Technology

How to Protect Folders and Files With Window XP Professional Edition

2010-07-27T03:49:00.001-06:00

Window XP Professional Edition sets the standard for security, computer performance, and reliability.

It is primarily used for corporate networks, for the majority of computers on small business networks or for all home users who require security.

With hackers trying to access sensitive data on your home computer, you can protect access to your folders and files.

STEPS :

Log on your computer as administrator with a password.

Most owners of home computers are administrators after the initial installation of Window XP Professional.

If you're not sure, follow these steps:

Select "Start", "Control Panel" and the "User Accounts" icon.

If your account says "Computer Administrator" and "Password Protected", you're done.

If you're not "Computer Administrator", select "Change my account type" to "Computer Administrator".

If you're not "Password Protected", select "Change my password" and enter a new password.

Close the "User Accounts" window by selecting the "Red X" at the top right hand corner.

Select "Start", "Shut Down", "Restart", "OK".

Assign or Modify Permissions.

For purposes of this demonstration, you'll create a folder and will be using this folder.

Select "Start", "My Computer", "View" (top left hand corner), "Explorer Bar", "Folders".

Check that "Simple File Sharing" is disabled. (The default Windows XP setting is for Simple File Sharing to be enabled)!

Select "Tools" (5th menu), "Folder Options", "View" tab.

Scroll down "Advanced Settings" to bottom option ("Use simple file sharing (Recommended)") and uncheck if checked.

Select "OK".

Select Drive (C:), "File" (top left hand corner), "New", "Folder". Key in your first name as the new folder name and hit [Enter].

With the right mouse button, select the new folder with your first name, select "Properties", then the "Security" tab on the top.

Under "Groups or users names:", select "Administrators".

Under "Permissions for Administrators", notice all permissions are checked under the "Allow" column.

Under "Groups or users names:", select "Everyone".

Under "Permissions for "Everyone", notice all permissions are checked under the "Allow" column except the "Full Control" permission.

Select the "Deny" column for the "Modify" permission.

This will prevent others on your computer from having access to this folder.

Grant or Deny Special Permissions.

Using the same folder you created for this demonstration, select the folder with the right mouse button, select properties.

Under the "Group or user names:", select "Everyone" to grant or deny special permissions and select the "Advanced" button.

Select "Everyone" and the "Edit" button.

Notice all permissions are inactive while "Full Control" and "Delete Subfolders and Files" are unchecked.

Do not change any settings.4

Take Ownership of Files and Folders.

In the "Advanced Security Settings" dialog box, select the "Owner" tab at the top.

As Administrator, you can take ownership of a folder or file by selecting your name below the "Change owner to:" column.

Select the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" check box.

Select the "Permissions" tab at the top.

Prevent Permissions Inheritance.

By default, subfolders and files inherit permissions that you assign to their parent folder.To prevent a subfolder or file from inheriting permissions from a folder, clear the "Inherit From Parent The Permission Entries That Apply to Child Objects" check box.

Warnings

Always make sure as the Administrator you have full control permissions on all objects.

How to Download Online Games

2010-07-27T03:30:00.001-06:00

Have you ever wanted to download your favorite online games? Well, if they're swf files, like most of them are, you can.

STEPS :

1. Gather the supplies. You will need:

Mozilla Firefox.
DownloadHelper.
A .swf file opener, like SWF opener

2. Go to the game you want to download. Some sites are verified to have mainly swf games, such as addicting games, armor games, and newgrounds. Most other sites also use swf files for their games. 3. Press the small down arrow next to the download helper icon. Select the file that ends in .swf 4. Specify what program you want to use to open the file. If this is the first time you've opened swf files, or if the game saves as any file, you'll need to specify. Open the file. Select select a program from a list of installed programs. If you downloaded SWF opener, the file should be in the following location. C:\ program files\UnH solutions\swf opener. It also might be located in the program files (x86) or (x64) folder. 5. Click OK, and you can play your downloaded game.

How to Make a Simple Animation in Macromedia Flash

2010-07-27T03:02:00.000-06:00

This article gives you the basics of creating a simple animation in Macromedia Flash.

STEPS :

1. Open Macromedia Flash 10

2. Choose frame 1 on the timeline which is located above the canvas.

3. Draw whatever you want to in your first frame (eg: a stick figure).

4. Choose the next frame depending upon the length of your animation

5. Right click on the frame and click "Insert KEYFrame".

6. Right click anywhere between the first and the last frame and select "Create Motion Tween". Now the same picture you drew in the first frame will appear in the last frame you made.

7. Edit this picture in any way. You can change its size, position or other effects such as alpha, tint, etc. They appear when you right click on the object and click "Properties".

8. Press

to view the animation.

9. Play around and experiment. There is a lot more to flash animation than just this.

How to Add Facebook Like to Blogger

2010-07-27T01:41:00.000-06:00

Facebook has recently added the ability for its users to "Like" just about any content on the web and have that activity posted to the users' walls. This facility lets you share content more readily and also gives you an idea of how some of your readership traffic is responding to your content.

This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to add the "Like" button to your Blogger (BlogSpot) blog, one of the more commonly used blogging services.

STEPS :

1. Go to the "Facebook Developers" page:http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like

2. Set the options you want. Specifically, select whether you want a "Like" or a "Recommend" button. The sample button on the page will automatically update to reflect your selections.

3. Leave the "URL to Like" field blank. You will be replacing that soon.

4. Click "Get Code". You will see something that looks like this:

5. Replace the following text:

src= above with:

expr:src='

http%253A%252F%252Fexample.com%252Fpage%252Fto%252Flike&layout part with:

" + data:post.url + "&layout

light" with:

light"'

-- notice the new trailing apostrophe

height:px with:

height:35px

-- otherwise, Firefox will make the iframe really big.

Leave a copy of the final code somewhere accessible for you to transfer to Blogger.

6. Go to your Blogger Dashboard.

7. Open your blog's layout and click Edit HTML.

8. Back up your template! Do this by clicking Download Full Template.

9. Check Expand Widget Templates.

10. Find a place to put the Facebook "Like" code into your HTML layout. A good location is directly after or below:

Use the browser "Find" mechanism to help you locate it.

11. Save and check that the button has appeared. Once you can see it, you're done!

How to Protect Your Computer from Your Parents

2010-07-27T01:22:00.000-06:00

Window XP Professional Edition sets the standard for security, computer performance, and reliability.

It is primarily used for corporate networks, for the majority of computers on small business networks or for all home users who require security.

With hackers trying to access sensitive data on your home computer, you can protect access to your folders and files.

STEPS :

1. Log on your computer as administrator with a password.

Most owners of home computers are administrators after the initial installation of Window XP Professional.

If you're not sure, follow these steps:

Select "Start", "Control Panel" and the "User Accounts" icon.

If your account says "Computer Administrator" and "Password Protected", you're done.

If you're not "Computer Administrator", select "Change my account type" to "Computer Administrator".

If you're not "Password Protected", select "Change my password" and enter a new password.

Close the "User Accounts" window by selecting the "Red X" at the top right hand corner.

Select "Start", "Shut Down", "Restart", "OK".

2. Assign or Modify Permissions.

For purposes of this demonstration, you'll create a folder and will be using this folder.

Select "Start", "My Computer", "View" (top left hand corner), "Explorer Bar", "Folders".

Check that "Simple File Sharing" is disabled. (The default Windows XP setting is for Simple File Sharing to be enabled)!

Select "Tools" (5th menu), "Folder Options", "View" tab.

Scroll down "Advanced Settings" to bottom option ("Use simple file sharing (Recommended)") and uncheck if checked.

Select "OK".

Select Drive (C:), "File" (top left hand corner), "New", "Folder". Key in your first name as the new folder name and hit [Enter].

With the right mouse button, select the new folder with your first name, select "Properties", then the "Security" tab on the top.

Under "Groups or users names:", select "Administrators".

Under "Permissions for Administrators", notice all permissions are checked under the "Allow" column.

Under "Groups or users names:", select "Everyone".

Under "Permissions for "Everyone", notice all permissions are checked under the "Allow" column except the "Full Control" permission.

Select the "Deny" column for the "Modify" permission.

This will prevent others on your computer from having access to this folder.

3. Grant or Deny Special Permissions.

Using the same folder you created for this demonstration, select the folder with the right mouse button, select properties.

Under the "Group or user names:", select "Everyone" to grant or deny special permissions and select the "Advanced" button.

Select "Everyone" and the "Edit" button.

Notice all permissions are inactive while "Full Control" and "Delete Subfolders and Files" are unchecked.

Do not change any settings.4

4. Take Ownership of Files and Folders.

In the "Advanced Security Settings" dialog box, select the "Owner" tab at the top.

As Administrator, you can take ownership of a folder or file by selecting your name below the "Change owner to:" column.

Select the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" check box.

Select the "Permissions" tab at the top.

5. Prevent Permissions Inheritance.

Warnings

Always make sure as the Administrator you have full control permissions on all objects.

How to Create a Kid's Website

2010-07-27T01:16:00.001-06:00

Ask yourself what kids want. Got an answer? Well, they want fun and freedom. There's no better way to give them this fun and freedom then creating a kid's website.

STEPS :

Find a provider. There are many free providers available. Or, you can ask an adult to pay for a separate website. Remember, though, a separate website will cost you money.

Find something to make your website with. An expensive package will have better quality. However, you can find some cheaper alternatives, too.

Design your site. Make sure all of the pages use the same style. You could use a master page or background to do so. It's a good idea to have a logo in the top of the page and a list of pages. Then you can add whatever you need onto the page. Remember, each piece of software is different.

How to Post by Phone on Wordpress

2010-07-27T01:10:00.000-06:00

If, all of a sudden, you have a few emergency notices to put on your weblog and there's no internet device around, what do you do? Why not just phone your blog? STEPS : 1. Get started. Go to the "My Blogs" tab on your dashboard 2. Enable "Post by Voice". You will be given a special number and code to call your blog. Add the number to your address book 3. Call the first number (the one on the top) and enter the code (the one on the bottom). 4. Talk to your heart's content. Only files of up to 60 minutes are supported. 5. To end the recording, just hang up.

How to Protect Your Computer from Your Parents

2010-07-14T03:36:00.000-06:00

You definitely want to customize your PC, and even more so protect it from your parents, roommates, or whoever lives in your house.

STEPS :

1. Set up a password. This is key. You'll want a distinct password, I've been able to guess a lot of my friends' passwords, just to show them how easy it is. You'd be surprised how many people have their username as their password. So make the password a secret obsession you have, or something from your childhood or even a random object eg: 'cd case'.

2. Make others in your household an account. Almost 75% of the time, people will stop going into your account if you make them their own. Be sure to give them limited access, unless you want them to be able to access your account.

3. There is obviously still a chance that they'll get into your files and mess around. Here's what you do: go to your desktop. Right-click and make a compressed zipped folder. Name it Desktop Stuff or whatever you want. Put all of your desktop files except My Computer and Recycling Bin, into the file. Then go into the folder, and click file, add password. Add one, different from your username. It can be a simpler one, but not easy! if you are an advanced user, make a encrypted file container with FreeOTFE or truecrypt.

4. Go to My Documents, make a compressed zipped folder, named my documents, same thing, again different password.

5. If you don't want people to know your internet history, there are TWO things to do. One, set your History to 0 days to keep, by clicking Tools > Internet Options, in Internet Explorer. Also in Tools > Internet Options, clear your history every time after you use the Internet.

6. You don't want friends to get into any of your online accounts, right? Click Tools > Internet Options, again and go to Content on the top of the box. Click AutoComplete, and then clear passwords, and clear forms, and then uncheck all the little boxes, so they don't save again.

7. For extra security, download Mozilla Firefox if you don't already have it. Parents won't check it, and it's easy to clear everything but your favorites - Tools, Clear Private Data.

8. You can use Google Chrome Incognito feature for private internet browsing. Using this feature allows you to surf internet in a way that no history is saved in the browser.

9. For protection from password cracking programs such as Ophcrack, press the Windows key and R at the same time, type in syskey and press enter, choose update, select password startup, and type a password. This will encrypt your password with another password to make using software such as Ophcrack to crack the password much more difficult.

Warnings

§ Never put extremely personal info on your pc; friends can get into it if they have hacking skills.

§ This does not protect you against hackers.

§ Export or use of strong encryption may be restricted in some jurisdictions.

§ Your parents might get suspicious if you delete your whole history, so just delete the sites you don't want them to see.

How to Download Youtube Videos and Put on Ipod or Watch on Mac

2010-07-13T03:24:00.000-06:00

Ever watched a video on youtube and wanted to have it on your ipod

STEPS :

1. Download and install handbrake from www.handbrake.fr/.

2. Download and install safari from www.apple.com/downloads.

3. Download and install perian from www.perian.org.

4. Open the youtube video in safari and then go to window and click activity look for the video and then click the biggest file it will download.

5. You can now watch the video on your mac with quicktime because of perian. 6. To watch it on your ipod open perian and select it as source and use the preset ipod.

7. When it is done open itunes and drag it and drop into your itunes libary.

8. Connect your ipod to your mac and select all movies in the movies tab. 9. Press sync.

10. When syncing is done look on your ipod and you will see your youtube video.

11. This method will also work with all other sites that use flv which are nearly all online video sites.

How to Download Free Books Online with eBookByte.Com

2010-07-12T03:28:00.000-06:00

Downloading e-Books on the internet is an easy job but finding an e-Book of your choice is very tedious.May be the e-Book you are looking for available on in internet but on some unpopular website that is not appearing on top search engine results.

Unfortunately, that is right for finding e-Book on the web.

STEPS :

1. Go to www.ebookbyte.com. It is a very good source for free ebooks, offering ebooks in number of categories.

2. Find eBook on eBookByte.com. This is very easy and can be done in two ways.

Use the search tool and key in the name of the book and select the category (Selection of category is an optional)
Select the category and find eBook of your choice.

WARNNG!

Before Downloading the eBook you should read the Preface & Table of Contents of each book.Which can be find on the e-book Download Page.It will help you to select the right eBook.

How to Download Online Games

2010-07-11T03:30:00.000-06:00

Have you ever wanted to download your favorite online games? Well, if they're swf files, like most of them are, you can.

STEPS :

1. Gather the supplies. You will need:

Mozilla Firefox.
DownloadHelper.
A .swf file opener, like SWF opener

How to Make 3D Animation

2010-07-10T02:57:00.000-06:00

The best way to make 3d animation is to get your hands on a software program that is specifically made for creating 3d animations. However, there is a lot of software tailored for creating 3d animation. These programs include: Poser, 3d Studio Max, Daz 3d, Bryce, Carrara, Animation Master, Maya, LightWave, Anim8or, 3D Canvas, and Blender. Since there is lots of 3d animation software available, it is important to discover the best one for your current needs and circumstances. STEPS : 1. Write out the details of the 3d animation project you desire to create and the reason you would like to create it. For example, is your project for fun or is it to launch into a career in 3d animating. 2. Write down the number of hours you would like to complete this project. This is to see whether you want to quickly create your 3d animation or whether it is something you don’t mind spending a long period of time on. 3. Map out the time you would like to spend on learning how to use the 3d animation software. This is to see whether you want software that is easy to learn and use or if you would not mind using software that is a bit difficult and time consuming to learn. 4. Research the programs mentioned in the introduction and see which software program would be best for your specific needs in terms of goals, time, and money. 5. Decide on and acquire the 3d animation software program(s) you would use. Once you decide on the 3d program(s) you would use based on your circumstances, you can then begin following its tutorials on how to make 3d animation.

How to Download a Flash Movie

2010-07-09T03:18:00.000-06:00

Have you ever watched a Flash animation on the Internet or played a Flash-based game that you wanted access to easily, or without an Internet connection? This simple tutorial will tell you how to download it easily. Note: This tutorial was designed by a user of Internet Explorer. If you use a different browser but can still locate your temporary Internet files, then it may still work. STEPS :

Downloading From The Browser Cache

1. Open Internet Explorer, or use your computers search tool to locate your temporary Internet files and skip to step 3 if you use a different browser. 2. Open the tools menu, and click Internet options .Under the general tab and in the temporary Internet files category, select settings, then view files. 3. Right-click and sort files by address, and locate the address that you found the file on. The website may have a prefix page to it, such as farm.addictinggames.com, so you may need to look hard. 4. Look at the files under the address found earlier, and locate the files with a .swf extension. 5. Locate the file you want, right click it, copy it, then paste it into a folder of your choosing. 6. You may not be able to run the file directly. If this occurs, open an Internet browser and the folder so they are both onscreen simultaneously. Click the file, and drag it into the body of the browser. It should then run.

Use a Third-Party Video Download Program

There are a few programs for Windows that make the process of Flash Movies a snap. TheReplay Media Catcher Video Downloader is a great way to do this, and it's free for use with YouTube. Just open the software, click Record, and play your video. The original files are saved, and automatically renamed to the title of the video.

Hiding the names of files in the folder images

2010-07-08T03:31:00.000-06:00

Windows XP can display the folder containing the photos in the mini view or thumbnails for easy searching. But not many photos can be displayed in one screen as well as photos taken by the file name. To allow for more space, just disable it by clicking the name of the file folder of photos on it while pressing the 'shift'.

Setting the above will be saved, even if you leave the folder.

For additional information, photos, place your mouse cursor on the photo. The file name can you turn them back on by pressing the back button 'shift' and click on the folder earlier.

How to Make Animation or Movies with Microsoft PowerPoint

2010-07-05T02:40:00.000-06:00

Flipbook cartoon animations are fun, aren't they? Don't you wish you could make them in Powerpoint? Or just make them smoother than before? This how-to can help you make movies, cartoons, and animations faster and better with Powerpoint. STEPS : 1.Open Powerpoint and create a new presentation. Make a blank slide and set the transition to advance after 1 seconds. Click Apply to all. 2. Draw the first frame of your animation. this one is important - it is the frame that all of the other frames in this scene will be based on. Take your time with it. 3. Duplicate the slide, and make a very slight change in this slide for the progress of the animation. If you had a ball falling, make it go down one or two places. (Note: Powerpoint doesn't use actual pixels, but a slightly larger placement system. Think of it as an invisible graph.) 4. Duplicate the new slide and keep going. For things like gravity, make the motion stronger each time, eg, changing it more and more. The most catastrophic thing is to make things go too fast,s o don't be afraid to take a lot of slides to do one thing - you can always delete them later. 5. Preview your presentation constantly, changing anything you think needs to be changed. Erase unneeded slides and such, add or delete details until your presentation is perfect. 6. Add in sounds and other details, then make a beginning and ending slide, maybe even an opening sequence. 7. You're done! If you want, you can even turn it into a flash movie using wink.

How to Add an Audio Player to a Website Using Entertonement

2010-07-05T01:37:00.000-06:00

Have you ever wanted to add audio to a website, but don't want to embed a whole video frame? Add an audio player frame instead! If you want to find the easiest way to upload audio to your science fiction blog, for example, and didn't want to embed several youtube videos that would take up space, this is the easiest way for you. STEPS : 1. Find your audio source. This can include an online video, a file on your computer, or audio to record straight from your computer's microphone. 2. Open an account. Create an account at http://www.entertonement.com Yes, this will take a few seconds, but you'll save much more time, and all your audio will be in one account in case you need to re-add a clip later. 3. Upload the audio from step 1 into Entertonement: The large orange "upload" button on the right side is your friend. 4. Upload the audio from step 1 into Entertonement: The large orange "upload" button on the right side is your friend. 5. Embed the player: Click your username to go to your profile, or click "My Uploads" on the upload page after saving. Click the link for the file you want to embed, and copy the code the "embed" button gives you. 6. Add it to your site/blog: Paste the embed code in your webpage, and enjoy as you're done!

How to Start Your Website

2010-07-03T01:17:00.000-06:00

Are you wanting to start your very own website but do not know where to begin? In the following steps below you will find everything that will help you begin the process of starting and operating your very own website online. STEPS : 1. Decide what type of website you want to create. Today there are more than 186 million websites on the Internet, with 31.5 million of those added just during the year of 2008. Luckily you can categorize the 186 million into Seven common categories, Personal, E-Commerce, Informational, Blog/Forum, Social, File Sharing, Mobile Device. 2. Select a domain name for your website. When choosing the right domain name for your site be sure to choose one that pertains to the content that is associated with what your site is about. Try not to make one that is confusing or hard to spell. This may give you problems latter on with attracting visitors. Also be sure to have a few options for a domain name when you go to buy one. A lot of times your first choice is already going to be taken. Most common domain names can usually be purchased for around $4.99 to $12.99. 3. Find the right web host that suits your needs. There are plenty of website hosting companies out there on the World Wide Web. Whether you are building your site yourself or paying someone else to do it for you, you need to find a host that will meet the needs of the type of website you want to create. Hosting plans are usually fairly cheep and come with loads of extra stuff to help you with your site 4. Find the right design for your website. The Design of a website is extremely important to its survival no matter what type it is. Remember that everything that is involved with your site is incorporated into its design, from attracting visitors to advertising. The most important thing to remember is to make your site easy to navigate and not confusing to your visitors. 5. Attract visitors to your site. Once your site is up and running you need to be able to attract visitors in order to make it successful. There are several ways you can accomplish this. Submit your site to search engines, Post comments on Blogs/Forums, Trade links with other websites, Submit article comments, list with web directories. 6. Attract advertising to your site.This step is optional of course, depending on whether you want to make money of your site. If so the first thing you need to make sure of is that people are aware of your site. No one will be willing to advertise with your site if it does not have a steady flow of visitors. Signing up with an affiliate program is a good and easy way to earn money for your site because there is really no work involved for you. Last, you can offer advertising space on your website. Most people do this by displaying a small image that says "advertise here" somewhere on their site. Be sure to link the image to your contact page so potential clients can reach you.

How to Add an Audio Player to a Website Using Entertonement

2010-07-02T01:08:00.000-06:00

Have you ever wanted to add audio to a website, but don't want to embed a whole video frame? Add an audio player frame instead! If you want to find the easiest way to upload audio to your science fiction blog, for example, and didn't want to embed several youtube videos that would take up space, this is the easiest way for you. STEPS : Find your audio source. This can include an online video, a file on your computer, or audio to record straight from your computer's microphone. Open an account. Create an account at http://www.entertonement.com Yes, this will take a few seconds, but you'll save much more time, and all your audio will be in one account in case you need to re-add a clip later. Upload the audio from step 1 into Entertonement: The large orange "upload" button on the right side is your friend. Upload the audio from step 1 into Entertonement: The large orange "upload" button on the right side is your friend. Embed the player: Click your username to go to your profile, or click "My Uploads" on the upload page after saving. Click the link for the file you want to embed, and copy the code the "embed" button gives you. Add it to your site/blog: Paste the embed code in your webpage, and enjoy as you're done!

How to Dissuade Yourself from Becoming a Blogger

2010-07-01T01:06:00.000-06:00

What a buzz all the bloggers are making these days! It seems like just about everybody is pouring their musings into a text box. Are you feeling tempted to start a blog of your own? Here are some ways to bypass the trend.

STEPS :

1. Find five completely random blogs, and read them daily for a month. After thirty days, you will absolutely dread your self-imposed requirement to read all that dreck. Any blog you create will most likely be on par with what you've been reading. Don't put anyone through that.

2. Consider that your voice, even if it is truly a good one, is a tiny peep against the massive wave of tripe out there. The odds of anyone you don't already know finding your blog are low.

3. Write on a regular basis in a text editor instead. If that doesn't satisfy your urge, and you feel that you must post your blog online, then you might just be craving attention and validation--which you'll never truly find in a blog. If you give up on your Wordpad journal after about three days, you'll do the same with a blog that just takes up server space.

4. Ask yourself if you really have the time to commit to a blog. What about that treehouse you wanted to build? Or the book you wanted to write? Or the car you wanted to fix up? Or the restaurant you wanted to take your significant other to? Or the new career you wanted to pursue? Instead of writing about pretty much nothing, or whining about all the things you wish you were doing instead, start doing something that'd actually be worth writing about. And if it's really worth writing about, you'll be having too much fun doing it to tear yourself away from it.

Source : www.wikihow.com

How to Permanently Delete a Facebook Account

2010-06-27T04:04:00.000-06:00

Facebook makes it pretty easy to deactivate your account which will temporarily hide your information. However, if you want to permanently remove your information, the "permanent delete" option is much harder to find. This article will cover two easy ways to erase your Facebook account so you can Quit Facebook forever.

STEPS :

Before You Start

1. Remove Facebook Connect logins. Many sites, like Digg.com and Meetup.com, allow signup and login using Facebook Connect -- List of Facebook Connect sites (may not be complete or current.) If you have accounts on such sites, go to each of them, and:
Make sure you have a way to login that does not involve Facebook Connect (you will most likely have to create a username and password on the site if you haven't already.)
Logout of the account, then log back in using the alternate method (not using Facebook Connect), ensuring that you will be able to access the account after your Facebook account is deleted.

2. Remove all Linked Accounts so that you won't accidentally login to Facebook.

Short Method 1

1. Copy and paste http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_accountonce you have logged on. This screen will present itself:

How to Protect Folders and Files With Window XP Professional Edition

2010-06-27T03:49:00.000-06:00

Window XP Professional Edition sets the standard for security, computer performance, and reliability.

It is primarily used for corporate networks, for the majority of computers on small business networks or for all home users who require security.

With hackers trying to access sensitive data on your home computer, you can protect access to your folders and files.

STEPS :

1. Log on your computer as administrator with a password.

Most owners of home computers are administrators after the initial installation of Window XP Professional.

If you're not sure, follow these steps:

Select "Start", "Control Panel" and the "User Accounts" icon.

If your account says "Computer Administrator" and "Password Protected", you're done.

If you're not "Computer Administrator", select "Change my account type" to "Computer Administrator".

If you're not "Password Protected", select "Change my password" and enter a new password.

Close the "User Accounts" window by selecting the "Red X" at the top right hand corner.

Select "Start", "Shut Down", "Restart", "OK".

2. Assign or Modify Permissions.

For purposes of this demonstration, you'll create a folder and will be using this folder.

Select "Start", "My Computer", "View" (top left hand corner), "Explorer Bar", "Folders".

Check that "Simple File Sharing" is disabled. (The default Windows XP setting is for Simple File Sharing to be enabled)!

Select "Tools" (5th menu), "Folder Options", "View" tab.

Scroll down "Advanced Settings" to bottom option ("Use simple file sharing (Recommended)") and uncheck if checked.

Select "OK".

Select Drive (C:), "File" (top left hand corner), "New", "Folder". Key in your first name as the new folder name and hit [Enter].

With the right mouse button, select the new folder with your first name, select "Properties", then the "Security" tab on the top.

Under "Groups or users names:", select "Administrators".

Under "Permissions for Administrators", notice all permissions are checked under the "Allow" column.

Under "Groups or users names:", select "Everyone".

Under "Permissions for "Everyone", notice all permissions are checked under the "Allow" column except the "Full Control" permission.

Select the "Deny" column for the "Modify" permission.

This will prevent others on your computer from having access to this folder.

3. Grant or Deny Special Permissions.

Using the same folder you created for this demonstration, select the folder with the right mouse button, select properties.

Under the "Group or user names:", select "Everyone" to grant or deny special permissions and select the "Advanced" button.

Select "Everyone" and the "Edit" button.

Notice all permissions are inactive while "Full Control" and "Delete Subfolders and Files" are unchecked.

Do not change any settings.4

4. Take Ownership of Files and Folders.

In the "Advanced Security Settings" dialog box, select the "Owner" tab at the top.

As Administrator, you can take ownership of a folder or file by selecting your name below the "Change owner to:" column.

Select the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" check box.

Select the "Permissions" tab at the top.

5. Prevent Permissions Inheritance.

Warnings

Always make sure as the Administrator you have full control permissions on all objects.

How to Add Facebook Like to Blogger

2010-06-06T01:41:00.000-06:00

This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to add the "Like" button to your Blogger (BlogSpot) blog, one of the more commonly used blogging services.

STEPS :

1. Go to the "Facebook Developers" page:http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like

2. Set the options you want. Specifically, select whether you want a "Like" or a "Recommend" button. The sample button on the page will automatically update to reflect your selections.

3. Leave the "URL to Like" field blank. You will be replacing that soon.

4. Click "Get Code". You will see something that looks like this:

5. Replace the following text:

src= above with:

expr:src='

http%253A%252F%252Fexample.com%252Fpage%252Fto%252Flike&layout part with:

" + data:post.url + "&layout

light" with:

light"'

-- notice the new trailing apostrophe

height:px with:

height:35px

-- otherwise, Firefox will make the iframe really big.

Leave a copy of the final code somewhere accessible for you to transfer to Blogger.

6. Go to your Blogger Dashboard.

7. Open your blog's layout and click Edit HTML.

8. Back up your template! Do this by clicking Download Full Template.

9. Check Expand Widget Templates.

10. Find a place to put the Facebook "Like" code into your HTML layout. A good location is directly after or below:

Use the browser "Find" mechanism to help you locate it.

11. Save and check that the button has appeared. Once you can see it, you're done!

How to Quit Facebook

2010-06-01T01:26:00.000-06:00

Maybe your affinity for Facebook began with a simple desire to keep in touch with your friends, or make new ones online. Or perhaps you were just bored. But now Facebook is the thorn in your side, and possibly a bona fide addiction. If you're finding it difficult to spend an hour of your waking life without checking or thinking about Facebook, you may be looking for a way out. This is it.

STEPS :

1. Admit you might have an addiction to Facebook. and keep track of what you actually do on Facebook. After every Facebook session, ask yourself: "What did I just accomplish by checking Facebook?" Odds are, you're probably just logging in to see if you've been poked, or for updates of when your friends change their profile image, write a new note, add a new song to their favorite music, and do other little things that you can really live without knowing. But those might be the little things that keep you on a very short leash. At first you're confirming a new friend, and next thing you know, you've spent an hour looking at all the new people you're connected to. Recording your Facebook activities can help you realize how much time you actually spend getting nothing constructive done.

2. Define your goals on Facebook. Make a list of what you really want from it. Why did you originally sign up? So you could remember friends' birthdays? Find and keep old friends? Meet people with similar interests? Whatever your goals may be on Facebook, you need to make sure that you devote your time there to accomplishing those goals, instead of going off track with activities that get you nowhere. If you have no goals (i.e. if you signed up just because you had nothing better to do), skip the next step.

3. Make and follow a Facebook schedule. After each Facebook goal, write down how much time and at what frequency you'll need to be on Facebook to achieve that goal. Then write down the total number of hours, per week, that you should be spending on Facebook. If it seems like too much time, adjust your activity times accordingly. Following this schedule might bring your Facebook addiction under control without requiring you to quit altogether. Some examples:

Stay in touch with college friends - Check every other day, spend no more than 15 minutes responding to messages only from college friends. (1 hour per week)
Maintain my group - Check every morning and evening for 10 minutes each, only to remove any spam or junk. Note to self: do not respond to posts, comments or messages during this time. (2 hours, 20 minutes per week)
Keep my group interesting - Spend 30 minutes every other day reading all of the comments and responding. (2 hours per week)
Finding new friends - Browse profiles for 30 minutes, twice a week. (1 hour per week)
Total maximum time I plan to spend on Facebook: 6 hours, 20 minutes.

4. Think of other things you could be doing with your time spent on Facebook. If you find yourself spending, say, 10 hours a week on Facebook, make a list of all the other things you could accomplish in that time. You could:

pick up a part time job and invest that money in stocks
teach a child how to throw a football
get fit
get a girlfriend
build a gas scooter or an adobe wall
clean your room
calculate the center of gravity
volunteer
Read a book
teach yourself a new language
make a papasan chair cushion

5. Block the time you spend on Facebook using parental controls. Use such controls asEzInternetTimer or TimeUpKidz.

6. Leave Facebook. If you've created a schedule and couldn't stick to it, or if you've decided that any time spent on Facebook is wasted, then you may need to quit cold turkey. This is a last resort, and is easier said than done. There are two options here. You can deactivate your account or delete your account:

Deactivate your facebook Account - this lets you take a breather without losing the information; or
Permanently delete your Facebook account - this is the real end, everything will go!
If you've started any groups, transfer admin rights to someone you trust.
Clear every last bit of information from your profile. Don't forget to remove your photo!
Send an email to your Facebook contacts explaining your decision to leave. Include your current contact information so they can get in touch with you without Facebook.

7. Find alternatives to using Facebook. If you've gotten into the habit of using Facebook messages instead of email, update your email address book so you can get in touch with your friends next week and continue your correspondence outside of Facebook.

8. Turn your profile into a pile of useless data! This is another way to "delete" a Facebook account, and you might have fun doing it. When you wake up the next day, your profile is gone. For good. Amen.

Delete all your "friends" - unless you want to show the World you're quitting for good.
Change the profile’s name - you can do that. Be sure to choose something really lousy.
Fill it up with offensive content - texts, dubious pics and all.
State clearly that Facebook employees are just a bunch of - beep - beep - beep - fill in the beeps with the most politically incorrect insults.
Invite lots of randomly picked people to become your “friends”.

9. Find a Facebook substitute. A lot of people get addicted to Facebook because they check it when there's nothing else to do, like in between classes, or during a lunch break; then the curiosity spills over into time that should be spent doing other things, like studying or working. You need to find something to do during those little windows of time in order to prevent relapse. There are several ways to give yourself a "Facebook patch":

Stay away from the computer as much as you can. For many of us, getting in front of a monitor is a default activity. Try to find other things to do that'll keep you away from the computer and therefore, Facebook. Keep a notebook. Meditate. Finger weave. Learn to doimpressive tricks with a tech deck. Call your friends on the phone or do something fun with them in person. Anything that you can do anywhere and for short periods of time is good.
If you're at a computer during critical relapse times, find another website to log onto and read instead of Facebook. Yes, you may get addicted to that instead, so try to find something that's actually a constructive pursuit, like checking news websites, learning a new word each day, sharpening your mental skills by solving a sudoku, practicing that foreign language you decided to learn, or contributing to the How-to Manual Anyone Can Edit.

How to Protect Your Computer from Your Parents

2010-05-27T03:36:00.000-06:00

You definitely want to customize your PC, and even more so protect it from your parents, roommates, or whoever lives in your house.

STEPS :

Go to My Documents, make a compressed zipped folder, named my documents, same thing, again different password.

If you don't want people to know your internet history, there are TWO things to do. One, set your History to 0 days to keep, by clicking Tools > Internet Options, in Internet Explorer. Also in Tools > Internet Options, clear your history every time after you use the Internet.

You don't want friends to get into any of your online accounts, right? Click Tools > Internet Options, again and go to Content on the top of the box. Click AutoComplete, and then clear passwords, and clear forms, and then uncheck all the little boxes, so they don't save again.

For extra security, download Mozilla Firefox if you don't already have it. Parents won't check it, and it's easy to clear everything but your favorites - Tools, Clear Private Data.

You can use Google Chrome Incognito feature for private internet browsing. Using this feature allows you to surf internet in a way that no history is saved in the browser.

For protection from password cracking programs such as Ophcrack, press the Windows key and R at the same time, type in syskey and press enter, choose update, select password startup, and type a password. This will encrypt your password with another password to make using software such as Ophcrack to crack the password much more difficult.

Warnings

§ Never put extremely personal info on your pc; friends can get into it if they have hacking skills.

§ This does not protect you against hackers.

§ Export or use of strong encryption may be restricted in some jurisdictions.

§ Your parents might get suspicious if you delete your whole history, so just delete the sites you don't want them to see.

Eliminating and prohibiting shutdown

2010-05-27T03:34:00.000-06:00

If we wish that the computer can not shut down or remove shutdown from the Start, the way is as follows: Open the run from the start / press windows + R and type gpedit.msc and press enter.Then the Group Policy window will appear.(fig.1)

(fig.1)

Go to User Configuration / Administrative Templates / Start Menu and Taskbar. Press 2x Remove and Prevent Access to the Shut Down command. Then will appear the windows 'Remove and Prevent Access to the Shut Down command'> Enabled. Click Apply> Ok.(fig.2)

(fig.2)

To restore the shut down follow the previous steps and select Not Configured. Click Apply> Ok.