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Remove Unnecessary Page Elements Before Printing With Print Edit [Firefox]

Posted on 21 October 2011. Tags: Before, edit, Elements, Firefox, page, Print, Printing, Remove, Unnecessary

class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/0_printedit.jpg" alt="web printing" />How often do you href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/tag/print/">print out webpages? Whether it’s an interesting article for future reference, or something you want to present to someone else, we do print these things from time to time.

One of the more annoying things about web printing is the stuff that comes with them – the ads, sidebars, banners, and even blank pages. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather cut all of that stuff out to conserve printer ink. After all, all I really need is the text. Have you ever copied all of the article text to a new Word doc just so you could print it? Guilty as charged.

In this article, I’m going to show you a handy little Firefox add-on that helps with all of this. Imagine being able to delete unnecessary items in Print Preview mode before printing your webpage. Now you can.

What is Print Edit?

href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/print-edit/">Print Edit ( href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/printedit-make-web-pages-printer-friendly/">directory app) is an add-on for Firefox that allows the editing of webpage content while in Print Preview mode. This allows you to remove unwanted content such as advertisements, sidebars, and blank areas that would print unnecessary pages.

class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1_printedit.png" alt="web printing" width="187" height="161" />When you edit pages they will look similar to the print pages displayed in regular Print Preview mode (thanks to CSS print stylesheets). You do, however, have the option to make the page look as it did in normal browsing mode by pressing the Web Style button.

There’s a Format command that allows up to sixteen format properties to be applied. These format properties primarily affect the layout of the content and are intended to reduce the space that the content occupies on the printed page.

Print Edit also comes with an Undo command, which is pretty self explanatory.

Using Print Edit

When you href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/print-edit/">install the Print Edit add-on, you will see a little icon (once your restart Firefox) up on the left next to the back/forward navigation buttons. You can enter Print Edit mode from Print Preview by clicking on the Edit button next to the Close button on the toolbar.

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Alternatively, Print Edit/Print Preview mode can be entered from the Print Edit button menu on the main toolbar, or from the File menu on the main menu bar, or from the Print… submenu on the app menu as well. You can add the Print Edit button to the main toolbar by right-clicking the toolbar and selecting Customize.

Once you are in Print Edit mode, any of the displayed content elements can be formatted, hidden or deleted, prior to printing in Print Preview mode. You can also click the Preview button to return to Print Preview mode, as well as the Close button to return to normal browsing mode. It is possible to switch repeatedly between Print Edit mode and Print Preview mode as you see fit.

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You can select/deselect individual elements using a highlight box. Just position the mouse so that the highlight box (solid border) is over the element, then click. The highlight box then changes to a selection box (dashed border), and you can apply an edit command.

All selected elements can be deselected by clicking the Deselect button. You can also change the border color and width of the highlight box, if you like.

Conclusion

I’m a big fan of conserving space and printing clean, easy to read pages, as well as saving my printer ink. Print Edit allows me to do all of that and it is incredibly simple to use. No longer do I have to print a web page that has useless information like sidebars and ads. If you can relate I suggest you give Print Edit a try.

Are you a fan of web printing with Print Edit?

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Move, Copy, Open, & Remove Files With File Sorter [Mac]

Posted on 21 May 2011. Tags: copy, File, Files, Move, Open, Remove, Sorter

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I’ve written several articles on Mac automation software, including href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/automator/">Automator and Apple‘s href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-the-awesome-automation-guide-for-mac-users">smart technology folders and albums. Much of our purpose with computers is to get work done faster and more efficiently. To this end, there are several paid third-party automation apps on the market, including Hazel and QuicKeys 4.0, that require no knowledge or use of automation code, as with AppleScript.

Well, finally, there’s a free option that might make a useful introduction to bulk file and folder automation; it’s called FileSorter—a free download in the href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/filesorter/id411279149?mt=12">Mac App Store.

Let me say upfront, FileSorter is not the best app for what it does. It’s not even close. But it’s a useful introduction to folder actions if you’ve never used a similar automator program before. FileSorter requires no knowledge of automation code. It simply sorts files based on rules and actions you assign. It works fairly well, but as a version 1.0.2, it has many limitations I will point out later.

Setting FileSorter Rules

After downloading FileSorter, launch it, and in the welcome window click on “Create a new rule.”

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There are three parts to creating rules and actions for moving, copying, or removing files. Here’s a practical rule you might find useful:

This FileSorter rule will move PNG files on your desktop to a designated folder. This rule can be used for any type of files that normally gets placed on your desktop, and that’s why you would want to have a quick way to move them. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/extension.png" border="0" alt="copy mac files" width="580" height="409" /> /> First click on the green + button in the menu bar of FileSorter. Click on the “Filename” and then on the drop-down button, select “Extension.” Next, click on the second drop-down button and select “is.” In the final text box type “PNG” or any file extension, e.g. doc, pages, JPG, pdf, that you want to quickly move. Before moving to the next part, assign a name to this action.

The rule we’ve set so far means that FileSorter will only act on files ending in the extension you specify. Next, we need to create a folder in the Finder to move selected files to when activated upon by FileSorter. So for example, you might move all the png files to a PNG folder inside the Pictures Folder of your Mac. Since for some files, FileSorter does not allow you to create a new folder inside its application, you need to create one before we add the action in the next step. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/choose.png" border="0" alt="copy mac files" width="580" height="409" /> /> Next, click on the “Add Action” button, and in the drop-down menu select “Move,” or Copy—whichever you prefer. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/move.png" border="0" alt="copy mac files" width="272" height="279" /> /> Now, click on the Edit button and select “Choose,” and then select the PNG folder you created for this action. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/choose1.png" border="0" alt="open mac files" width="580" height="409" /> /> Now, to test it out, simply select PNG files on your desktop or anywhere in the Finder, and drag and drop them on top of the FileSorter icon in your Dock. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/movetofilesorter.jpg" border="0" alt="open mac files" width="425" height="354" /> /> FileSorter will automatically move your selected files to your designated folder.

That’s the basic rule and action set up for FileSorter. This works for other type of files. For example, you can set up rules and actions to move items in your Download folder to various different folders in your Finder. This is a great way to sort say all those PDF and JPG files that get saved to your Downloads folder.

Similar Folder actions can be created using href="../tag/2-useful-tips-for-organizing-electronic-files-mac-only/">Automator as well. But again, since FileSorter is free, and if you have no experience with this type of automation you might want to download it and give it a try.

Growl Notice

class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/preferences.png" border="0" alt="open mac files" width="206" height="116" /> /> In FileSorter‘s Preferences, you might to want to click the “Use Growl Notifications” which will inform you that FileSorter has successfully run your rules and actions. See more about href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/notified-growl-mac/">Growl here.

Other Rules

Another practical rule may be for quickly moving old files to the trash or an external drive. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/moveoldfiles.png" border="0" width="452" height="264" /> /> In this example, you might want to move all your Word doc files that were created last year to the trash. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/movetotrash.png" border="0" width="575" height="305" /> /> When you click on the Edit button, you can select to move the selected files to the Trash or just Delete them all together. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/200plus.png" border="0" alt="200plus" width="580" height="109" /> /> The similar rule could be used for moving or deleting files in a folder that are over a certain file size.

Finally, FileSorter allows you to add Automator workflows as an action. This is useful for including complex actions that FileSorter can’t perform by itself. To add Automator actions, select “Open” as an action, click the Edit button and add the Automator application you want to run. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/automatorworkflow.png" border="0" alt="remove mac files" width="483" height="261" />

Limitations

There are some big limitations with FileSorter, especially when compared to a paid app called Hazel, which has been around for quite a while and automates rules and actions without you having to manually select specified files and move them on an icon in the Dock.

The biggest limitation to FileSorter is that if you include two or more rules that are similar to one another, FileSorter will run them both. So say you make two different rules to act on PNG files. Both of your actions will run whether you want them to or not. Also, another limitation to the program is that Creation and Modification Date rules are limited to specific days. It would be better if it included parameters like, “in the last ___days”, for example.

But again, if this type of Mac automation is new to you, FileSorter might well be worth downloading and trying out.

Let us know what you think about FileSorter and other similar Mac automation programs you use. Also, check out my free MUO PDF, href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-the-awesome-automation-guide-for-mac-users">The Awesome Automation Guide for Mac OS X.

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Move, Copy, Open, & Remove Files With File Sorter [Mac]

Posted on 21 May 2011. Tags: copy, File, Files, Move, Open, Remove, Sorter

class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/filesortericon.png" alt="remove mac files"/>

I’ve written several articles on Mac automation software, including href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tags/automator/">Automator and Apple‘s href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-the-awesome-automation-guide-for-mac-users">smart technology folders and albums. Much of our purpose with computers is to get work done faster and more efficiently. To this end, there are several paid third-party automation apps on the market, including Hazel and QuicKeys 4.0, that require no knowledge or use of automation code, as with AppleScript.

Well, finally, there’s a free option that might make a useful introduction to bulk file and folder automation; it’s called FileSorter—a free download in the href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/filesorter/id411279149?mt=12">Mac App Store.

Let me say upfront, FileSorter is not the best app for what it does. It’s not even close. But it’s a useful introduction to folder actions if you’ve never used a similar automator program before. FileSorter requires no knowledge of automation code. It simply sorts files based on rules and actions you assign. It works fairly well, but as a version 1.0.2, it has many limitations I will point out later.

Setting FileSorter Rules

After downloading FileSorter, launch it, and in the welcome window click on “Create a new rule.”

class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/filesorter.png" border="0" alt="remove mac files" width="550" height="392" />

There are three parts to creating rules and actions for moving, copying, or removing files. Here’s a practical rule you might find useful:

This FileSorter rule will move PNG files on your desktop to a designated folder. This rule can be used for any type of files that normally gets placed on your desktop, and that’s why you would want to have a quick way to move them. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/extension.png" border="0" alt="copy mac files" width="580" height="409" /> /> First click on the green + button in the menu bar of FileSorter. Click on the “Filename” and then on the drop-down button, select “Extension.” Next, click on the second drop-down button and select “is.” In the final text box type “PNG” or any file extension, e.g. doc, pages, JPG, pdf, that you want to quickly move. Before moving to the next part, assign a name to this action.

The rule we’ve set so far means that FileSorter will only act on files ending in the extension you specify. Next, we need to create a folder in the Finder to move selected files to when activated upon by FileSorter. So for example, you might move all the png files to a PNG folder inside the Pictures Folder of your Mac. Since for some files, FileSorter does not allow you to create a new folder inside its application, you need to create one before we add the action in the next step. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/choose.png" border="0" alt="copy mac files" width="580" height="409" /> /> Next, click on the “Add Action” button, and in the drop-down menu select “Move,” or Copy—whichever you prefer. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/move.png" border="0" alt="copy mac files" width="272" height="279" /> /> Now, click on the Edit button and select “Choose,” and then select the PNG folder you created for this action. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/choose1.png" border="0" alt="open mac files" width="580" height="409" /> /> Now, to test it out, simply select PNG files on your desktop or anywhere in the Finder, and drag and drop them on top of the FileSorter icon in your Dock. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/movetofilesorter.jpg" border="0" alt="open mac files" width="425" height="354" /> /> FileSorter will automatically move your selected files to your designated folder.

That’s the basic rule and action set up for FileSorter. This works for other type of files. For example, you can set up rules and actions to move items in your Download folder to various different folders in your Finder. This is a great way to sort say all those PDF and JPG files that get saved to your Downloads folder.

Similar Folder actions can be created using href="../tag/2-useful-tips-for-organizing-electronic-files-mac-only/">Automator as well. But again, since FileSorter is free, and if you have no experience with this type of automation you might want to download it and give it a try.

Growl Notice

class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/preferences.png" border="0" alt="open mac files" width="206" height="116" /> /> In FileSorter‘s Preferences, you might to want to click the “Use Growl Notifications” which will inform you that FileSorter has successfully run your rules and actions. See more about href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/notified-growl-mac/">Growl here.

Other Rules

Another practical rule may be for quickly moving old files to the trash or an external drive. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/moveoldfiles.png" border="0" width="452" height="264" /> /> In this example, you might want to move all your Word doc files that were created last year to the trash. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/movetotrash.png" border="0" width="575" height="305" /> /> When you click on the Edit button, you can select to move the selected files to the Trash or just Delete them all together. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/200plus.png" border="0" alt="200plus" width="580" height="109" /> /> The similar rule could be used for moving or deleting files in a folder that are over a certain file size.

Finally, FileSorter allows you to add Automator workflows as an action. This is useful for including complex actions that FileSorter can’t perform by itself. To add Automator actions, select “Open” as an action, click the Edit button and add the Automator application you want to run. /> class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/automatorworkflow.png" border="0" alt="remove mac files" width="483" height="261" />

Limitations

There are some big limitations with FileSorter, especially when compared to a paid app called Hazel, which has been around for quite a while and automates rules and actions without you having to manually select specified files and move them on an icon in the Dock.

The biggest limitation to FileSorter is that if you include two or more rules that are similar to one another, FileSorter will run them both. So say you make two different rules to act on PNG files. Both of your actions will run whether you want them to or not. Also, another limitation to the program is that Creation and Modification Date rules are limited to specific days. It would be better if it included parameters like, “in the last ___days”, for example.

But again, if this type of Mac automation is new to you, FileSorter might well be worth downloading and trying out.

Let us know what you think about FileSorter and other similar Mac automation programs you use. Also, check out my free MUO PDF, href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-the-awesome-automation-guide-for-mac-users">The Awesome Automation Guide for Mac OS X.

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How To Remove Ambient Noise From Your Audio Files Using Audacity

Posted on 05 May 2011. Tags: Ambient, Audacity, Audio, Files, from, Noise, Remove, using

class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/shutterstock_75960835-300x300.jpg" alt="how to remove background noise from audio" />If you’re a little bit musical or you make your own podcasts, you’ve probably noticed that sometimes your recordings can sound a little annoying due to the background noise captured in the recording process. This white noise is not always easy to remove, but can be minimalised by the use of free tools and a little know-how.

href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity is a free program available for Mac, Windows and Linux, so most people should be able to download this and use it to clean up their recordings. Today we’ll take you through a few simple steps you can use on all recordings to remove background noise from audio.

Install Audacity

When you’ve href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">downloaded Audacity, you’ll notice that it’s able to be used to import or record music and vocal tracks and can be used to mix tracks together for other purposes. This makes it very useful to musicians and podcasters alike, whether you are an amateur or a professional. It’s very easy to isolate sections of each individual track and use the editing features to remove the ambient noise in the background.

Import Or Record Audio

Either import the audio file you wish to clean up, or use Audacity as the recording tool. In Mac you need to go to Project > Import Audio, whereas in Windows you’d use File > Import > Audio.

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Isolate A Quiet Moment

After importing, you’ll see the tracks of the audio file as separate lines in Audacity. This shows the waveform of the track. Flat sections are quiet while big vertical lines indicate the noisy sections.

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Zoom in until you can find a moment where there was no deliberate sound in the track (the flattest bit you can find), such as when you paused for a moment. Go to View > Zoom In. Then highlight the flat section by clicking and dragging with your mouse across that part of the track. Audacity suggests this selection href="http://wiki.audacityteam.org/w/index.php?title=Reducing_noise&redirect=no">shouldn’t be longer than a half a second.

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This will isolate a moment where all you recorded was the ambient background noise. By letting Audacity know precisely how much background noise there was, it can calculate how to remove it from the rest of the track.

Step 1 – Get Noise Profile

Once you’ve selected the quiet part of the track, go to select Effect > Noise Removal.

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This opens up a dialogue to remove the noise. You’re performing Step 1 here, so click on “Get Noise Profile” and the dialogue will disappear. You can do this again at any time and it will overwrite the previous selection. What happens next is a little confusing, as it has already acknowledged your quiet section of your audio track and simply shut the window on you.

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Step 2 – Apply Noise Reduction

Now Audacity needs to know which parts of the audio track you want to apply the noise reduction to. Most likely, you’ll want to apply the reduction to the whole project, so click CTRL-A or CMD-A to select all. If you want to select just a portion of the track or just one track, place your cursor at the start of your desired selection and go to Edit > Select > Cursor to End. Then, to remove ambient noise from the selection, go to Effect > Noise Removal again.

We’ve done step 1, so skip to step 2 now. Move the slider to indicate how aggressively you want Audacity to strip the background noise from your track. Many people tend towards the lower end, since stripping out too much sound can make voices sound quite tinny and weird. You can preview the sound or go straight to “Remove Noise“. If you don’t like it later, you can undo it. Make sure you listen to it before you go on to make more changes.

When you view your tracks, you should be able to see that the peaks are not quite as high, and the flat sections are far flatter now.

If you’re dealing with a special case, such as removing noise from cassette audio, take a look at the full href="http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Noise_Removal">Audacity wiki page on noise removal. There’s some great tips.

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How To Completely Remove Norton Or McAfee From Your Computer

Posted on 10 November 2010. Tags: Completely, Computer, from, McAfee, Norton, Remove

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Most people who have Norton or McAfee found the software on their computer when they bought it. That’s not necessarily a bad thing – it’s important to get a working anti-virus onto a new computer as quickly as possible – but the default software on your computer isn’t necessarily the best. Just ask any former IE user who today uses Google Chrome or Firefox.

id="more-57781"> /> Removing Norton and McAfee’s products has a tendency to leave a lot of crap behind, even if you go through the proper channels offered in your control panel. Both companies acknowledge this, and both offer removal tools for the complete uninstallation. If you’re looking to learn how to remove Norton or McAfee and replace them with something free and effective, you’ve found the right article.

Before you do anything you should probably disconnect from the Internet. Leaving a Windows computer connected to the web without protection can be dangerous. That’s why I recommend you read through the guide, download what you need to download and then follow the steps below.

Getting Started

Both Norton and McAfee recommend that you remove your program through the control panel before running their tools. I’ve found that simply running the tool is enough, but if you like playing by the rules you might as well do this first.

Click your start button, then click “Control Panel“. Click “Add or Remove Programs” if you run XP, or “Uninstall a Program” if you’re using Vista/7. Find the program(s) you need to remove, then uninstall it!

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This may take a while, or in some cases may fail completely. Don’t panic; we’re only halfway through the process.

Completely Remove Norton

Are you a soon-to-be-ex-Norton-user? Congratulations! What you need now is the Norton Removal tool. The best product Norton offers, this program will completely remove all Norton-related software from your computer (including shortcuts and annoying toolbars).

class="vt-p" href="ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe">Click here to download the Norton removal tool, then run the executable. You’ll see something that looks like this:

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Follow the on-screen directions, mostly clicking “next“, to rid yourself forever of all Norton leftovers. You may have to prove you’re human by typing a few lines of text, but for the most part this is painless. Best of all: when you’re done there’s no sign left on your computer of Norton’s existence.

class="vt-p">Completely Remove McAfee

If you’re trying to remove McAfee you’re going to need a different piece of software: the McAfee Cleanup Tool. This program will remove everything to do with McAfee from your computer, and is by far the best product they offer. It does exactly what it says it will do.

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Go ahead and class="vt-p" href="http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe">click here to download the McAfee removal tool. Run this executable and it will take care of the rest!

Install Something Better

Looking for a better piece of anti-virus software? I myself really love class="vt-p" href="http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/">Microsoft Security Essentials, for three reasons: first, it offers great protection; second, it features a really clean and simple user interface; third, it will never ever ask you for money.

But read the comments below and you’ll quickly discover not everyone agrees with me. Check out their recommendations, and be sure to check out our list of the class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ten-best-antivirus-programs/">top ten free anti-virus programs if you still need ideas.

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How To Remove Windows Defender And Why You Might Want To

Posted on 28 October 2010. Tags: Defender, Might, Remove, Want, Windows

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It’s also probably worth leaving it installed but dormant, just in case you want to use it again at a later date. Once disabled, you’ll probably want to replace it with another good (and free) anti-spyware application such as href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-and-delete-spyware-with-malwarebytes-windows-only/">Malwarebytes, LavaSoft’s AdAware or href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-programs-to-keep-your-computer-secure/">Spybot Search & Destroy.

If you’d rather use one of these and find that Windows Defender is active on your PC, then you only need to follow a few steps to never hear from it again.

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Why Disable Windows Defender?

If you’ve got it enabled, chances are Windows Defender will start each time you boot your PC. If you’re short on resources, have your own methods of dealing with spyware or have simply come to the conclusion that Windows Defender is not for you then you might want to disable it.

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I’ve read a number of blog posts, message board threads and tweets where users were experiencing conflicts between Defender and their href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ten-best-antivirus-programs/">antivirus application. I’ve also read a fair few experiences from users who are simply sick of constantly downloading new definitions every few days.

It seems a little odd that people might complain about regular updates for what is intended to be a safeguard for your PC, but as I’m sure Microsoft have found out – you can’t please all of the internet, all of the time.

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Generally speaking, the program should disable itself (or at least notify you) when other similar software is detected, but this isn’t always the case. The steps below should put a stop to your Windows Defender woes.

Disabling Windows Defender

The easiest way of disabling Defender is through the program itself. Click Start, in the search box type “Windows Defender” and when you see it appear launch it. You’ll then need to click Tools followed by Options.

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In the panel on the left, click Administrator and you should then see a checkbox which says Use this program. Simply uncheck it, and click Save.

If all goes well you should see a dialog pop-up notifying you that you must now use your href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-security-tools-you-absolutely-must-have/">own choice of software to monitor for spyware.

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That should have done it, but just to be safe we’re going to disable the service itself as well.

Click Start and search for “run”, once it appears launch it and type “services.msc” in the box that appears. Scroll down until you find Windows Defender, right click and hit Properties.

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In the box that appears Startup type should already be set to Manual but you’ll want to change it to Disabled, just to be sure.

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Finally, I’d recommend you check and make sure Windows Defender isn’t starting up when your href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-small-windows-freewares-delay-program-launch-startup/">PC first boots, otherwise you’re likely to get a few nasty errors once you’ve knocked the service out.

In your Start menu type “run” (without quotation marks) into the search box, when it pops up click it and enter “msconfig” into the text field before hitting OK. This should launch the href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-troubleshoot-your-windows-with-the-msconfig-utility/">Microsoft Configuration Utility. Find Startup tab and have a look for Windows Defender and if you find it, uncheck it and click OK. If you get a prompt telling you that you have to restart, ignore it.

You should now have stopped the Windows Defender service and prevented it ever starting up again. I’d recommend you now go and have a look for a decent anti-spyware application with which to replace it.

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How to Remove Windows Desktop Search from Your PC

Posted on 19 October 2010. Tags: Desktop, from, Remove, Search, Windows

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The update creates a full-text index of all the files on your local drive, but unfortunately does not extend to any href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/map-online-services-as-a-network-drive-with-gladinet-windows/">network drives you have access to. In href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/windows-7-reviews-read/">Windows 7 and href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-free-windows-vista-utilities-to-tweak-and-improve-computer-performance/">Vista have this technology built in, on XP you’ll have had to install it as an add-on.

You can disable Windows Desktop Search but if you’d rather get rid of it altogether, you’re in the right place.

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Removal Instructions

The first (and probably most obvious) removal procedure is via the Add/Remove Programs interface in Control Panel. For quick access, hit Start then Run and type appwiz.cpl before hitting Enter.

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Once Windows has populated the list, make sure the Show Updates checkbox is ticked and keep an eye out for Windows Desktop Search and your version number. Click Remove and follow the prompts to get rid of the offending article.

That wasn’t so hard was it?

However, a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-cool-google-suggest/">quick internet search will reveal that many users were unable to use Add/Remove Programs to uninstall Windows Desktop Search. The entry simply doesn’t appear, and this makes it that little bit harder to uninstall.

If you happened to install the MSN Toolbar (which installs WDS on your system) then removing this may work, but you’ll have to sacrifice the href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/conduit/">toolbar in the process.

Sometimes the uninstaller will run, yet this simply removes the entry from your installed programs list, meaning the service is still present.

All is not lost however, and there are a few other things you can try if you’re still determined to ditch the update.

The Final Straw

If you’re still having trouble and have tried all of the above then help may come from blogger href="http://www.davidarno.org/">David Arno, who has packaged the uninstaller into a handy little ZIP file. This will only work for version 4.0, aka Windows Search.

href="http://www.davidarno.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ntuninstallkb940157.zip">Download [direct link] the file and unzip the $NtUninstallKB940157$ folder it to your Windows directory (probably C:\Windows) and open another command prompt.

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Copy and paste the following into the window you just opened:

%systemroot%\$NtUninstallKB940157$\spuninst\spuninst.exe

This should initialize the uninstaller and Windows (Desktop) Search should now have been removed from your PC.

Conclusion

If you’re determined to href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-freeware-registry-cleaners-that-improve-pc-performance/">claw back some performance, or are just taking a hardline approach to unwanted software then getting rid of WDS is a start. You might also want to read about removing href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/remove-windows-genuine-advantage-pc/">Windows Genuine Advantage from Windows XP, another optional-turned-mandatory update that can now be overlooked.

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How To Remove Windows Genuine Advantage From Your PC

Posted on 15 October 2010. Tags: Advantage, from, Genuine, Remove, Windows

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There’s nothing wrong with still using XP, a number of staff here at MakeUseOf have yet to budge in fact. If you’ve got an old PC that doesn’t need the bells, whistles and expensive licence that comes with class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-windows-7-tips-and-hacks-part-1/">Windows 7 then XP is still a viable alternative.

In this guide I will show you how to remove the WGA notifications should you want to, after which you’ll not be able to download non-critical updates but will still receive the critical fixes that really matter.

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Why Remove WGA?

If you bought Windows XP and have been unlucky enough to fail the validation (which isn’t uncommon) then you might just want to remove it altogether. If you’re a class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-sites-that-every-bittorrent-user-should-know-about/">raging software pirate then I’m going to have a tougher job convincing you to keep it.

WGA is a non-vital Windows component, which means that without it your copy of Windows XP will continue to work. If you’re using class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-free-media-players-for-windows/">something like VLC for your media needs and swear by class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/muo-polls-google-chrome-vs-firefox/">Chrome or Firefox then you probably won’t miss updates for class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/block-windows-internet-explorer-accessing-internet/">Internet Explorer and class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-windows-media-player-plugins/">Media Player all that much.

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Data is also collected about your system, this includes your BIOS checksum, MAC address, hard drive serial number, and even your PC’s manufacturer and model. If you’re class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/five-online-encryption-tools-to-protect-your-privacy/">tight on privacy, this might be another reason to ditch WGA.

I’ve provided two methods of removing WGA manually. I’d recommend you try the first set of instructions to begin with, the second set is provided in case you can’t get the first working. There are also a few applications that will attempt to remove WGA for you (more on those later).

It is worth mentioning if you’ve re-installed XP lately and downloaded WGA in a recent update then a simple class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/one-click-create-windows-system-restore-points-with-scrp/">System Restore to the point before you downloaded the update will remove it. Just remember not to re-download it again afterwards.

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Assuming you’ve had WGA on your machine for a while, the instructions below should remove it.

Removing WGA Via The Command Line

Restart your PC and boot into Safe Mode, usually by pressing F8 whilst your computer boots. Once your PC has booted open a command prompt by clicking Start then Run and typing cmd into the box before clicking OK.

Change directory to your System32 folder with the following command:

cd \windows\system32

Next you’re going to need to copy the following lines to the clipboard, in order to paste them into the command prompt quickly. This is necessary to kill the WgaTray.exe process and delete the file before Windows has a chance to launch it again:

taskkill -IM wgatray.exe /> del wgatray.exe /> del wgalogon.old

If all the commands executed correctly you should have killed and deleted WgaTray.exe as well as WgaLogon.dll. You might also want to have a look for any WGA-related files (WgaTray.exe, WgaLogon.dll, WgaSetup.exe etc…) in \Windows\System32\dllcache and delete them, just in case.

Restart your PC to see if the changes have taken effect, if the WGA notifications are still there then you’ll want to continue reading this next bit, otherwise you’re done.

Removing WGA With Registry Editor & Windows Explorer

If you’re still reading then that probably didn’t work. Boot normally and once Windows is back click Start, Run and type regedit before clicking OK.

Navigate your way to: My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify and delete the folder called WgaLogon and any content associated with it.

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Restart your PC and if all has gone well, your WGA notifications shouldn’t be visible. These next steps will delete the files for good.

Navigate to your Windows\System32 folder and at the top of the window click Tools, Folder Options and click on the View tab. Check Show hidden and protected Windows files so that you can see all of the offending items.

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Next you’re going to need to locate all WGA-related files within your \Windows\System32 and \Windows\System32\dllcache folders. Running a simple search is the best way, so hit Start, Search and choose All files and folders.

style="text-align: left;">Run a search for Wga*.*, and delete any WGA related results you find in these folders including WgaTray.exe, WgaLogon.dll and WgaSetup.exe. Restart your PC once you’ve done, and your copy of Windows should be “genuine” again.

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Removing WGA With Software

If you’re still having trouble then there are a number of third-party tools that will attempt to do this for you. I personally prefer tinkering with my System32 folder myself rather than getting an application to do it, though there’s plenty of people claiming these work just fine.

class="vt-p" href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Uninstallers/RemoveWGA.shtml">RemoveWGA is a simple run and reboot process, by the time you’ve restarted WGA notifications should be gone. class="vt-p" href="http://www.p2plife.com/forums/official-mublinder-page-t320.html">MUBlinder is another solution, just make sure you have the class="vt-p" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5">Microsoft .NET Framework before running it or it won’t work.

If one of these methods worked for you then you might want to change your preferences for Automatic Updates in Control Panel so that WGA doesn’t make its way back onto your system. I’d recommend allowing Windows to notify you when updates are available, but then manually selecting them yourself.

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Don’t forget to keep up-to-date with your critical updates, this is vital to keep your machine patched up and secure.

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How To Remove Unwanted Crapware From Your Brand New Windows 7 System

Posted on 13 October 2010. Tags: brand, Crapware, from, Remove, System, Unwanted, Windows

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Manufacturers have always seen class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/difference-oem-retail-windows-7/">fresh OEM Windows installs as blank canvases for passing on some of the worst software they can find. 30-day trials of programs you’ll never use, needlessly complicated class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-media-players-support-gpu-acceleration-windows/">media applications for an MP3 player you don’t have and numerous “helpful” class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/put-makeuseof-on-your-google-toolbar/">toolbars make up the list.

Clearly, it’s time to take a stand and take back your new PC.

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What Is Crapware?

Crapware, or to use its proper name of “pre-installed software” is anything on your shiny new PC you didn’t ask for. You might have to pay to unlock a full version, it might be a non-transferable license valid only on that machine. Most of it is not going to enrich your Windows experience.

It is even possible that some of these applications could be slowing your PC down in some way or another as many of these nuisance programs will run class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-small-windows-freewares-delay-program-launch-startup/">at startup.

If you own a Dell machine then it probably came loaded with the Dell Search Assistant which “provides search results when you enter either a search query or an incorrect website address into your Web browser’s address bar” ( class="vt-p" href="http://dellsearchedit.myway.com/samisc/searchhelp.jhtml">not my words). This is a prime example of crapware, as most modern browsers have this one covered already.

Internet service providers often jump on the crapware bandwagon, and it’s not surprising if you find a litter of unwanted AOL, NetZero and Tiscali setup icons somewhere on your PC. There’s also likely to be trial versions of oft-used software. Seeing as you’re a MakeUseOf reader you’ve probably already got your fingers in the class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/enhance-or-replace-integrated-windows-applications-with-these-great-alternatives/">free software pie, and if you’re anything like me you’ll shudder at the thought of “shareware”.

Lastly there are a few features included with Windows 7 that you may consider crapware. Do you ever use Windows Media Centre? Have you class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-free-media-players-for-windows/">replaced Windows Media Player with your favourite media app? You can remove these elements too.

How Do I Get Rid Of It?

Scouring your PC for each particular offending item will probably take a while. Despite this being the only way to be sure you’ve got rid of everything you don’t want, there’s a couple of tools to help you on your way.

The first is class="vt-p" href="http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/download">PC Decrapifier. The clue’s in the name, but this useful application will look for some of the most common items your PC manufacturer is likely to have installed and give you the option of removing it.

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The software runs on Windows XP, Vista and 7 so if you’ve still not got round to removing the fluff from your old machine then this will work for you too.

Your class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ten-best-antivirus-programs/">virus scanner (or “30-day free trial virus blaster”) might throw up a false positive when you download this one, ignore it and soldier onwards. There’s no need to install anything either, which is wonderfully ironic.

PC Decrapifier will throw up a helpful notification reminding you that if you have manually installed or chosen to keep any of the programs found, make sure they’re not selected for removal on the next step.

You will then be asked if you are running PC Decrapifier on a brand new PC. Once you’ve chosen you’ll be asked if you want to class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/one-click-create-windows-system-restore-points-with-scrp/">create a restore point, which is optional.

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The application will then attempt to detect any known bad software to remove. If you installed Windows yourself you’re probably not going to find anything, I didn’t. The final screen will give you the option of removing any other installed software that the detection process may have missed.

You will then be able to click next, and confirm that you want to remove any items you have selected.

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Turning Off Windows Features

If you find that you never use Windows Media Center or another main Windows feature then you have the option to remove it. You can always add features again later, provided you’ve got a class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-create-your-own-custom-windows-live-cd/">Windows CD/DVD.

Click on Start, Control Panel and then Programs and Features. Once the window has loaded you can click on Turn Windows features on or off. In the box that loads you’ll be able to remove whatever you want, including Media Center, Media Player and even Internet Explorer.

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Uncheck whatever you want to remove, and click OK. You’ll need to restart your PC before your chosen changes are made.

Anything Else?

Well there’s always the chance that something was missed, so you’re probably going to want to have a good look through your Start Menu for any lingering software you’ll never use. It’s also worth checking out exactly what’s starting up when your PC boots.

To do this you’ll need to launch the Microsoft System Configuration Utility. Windows XP users can hit Start then Run, Vista and 7 users might need to search for “run” and open it from there. Once the Run window has opened, type msconfig and hit Enter.

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Click on the Startup tab and have a good look at the list of applications that start-up when Windows first loads. Uncheck any you don’t need, things like Java and graphics configuration utilities aren’t strictly required and will only slow your machine down at boot.

For anyone who doesn’t mind installing more software to do this for you, then class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/soluto-improve-windows-boot-time/">Soluto is a great little boot streamlining tool. Or check out class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/keep-your-computer-clean-tidy-with-winpatrol-portable-windows">WinPatrol. Anything you know you don’t want starting up can be removed, and if you think you don’t need it full stop then you can remove it from your system yourself.

Finally

Once you’ve finished going through your PC with a fine-toothed comb, removing all that you don’t want and leaving only that which you do then I’d recommend class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-freeware-registry-cleaners-that-improve-pc-performance/">running a quick registry clean with class="vt-p" href="http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download">CCleaner. This will help remove any signs of the programs you just uninstalled from the registry.

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Remember if you’re after a new PC then you don’t always have to specify an operating system and many manufacturers will ship you just the hardware.

You’re then free to either order an OEM copy of Windows on the same order and set it up at home, or try a completely different operating system altogether. Certain manufacturers (Dell included) now give you the option to opt-out of nearly all pre-installed software at the checkout.

If you like the free option you could also try class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/service/linux">Linux. class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-reasons-disgruntled-windows-user-ubuntu/">Ubuntu is now establishing itself as a viable alternative at last, and it’s available in class="vt-p" href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/versions-ubuntu-technology-explained/">so many flavours at no cost.

I recommend you take a heavy handed approach to removing crapware, ask yourself – would I ever install this? If the answer’s no then you know what to do. Good luck.

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Repair Computer – Remove Spyware From Your PC

Posted on 18 August 2010. Tags: Computer, from, Remove, Repair, Spyware

Computer repair is a name given to a wide gamut of support services which are fast picking up and becoming the preferred choice of computer users searching for computer repair. These online computer repair technician can help you with most of your PC problems through a remote session via the Internet or over the telephone control.

As the title signifies, online computer repair services can be easily located through a simple search on the Internet. You will find numerous support resources to cater your personal computer support requirement. When you narrow down on any particular website, you are asked to subscribe to avail their services. Next, you are attended by a technician who asks you about your preferences to avail support over phone or online.

As far as online computer support is concerned, you meet an expert technician over the Internet. The remote computer repair technician watches everything on your PC screen while working on your PC problem. Technology has advanced so much that you can even assume control anytime, just in case you feel any security concern. In certain cases, the instructions are given from a remote location and you follow these instructions to repair your computer.

Most of the remote computer repairers disconnect the connection program, until and unless you want to reinstall the program for future use. Although the entire method of online or remote computer support is popular, it is always suggested to have good references from the remote support resources. This will help you to verify their credentials better and ensure the safety of your data.

Online computer repair can be of great help for spyware removal, spyware scan, troubleshooting virus problems, software installation, up gradation, disk cleaning, PC optimization and Internet optimization. Needless to say, the success rate is also pretty high when it comes to online computer repair. Another advantage with online PC repair lies in the fact that it saves you money in the long run, since computer repair technician work from their own location. And you are simply getting the things done in the convenience of your own premises. Moreover, these resources are available for 24×7, a factor which eliminates any need for you to haul your PC to any outside resource.

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Remove DRM from iTunes music and convert iTunes M4P to MP3

Posted on 18 August 2010. Tags: Convert, from, iTunes, Music, Remove

The music downloaded from iTunes is DRM protected as M4P, or “protected AAC”. If you want to play this kind of music beyond Apple environment (iTunes, iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV), you need to remove the DRM and convert it to (DRM free) MP3, WMA, WAV format or else.

The following guide is going to share with you how to remove DRM from iTunes M4P music and convert iTunes M4P to MP3. It introduces two different ways:

Part 1. Convert iTunes M4P to MP3 by burning an audio CD and ripping it back

1. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive.

2. Burn the iTunes M4P playlist to make an Audio CD. You cannot select the “MP3 CD” option since it requires the DRM protected iTunes M4P files be converted to MP3.

3. After the Audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes or Windows Media Player to import the music tracks on the burned disc as MP3 files.

Part 2. Convert iTunes M4P to MP3 using Digital Music Converter

Step 1. Download Digital Music Converter, install and launch it. ( Free Download )

Step 2. Add iTunes M4P files

You can import the iTunes M4P files in three ways:

a. Load files by clicking the “Add…” button.
b. Directly drag and drop files to the left main window.
c. Right click on the left main window, click “Add files”.

Step 3. Select the output format

By clicking the “Convert to:” box, you can select the output format for the source M4P files. You can choose MP3, M4A, AC3, AAC, etc. as the output format according to your needs.

Note: This iTunes M4P to MP3 Converter also allows you to customize the audio parameters for the output files if you are not satisfied with the default settings or cannot find the most appropriate output format for your specific mobile player. Just click the “Settings…” button to make the settings.

Step 4. Start to convert M4P to MP3

Click the “Start” button to begin to convert M4P to MP3. Then, you can enjoy the iTunes music without any limitation.

Note: If you want to convert iTunes video M4V (movies or TV shows purchased from iTunes store) to plain MP4, MOV, WMV, FLV, etc, please download Media Converter Pro to help you.

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Remove Personal Anti Virus – The Best Way to Conduct A Personal Anti Virus Removal

Posted on 18 August 2010. Tags: Anti, Best, Conduct, Personal, Removal, Remove, Virus

Personal Anti Virus Information

The Personal Anti Virus virus is the latest badware. As typical fake anti-spyware software, first, it would imitate a system scan and claim that your PC is infected with malicious software, and then it would make harmless files on your computer and detect them as spyware. Finally it would tick you to get the paid version of this software and claim that it can remove these infections and secure your PC. Furthermore, Personal Anti Virus displays fake security warnings and pop-ups claiming that your sensitive information can be stolen or that your PC is under attack from a remote computer. Do not trust or download this fake program, and once it appears in your computer, you should remove Personal Anti Virus from your computer as soon as possible.

How can you know if Personal Anti Virus infects your computer?

When you’re infected with Personal Anti Virus, Have you noticed?

Your computer run slower and slower.
Your homepage has been redirected to another site for your Internet settings have been changed by this fake program.
New desktop shortcuts have been added to your PC automatically.
Annoying popups
How to Remove Personal Anti Virus Manually?

If you want to remove Protection Center manually, please follow the instructions below. Noted to back up your registry and system, and set a restore point before this removal in case of a mistake.

1. Stop Protection Center Processes through Task Manager

2. Remove all the files associated with Protection Center

3. Search all the files associated with Protection Center files with Resource Manager and delete them.

4. Remove the registry entries generated by Protection Center.

What’s the problem when removing Personal Anti Virus Manually?

Since Personal Anti Virus can dig deep into your computer and makes it irremovable, mess with your registry setting and probably do other stuff that we don’t even know about. Removing Personal Anti Virus Manually may be a little tricky. If any mistakes are made during the process such a manual activity can permanently damage your system.

Remove Personal Anti Virus automatically?

There is a fantastic removal tool that can help you 100% remove Personal Anti Virus and all other rogue applications completely with great success and make sure all the associated threats are eliminated automatically with a few clicks

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How To Remove Personal Anti Virus With Best Virus Remover?

Posted on 14 August 2010. Tags: Anti, Best, Personal, Remove, Remover, Virus

What is Personal Anti Virus?

Personal Anti Virus is a fake anti-spyware tool that usually performs fake system scan and displays various false infections. Personal Anti Virus may access the system without user’s knowledge and permission, and is usually installed via Trojan viruses. Personal Anti Virus program is not going to clean your computer from spyware as it claims but might actually expose you to more security threats.

Once installed and running, Personal Anti Virus will scan your computer, display a variety of infections, and constantly barrage you with nag screens and fake security warnings about problems on your computer. What’s more, Personal Anti Virus may also show a window labeled Personal Anti Virus Protection Center that impersonates the legitimate Windows Security Center. This protection center states that your computer has no protection and recommends that you purchase Personal Anti Virus. All the despicable actions of Personal Anti Virus are in the attempts to promote users to purchase its useless full version.

Do you have Personal Anti Virus?

If you have enough time and expertise, you can search your computer for Personal Anti Virus manually. However, it might take hours to find out all files of Personal Anti Virus, and it is possible that Personal Anti Virus will appear after rebooting, for its hidden files may still be there.

Download Best Anti-Spyware to Remove Personal Anti Virus

Spyware Cease – the technology-oriented security protection that provides a risk-free computing environment for your home and office – with detection, removal and guard in one intuitive and straight-forward interface. Only Spyware Cease gives you individual fix against the most dangerous spyware problems.

No matter whether your computer has been infected by Personal Anti Virus or not, whether you are a newbie or an advanced computer user, we sincerely suggest you free download Spyware Cease and run a scan on your computer right now, as all of us need a good security tool to safeguard our computers against existing or future spyware threats in this unpredictable Internet Age.

Download the Best Spyware Removal Tool Here: http://www.bestspywarescanner.net/

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How To Remove Avira Anti Virus ? ? Rogue Avira Anti Virus Removal Guide!

Posted on 13 August 2010. Tags: Anti, Avira, Guide, Removal, Remove, Rogue, Virus

Avira Anti Virus is a rogue anti-virus application that reports fake or exaggerated computer alerts. What Avira Anti Virus attempts to do first, is to scare you into believing that computer is infected with viruses or spyware. Once Avira Anti Virus is installed, you computer may present to be much slower, and programs or files on the system no longer execute normally but may have been totally destroyed. So, take care of Avira Anti Virus!

Usually, Avira Anti Virus simulates system scans, shows a list of infections, and requires you to buy its full version in order to remove viruses detected, but the fake Avira Anti Virus won’t do as it claims after your purchase. You will be totally at sea without any help from it. This is nothing more but a scam. Therefore, if you find that you have fake Avira Anti Virus on your computer, you are highly recommended to remove it as soon as possible.

How to Remove Avira Anti Virus Immediately and completely?

The best solution to remove Avira Anti Virus is to use real Antispyware software that is powerful and reliable to secure your computer security.

Step1: Before you run the Antispyware software to remove Avira Anti Virus, go to the Task Manager to check and end the Avira Anti Virus process first. By pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete you can reach the Task Manager.

Step2: Remember to update your Antispyware software to its latest spyware signature database. This is essential as the most up to date security software always provides a most thorough and improved spyware detection and removal utility.

Step3: Then, please run the Antispyware software to start a full scan over your system. This will help detect Avira Anti Virus and any other potential viruses immediately. Simply click Remove to get rid of all the malicious threats found on your computer.

Best Solution to Secure Your PC Here – Running Spyware Cease!

To free from Avira Anti Virus and any hidden viruses, spyware or malware, we sincerely suggest you free download Spyware Cease and run a scan on your computer right now. You will find that this amazing security program can bring you much more than you can imagine.

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How To Remove Anti Virus Best ? ? Rogue Anti Virus Best Removal Guide!

Posted on 12 August 2010. Tags: Anti, Best, Guide, Removal, Remove, Rogue, Virus

Anti Virus Best is a rogue anti-virus application that reports fake or exaggerated computer alerts. What Anti Virus Best attempts to do first, is to scare you into believing that computer is infected with viruses or spyware. Once Anti Virus Best is installed, you computer may present to be much slower, and programs or files on the system no longer execute normally but may have been totally destroyed. So, take care of Anti Virus Best!

Usually, Anti Virus Best simulates system scans, shows a list of infections, and requires you to buy its full version in order to remove viruses detected, but the fake Anti Virus Best won’t do as it claims after your purchase. You will be totally at sea without any help from it. This is nothing more but a scam. Therefore, if you find that you have fake Anti Virus Best on your computer, you are highly recommended to remove it as soon as possible.

How to Remove Anti Virus Best Immediately and completely?

The best solution to remove Anti Virus Best is to use real Antispyware software that is powerful and reliable to secure your computer security.

Step1: Before you run the Antispyware software to remove Anti Virus Best, go to the Task Manager to check and end the Anti Virus Best process first. By pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete you can reach the Task Manager.

Step2: Remember to update your Antispyware software to its latest spyware signature database. This is essential as the most up to date security software always provides a most thorough and improved spyware detection and removal utility.

Step3: Then, please run the Antispyware software to start a full scan over your system. This will help detect Anti Virus Best and any other potential viruses immediately. Simply click Remove to get rid of all the malicious threats found on your computer.

Best Solution to Secure Your PC Here – Running Spyware Cease!

To free from Anti Virus Best and any hidden viruses, spyware or malware, we sincerely suggest you free download Spyware Cease and run a scan on your computer right now. You will find that this amazing security program can bring you much more than you can imagine.

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How To Remove Anti Virus System Pro From Your Computer Effectively?

Posted on 12 August 2010. Tags: Anti, Computer, Effectively, from, Remove, System, Virus

anti virus system pro intrudes in your computer?

Many computer users may always get alert from their antivirus software that anti virus system pro is detected, but can’t be removed and quarantined. Or, this malicious threat appears again after deletion, which annoys people very much. Here, specifically against anti virus system pro, I would like to introduce some technique in order to effectively get it removed. Before automatically removing anti virus system pro, you need a reliable program that is able to scan out and remove this threat completely. This allows you to remove anti virus system pro once for all.

What is anti virus system pro?

anti virus system pro is a kind of malicious program designed by hijackers to attack and compromise computers. anti virus system pro spreads through the Internet, and usually sneaks into your computer without your notice. anti virus system pro can obviously slow down your computer speed, interrupt you from normal surfing on the Internet, and even make the whole system crash. Once you have anti virus system pro on your computer, remove it immediately!

How can you remove anti virus system pro quickly?

To Remove anti virus system pro effectively, and to prevent your computer from anti virus system pro and any other Internet virus, you are highly suggested to use Spyware Cease, if you really want an actually-work spyware removal tool. Most importantly, it has been proved to be powerful with its Online Scan utility and is able to remove anti virus system pro and almost all the other computer threats. And, you can also get dedicated technical support from Spyware Cease support team if your anti virus system pro problem is really tough. This is fairly nice for most of us who are not very good at dealing with tough spyware threats, isn’t it?

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