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Are you tired of having to switch between internet browsers? While Google Chrome is undeniably gaining popularity over its competitors like Firefox, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer, we cannot deny the fact that most of us still using other browsers for some other reasons. Or at least to us IT Geeks. Probably because we want multiple social network access (e.g. multiple FB accounts), privacy access and what not. Thanks to Google Chrome's Extension. You can now run Firefox and Internet Explorer from within Chrome as Tabs.

Adding Internet Explorer runs almost instantly but Firefox still needs some a little bit of tweaking before you can use it. But instructions are provided at their website.

Basically, we are just going to add Firefox and Internet Explorer as Extensions. To do that, just click your Chrome's Option button >> Settings.

Click Extension. Scroll down and then click More extensions.

For Firefox, search using "firefox tab" as keyword. Add Firefox Gecko extension.

For Internet Explorer use "IE tab" as keyword.

There is also "IE Tab Multi" but haven't tried it yet.

After you have successfully install the Extensions, you will notice two new buttons for each corresponding tabs. To be able to use the tabs, open a new tab from your Chrome and select your preferred button for each tab. You have to assign a tab for each button.

Feel free to post comments. Enjoy the new way of browsing using your Google Chrome. God bless.

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Google Chrome is not only fast and efficient but also bundled with useful features. I personally have four different internet browsers on my work PC but Chrome is always my primary choice. While Chrome is bundled with features that you can basically find on other browsers, the Sign-In feature is what makes it topnotch among the rest.

So why you need to sign to your Google Chrome? At my home office, I have bunch of bookmarks that I cannot live without. There are also times that work has be carried somewhere else. And because I have lots of bookmarks, it's going to cost me precious time to have them all copied to my netbook for me to be able to work away from home.

Thanks to Google Chrome's Sign-In feature. This handy feature will let you sync all your bookmarks in a flash wherever you are. Regardless of which PC or laptop you're going to use as long as Google Chrome is installed, just sign in  and you're good to go. The best part, it will display/sync your bookmarks the way it looked on your primary PC.

How does this sign-in feature work? On your primary device, have all your bookmarks in place. Arranged them the way you want them settled on your Bookmark Bar and then follow these steps.

1. On the upper right corner of your browser, click on the wrench and then select Settings

2. Under Sign In, click on the Sign In button

3. Enter your Google account and then click the sync button to sync everything.

3. Finally to test things out, just sign in to other device using the same account used to sync your bookmarks. Wait and see. Everything will be loaded up.

But there's more. Click on the Advanced section and you'll see the following Sync options.

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I recently been getting tons of "Verify Your Account" and "Who Visited Your Account" application requests and believe me it's trending. Well the title is kinda deceiving that most serious Facebook users will surely lure into the trap. "Serious" I meant those users who spent a lot of time chatting and playing games on Facebook.

Trap? Well, these trending apps are usually a great avenue for accounts to get hacked or for viruses to easily take over your account and PC. In other words, if you see pornographic materials posted in your profile without you knowing it, that's what I meant.

Most of the time I usually ignore these notifications. But when these notifications started to pop up like pop corns, it becomes so annoying. So the best way to keep getting notified whenever new requests comes in is to block them.

Follow this simple steps to block the mentioned applications. This will also apply to other applications as well.

1. Log in to your FB account.
   
2. On the left pane, go to APPS >> Apps and Games
   


3. On the right pane, hover your mouse to the upper right corner of the app. When the "X" mark appears, click on it.
   


4. The app will change to a yellow-colored background. Click on the "Block Verify Your Account?" link.
   


5. A window will pop to verify your action. Click on "Okay" button.
   

Done. Do this to other game and app requests you wanted to block. Good luck.

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Being an administrator who handles no less than 1000 workstations and servers in a managed environment using Kaseya, one of the sickening thing to deal with is having to install/deploy the managed antivirus on machines with lots of conflicting applications. While Kaseya doesn't have the ability to silently remove any program applications **silently, it's necessary that you logged in remotely and manually remove/uninstall anything barring the deployment of the managed AV.

Thanks to Kaseya Live Connect. After several research and with the info I gathered, I am able to do the thing I need. One of the very powerful feature of Live Connect is the ability to perform execute commands via Command Shell like you're running it inside a Windows Box. So how did this help? Under Audit Page >> Add Remove >> Uninstall String, you will see uninstall strings you need to remove certain applications. See Figure 1 below:

Figure 1: Uninstall String

I have gathered some of the uninstall strings that I have proven to work flawlessly. I will provide my collection of working uninstall strings later on this post but let's just take for example the uninstall string for removing Microsoft Security Essentials. It is:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe" /x /s 

Take note: the quotes are necessary. Now, connect via Live Connect to your target machine and then click on Command Shell. See Figure 2 below.

Figure 2: Running the Uninstall String via Live Connect's Command Shell

Enter the uninstall string and then wait. Silent uninstall should take around 15 to 30 minutes. But having to monitor quite a number of machines, why should I bother waiting? But rest assured, when I get back with it, Microsoft Security Essential should then be cleared.

As promised, below are my tested uninstall strings with the working parameters. You may have to double check on the versions of the AV installed via Audit Page.
Microsoft Security Essentials:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Setup.exe" /x /s 
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\Setup.exe" /x /s 
Note: Check the exact path for the 64bit machines

Symantec AV

MsiExec.exe /x {49C27FB0-CEEF-4A11-8114-0BFE336D3884} /qb
MsiExec.exe /x {84B70C16-7032-41EE-965C-3C8D9D566CBB} /qb
MsiExec.exe /x {B1FB7D5C-20CE-4CB6-8F39-306EFDA8290C} /qb
MsiExec.exe /x {A3AEEA68-AC93-4F6F-8D2D-78BBF7E422B8} /qb


Managed Mcafee AV

Agent ID
MsiExec.exe /q /x {362678B4-6ED5-46E9-A6B2-53EF22159151}

App ID (Must be removed first before the agent)
VirusScan 8.0
msiexec.exe /x {5DF3D1BB-894E-4DCD-8275-159AC9829B43} REMOVE=ALL REBOOT=R /q
VirusScan 8.5
msiexec.exe /x {35C03C04-3F1F-42C2-A989-A757EE691F65} REMOVE=ALL REBOOT=R /q
VirusScan 8.7
msiexec.exe /x {147BCE03-C0F1-4C9F-8157-6A89B6D2D973} REMOVE=ALL /q



**Silent AV removal - refers to the ability to remove AV applications without having to interfere with what the current user is doing on the machine.