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How to Install WYSIWYG Editor in Drupal 6, Using WYSIWYG API and jwysiwyg

whiztech — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:13:24 +0000

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In my previous post, I've written about Drupal Hack: How to Install Wysiwyg API Module With jWYSIWYG. Since jwysiwyg 0.5 is already available, this post is meant to update my previous post. By default, there is no built in WYSIWYG editor in Drupal 6. In this post, you will find out on how to install a WYSIWYG editor in Drupal 6 using WYSIWYG API module and a lightweight WYSIWYG editor, jwysiwyg. The Drupal's WYSIWYG API module will simplifies the installation of editors and allows you to define which editor to use depending on the input format.

1. I assume you already have a working Druapl 6 installation. Download the latest WYSIWYG API and jwysiwyg. In this post, I will use WYSIWYG API version 2.0 and jwysiwyg version 0.5.

2. Extract WYSIWYG API module files and upload folder 'wysiwyg' to your Drupal's 'sites\all\modules' folder.

3. Extract the content of jwysiwyg. We will edit 'jquery.wysiwyg.js' file to enable jwysiwyg toolbar control. Open 'jquery.wysiwyg.js' file with your favourite text editor. If you are on Windows, I recommend you to use Notepad++ to edit the file.

Find 'TOOLBAR : {'. The codes for enabling the toolbar will start here. Change 'visible : false' value to '


visible : true

' (1) to enable the toolbar that you want to be enabled for the editor. For example, changing '

justifyCenter : { 
visible : false

' to 'justifyCenter : { visible : true' will enable the 'justify center' button in jwysiwyg toolbar. Only 'false' value under 'visible' attribute are the one that you need to change. The last button to enable is the 'removeFormat' button (2). Save 'jquery.wysiwyg.js' changes.

4. Next, create a folder with the name 'libraries' in your Drupal's 'sites\all' folder. Create a new folder named 'jwysiwyg' in the newly created 'libraries' folder. Upload all jwysiwyg file (jquery.wysiwyg.css, jquery.wysiwyg.gif and jquery.wysiwyg.js) to the newly created 'jwysiwyg' folder. (the jwysiwyg files will be placed in 'sites\all\libraries\jwysiwyg')

5. To enable WYSIWYG API module, go to your Drupal's 'Administer' > 'Site building' > 'Modules'. Select 'Enable' (3) for WYSIWYG API module to enable it. Click 'Save configuration' (4) to save the changes.

6. Go to 'Administer' > 'Site Configuration' > 'Input formats'. We will select the type of input format to be used with WYSIWYG editor. You can create a new input format if you want. I will use the default 'Filtered HTML'. Click configure (5) to configure the input format. Under the 'Edit' tab, you can select what type of users can use this input format and you choose to enable the filters. I highly recommend you to enable the 'HTML filters' (6) to avoid malicious codes to be posted to your site (if you're planning to allow your site visitor to use WYSIWYG editor). Click 'Save configuration' if you've made any changes.

7. Next, under the input format configuration, click the 'Configure' (7) tab. We will need to add the allowed HTML tags (8) for the WYSIWYG editor. I recommend you use '

<a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <p> <strike> <u> <blockquote> <sup> <sub> <img> <big> <small>

'. You can also enable the 'Spam link deterrent' (9) which will make Drupal to add 'rel="nofollow"' to all links. Click 'Save configuration' to save the changes.

8. Finally, we will enable the jwysiwyg editor in WYSIWYG API module to be used with the input format. Go to 'Administer' > 'Site Configuration' > 'Wysiwyg'. Then, select 'jWYSIWYG 0.5' (10) for the input format type that you want to use with WYSIWYG editor. Click 'Save' to save the configuration.

Now you have a working WYSIWYG editor for your Drupal installation, powered by WYSIWYG API module and jwysiwyg editor!

[WYSIWYG API] [jwysiwyg]

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How to Create Ring Tones From MP3 Files for Your Mobile Phone

whiztech — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:57:25 +0000

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Quick tip. New mobile phones nowadays support playing MP3 files and let you use the MP3 files as your ring tone or message tone. Sometimes, we don't want to use the entire part of a MP3 file as our ring tone. In this post I will show you how to create a MP3 file from certain part of a MP3 file. We will use Audacity, a free and open source sound editing software.

1. First of all, we need to download and install Audacity. In this post, I will use the latest Audacity 1.3.7 beta.

2. Next, download and install the LAME MP3 encoder to allow Audacity to export audio file to MP3 format.

3. Run Audacity. If you've installed the LAME MP3 encoder plugin for Audacity, your Audacity should be able to encode to MP3 files. To check if the LAME MP3 encoder is enabled in Audacity, Go to 'Edit' > 'Preferences' (1). Click 'Import/Export' (2). The version of LAME encoder should be showed (3). If not, you need to select the lame_enc.dll file manually.

4. Open the audio file with Audacity that you wish to be used as ring tone. Select the part that you want to use as the ring tone. Click and drag the part that you want to select. To make things easier, you can zoom in the audio track (4). You can also insert labels (5) on the audio track to mark certain positions of the audio file ('Tracks' > 'Add Label At Selection' or 'Add Label At Playback Position').

5. After you've made the selection, go to 'Edit' > 'Copy' to copy your selection. Next, create a new project ('File' > 'New') and paste your selection into the new project ('Edit' > 'Paste'). You can add some effect if you want, for example 'Fade In' or 'Fade Out' at the start and at the end of the audio.

6. After you've finished editing the audio, we will export the audio file to MP3 format. Go to 'File' > 'Export'. You can enter the metadata about the audio file. Click 'OK' (6). Select 'MP3 Files' (7) as the file type. You can click 'Options' (8) to change the bit rate and channel settings. I recommend you use 'Constant' for bit rate mode and 128 kbps for quality. Give your ring tone a file name and click 'Save' (9) to save the file.

7. Next, transfer the ring tone file to your mobile phone.

8. For in depth tutorial to create ring tone using Audacity, you can take a look at Audacity Wiki.

Audacity is free and open source software.

[Download: Audacity] [Download: LAME MP3 encoder for Audacity]

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How to Test Linux on Windows using VirtualBox

whiztech — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:05:39 +0000

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If you are planning to use and test Linux operating system, but you don't like to dual boot, you can actually test and 'run' Linux on top of your Windows operating system using virtual machines software. A virtual machine software will simply allows you to run a guest operating system in a virtual environment (in this case, Linux) on top of host operating system (Windows). In this post, I will show you how to install and configure Kubuntu in VirtualBox and how to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions. VirtualBox is a virtualization software and VirtualBox Guest Additions consist of device drivers and system applications for the guest operating system that optimize the guest for better performance and usability. I choose VirtualBox because it is fast, easy to use, freeware and small (installer only around 65MB).

1. Creating a virtual machine in VirtualBox

1. Download and install VirtualBox. VirtualBox installer will install a few virtual hardware drivers, so make sure you allow Windows to install these drivers.

2. Run VirtualBox. Click 'New' (1) to create a new virtual machine in VirtualBox.

3. Press 'Next' (2) on the welcome wizard. On the next step, give your virtual machine a name. I will name my virtual machine 'Kubuntu' (3). Choose the nearest operating system type that you want to install on your virtual machine. In this case, we will choose 'Linux' (4) and 'Ubuntu' (5) (Kubuntu is derived from Ubuntu). Press Next to continue.

4. On the next screen, we will choose the memory (RAM) size for our virtual machine. You can leave it to its default value (384MB). If your system have lots of RAM, you can set the value to 512MB or 1024MB (1GB). This value can be changed later. Make sure you don't allocate more than half of your total system RAM for virtual machine memory, or your host operating system will slowed down. Press Next to go to the next screen.

5. Now we will create a virtual hard disk for the virtual machine. Select 'Create new hard disk' (6) and press 'Next' to go to 'Create New Virtual Disk Wizard'. Press 'Next' again to continue.

6. On the next screen, we will choose the type of virtual hard disk that we are going to create. You can choose the default option (Dynamically expanding storage). The file size of this type of virtual hard disk will grow slowly as the guest operating system uses more space. To avoid fragmentation, you can choose 'Fixed size storage'. Press 'Next' to continue.

7. Next, you can choose the location where you want to store the virtual hard disk file (7). You can specify the size of the virtual hard disk (8). I recommend you use a minimum 10GB virtual hard disk. Make sure the location where you store the virtual hard disk file have sufficient space. Press 'Next' and 'Finish' to create the virtual hard disk. Press 'Finish' again to create the virtual machine.

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Comparison of Web Browsers JavaScript Benchmark Scores

whiztech — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:09:57 +0000

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Web 2.0 applications use Ajax and complex JavaScript libraries. It is important to have a browser with fast JavaScript engine in order for JavaScript to be executed faster. In this post, you will find 15 web browsers for Windows JavaScript benchmark scores. You will get the rough view which web browser has a faster JavaScript engine. I will use 2 JavaScript benchmarks, the first is V8 Benchmark Suite v4 and the second one is SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark. V8 Benchmark Suite is used by the developer of Google Chrome to tune the V8 JavaScript engine. The test was ran on Windows XP SP3 on AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2Ghz) with 1.75GB of RAM. The web browsers and their versions that being used in this test:

Arora

Arora is a simple cross platform web browser. It is based on WebKit rendering engine.

User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/527+ (KHTML, like Gecko, Safari/419.3) Arora/0.6 (Change: )

Version used:

[Website]

Avant

Avant is a freeware web browser that uses the Trident layout engine.

User agent string: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; Avant Browser; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Version used:

[Website]

Flock

Flock is a social web browser based on Mozilla Firefox (Gecko rendering engine).

User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009051221 Firefox/3.0.10

Version used:

[Website]

Google Chrome

Google Chrome is a minimal design web browser based on WebKit, developed by Google.

User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/530.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/2.0.181.1 Safari/530.11

Version used:

[Website]

Internet Explorer

Internet Explore is a web browser developed by Microsoft. Internet Explorer uses Trident rendering engine.

User agent string: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Version used:

[Website]

K-Meleon

K-Meleon is a web browser for Windows. K-Meleon uses the same Gecko rendering engine like Mozilla Firefox.

User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090331 K-Meleon/1.5.3

Version used:

[Website]

Lunascape

Lunascape is a freeware web browser for Windows. Lunascape can use Gecko, Trident and WebKit rendering engine.

User agent string:

Lunascape5 (Trident) - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; Lunascape 5.0.3.0)
Lunascape5 (Gecko) - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b4pre) Gecko/20090312 Firefox/3.1b4pre Lunascape/5.0.3.0
Lunascape5 (Webkit) - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/528+ (KHTML, like Gecko, Safari/528.0) Lunascape/5.0.3.0

Version used:

[Website]

Maxthon2

Maxthon is a freeware web browser for Windows. Maxthon2 uses Trident rendering engine.

User agent string: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; MAXTHON 2.0)

Version used:

[Website]

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is the second most popular browser. Mozilla Firefox uses Gecko rendering engine.

User agent string:

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 beta 4 - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b4) Gecko/20090423 Firefox/3.5b4 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Version used:

[Website]

Opera

Opera is a freeware web browser and Internet suite. Opera uses Presto rendering engine.

User agent string:

Opera 9.64 - Opera/9.64 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.1.1
Opera 10 alpha build 1535 - Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.00

Version used:

[Website]

Orca Browser

Orca Browser is the sister project of Avant Browser. Orca Browser uses Gecko rendering engine.

User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032609 Firefox/3.0.8 Orca/1.1 build 3

Version used:

[Website]

Safari

Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. Safari uses WebKit rendering engine.

User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/528.17

Version used:

[Website]

SeaMonkey

SeaMonkey is a free and open source Internet suite. SeaMonkey uses Gecko rendering engine.

User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090403 SeaMonkey/1.1.16

Version used:

[Website]

Sleipnir

Sleipnir is a Japanese tabbed web browser. Sleipnir can use Trident and Gecko rendering engine.

User agent string:

Sleipnir (Trident) - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729) Sleipnir/2.8.3
Sleipnir (Gecko) - Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20051002

Version used:

[Website]

SRWare Iron

SRWare Iron is a web browser based on Chromium, the project used to develop Google Chrome. SRWare Iron uses WebKit rendering engine.

User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/530.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Iron/2.0.178.0 Safari/530.9

Version used:

[Website]

Test results

V8 Benchmark Suite (higher score, better):

Notes: For V8 Benchmark Suite, the test is ran 5 times and average score is taken. As for Sleipnir (Gecko), the result is not available because the browser cannot finish the test. Scores for Trident engine might not be very accurate Internet Explorer limits the number of JavaScript statements that can be executed in case of too long running scripts and popped up a warning dialog.

Arora - 295
Avant - 48.2
Flock - 135
Google Chrome - 2019
Internet Explorer - 46.3
K-Meleon - 58.5
Lunascape5 (Trident) - 46.8
Lunascape5 (Gecko) - 229
Lunascape5 (Webkit) - 708
Maxthon2 - 42.9
Firefox 3.0.10 - 144
Firefox 3.5 beta 4 - 237
Opera 9.64 - 120
Opera 10 alpha build 1535 - 133
Orca Browser - 135
Safari - 928
Seamonkey - 39
Sleipnir (Trident) - 47.3
Sleipnir (Gecko) - NA
SRWare Iron - 1933

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SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark (lower score, better):

Arora - 3769.2ms
Avant - 10386.8ms
Flock - 5636.8ms
Google Chrome - 964.2ms
Internet Explorer - 8958.2ms
K-Meleon - 20102.4ms
Lunascape5 (Trident) - 10239.6ms
Lunascape5 (Gecko) - 1597.0ms
Lunascape5 (Webkit) - 2395.4ms
Maxthon2 - 11629.6ms
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 - 5505.6ms
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 beta 4 - 1761.6ms
Opera 9.64 - 7533.6ms
Opera 10 alpha build 1535 - 6845.8ms
Orca Browser - 5708.2ms
Safari - 1598.6ms
Seamonkey - 25779.0ms
Sleipnir (Trident) - 10144.6ms
Sleipnir (Gecko) - 20885.0ms
SRWare Iron - 994.6ms

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As we can see, most of the web browsers that uses WebKit rendering engine perform better in both JavaScript test. Mozilla Firefox 3.5 beta 4 also have some improvement compared with Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10. Sleipnir actually performs better in SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark when it use Trident engine.

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Control foobar2000 Playback From Within Any Running Applications/Games

whiztech — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:50:02 +0000

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Quick tip for foobar2000 users. In my previous post, I've shown you on how to control Winamp playback from within any running applications or games. In this post, you will find the way on how to do the same thing from foobar2000. For those who don't know, foobar2000 is a light-weight audio player with advanced features.

foobar2000 have the ability to use 'global hotkey' to control the audio playback. You can use keyboard shortcuts to play, pause or move to next track of foobar2000 playlist from any running applications or games. Steps to enable global hotkeys in foobar2000.

1. Run foobar2000. Go to File > Preferences. Navigates to General > Keyboard shortcuts (1).

2. In this first example, I will add a global hotkey for 'Play or Pause' function. Click Add New (2) to create a new keyboard shortcut. In the action section, find the 'Play or Pause' (3). Click the Key area (4) and press the global hotkey that you want to be used for the function 'Play or Pause', in this example, I will use 'Ctrl+Alt+Enter' shortcut. Then, select 'Global Hotkey' (5).

3. Repeat step 2 to add other global hotkey for other actions such as 'Next track', Volume Up or Volume Down. Make sure you use different keyboard shortcuts for different actions.

foobar2000 is freeware and available for Windows operating system.

[Download: foobar2000]

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Monitor and Show Report about Bandwidth, Download/Upload Transfer Rate Usage

whiztech — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:10:42 +0000

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In my previous post I've mentioned on how to monitor bandwidth usage and download/upload transfer rate with NetLimiter 2 Monitor. In this post, you will find a similar software to show the report and monitor your bandwidth and transfer rate usage, and this software is simpler and it has a portable version. Networx, developed by SoftPerfect, is a simple and free, yet powerful utilities that allows you to monitor your bandwidth usage. You can use Networx to monitor your Internet bandwidth usage or other network connections.

With Networx, you can view your daily, weekly and monthly bandwidth usage statistics. Networx also have a small graph that will show you your current transfer rate. If your internet service provider (ISP) limits certain amount of bandwidth usage per month on your internet connection, you can use Networx to notify you when you are about to reach that limit. There are 4 useful small tools included in Networx; traceroute, ping, netstat (shows you the connections made by programs on your system) and speed meter (measures your network throughput). Some screenshots of Networx:

Graph that will let you to monitor your transfer rate real time

Your bandwidth usage reports. These reports can be exported to various file formats such as CSV and XLS.

Networx can notify you if you are about to reach your download and upload volume limit.

4 small tools; traceroute, ping, netstat and speed meter.

Networx is freeware and available for Windows operating system. Do you use any bandwidth monitoring software? What is your favourite?

[Download: Networx]

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How to Convert PDF files to DOC (Word Document)

whiztech — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:43:42 +0000

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Quick tip. Are you looking for an easy way to convert a PDF file to DOC (Word document)? Are you looking for a PDF to DOC converter that can preserve the exact formatting and images in the PDF file? Introducing PDFtoWord, an online service that will let you to convert any PDF files to DOC files (Word documents). PDFtoWord is developed by nitroPDFsoftware, the developer of PDF tool to create, edit, organize, secure and convert PDF files.

In my test, I've converted a notebook pricelist from Lowyat.net. The pricelist file is a PDF file and contains images and tables. You can see the result of the conversion in the images below:

PDF

DOC file, converted with PDFtoWord

As you can see, the exact format and images are preserved after the conversion. PDFtoWord is indeed a powerful PDF to DOC conversion tool.

How to Convert PDF file to DOC with PDFtoWord

1. Go to PDFtoWord website. First, we need to upload the PDF file that you want to convert (1) to PDFtoWorld website. Select the format that you want the PDF file to be converted to, in this case, DOC (2). Enter your e-mail address where you want to send the converted PDF file (3). Press convert to upload the PDF file.

2. Your PDF file is being uploaded.

3. Your PDF file is being converted by PDFtoWord

4. Check your e-mail. The DOC document that converted from your PDF file should arrived to your e-mail in a few minutes. Make sure your e-mail don't block attachments.

So far, I found PDFtoWord is a very great service. The formatting and images from PDF file are well preserved in the DOC document. The only drawback is you need to have an internet connection to use PDFtoWord service.

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How to Store and Manage Your Passwords in a Secure Way with KeePass

whiztech — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:51:08 +0000

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The most secured way to protect your login informations on various websites is by using different and secure passwords for different accounts. A secure password usually consists of combination of random letters, numbers, symbols, difficult to be guessed, complex, and lengthy password. So, you use a password generator to generate passwords for your logins, and your password for website-a.com is 'OtDaSOe9P2', and website-b.net is 'rRYp9UyRcxK8'. Obviously, we are not a computer to remember such passwords, unless you got an eidetic memory. If you are looking for password manager, KeePass can securely help you to store and manage your passwords.

KeePass (KeePass Password Safe) is a free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager. One of the best thing about KeePass is it is portable, so you can bring your password anyware securely in your USB stick. In this post, I will review the latest KeePass Professional Edition 2.07 beta. The latest KeePass Professional Edition is written in .NET, so in order to run KeePass Professional Edition, the system will need to have at least Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, or Mono 2.2 for Linux/Mac OS X/BSD).

What KeePass can do for you? You can use KeePass as a basic tool to store your login informations. Your passwords will be stored in a encrypted database. This database consists of only one file, so it can be easily transferred from one computer to another. KeePass also has some advanced features to help you to store and manage your login and password informations. Some features of KeePass:

In-memory password protection and security-enhanced edit controls, your passwords are resistant to password revealing utilities.
Sensitive informations such as master key and entry passwords are stored encrypted in process memory.
Multiple groups & entries including title, user name, password, URL, notes, custom string fields and file attachments.
Copy password to clipboard, drag & drop and auto-type.
Export and import your passwords to and from various file formats such as XML, HTML, CSV and KDB3.
Strong random password generator included.

Personally, I love the 'Two-Channel Auto-Type Obfuscation' feature. This feature should protect your password against keylogger software and clipboard monitors. This makes standard keyloggers useless. 'Two-Channel Auto-Type Obfuscation' uses the Windows clipboard to transfer parts of the auto-typed text into the target application. Keyloggers can see the Ctrl-V presses, but do not log the actual contents pasted from the clipboard. KeePass also supports drag and drop, which enables you to drag and drop your username and password into other applications. The drag and drop feature works with most applications but unfortunately, it don't work with Opera web browser.

How to Use KeePass to Securely Store Your Password

1. Download KeePass Professional Edition and extract or install it on your system. I recommend you use the ZIP package version. Run KeePass.exe.

2. You will be presented with KeePass main window. Go to File > New (1) to create a new database file to store your password. Choose the location where you want to store this database file.

3. Next, choose the method(s) on how you want the database file to be protected. There are 3 options available, using a master password, key file or Windows user account. You can use any one of these methods, or combination of them. In this post, I will use the master password. Select Master password (2) and create a password (3) for your database file. You should remember and secure this password. Click OK (4) to continue.

4. You can set a name and description for your password database. You can also set the default username for new entries created in the database (5). Click OK (6) to save the configuration. You can leave other options with the default value.

5. To add a new password entry, choose the password category, for example, e-mail (7). Right click on the right panel, choose Add entry (8) to add a new entry.

6. Enter the details of your login information in the next dialog. A strong random password will automatically generated for you (9). You can press the '...' icon to view the password. If you don't like the default generated password, you can always generate a new password. Just click on the password generator icon (10) and choose open password generator. You can set the characteristic of the password that you want to generate. Press OK (11) to add the password entry to the database.

7. If you want to change the master password for your database, you can go to File > Change Master Key (12).

8. After you've made a change or add new entry to your database, go to File > Save to save the changes to your database.

KeePass is freeware and open source. KeePass is available for Windows and Mono (Linux, Mac OS X, BSD). Do you use password managers to store and manage your passwords?

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How to Analyze Your Hard Disk Usage

whiztech — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:34:41 +0000

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Have you ever wonder why your hard disk space is being used up, and you are looking for a software to analyze what files are taking up your hard disk space. Try WinDirStat. WinDirStat is a free and open source tool that allows you to view disk usage statistics and analyze your hard drive space usage. WinDirStat is also small, it only take less than 800kb of space after it is installed on your system.

WinDirStat will visualize the files on your hard drive using colorful blocks. Each file is presented as a block. Blocks for larger files will be bigger than smaller files, so you can easily check what files are taking up your hard disk space. The files blocks are arranged according to the directories and subdirectories where they are stored. WinDirStat will also show you what types of files that occupy the most part of your hard disk space. Each file types are represented with a same color. When you select a directory or file in WinDirStat, the block that represent the directory or file will automatically highlighted for easy visual reference. Some screen shots of WinDirStat:

Each files are represented with a block

WinDirStat is analyzing your hard drive. The PacMan is moving actually.

WinDirStat will show you what type of files are using up your hard disk space.

Directories and files will automatically highlighted when you select them.

WinDirStat is free and open source. WinDirStat is available for Windows.

[Download: WinDirStat]

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Process Explorer: The Ultimate Windows Task Manager Alternative/Replacement

whiztech — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:12:08 +0000

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Process Explorer is a small powerful tool by Sysinternals that allows you to monitor the process that run on your Windows operating system. Process Explorer provides the same simple functionality like Windows Task Manager such as CPU and memory usage of a process or killing an application. What makes Process Explorer a powerful tool is it also provides some advanced functionality compared with Windows Task Manager.

You can use Process Explorer as the Windows Task Manager replacement if your Task Manager is being disabled somehow (by virus, worm, etc). I personally use Process Explorer to help me detects and remove malicious processes. Process Explorer has the built in function to make Process Explorer replaces the default Windows Task Manager. Open Process Explorer, go to Options > Replace Task Manager (1).

Process Explorer can display various information about a running process. For example, in TCP/IP tab of the process properties, we can know what ip the process is connected to. These informations can be useful if you are trying to diagnose an unknown process.

Process Explorer can enable you to search for a process name easily on Google.

Process Explorer is freeware and available for Windows operating systems. Do you use Process Explorer?

[Download: Process Explorer]

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