How to Encrypt your USB Flash Drive

USB flash drives are great because they are really cheap and you can conveniently use it to move data between computers. The only problem is when you store sensitive data on a USB drive and it can gets lost by mistakenly deleting it.

Now, follow the process below to encrypt your USB and its contents

Format USB drive in NTFS format

Firstly, you have to make sure the USB drive is formatted in NTFS format. Most USB drives are formatted in FAT16 or FAT32 format, which does not support encryption at all.
Double click on ' Computer' on the desktop locate and right click on the USB drive

Under the File system, click on the small arrow to pick the NTFS. Then mark the ' Quick Format. Click 'Start' to start formatting

Create an Encrypted Folder

Ok, now that your USB drive is in NTFS format and all the data has been erased, we can setup a folder that will contain all the encrypted data.

Go to My Computer, open the flash drive, right-click and choose New Folder. Name the folder anything you want.
Now right-click on the new folder and choose Properties. Click on the Advanced button in the Attributes section.

Now check the Encrypt contents to secure data box as shown below. Click OK and click OK again to close out the dialogs.

Now you’ll see the folder is in green ( see the diagram below), which means the data is encrypted. That’s it! Now you have a folder on your USB drive that is fully encrypted and viewable only by your user account on that one computer.

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Ways to Increase iPad Battery Life

 

IPAD  offers excellent battery life that should lasted for hours but after so many charges, battery life invariably begins to fade.

 

Also, part of the iPad's appeal is its long battery life -- Apple claims the wi-fi-only version will last ten hours, and the 3G iPad will last nine hours before needing a charge which make it  impressive.

 

However,  what happens in the real world is considerably different than what happens in Apple's laboratory  tests. Watch movies continuously at full brightness,  push e-mail notifications for a dozen accounts going in the background and you aren't likely to get six or seven hours out of the iPad.

 

 It is possible to get close to Apple's claims, provided you're willing to be disciplined and comply strictly with some of the finding stated below in extending  the life span of your iPad battery

 

 

Option 1 :Auto-Lock

From the first diagram, click Settings, General on the right plane, and Auto-Lock, you should set this value to the lowest possible, which is 2 minutes. The less the screen is on when you’re not using it, the longer your iPad battery will last.

Option 2 : Charge When Low Battery

 Always allow your battery to be fully charged to 100%, then unplugged immediately either from your system or from AC outlet ( whichever you're using) after reaching 100% charging. Do not allow the battery to completely drain  before charging. I suggest that you start charging when it get low to 10%. This habit of charging will increase the life span of the battery.

 

Option 3 :  – Turn Off Cellular Data

Turn off cellular data until you actually need it is not a bad idea.The question you should ask yourself is that why would you 'On' it if you're not actually using it. Just go to Settings and tap on Cellular Data and switch it to Off. Just tab the 'ON' button and it will immediately change to off

 

 

Option 4:   Screen Notifications

The next major tweak that made a whole lot of difference was disabling notifications on the lock screen. Basically, whenever you get a notification from any app store, it will appear on the lock screen and the display will turn on in order to show it.

All that time the display was on for showing notifications ( like facebook e:t:c) the battery was being slowly eaten up. I quickly realized that I had to just turn off notifications on the lock screen and no more constant screen light-ups.

You’ll have to go through each app under Notifications, but it’s well worth the time. You don’t have to turn off notifications completely, just click on to View in Lock Screen to turn it 'OFF' for any app you don’t feel is very important except a few apps you wanted to get  alerts for.

What’s nice is that once you unlock the iPad, you’ll then see all the notifications appear in the banner at the top. Make sure you also turn on Banners instead of Alerts.

Option 5 : Bluetooth

 Also disabling the  Bluetooth is not a bad idea if you do not use the featrure all the time. Just turn it 'ON' wheneber you need it and 'OFF' when is not actually doing anything.

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How to Delete and Remove Cookies

 Cookies are a concern for Internet privacy because they track user behavior on the Internet.  The problem with cookies is that they may not always provide accurate identification of a user but they can be exploited by hackers.

A cookie is a file that is created by a Web site that stores information about you and your preferences.

Cookies are quite common on many major websites and do not contain any spyware or viruses. They are simply pieces of data that help differentiate users.

How to remove cookies in IE from computer :

Open Internet Explorer and scroll down and click Tools and then Internet Options.

On the General tab, click on the Delete button Under the Browsing History section

Now click on the Delete Cookies button. This will delete all cookies stored on your computer for Internet Explorer.

NOTE
If you don’t want to have cookies stored at all on your computer by any website, then  click on the Privacy tab while in Internet Options and then click on Advanced.

After clicking the ' Advance' another box tagged ' Advance Privacy Setting' will come up. Now check the “Override automatic cookie handling” . This basically turns off cookies on your computer so no tracking can be done.

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How to prevent websites from tracking your location

At times you'll be surprised that when you open some website, it shows you the IP address of your gateway address. What this means is that your physical location of where your accessing or browsing the sites is being tracked based on your IP.

To prevent this tracking of your IP address, follow this very simple process.

1. Open your internet expolorer
2. Click on Tools , Scroll down to pick ' Internet Options

3.  After clicking the 'Internet Options, another box similar to the one below will come up. Then click on ' Privacy' on top of the menu bar.

 

4. Finally,  Check the box next to "Never allow websites to request your physical location", as shown below

5. Remember to  Click on Apply and the on the OK button.

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How to change the yellow folder to a color

Many  folders within folders, it’s definitely not easy to spot the folder you are looking for at any point in time. With 'Folder Colorizer' it's now possible to colourize your folder with this desktop application

 

 

First, download Folder Colorizer to your computer. Once downloaded, run the FolderColorizerSetup.exe setup file. Click the small radio button beside ' i accept the agreement', then click next to proceed. Follow the instruction to complete the installation of the setup.

 

TO START COLOURIZING.

 diagram A

After the setup, right on the folder, select 'Colourize' and then pick any colour of your choice as indicated above.

 

NOTE: The diagram below will appear immediately you picked the clour of your choice. Type your e-mail to accept the free activation by clicking it ( this box only come up once at first usage).

 

 

Once you have selected a color your folder, the folder icon color will change automatically from the default yellow to the color you picked.

 

You can decide to customize your color in case your choice color is not included amoung the default colour as shown on diagram A. You can customize it by clicking 'color' as shown on diagram A and proceed to add a new color by clicking 'Add color' after picking a color. The new color will be added and saved with the default ones.

 

RESTORE BACK TO DEFAULT

Should you decide to restore the original color of your folder icon, right click on the folder, select ‘Colorize!’ and pick ‘Restore original color’ as shown in diagram A

 

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Using Keyboard as Mouce

Your computer’s mouse may seem like an essential peripheral, but it’s not – it’s just nice to have. If you don’t have a working mouse around – or if you just feel like learning some new keyboard tricks – you can use your Windows computer entirely from the keyboard.

Find below the short-cut to using your keyboard instead of mouce

Windows system key combinations

• F1: Help
• CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
• ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
• ALT+F4: Quit program
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
• Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

General folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts

• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+V: Paste
• CTRL+Z: Undo
• CTRL+B: Bold
• CTRL+U: Underline
• CTRL+I: Italic

F1: Starts Windows Help

F10: Activates menu bar options

SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object

CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)

CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager

ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box

ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)

SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature

ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)

ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)

CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program

ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu

ALT+F4: Closes the current window

CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window

ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)

General folder/shortcut control

• F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
• F5: Refreshes the current window.
• F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
• CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
• CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
• BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
• SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders

Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts

• Right Shift for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
• Left Alt+left Shift+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
• Left Alt+left Shift+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
• Shift five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
• NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
• Win +U (Open Utility Manager)

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List of Device Manager Error Code

Below is the complete list of Device Manager error codes:

Code 1

This device is not configured correctly. (Code 1)

 

Code 3

The driver for this device might be corrupted, or your system may be running low on memory or other resources. (Code 3)

 

Code 3

The driver for this device might be corrupted, or your system may be running low on memory or other resources. (Code 3)

 

Code 10
This device cannot start. (Code 10)

 

Code 12

This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. If you want to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices on this system. (Code 12)

Code 14

This device cannot work properly until you restart your computer. (Code 14)

Code 16

Windows cannot identify all the resources this device uses. (Code 16)

Code 18

Reinstall the drivers for this device. (Code 18)

 

Code 19
Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. To fix this problem you should uninstall and then reinstall the hardware device. (Code 19)

 

Code 21

Windows is removing this device. (Code 21)

 

Code 22
This device is disabled. (Code 22)

 

 

 

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