Sunday, May 6, 2012

MS Word 2010 Exam: Practical Sheet


MS Word is a popular word processing program all over the world. The latest version of Microsoft Office is 2010. In this post I'm giving you a practical test sheet for MS Word 2003.

Your job is to make a sheet like the pdf file in the download link. 

If you are capable of making a sheet like this, then your MS Word practical knowledge will be considered as very high. So, let's try it.

Download the file from here. 


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Friday, May 4, 2012

How to Make a Strong Password?



Strong passwords are important protections to secure your desktop, laptop or different online accounts. So, make your password strong. 

Keys to password strength: length, complexity and uniqueness. 

  • An ideal password is long enough with combination of letters, punctuation, symbols and numbers.
  • Use at least 10 or more characters whenever possible. 
  • Although it is difficult to manage separate password for each account you have to do so. Cyber criminals steal passwords on websites with very little security, and then they try to use that same password and user name in more secure environments, such as banking websites.
  • Change your passwords often so that it can be difficult for hackers to hack. 
  • The greater the variety of characters in your password, the better the security. However, password hacking software automatically checks for common letter-to-symbol conversions, such as changing "and" to "&" or "to" to "2."
  • Use the entire keyboard, not just the letters and characters you use or see most often.

Create a Password That is Strong & Easy to Remember 

There are many ways to create a long, complex password. Here are some suggestions that might help you remember it easily:


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Note: Always remember that space is considered as a character in password! Capital letter and small letter is also considered as different characters in case of password. 



Test your Password Strength with a Password Checker


Avoid the Following Mistakes while Creating a Password: 


  • Don't use any dictionary word of any language. 
  • Sequences or repeated characters. Examples: 12345678, 222222, abcdefg. 
  • Adjacent letters on your keyboard. Examples: qwerty, poiuy, asdfg. 
  • Personal information. Your name, birthday, driver's license, passport number, or similar information.
  • And must not use your mobile or telephone number. 


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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

How to Measure the Rank of a Website?





The ranking of a website depends on several factors. It depends on Google Page Rank (known as PR), Alexa Traffic Rank, Complete Rank and so many. And to check the ranking status, there are thousands of extension available for internet browsers.


My personal choice for this purpose is Web Rank Toolbar. Today I am gonna show you how to install this toolbar on Firefox and Google Chrome.

Follow the steps below:

  1. First, make sure you are using Google Chrome or Firefox.
  2. If you are a chrome user then click here. And Firefox users can use this link.
  3. Chrome users will get several toolbars with Web Rank SEO. You can choose either the first one or any other toolbar as you like and then hit on Add to Chrome. And Firefox users should click on Add to Firefox button. 
  4. Then click on install. Firefox should be restarted. But chrome doesn't need to be restarted. 
  5. Now you are almost done. Chrome users must see this like an icon at the upper right corner. And Firefox users will get it like a horizontal bar. 


Tuesday, May 1, 2012

How to set a password on logon screen?



Most of the computer users are familiar with user account password. It can be set during the windows startup. It prevents the unauthorized access to a computer. But this password can only protect you from a normal user. An expert can easily break this and have access to your computer.

But in this post I am gonna show you a trick that can add an extra layer of security of your computer.

  1. Follow the steps below:
  2. Press Start + R to open Run
  3. Type syskey in the Run and press enter
  4. Now hit yes and then update (Make sure that Encryption enabled option is selected)
  5. Whenever you hit on update immediately a new window named Startup Key will appear
  6.  Now select Password Startup
  7. Type your password here and confirm it then hit ok.




Note: Remember, if you enable this password once then it can’t be disabled. You can change the password only. You can also hide the password box during the startup. 
To do so, repeat the steps 1 to 4 and in the step 5 select System Generated Password and Store Startup Key Locally. In this way you can deactivate the startup password. 

Friday, April 27, 2012

Easy YouTube Video Downloader For Opera


By this time almost all YouTube users know that they can download contents from YouTube without using IDM or similar third party software. Many popular browsers allow their user to download YouTube contents with the help of extension or addon. 

Previously I showed the system for Firefox and Chrome.

Firefox users should go here.
And Google Chrome users can follow this post.

And in this post I am gonna show the same way for Opera users. Hope, users can download video by following this method. It is very easy. Just follow the steps below: 

  1. First, make sure you're using Opera Browser and it is updated version. If you don't have it or need to upgrade then click here. 
  2. Then either you can click here or open this link in a new tab. 
  3. Now you will see Easy Youtube Video Downloader For Opera. And after the right side of it you will find a button   + Add to Opera.
  4. Hit on this button   + Add to Opera  and wait for a few seconds until the install notification comes. Then click on installs. 
  5. Now you're almost done. Visit YouTube and search for your desired videos.  
  6. Just below the video frame you will see a download button with a down arrow. Click on it and you'll find several options to download. 

15 GB Storage for Gmail Users!




Recently Google increased the storage limit of Gmail. Few days ago the storage limit was 7.5 GB. But from now the storage limit is 10 GB! Can you imagine?! 

The storage limit is based on the size of all the messages and attachments in your mail, including those in Spam and Trash. To introduce the Google Drive as Cloud Service Google offered this increased storage. 

Mentioned that, Gmail was launched by Google on 1st April in 2004. At first, the storage limit was only 1 GB. And it has been increased upto 7.5 GB within 8 years. And now it is 10 GB. An user can check this at the bottom of his Gmail Page as the picture shows. 



Update

Google got a number of competitors in mailing service - specially Microsoft and Yahoo too. Recently Microsoft redesigned their hotmail service. They also changed the name to Outlook.  And yahoo has also redesigned their mailing service. Now it looks much better than earlier. 

Google has also changed the Gmail interface for a number of times. But still it looks somewhat messy. But as a package Gmail user get numerous facilities. And now the Gmail user is enjoying 15 GB storage! 





How to Download from YouTube Using Google Chrome

The world's most popular video sharing site, YouTube, has no option to download video or audio. So users have to depend on many third party software which are very much troublesome! But a person can easily download using internet browsers too. 

Earlier I showed how to download YouTube contents without any software. That was for the Firefox users. 

Firefox users can read this post to download from YouTube. 

In this post I am gonna show you how to download audio, video and songs from you tube using Google Chrome. Now follow the steps below:

  1. First make sure you are using Google Chrome Browser. If you don't have it then please  download this from here. Or if you want offline installer then click here. 
  2. Now Click here or open this link in a new tab. 
  3. After clicking this link, you will see Ultimate YouTube Downloader for Chrome.
  4. Now click on  +Add to Chrome button. If any permission is required then hit on continue or yes. And the extension will begin to download. 
  5. The download process will finish within a few seconds and then it may ask you to install it. Click install.
  6. Now you're almost done. Visit YouTube and search for any video. When you get your desired video you will see a download button just below the video frame. 
  7. Click on the down arrow by the side of download button and you will see a list of options. You can download it either in Audio or Video format, either high quality or low quality as your choice. 
Remember, this system is only for Google Chrome. Firefox users must follow this system.