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 [Fix] Downloading Proxy Script Issue in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome SUMMARY: If you are trying to open an internet site in Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome browser, the browser takes while in loading the web site and shows “Downloading proxy script” message in status bar at the bottom-left corner of the window. This tutorial will assist you in fixing the difficulty and removing this error message which is slowing down website opening. PROBLEM SYMPTOM: Many readers have reported me that once they open an internet site in Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome browser, the web site takes several seconds in loading. the online browser displays “Downloading proxy script” (or sometimes “resolving proxy”) message at rock bottom of the window as shown in following screenshot: Fix_Downloading_Proxy_Script_Message_Issue_Microsoft_Edge_Google_Chrome.png It’s not a slow Internet connection problem. the difficulty occurs on faster broadband connections also. It may become annoying when it happen...

 [Software Update] Microsoft PowerToys 0.31.1 Now Available for Windows 10 UPDATE: New PowerToys version 0.31.1 available for Windows 10 which comes with improvements and fixes. If you've got used or still using Windows 95 or Windows XP operating systems in a number of your older computers, you would possibly be alright conscious of PowerToys programs. PowerToys were very useful and free tools/utilities released by Microsoft for Windows 95 and Windows XP operating systems. Microsoft released PowerToys to reinforce Windows 95/XP functionality and add new interesting features to the OS. The best and hottest PowerToy released for Windows 95 and XP was TweakUI. it had been a superb portable tool for Windows which allowed tweaking and customizing Windows appearance (UI) and functionality. you'll consider TweakUI as a tremendous tweaking tool for Windows OS. No existing tweaking utility can match the great ol’ TweakUI tool. CustomizingCommonPlacesListUsingTwe.jpg Microsoft also rele...

 [Tip] Enable Tab Search Feature in Google Chrome Browser If you employ Google Chrome browser, you’ll find this tip useful. once you open many tabs in Chrome browser, it becomes very hard to seek out a tab because the tab size/width becomes very small in tab bar. Only website icon (also referred to as favicon) is displayed on tabs and you would like to modify to several tabs one by one to seek out the specified tab. To solve this problem, Google has added a really useful feature to Chrome browser which is named “Tab Search“. Tab Search feature adds a replacement “Drop-down arrow” icon or button to Chrome tab bar or titlebar. This button are often wont to search altogether running tabs. you only got to click on the Tab Search button in Chrome toolbar and it’ll show a fly-out or popup bubble UI containing an inventory of all running tabs along side their titles and URLs. you'll easily select a tab from the list to right away switch thereto otherwise you can type desired text in given...

 [Firefox Tip] Enable Upcoming “New Tab Page” Customize UI Right Now In Mozilla Firefox browser, once you open a replacement tab or launch the browser, you get the default New Tab page which shows search box, top sites, recommendations by pocket, highlights, snippets, etc elements. If you would like to customize the New Tab page, you'll click on the cog wheel icon (tools icon) present at the top-right corner of latest Tab page. Upon clicking, it opens Home tab in Firefox Options (about:preferences#home) page to switch look of latest Tab page. you'll enable/disable all or selected elements and customize New Tab page consistent with your requirements. Related: [Tip] Set a Blank Page as New Tab Page and Homepage in Mozilla Firefox Recently we told you that Mozilla team is functioning on a replacement UI or design refresh for Firefox browser which is codenamed as “Proton” at the instant. Currently the new design UI is under development and testing phase and may be tested in Firefox...

 Legacy Microsoft Edge to Remove Automatically from Windows 10 in April 2021 There are 2 sorts of Microsoft Edge browser at the moment: Legacy Microsoft Edge New Microsoft Edge Legacy Microsoft Edge is that the old or classic version of Microsoft Edge browser which came preinstalled or bundled with Windows 10 OS when first version of Windows 10 was released. it had been basically an UWP based app (also referred to as metro, modern or store app) which was codenamed as “Spartan”. It featured new EdgeHTML and Chakra web rendering engines. Review: Microsoft Edge (or Spartan) browser in Windows 10 Windows_10_Spartan_Web_Browser.png New Microsoft Edge is that the latest version of Microsoft Edge browser which has been developed using Chromium project which also powers other popular browsers like Google Chrome, Opera and Vivaldi. It’s new and feature-rich browser and may be downloaded for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. [Software Update] Download Microsoft Edge Latest Stable Ver...

 [Tip] Disable or Enable Tab Sleep or Tab Snooze Feature in Web Browsers Now-a-days most popular web browsers are coming with a replacement feature called “Tab Sleep“. This feature is additionally known or referred as Tab Snooze, Tab Freeze, Tab Suspend, Tab Discard or Tab Hibernation. Tab Sleep feature has been introduced to enhance performance of the online browser. It reduces amount of memory usage thus helps in improving overall system performance. When Tab Sleep feature is activated, the online browser checks for inactive or idle background tabs which haven't been employed by the user since a predefined period of time. the online browser puts those inactive/unused tabs to sleep. In other words, the online browser discards or unloads those inactive tabs from memory in order that the online browser consumes less memory. https://media.askvg.com/articles/images8/This_Tab_Is_Sleeping_To_Save_Resources_Microsoft_Edge.png When the user clicks on sleeping or suspended tabs, the online...

 [Tip] Reset or Restore About:Config Settings to Default in Mozilla Firefox Recently an AskVG reader contacted me and asked the way to reset all default settings in about:config page of Firefox? Actually he installed some 3rd party extensions in Firefox which started causing issues. He also modified many preferences in about:config page as mentioned on various websites claiming to hurry up Firefox which were also causing weird issues while browsing websites. The reader uninstalled the extension but it didn’t fix the difficulty. Since he modified several preferences/flags in about:config page, he didn’t want to reset them one by one manually. He wanted a fast and straightforward thanks to restore all default preferences/settings in about:config page directly. https://media.askvg.com/articles/images8/Modified_Default_Preferences_Flags_About_Config_Page_Mozilla_Firefox.png Actually it’s quite easy to reset all modified preferences/flags in about:config page to factory default with non...

Download Opera GX (Gaming Browser) Full Standalone Offline Installer  Opera GX may be a special gaming browser developed by Opera team which also develops the favored Opera browser. Opera GX are often considered as a special edition of Opera browser which has been developed specifically for gamers. It comes with all useful features present in Opera browser along side some special features to enrich gaming like GX Control to make a decision what proportion RAM and CPU resources the browser should consume, hot tabs killer to understand which tabs are taking maximum system resources and immediately close them, network limiter to limit Internet connection bandwidth employed by the browser, RAM limiter to regulate what proportion RAM the browser should use, Twitch and Discord integration, GX corner to see latest and free games, deals and news, etc. https://media.askvg.com/articles/images8/Opera_GX_Full_Standalone_Offline_Installer_Download.png Currently Opera GX browser is out there for...

 [Review] Upcoming “Proton” Design Refresh UI in Mozilla Firefox, How-to Instructions Inside SUMMARY: Mozilla team is functioning on a fresh UI or visual design refresh for Firefox upcoming versions. The UI has been codenamed as “Proton“. Currently the Proton design is under development and available in Firefox Nightly builds for testing purposes. The new design are going to be available for public use in Firefox 89.0 version if everything goes consistent with the plan. Firefox 89 is scheduled to release in mid-2021. the precise release date of Firefox 89 is May 18, 2021. UPDATE 2: New UI for address bar and context menus (right-click menus) are available. Instructions for how-to enable the new UI are added below. UPDATE 1 : another change has been implemented in new Proton design UI. Now you'll enable a replacement customize fly-out for brand spanking new Tab page. inspect following tutorial for more details: [Firefox Tip] Enable Upcoming “New Tab Page” Customize UI immediately I...

 Windows 10 version 21H1, The Next Feature Update to be a Minor Service Pack Microsoft has announced the name of subsequent feature update for Windows 10 OS. It’ll be called Windows 10 version 21H1 and can be a minor feature update almost like the last feature update (20H2). Version 21H1 are going to be alittle feature update which can be delivered via Windows Updates in sort of a monthly cumulative update. It’ll be very small in size and can take less time in download and installation. It’ll be delivered using servicing technology of Windows Updates which is employed by Microsoft to deliver monthly cumulative updates. 21H1 are going to be released and delivered in half of 2021, most likely in April or May 2021. https://media.askvg.com/articles/images8/Windows_10_Version_21H1_Feature_Update.png You can consider 21H1 sort of a mini service pack for Windows 10 which can contain improvements and enhancements for performance, security and stability. don't expect major changes or new fe...

[Software Update] CCleaner 5.77 Now Available for Download Good news for CCleaner users! Piriform has released CCleaner v5.77 to public which comes with many improvements and changes mentioned within the changelog given at the top. CCleaner may be a popular and free software tool to optimize system performance, improve privacy and clean temporary files. It can remove several temporary and unused files from your computing system which makes your computer running faster and also helps in getting free space on your hard disc. It also helps in improving privacy by cleaning traces of your online activities like browser history, cookies, etc. It cleans following stuff: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Brave and Safari – Temporary Internet files (Cache), Internet history, cookies, download history, recently typed URLs, last download location, session, site preferences, index.dat files, autocomplete form history, saved form information, saved p...

Attention CCleaner Users! Your Older Version will Upgrade to New Version Automatically  If you employ the favored file cleaning and optimization program “CCleaner” in your computing system, here may be a vital information for you. With the discharge of newer versions, CCleaner software has become a touch bit bloated and resource hungry. The CCleaner team has added some extra features and functionality to the program which many users find unnecessary. That’s why there are many of us who are still using old classic versions of CCleaner which were released while back. Since the old versions of CCleaner still add latest operating systems, many of us don’t see any problem in using those unsupported versions. https://media.askvg.com/articles/images3/CCleaner.png In past, if a CCleaner user wanted to update to a replacement version of the program, he needed to manually update CCleaner by getting to CCleaner website and download the newest version. That’s why people that still prefer using...

Windows 10 (Dev Channel or Fast Ring) Insider Preview Builds Changelog  Microsoft regularly releases Windows 10 testing builds referred to as Insider Preview builds to people that have opted for these builds. These builds are testing builds (such as Beta, RC, etc) and should contain bugs and issues. Microsoft first tests new features in these builds and when the features are ready, these features are implemented in Windows 10 feature updates which are released to public twice a year. In past, there have been multiple development branches or release channels of Windows 10 Insider Preview builds like Slow Ring, Fast Ring, Release Preview and Skip Ahead. First the upcoming Windows 10 feature update builds were provided for testing under Fast Ring and once they were thoroughly tested, the builds were released to Insiders under Slow Ring then Release Preview ring. Skip Ahead was an exclusive development channel for Windows 10 which provided latest Alpha builds of Windows 10 which contai...

 Microsoft Office 2021 Releasing in Second Half of 2021 for Windows and Mac Microsoft has announced details about the upcoming version of popular Microsoft Office suite. It’ll be called Office 2021 or Office LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) and can be released to public in last half of 2021. When Microsoft released Office 2019, it had been considered because the last perpetual-license version of Office suite but now it seems Microsoft will keep continue releasing perpetual-license versions of Office suite in future. Perpetual-license versions are those which are purchased forever. In other words, once you buy them, you own them forever. On the opposite hand, subscription-based versions like Microsoft 365 are often used for a limited period of time only. Once the subscription expires, you would like to renew it or purchase it again. Many people don’t want to get Microsoft 365, a subscription-based model. That’s why Microsoft decided to release next perpetual-license version of Off...