Make Internet Explorer’s Address Bar Autocomplete Display More Recently-Entered URLs

In Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser, when we click the blue autocomplete arrow at the end of the address bar, a list of web addresses previously entered is displayed. The drop-down menu also displays URLs from the browser’s history and favorites. Since there is not enough room to display them all, IE9 displays only 5 recently-entered web addresses. In previous versions (IE8), Internet Explorer could display more addresses. If you are more used to opening a web address ever entered in this way you will find that 5 recently entered URLs is too less. Fortunately, you can make Internet Explorer display more web addresses.

Here’s how to do it.

In IE9, click the "Tool" button on the right of the address bar, and then select "Internet Options".

In the "Content" tab in Internet options, click the "Settings" button for AutoComplete.

In the Autocomplete Settings window, uncheck "Browsing history" and "Favorites". Press "OK" to save changes and exit.

With history and favorites disabled from appearing in the Autocomplete list, the IE9 address bar now has more room to display additional recently-entered web addresses.

via Microsoft

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CloudMagic Adds Lightening Fast Search to Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, Dropbox and More

CloudMagic is a unified search engine for your personal data in the cloud. It lets you search across a dozen different services including Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Evernote, and more through one simple search box, preview results and read emails and social media updates without leaving whatever you are doing.

CloudMagic is available as browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox, and also as a standalone app for Android and iOS devices. Here, I‘ll be reviewing the Chrome extension.

After installation, click on the CloudMagic button in the toolbar and signup for an account on CloudMagic. Then simply connect your social accounts using OAuth. At the time of this writing, CloudMagic supports the following accounts:

• Gmail and Google Apps
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Microsoft Exchange
• Office 365
• Evernote
• Dropbox
• Box
• Google Docs, Calendar and Contacts
• Google Chat
• iCloud
• AOL
• Mail.com
• GMX

Once you add your accounts, CloudMagic starts indexing your data. Indexing time will vary depending on how big your account is, but recent email are almost instantly available for search. The results are organized and displayed by source (Inbox or Post and updates or events) and you can also filter results by messages, people, docs and events from Google Calendar. CloudMagic also supports the same advanced search operators as available in Gmail such as “from”, “to”, “subject”, “has:attachment” etc.

All operations can be performed from within a pop-up window. Inline results and previews are displayed within the same window. When you aren’t searching, that is, the default pop-up window reveals the latest emails you’ve received in your inbox, the latest updates in Twitter and Facebook, the latest files uploaded to Dropbox and Google Docs and so on. You are able to fully browse, search and read your emails and social media updates from within this little window.

The most impressive thing about CloudMagic is the incredible speed with which you get results, and considering how slow Gmail’s interface has become in recent months, CloudMagic is a must have tool for anybody who wants to be at the top of their inbox and social media accounts.

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How to Increase the No. of Simultaneous File Downloads in Internet Explorer

It’s pretty odd that Microsoft should impose a limit on the number of files that can be downloaded simultaneously in Internet Explorer. In Internet Explorer version 8 and 9 the number of files that you can download at once is restricted to six, but it was worse in Internet Explorer 7 and earlier where Microsoft limited the number to mere two. The limit is sensitive to the connection speed. If the browser detects dial-up connections, both Internet Explorer 8 and 9 will revert back to the limits from earlier versions.

While downloading more than 6 files at once is a bit too much (downloading more than 2 in a dial-up connection is foolish), you might still want to have the freedom to do it. This is how to increase the limit to up to 10.

Using Registry Editor

For Internet Explorer 7

1. Open Registry Editor (press Win+R, type regedit and press Enter)
2. Locate the following key in the registry:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
3. In the right pane, right click and create a new DWORD. Name the new key MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server. Double click on the key and assign it the value 10.
4. Create another DWORD. Name this MaxConnectionsPerServer and also assign it the value 10.

For Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9

1. Open Registry Editor (press Win+R, type regedit and press Enter)
2. Locate the following key in the registry:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\
   FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPERSERVER
3. There should be a DWORD key called iexplorer.exe. If not create a new DWORD and name it iexplorer.exe. Double click on it and change the value to 10. By setting the value to 10, you increase the connection limit to 10.
4. Now locate the following registry key: 
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\
   FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPER1_0SERVER
5. There should be a DWORD key called iexplorer.exe. If not create a new DWORD and name it iexplorer.exe. Double click on it and change the value to 10. By setting the value to 10, you increase the connection limit to 10.

Using Group Policy Editor

1. Open Group Policy Editor (press Win+R, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter).
2. Expand User Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, expand Internet Explorer, expand Security Features, and then expand AJAX.
3. Set the Maximum number of connections per server (HTTP 1.0) and Maximum number of connections per server (HTTP 1.1) options to the settings that you want.
4. Restart the computer to apply these changes.

Using Microsoft Fix-it

Microsoft has released a Fix-it solution for this particular problem. Download it from this page., run it and follow the steps in the wizard.

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