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How to Stop Receiving pre-approved credit card and Insurance offers

Are you getting those annoying pre-approved credit card offers and other junk mail in your mail box. If so you can opt out pre-approved credit card, junk mails, and insurance offers and reduce the number of unsolicited credit and insurance offers you get.

If you decide that you don’t want to receive pre screened offers of credit and insurance, you have 2 choices:

How to install add-ons in Firefox

Add-ons extend Firefox, letting you personalize your browsing experience. Adding a new plugin/ad-ons in Firefox is simple.

  • Click Tools
  • Select Add-ons
  • A tiny window appears, type the add-ons in the search box and hit ENTER.
  • A list of add-ons matching your search term will display.
  • Select it and click on .

Starting computer in Windows Safe Mode

Windows Safe Mode option uses a minimal set of device drivers and services which is required for the operating system to work. With Safe mode you can troubleshoot and run diagnostics on your computer.

To use a Safe Boot option, follow these steps:

  • Restart your computer and start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard.

How to Trade-In Your Old Video Games at Amazon

Do you have video games which you are using anymore. Do you want to make money out of it ?  is the solution.

Amazon Video Games Trade-In is a new service by Amazon that enables you to trade in your games for an Amazon.com Gift Card.

How to Trade-In you Old Video Games

How to Adjust Computer/ Laptop Monitor Brightness

Desktop computers will have visible brightness button at bottom right of your screen to adjust your monitor brightness and contrast. It is kind of difficult in laptop’s as there is no visible keys to adjust monitor brightness.

You can Adjust computer/ laptop monitor brightness if you run windows.

  • Click “Start” button and select “Settings” and Click “Control Panel

Speed Up Windows Boot Time – How To

You can speed up your Microsoft windows by stopping unnecessary programs and services from running. You don’t want yahoo messenger, media player or Google Toolbar Notifier to start at the computer startup

Try to make programs that run at start-up as minimal. Here are 2 steps to disable such programs which will speed up your windows boot time significantly.