size of Web Page Content
Making videos appear larger on YouTube and increasing the font size of your Facebook or Twitter page are just two reasons why learning how to magnify items on web pages is something that is good to know. I have helped people that do not have optimal eye sight view text and web pages a... Read more
How-To View Your Saved Website Usernames and Passwords within Firefox
Firefox allows you to save your passwords for most websites. So every time you return to your favorite websites you do not need to reenter your username and password. When your password is entered on any website login it automatically is encrypted so nobody who is looking over your... Read more
How-To Use a New Firefox 3.5+ Feature, “Forget About This Site”
Firefox 3.5 has a new feature called, “Forget About This Site”. This feature allows you to single out one website and wipe out all history, cache, cookies, etc. associated with that site. For those of you that still have Firefox 3 but you want this new feature, just upgrade,... Read more
How-To Set Firefox 3.5+ as Your Default Browser
If you are like me and have multiple browsers installed on every computer you use this will be a good tutorial to watch. I have Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera and Safari on installed on my desktop and laptop Windows PC computers. Each of the web browsers want be the default... Read more
How-To Perform a Text Search on Any Web Page Using Firefox
The birth of Firefox 3 brought with it a great new feature for students, researchers and anyone else looking for specific text on a crowded web page. The new feature is called Text Search. By default the Text Search feature is disabled. You must go into the options and enable it.... Read more
How-To Find and Change the Location of the Firefox Download Folder
Being able to find and also change the location of the Firefox download folder is important if you download anything off the Internet. Many people have asked me to help them find the location of the Firefox download folder on their computer. On my own computer at home I changed the... Read more
How-To Disable Firefox’s Built-In Spell Checker
The automated spell checking Firefox feature is one of my favorites. I love how it corrects my spelling when I am typing on Gmail, posting a comment on a blog or forum and various other websites. When the spell checker does not recognize a word or name I can easily Add it to the... Read more
How-To Use the Firefox 3.5+ Private Browsing Feature
I thought “Private Browsing” was a very neat idea when I first saw it pop up on Internet Explorer 8. Now Firefox 3.5+ has it. What private browsing offers is almost complete privacy on whatever computer you use it on. Once enabled whatever sites you visit do not show up in the... Read more
How-To Delete Your Firefox 3.5+ History, Cache, Cookies and Saved Passwords
A very popular concern people have is how to delete their complete Internet tracks. To do this you must always make sure you erase your browser history, cache, cookies and saved passwords. Firefox 3.5 manages your Internet history/tracks differently than the previous version. It is... Read more
How-To Delete Internet Explorer 8 History, Cookies, Cache and Passwords
A very popular tutorial on this site shows you, How-To Delete History, Cookies, Cache and Passwords on Internet Explorer v8 and Firefox v3. I have had several people tell me that the video tutorial didn’t work for them when using Internet Explorer version 8. I downloaded and... Read more
Learn How-To Delete Internet Explorer and Firefox History, Cookies, Passwords and Cache
This article and video tutorial covers Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 3. If you are an Internet Explorer 8 user click here to go to an IE8 tutorial. You must keep up with computer security and privacy these days. When you are on the Internet at school, work or any public place do you... Read more
Learn How-To Backup and Restore Your Internet Explorer Bookmarks
Whenever I find a cool, interesting or informative website I save a shortcut of it on my web browser. Over time I have accumulated almost 100 saved bookmarks (aka “favorites”) to websites. To make sure I never lose my bookmarks due to an unrecoverable computer failure I back them... Read more