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Get rid of IE9’s disable add-ons pop-up

Stop the Internet Explorer 9’s pop-up message that says “Speed up browsing by disabling add-ons’. There are few ways to do this, but choosing the “Ask me later” button just delays the pop-up for 24 hours. You  can also click on the arrow to the right of the button and select “Don’t disable”. This will stop the pop-up for a month, which is better than seeing it every day. For a more convenient solution, click “Choose add-ons”. In the window displayed, the timer at the bottom lets you choose how much time add-ons have to load. Setting it to the longest time(10 seconds) will stop the pop-up as long as you don’t have any add-ons that take longer than this to load. You can also disable or enable any add-on later from Manage Add-ons in the Tools Menu present at upper right corner of IE.

Check the QoS of Mobile Service Provider

Want to know if your Mobile service provider has been capping your speed. Here is a tool which lets you check that. MDMA — Mobile Data Monitoring Application You can use this application instead of your regular modem dashboard. It also shows many other information that are usually hidden from you. In the Signal section following things are shown. On the left is the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) in dBm, measured between -113dBm and -51dBm. Next is your operator's Mobile Country Code (MCC) and Mobile Network Code (MNC). Next is your operator's long alphanumeric name. Depending on device and SIM card, this information might not be available. On the right is the Radio Access Technology; GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA, HSUPA or HSD+UPA (High Speed Downlink and Uplink). It is normal for the HSxPA indicators to only appear while data is being transmitted, while the connection is idle, 3G is displayed. Below this is a bar graph indicating the signal strength. The next line of inform