![[Tutorial] How To Stop Google Talk From Saving Chat Logs [Windows]](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/asd798a7sd98as7d-150x161.jpg)
If you are care about your privacy and you use GTalk very often for our business meetings you should be considering of stopping Google Talk from saving your chat logs and in this tutorial I will show you how to do that in both version, GTalk Desktop application and your Gmail account.
![[Tutorial] How To Change Metro Start Menu Background In Windows 8](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/settings-as5d4a65sd4-150x154.jpg)
If you are bored with your default Windows 8 start menu color, you can easily change it to any other pattern you like. Since Windows 8 UI is different then Windows 7, some users find it difficult to locate even these simple functions. In this tutorial I will show you how to customize Windows 8 metro ‘start’ menu.
![[Tutorial] How To Disable Auto Brightness in Windows 8](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/more-power-options-win8-150x107.jpg)
You know that when you don’t use your phone for couple a seconds or minutes its screen brightness will dim down untill it rich 0% which will completely black your screen. This features exist in mobile devices in order to save your battery life and screen however there is no so much use when it comes to computer, well at least in my case. So in order to disable this feature you will need to turn off your auto brightness or adaptive brightness and in this tutorial I will show you how to do that.
Microsoft has sold more than 630 million licenses of its current operating system, Windows 7. There is no doubt that till now, Windows 7 is the bestselling operating system in Microsoft’s history. During the annual Worldwide Partner Conference in Canada, Windows Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer Tami Reller has revealed the stats about Windows 7. She also said, the number of licenses sold keeps growing.
![[Tutorial] How To Convert Any Videos Using VLC Player](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/vlc-c1-150x80.jpg)
No question about it VLC is best video player around because it can literally play any video format you like and above all it’s completely free. However VLC is more than just a player, in some of my previous tutorials I showed you how you can record your web camera activity with VLC and today you will learn how to use VLC and convert your videos un many different formats.
![[Tutorial] How To Encrypt a USB Flash Drive In Windows 8](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/win8-1-150x57.jpg)
If you fear that someone may access your sensitive that located on USB drive you can easily protect him within Windows 8 by using Bitlocker tools. This tool is available in Windows 8 Pro and it’s quite easy to use. In this tutorial I will show you how to encrypt your USB drive using Bitlocker and then safely read your data on any computer that is running under Windows XP and higher.
Mozilla’s Thunderbird email client hasn’t been a particular success. This widespread belief has been further emboldened by a new move by Mozilla which aims at taking away the resources dedicated to the development of Thunderbird. This has been announced by Mozilla in a letter sent out to the members of the Mozilla community.
Folks over at Firefox have been talking about the ‘social’ aspect of the browser for quite some time. While it wasn’t exactly clear what they meant by touting that they wanted to make Firefox more ‘social’, we believe we now may have sufficient information to deduce where this is headed, thanks to a recent post on the Firefox blog.