Video Games and Computer Performance

If you’re an avid computer game player, you’ve probably run across one that slows down your computer. You’ll notice it’s a little more difficult to run other programs when you have a game running, and the game itself might get choppy or even shut down. There are a few different reasons this could happen, but here’s some basic information behind why your computer doesn’t always run as well when playing a video game.
Computer Hardware

Your computer has a limited number of resources it can dedicate to a task. When one task takes up resources, it can’t dedicate as much to others. A task that requires a huge amount of resources, like a graphics-intensive video game, may overburden your computer’s hardware. Although there are many programs that don’t take much computing power to run, a lot of small programs running at the same time can have the same impact as one big resource hog.

What Do These System Requirements Mean, Anyway?

Most computer games come with a list of system requirements. Your computer has a lot of components, but there are a few big ones that impact your computer’s ability to play a video game.
Processor Speed

Think of your computer’s processor like a band conductor. The conductor uses gestures to give instructions so that the entire band can play in unison. A really good conductor can give these instructions with exceptional speed. The processor is responsible for telling the rest of your computer what to do. The faster your processor, the faster it can give out these instructions.
Hard Drive

Your computer’s hard drive is like a digital filing cabinet. It stores all the files and programs your computer needs to run and everything else you download and install. A full

hard drive will also make your computer run slowly, so you’ll want to leave some free space.

Random Access Memory (RAM)

RAM – frequently referred to as “memory” – is kind of like your computer’s short-term memory. RAM stores data for your computer’s processor to access, but will only store it as long as your computer is running. Accessing data from RAM is faster than accessing it from your hard drive, which is why having more RAM may make programs run faster. Your computer does have limits on how much RAM it can support, so don’t go on too big of a RAM-purchasing spree.

The video card is designed specifically to create images out of digital information. New video cards have their own processor and memory, so they can create images rapidly without adding more burden to your computer’s regular processor.

How to Improve Performance:

There are actually a few things you can do yourself that will improve how well your computer runs, especially when playing computer games.

Since every program running on your computer takes up some resources, close the ones you don’t need when you’re playing a game. Browsers, movies and even instant messengers can impact how well your computer performs! Scan for and remove viruses on a regular basis. Viruses, spyware and adware are all programs, and they use your computer’s resources to spread themselves around!

If your hard drive is getting a little full, it may be time to do some digital spring cleaning. Uninstall programs you no longer use, empty the recycle bin and delete movies you don’t plan on watching again. Avoid deleting something if you don’t know what it is, or you may accidentally get rid of something your computer needs.

You might also want to defragment your hard drive. Windows has a built-in defragmentation tool that you can use, and there are third-party programs available to defragment Mac systems.

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10 Awesome Computer Tips Everyone Should Know

Here are some useful tricks to help you be a more efficient and knowledgeable computer user:

1.     Windows+L: Locks your computer
2.     Windows+P: Quickly sets up a second screen and/or monitor
3.     Windows+D: Minimize all open windows
4.     Windows+Tab: Switch windows
5.     Control+F: Opens a search box where you can search through text on a web page or document
6.     Control+Enter: Wraps whatever you type into a browser with the “http://www”  before and “.com”  after it
7.     Control+Shift+N: Opens up incognito mode in Google Chrome
8.     Click on your mouse wheel to open a link in a new tab
9.     When you install something, watch what you’re doing instead of just NEXT, NEXT, NEXT through everything. A lot of programs will install annoying toolbars by default, which take up space on your screen and are difficult to remove.
10.     Utilize programs such as CCleaner  and Defraggler to keep your computer running in optimal condition.

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Android SDK Installation Guide

Here’s a quick start installation guide to get you up and running with the Google Android Software Development Kit (SDK). This guide will describe how to install the Android SDK and set up your chosen development environments. If you’ haven’t already done so you can download the Android SDK from the link below, then we can get started.

First you’ll need to download the Android SDK source files:
  http://code.google.com/android/download.html  

System Requirements

In order to first use the Android SDK code and tools for development you will of course need a suitable environment develop from.

Currently the following operating systems are supported:

    Windows XP or Vista
    Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later (x86 only)
    Linux (tested on Linux Ubuntu Dapper Drake)

You will also need to install a suitable development environment such as:

Eclipse

    Eclipse 3.2, 3.3 (Europa)
    Android Development Tools plugin (optional)

    Other development environments or IDEs

    JDK 5 or JDK 6 (JRE alone is not sufficient)
    Not compatible with Gnu Compiler for Java (gcj)
    Apache Ant 1.6.5 or later for Linux and Mac, 1.7 or later for Windows

Installing The Android SDK

First you will need to download the Android SDK pack .zip archive, once downloaded find a suitable installation location on your machine and extract the zipped files.

Please note: This installation location will be referred to as $SDK_ROOT from now on through this tutorial

Alternatively you can add /tools to your root path which will prevent the need to specify the full path to the tools directory along with enabling you to run Android Debug Bridge (adb) along with other command line tools.

To add /tools:

Linux

1.     Edit the ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc files looking for a line that sets the PATH variable.
2.     Add the full path location to your $SDK_ROOT/tools location for the PATH variable.
3.     If no PATH line exists you can add the line by typing the following:
4.     export PATH=${PATH}:

Mac OS X

1.     In the home directory locate the .bash_profile and locating the PATH variable add the location to your $SDK_ROOT/tools folder.

Windows XP / Vista

1.     Right click on the My Computer icon and select the properties tab.
2.     Select the Advanced tab and click the Environment Variables button.
3.     In the new dialog box dowble-click on Path (located under System Variables) and type in the full path location to the tools directory.

The Android SDK also requires a suitable development environment to work in, here’s the installation guides for each of the supported environments.

Android Eclipse Plugin (ADT)

If you choose to use the Eclipse IDE as your Android development environment you will have the opportunity to install and run a plug-in called Android Development Tools. ADT comes with a variety of powerful tools and extensions that will make creating, running and debugging your Android applications much easier and faster.

In order to download and install ADT you will first need to configure an Eclipse remote update, this can achieved via the following steps:

1.     Start Eclipse, then select Help > Software Updates > Find and Install….
2.     In the dialog that appears, select Search for new features to install and press Next.
3.     Press New Remote Site.
4.     In the resulting dialog box, enter a name for the remote site (e.g. Android Plugin) and enter this as its URL: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/.
5.     Press OK.
6.     You should now see the new site added to the search list (and checked).
7.     Press Finish.
8.     In the subsequent Search Results dialog box, select the checkbox for Android Plugin > Eclipse Integration > Android Development Tools and press Next.
9.     Read the license agreement and then select Accept terms of the license agreement, if appropriate.
10.     Press Next.
11.     Press Finish.
12.     The ADT plugin is not signed; you can accept the installation anyway by pressing Install All.
13.     Restart Eclipse.
14.     After restart, update your Eclipse preferences to point to the SDK root directory ($SDK_ROOT):
15.     Select Window > Preferences… to open the Preferences panel. (Mac OS X: Eclipse > Preferences)
16.     Select Android from the left panel.
17.     For the SDK Location in the main panel, press Browse... and find the SDK root directory.
18.     Press Apply, then OK

Updating the ADT Plugin

To update the ADT plugin to the latest version, follow these steps:

1.     Select Help > Software Updates > Find and Install….
2.     Select Search for updates of the currently installed features and press Finish.
3.     If any update for ADT is available, select and install.

Alternatively:

1.     Select Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration.
2.     Navigate down the tree and select Android Development Tools
3.     Select Scan for Updates under Available Tasks.

How-To Use Eclipse To Develop Android Applications

In order to begin development on your Android applications you will first need to create a new Android project and then configure a launch configuration. Once completed you will have the capability to write, run and debug your Android creations.

The following sections below will provide you with the necessary instructions to get you up and running with Android provided you have installed the ADT plugin (as previously mentioned) in your Eclipse environment.
Creating A New Android Project

The Android Development Tools plugins kindly provides a Wizard for setting up new Projects which will allow us to create new Eclipse projects relatively quickly for either new or existing code.

Select File > New > Project

    Select Android > Android Project, and press Next
    Select the contents for the project:

    Select Create new project in workspace to start a project for new code. Enter the project name, the base package name, the name of a single Activity class to create as a stub .java file, and a name to use for your application.
    Select Create project from existing source to start a project from existing code. Use this option if you want to build and run any of the sample applications included with the SDK. The sample applications are located in the samples/ directory in the SDK. Browse to the directory containing the existing source code and click OK. If the directory contains a valid Android manifest file, the ADT plugin fills in the package, activity, and application names for you.

Press Finish.

Once completed the ADT plugin will go ahead and create the following files and folders as appropriate for the type of project selected:

    src/ A folder that includes your stub .java Activity file.
    res/ A folder for your resources.
    AndroidManifest.xml The manifest for your project.

Creating A Launch Configuration For Eclipse

In order to be able to run and debug your own Eclipse applications you must first create a launch configuration. Simply, a launch config is used to specify which project to launch, which activity to start and the specific emulation options to use.

To create a launch configuration for the application, please see the following steps:
1. Select Run > Open Run Dialog… or Run > Open Debug Dialog… as appropriate.
2. In the project type list on the left, right-click Android Application and select New.
3. Enter a name for your configuration.
4. On the Android tab, browse for the project and Activity to start.
5. On the Emulator tab, set the desired screen and network properties, as well as any other emulator startup options.
6. You can set additional options on the Common tab as desired.
7. Press Apply to save the launch configuration, or press Run or Debug (as appropriate).
Running and Debugging an Eclipse Application

Once both steps 1 and 2 have been completed and your project and launch configs are up and running you will now be able to run or debug your application.

From the Eclipse main menu, select Run > Run or Run > Debug as appropriate. This command will run or debug the most recently selected application.

To set or change the active launch configuration, use the Run configuration manager, which you can access through Run > Open Run Dialog… or Run > Open Debug Dialog….

Running or debugging the application will trigger the following actions:

1.     Starts the emulator, if it is not already running.
2.     Compile the project, if there have been changes since the last build, and installs the application on the emulator.
3.     Run starts the application.
4.     Debug starts the application in “Wait for debugger” mode, then opens the Debug perspective and attaches the Eclipse Java debugger to the application.

Developing Android Applications with Other IDEs and Tools

Although it is recommended you use Eclipse with the Android plugin to develop your applications, the SDK also provides tools which will enable you to develop with other IDE’s including intelliJ (alternatively you could just use Eclipse without the plugin).
Creating an Android Project

Bundled with the Android SDK is a program called activityCreatory. activityCreator will generate a number of ‘stub’ files for your chosen project alongside a build file. This can be used to either create an Android project for new code or from existing code.

For Linux and Mac users the Android SDK provides a Python script called activityCreator.py, with Windows users receiving a btach script called activityCreator.bat. The program is used in the same way regardless of operating system.

In order to run activityCreator and create an Android project, follow these steps:

    In the command line, change to the tools/ directory of the SDK and create a new directory for your project files. If you are creating a project from existing code, change to the root folder of your application instead.
    Run activityCreator. In the command, you must specify a fully-qualified class name as an argument. If you are creating a project for new code, the class represents the name of a stub class that the script will create. If you are creating a project from existing code, you must specify the name of one Activity class in the package. Command options for the script include:

–out which sets the output directory. By default, the output directory is the current directory. If you created a new directory for your project files, use this option to point to it.

–ide intellij, which generates IntelliJ IDEA project files in the newly created project
Here’s an example:

/android_linux_sdk/tools$ ./activityCreator.py –out myproject your.package.name.ActivityName
package: your.package.name
out_dir: myproject
activity_name: ActivityName
~/android_linux_sdk/tools$

The activityCreator script generates the following files and directories (but will not overwrite existing ones):

    AndroidManifest.xml The application manifest file, synced to the specified Activity class for the project.
    build.xml An Ant file that you can use to build/package the application.
    src/your/package/name/ActivityName.java The Activity class you specified on input.
    your_activity.iml, your_activity.ipr, your_activity.iws [only with the -ide intelliJ flag] intelliJ project files.
    res/ A directory to hold resources.
    src/ The source directory.
    bin/ The output directory for the build script.

Once complete you will now be able to move your folder wherever you choose for development but you’ll need to bear in mind then you will need to use the adb program in the tools folder in order to send the files to the emulator.
How-To Build An Android Application

Here’s how to use the Ant build.xml file generated by activityCreator to build your application.

    If you don’t have it, you can obtain Ant from the Apache Ant home page. Install it and make sure it is on your executable path.
    Before calling Ant, you need to declare the JAVA_HOME environment variable to specify the path to where the JDK is installed.Note: When installing JDK on Windows, the default is to install in the “Program Files” directory. This location will cause ant to fail, because of the space. To fix the problem, you can specify the JAVA_HOME variable like this: set JAVA_HOME=c:\Prora~1\Java\. The easiest solution, however, is to install JDK in a non-space directory, for example: c:\java\jdk1.6.0_02.
    If you have not done so already, follow the instructions for Creating a New Project above to set up the project.
    You can now run the Ant build file by simply typing ant in the same folder as the build.xml file for your project. Each time you change a source file or resource, you should run ant again and it will package up the latest version of the application for you to deploy.

How-To Run An Android Application

In order to run a compiled application you will first need to upload the .apk file to the /data/app/ directory in the emulator using the adb tool:

    Start the emulator (run $SDK_HOME/tools/emulator from the command line)
    On the emulator, navigate to the home screen (it is best not to have that application running when you reinstall it on the emulator; press the Home key to navigate away from that application).
    Run adb install myproject/bin/.apk to upload the executable. So, for example, to install the Lunar Lander sample, navigate in the command line to $SDK_ROOT/sample/LunarLander and type ../../tools/adb install bin/LunarLander.apk
    In the emulator, open the list of available applications, and scroll down to select and start your application.

Please Note: When installing an activity for the first time you may need to restart the emulator engine in order for the activity to show up in the application launcher or before any other application can call. This is usually down to the fact that the package manager normally only examines manifests completely on emulator start-up.
How-To Attach a Debugger to Your Application

The following section details how to display debug information directly onto the screen (for example CPU usage). It also shows you how to hook up your IDE to debug running applications on the emulator.

The Eclipse plugin automatically attaches a debugger but you can configure other IDE’s to wait on a debugging port by doing the following:

Start the Dalvik Debug Monitor Server (DDMS) tool , which acts as a port forwarding service between your IDE and the emulator.

    Set optional debugging configurations on your emulator, such as blocking application startup for an activity until a debugger is attached. Note that many of these debugging options can be used without DDMS, such as displaying CPU usage or screen refresh rate on the emulator.
    Configure your IDE to attach to port 8700 for debugging. We’ve included information higher up on how to set up Eclipse to debug your project.

How-To Configure Your IDE To Attach To The Debugging Port

DDMS will automatically assign a specific debugging port for every virtual machine that it detects on the emulator. You must either attach your IDE to that port, or use a default port 8700 to connect to whatever application is currently selected on the list of discovered virtual machines.

Ideally your IDE will attach to the application running on the emulator, showing its threads and allowing you to suspend them, inspect them, or set breakpoints. If you choose to “Wait for debugger” in the Development settings panel, this will cause the application to run when Eclipse connects therefore you will need to set any breakpoints you want before connecting. If you change the application being debugged or the “Wait for debugger” then the system will kill the selected currently running application.

This can be handy if your application is in a bad state, you can simply go to the settings and toggle the checkbox to kill it.
Debugging Android

Google Android has a fairly extensive set of tools to help you debug your programs:

    DDMS – A graphical program that supports port forwarding (so you can set up breakpoints in your code in your IDE), screen captures on the emulator, thread and stack information, and many other features. You can also run logcat to retrieve your Log messages. See the linked topic for more information.
    logcat – Dumps a log of system messages. The messages include a stack trace when the emulator throws an error, as well as Log messages. To run logcat, see the linked topic. …
    I/MemoryDealer( 763): MemoryDealer (this=0x54bda0): Creating 2621440 bytes heap at 0x438db000
    I/Logger( 1858): getView() requesting item number 0
    I/Logger( 1858): getView() requesting item number 1
    I/Logger( 1858): getView() requesting item number 2
    D/ActivityManager( 763): Stopping: HistoryRecord{409dbb20 com.google.android.home.AllApps}
    …

    Android Log- A logging class to print out messages to a log file on the emulator. You can read messages in real time if you run logcat on DDMS (covered next). Add a few logging method calls to your code.

    To use the Log class, you just call Log.v() (verbose), Log.d() (debug), Log.i() (information), Log.w() (warning) or Log.e (error) depending on the importance you wish to assign the log message.
    Log.i(“MyActivity”, “MyClass.getView() — Requesting item number ” + position) You can use logcat to read these messages
    Traceview – Android can save a log of method calls and times to a logging file that you can view in a graphical reader called Traceview. See the linked topic for more information.
    Eclipse plugin – The Eclipse Android plugin incorporates a number of these tools (ADB, DDMS, logcat output, and other functionality). See the linked topic for more information.

    Debug and Test Device Settings – Android exposes several settings that expose useful information such as CPU usage and frame rate.

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Tricks To Speed up Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla firefox is emerging as one of the mostly used browser for online surfing purpose. Mozilla firefox provides handy features like simplicity and add ons and because these great features it’s the top most choice for every internet users. But this internet browser also have some thumbs down, its speed is significantly low than its top most competitor which is known as google chrome.

But there are some tricks exist by which we can speed up Mozilla firefox to almost 90%.

So here we start,

STEP 1: Open Mozilla firefox browser.

STEP 2: Type “about:config” without Quotes in address bar and press enter.

STEP 3: A warranty notice will appear, accept that notice

STEP 4: Search following entries in filter bar and make corresponding changes.

network.http.max-connections-per-server =32
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy =16
network.http.max-connections = 64
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server = 10
network.http.pipelining = true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests = 200
network.http.request.max-start-delay = 0
network.http.proxy.pipelining = true
network.http.proxy.version = 1.0

STEP 5: Right click anywhere and select new >Integer in right click menu, Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0.

STEP 6: Now restart Mozilla firefox browser and access internet with a high speed.

There is another trick exist by which we can also increase browsing speed of our browser. Trick is simple and can be implemented by only clearing cache memory of any browser. Cache memory is a type of primary memory which works between central processing unit and Random Access Memory. It’s a very fast type of memory and browsers also use some part of this memory to perform tasks at a rapid rate.

How to clear cache memory:

If you are using firefox browser than,

1) Open firefox and Press Ctrl+Shift+Delete.
2) A window will open, from drop down menu Select time range to clear to “Everything” and mark on “cache”.
3) Click on “Clear now” and you are done.

If you are using Google Chrome browser than,

1)Open Google chrome and Type “chrome://chrome/settings/clearBrowserData” without Quotes in address bar and press enter.

2) A small window will open, Now select “The Beginning of time” from drop down box. And mark on “Empty the cache” and finally click on everything.

Note: Cache is a small size memory and clearing it only once is not enough, you have to clear it several times during a browsing session to maintain a high internet speed.

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5 Best Yahoo Messenger Tricks

Yahoo messenger is an instant messaging application which provides features like chatting, photo sharing, file sharing, PC calls and so on. Everyone knows that it’s a Facebook era but because of yahoo messenger efficiency millions of people is still using yahoo messenger. Today we are sharing an article on “Best Yahoo messenger tricks” for frequent yahoo messenger users.

1) Find Invisible Users on Your Yahoo! Messenger list:

As like Facebook, Yahoo messenger too provides a way by which people can hide themselves from annoying friends. If you want to find someone who is hiding from you on yahoo messenger, then this yahoo messenger trick will come handy. To find invisible friends on yahoo messenger just go to this site and type the yahoo id of your friend, after this the actual status of the user will be revealed.


2) Run Multiple Yahoo Messenger on the Same Computer:

Creating account on yahoo is free of cost, And many of the peoples might have two yahoo messenger id. If you are one of them and want to operate both the id’s at a same instance of time then this yahoo messenger trick is surly help you to do so. To run multiple yahoo messengers on same time, follow these steps:

i) Download multiyahoo.reg from this link.
ii) After download, Double click to execute it.
iii) Once done, open yahoo messenger and login with first ID.
iv) After successful login with first id, Again open yahoo messenger by clicking on the messenger icon and log in with second id.

3) Yahoo Messenger Trick to Get an Invisible Name on Chat Rooms:

To hide name on yahoo messenger, Just go to edit profile and then click in the nick name, and finally type a Alt + 0160 (ASCII value for space) and save it.
Once done, go to chat room and you will notice that your name is invisible.

4) Change the Yahoo Messenger Title Bar:

We can change the title bar text of yahoo messenger by editing ymsgr.ini file.
Follow the below yahoo messenger trick to change the text that appear in yahoo messenger title bar.

i) Go to program files\yahoo!\ and open ymsgr.ini file.
ii) Then at the end of the file, Type this:
[APP TITLE]
caption=YourTextHere
iii) Replace YourTextHere with whatever you want to say.

5) Access Yahoo Messenger Chat While offline:

We can easily access chat logs of yahoo messenger by using yahoo message archive decoder. You can download archive decoder from here. Archive decoder decodes the yahoo messenger archive files (.dat files) and presents them in a readable format. The best thing about archive decoder is that we don’t need to login in order to decode messages.

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How To Be Safe On Facebook

Facebook users are increasing day by day now it has more than 1 million active users. As the facebook popularity increased, facebook hacking too increased tremendously. According to a popular magazine more than 600,000 facebook accounts get hacked daily. Today we are sharing some tips on how to be safe on facebook. Every facebook user must have to follow these tips to stay safe on facebook.

So here are some tips to be safe on facebook:

1) Choose strong password: Choosing a strong password always keep facebook account safe from brute forcing or dictionary attacks. Brute forcing is a process of guessing password by trying many combinations of words. It's a slow process and become much slower if you use a password which has combinations of characters, numbers and special symbols.

 2) Keep eye on address bar: At the time of entering facebook credentials, always keep an eye on address bar of browser. Many hackers use phishing pages which are exactly similar to original facebook login page to grab the credentials of a facebook user. Don't provide your password to any other domain rather than facebook.com

3) Choose different passwords: Always choose a different password for your primary email address and facebook account. This helps when you want to recover your account from hackers. If both the passwords will be same than a hacker can easily change both passwords after gaining access to one of them. If your primary email address password is different, than a hacker can't able to change it and you can easily get back your hacked facebook account by clicking on forget my password link.

4) Hide mail address from Profile: Hiding email address from facebook account guarantees that no one can see your real email address which you are using for signing in. and a hacker can't able to send you phishing links and malicious software to gain your facebook password.

5) Enable secure browsing: By enabling secure browsing, any facebook user can be safe from man in middle attacks. MIM attacks are used by hackers to interpret information between user browser and facebook servers. By using secure browsing the data from browser to server is sent as encrypted message that can't be read by hackers. To enable secure browsing, Go to account settings > Security tab > Enable Secure Browsing. Once secure browsing is activated, protocol in your address bar will changed to https:// instead of traditional http://

6) Choose an unpredictable security Question’s Answer: Security Questions plays an important role in any accounts security, It's always important to choose an unpredictable answer of security question, many hackers use social engineering or dorking to get an answer of security question. Let's say you choose a security question "What is your father's middle name?" on facebook. Then a hacker can easily get answer of this question from you. The task becomes much easier if hacker knows you personally.

7) Don't add unknown peoples in friend list: facebook having a 3 friend's security vulnerability. A smart hacker can easily get access to your facebook account, if he adds 3 fake profiles to your facebook friend list. So its safe to keep some distance from unknown peoples on facebook.

8) Enable login notifications: Facebook provides a great facility by which you can get sms notifications when your facebook account is accessed. To enable login notifications, Go to account settings > Security tab > Enable login notifications by Marking Text message/Push notification box. After you enable login notifications, you will get SMS each time when your facebook account opens by you or any other person. If you didn't access your facebook account and got a login notification sms on your mobile than its recommended to quickly access to your facebook account and change your password.

9) Don't download anything from untrusting sources: Many free softwares comes bundled with a lot of viruses, key loggers and Trojans. These kinds of malicious softwares can harm your computer as well as can transfer data including passwords and other important details from your computer to hacker's machine. It's recommended that you don't download things from torrents, forums and any other untrusting websites.

10) Keep antivirus updated: In order to be safe on facebook always use license version updated antivirus. A patched antivirus can't be effective in fight against hackers.

11) Change password frequently: if a white hat or ethical hacker will hack your account then I am sure that he will not change your password. He only uses it to spy on you. If you change your password frequently then you can get back your facebook account from these kinds of hackers.

12) Keep firewall on: keeping firewall on is important to be safe from port scanning and Trojans attacks. If your firewall is off then hacking your computer will be just a piece of cake for a hacker.

13) Don't provide facebook Password to other sites: Many peoples have a habit to provide same password at the time of sign up on other sites which they used for facebook. If you do so, then it's very easy for webmasters to get access to your facebook account.

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How To Find out the Friends Who Un-friend You On Facebook

Nowadays Most of People are using Facebook like social networking sites to interact with new Peoples from all over the World. These kinds of sites offer various features which makes this interaction effective.Facebook, The king of all social networking sites offer a feature of Poke, twitter provides a feature of tweets and google plus provides a +1 feature as a brand tag.

But the thing that all these giant social networking sites leak is that "They aren't still having an option for unfriend notification". For. I.e.: Yesterday you saw 416 friends in your friend list, but today you find only 412 friends in your friend list than these social networking sites will not offer a way by which you can find out the name of 4 Peoples who had unfriend you on Facebook.

         But there are still some Facebook tricks out in market by which we can easily find out the name of the friends who had unfriend us on Facebook. Actually we can do this trick with the help of a third-party application by which we can even get the unfriend notification when a friend unfriend us.

Here are Some easy Steps

1) Go To who.deleted.me

2) Signup using your Facebook account.

3) For the first time it only records data and doesn't show any name of friends who had deleted you before you used this service. Now onwards when you use this application this will tell you the name of the Facebook friends who had deleted you on Facebook.

How Who.deleted.me works?

Who.deleted.me having their own Facebook application, which tries to get the names of all the friends from your Facebook friend list when you login for the first time. Next time when you login for the service it extracts the names of all the friends from your friend list and compares it with the first list. If the list has any difference then it will show the names of the friends who had deleted you on Facebook.

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A Simple Trick for Picking (and remembering) a Good Password

Pick a line from a book you enjoyed  OR something that resonated with you enough to stick in your head.

Throw in some dictionary attack protection, like a string of numbers or special characters, and you’ve got yourself one monster of a password that would take a hacker significantly longer to guess than the passwords we’re all used to using.

It’s easy to remember, compatible with cryptic password hints that don’t completely give it away, and quite secure (so long as you don’t pick something you’re going to be quoting on Facebook).

You can use this to break away from a bad password reuse habit.

Note : Don’t forget to write down the website with the book you got the password from to jog your memory in case you forget.

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Change User Password Without Knowing the Current Password in PC

If you want to change the user password of Windows in your computer but you don’t know the current password, there is an easy way to do this. First of all, the user that you are on has to be an administrator user. To determine what type of user your are logged in with go to Start > Control Panel > User Accounts. At the bottom of the window you will see the different users that are on your computer. Find your user and under the user name it will say what type of user account you are. Your user needs to be a computer administrator to change the password without knowing the current password.

Let’s get started!

1. Click on the Start button and select “Run”

The Run window will appear. Type into it the text, “cmd” (without the quotes). Click OK

2. The CMD window nd will appear. Type “net user”

A list of all the users that are on the computer will appear.

3.  Type the following: net user *

For example, if the user I want to change passwords for is Mike, I would type in:
net user Mike *

4. Press enter and you will be asked to type in a new password.

Type in your new password. The cursor will not move nore will it seem like anything is happening but your new password will be entered.

5. You will be asked to confirm your new password. Enter it again and press enter.


Hope you have enjoyed this trick:)

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