Articles tagged with: Computer


Mar 30, 20096

How to Create Strong Passwords that are Easy to Remember but Hard to Break

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How to Create Strong Passwords that are Easy to Remember but Hard to Break
I don't need to tell you the importance of using strong passwords when creating user accounts online. Passwords are keys to accessing your online accounts or your computer. Using strong passwords are vital in protecting your identity and stopping others from hijacking your account. In this Post I have shared a trick to create strong but memorable passwords that I learned a few days ago.What is password strength? According to WikiPedia: Password strength is a measurement of the effectiveness of a password as an authentication credential. Specifically, it estimates how many trials an attacker who does not have direct access to the password would need, on average, to correctly guess it. The strength of a password is a function of length, complexity, and randomness. How to create a Strong Password? We all know the common guidelines for choosing a strong password:Include numbers, symbols, upper and lowercase letters Password should be more than 8 characters long. Avoid any password based on repetition, dictionary words, letter or number sequences, usernames, relative or pet names, or biographical information (birth day).Now the problem with creating random strong passwords are that they are very hard to remember. So once you start having to memorize a number of them it ...
Mar 24, 200910

How to Open/View Excel 2007 files without Excel 2007 Software

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How to Open/View Excel 2007 files without Excel 2007 Software
If you ever get into a situation whereby you need to open/view an Excel 2007 file (.xlsx) but the computer you are using does not have Excel 2007 installed then these tricks could come in handy. This was particularly very helpful to me when I was checking my email from my friends computer and I received an Excel 2007 file as attachment that I wanted to view immediately but my friend's computer didn't have Office 2007 installed.Option 1 If the computer you are using has Excel 2003 installed then you are in luck. You can just download and install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack which automatically converts the excel 2007 file and let you open, edit and save workbooks using Excel 2003. Option 2 What if you don't have Excel 2003 installed on the computer? Well you can download and install the Excel viewer from Microsoft which lets you open, view, and print Excel workbooks, even if you don't have Excel installed Option 3 You can use Open Office to view the excel files. OpenOffice.org is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.The same trick can be applied to Microsoft Word 2007 files too. Do you know ...
Mar 10, 20093

Handy YouTube Tips and Tricks for Bloggers

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Handy YouTube Tips and Tricks for Bloggers
If you use YouTube videos in your blog then you might find some of the following tips and tricks pretty handy if you don't know them already.Link to a Chosen Start Time of a YouTube Video Say for example, you want to link to a nice video that you found on YouTube but it has some crap at the start which you don't really want your visitors to watch. In a situation like that you can just link to a specific time of that video so when the video starts it will start from that specific time and skip everytime before that.So if I wanted to link a YouTube video and wanted it to start playing from 1 minute and 17 seconds when someone follows the link then all I have to do is append #t=1m17s to the video URL.Original video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFoe6oS0Np0 Vidoe URL linked to a specific time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFoe6oS0Np0#t=1m17sBelow is a link for a demohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFoe6oS0Np0#t=1m17s Add a Video to Quick List for Future Viewing This is particularly useful when you are trying to find some videos on a specific topic but along the way you discover something interesting that you want to watch too but if you don't want to get distracted at that ...
Nov 21, 20086

Email management tips – How to Setup email filters

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Email management tips – How to Setup email filters
Previously in the post Use email filters to manage emails efficiently, I have talked about how email filters is a good way to manage unwanted group emails. In this post, After receiving requests from some of my readers, I have given some instructions on how to setup email filters in Yahoo, Gmail and Microsoft Outlook.
Nov 21, 20081

Email management tip – Use email filters to manage emails efficiently

Categories: Tech Tips
Email management tip – Use email filters to manage emails efficiently
It has always been an issue in a big mailing group as to what the topic of the email/discussion should be. This is partly because different people have different perspectives and different tolerance level to various things. Some people don't like to be annoyed with some computer sales or job opportunities email(s) in the group but still want to be in the mailing list to receive other important news and updates. At the same time, someone in that group can actually be benefited from that opportunity related email(s). In this article I have tried to explain how 'email filter' can be used to minimize all the endless discussions of what should not be the topic of the mail in the group. This will also help an individual save valuable time by not having to go through a high number of emails that he/she is not interested in everyday just to find the important emails.
Nov 3, 20083

Improve your daily productivity, 7 must use Google products!

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Improve your daily productivity, 7 must use Google products!
Google has already won the search engine war. Everyone already knows that online search means Google. But many of us don’t know or haven’t explored some of the many cool products Google has beside its search engine. If used correctly, some of these products can significantly improve our day to day productivity and efficiency. In this post I have given a very brief overview of seven Google products that I use on a daily basis.
Oct 21, 20082

Minimize the start up time of your Windows computer

Categories: Operating System
Minimize the start up time of your Windows computer
If your computer is taking too long to start up and you want to minimize that time then here is a tip as to how you can control the applications that Windows starts at Startup time and make your computer boot fast. You don't have to be a computer expert for this either.

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