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Display Tabs on Separate Rows in Internet Explorer 9

Posted in Windows 7, Windows Vista by Steve Sinchak

By default in Internet Explorer 9 tabs are on the same row as the address bar to create a clean looking interface. Depending on the number of tabs that are open it can be difficult to identify what site is on each tab.  If you like to have a lot of tabs open this article will help you configure Internet Explorer 9 to display all tabs on a separate row, similar to previous versions of Internet Explorer.

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Spell check add-on for Internet Explorer 9

Posted in Windows 7, Windows Vista by Steve Sinchak

Internet Explorer 9 is big improvement over Internet Explorer 8 but it is still the only modern browser that does not include spell check as a native feature. With this release Microsoft focused more on the browser engine adding HTML 5 support and hardware acceleration. Web standards and performance are very important but the lack of a basic feature such as spell check can prevent users from making Internet Explorer 9 their default browser.

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Display More Popular Sites in Internet Explorer 9

Posted in Windows 7, Windows Vista by Steve Sinchak

Internet Explorer 9 includes a new tab view that displays the sites you visit most frequently.  The view can be accessed by clicking the new tab button or by navigating to about:Tabs in the address bar.  Frequent sites listed are limited to 2 rows (10 total sites) on the screen but this can be customized with a simple registry tweak.  With a little help you will be able to expand the most popular sites feature to create a useful dashboard to quickly load your favorite sites without typing in the addresses.

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Enable iOS AirPrint Support on Windows

Posted in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server by Steve Sinchak

In the latest version of iOS Apple included a new feature called AirPrint. Designed to bring native printing support to the iOS platform it can be found on version 4.2 or later devices such as the iPhone, iPod and iPad. At launch only a handful of HP wireless printers can be used but with the help of this article it is possible to AirPrint to any printer connected to a Windows computer, including Windows servers.

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