Google Chrome Resolution and Font Enlargement Issues

As everyone of you knows, Google Chrome is one of the most widely used web browsers across the world. It's simple design and high search compatibility makes it easier to use and also to search various information we need across the world. Everything that is listed in the network can be found easily on these web browsers and Google Chrome is no exception. that is why many people, still use Google Chrome as the main and default we browser.

Google chrome is a freeware, easy to use web browser created by Google. It was started in 2008 and can be used on various platforms like Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS, and even Android. And it is this platform compatibility along with an easy user interface that users across the globe are using Google Chrome widely.

Some days before, I got a Google Chrome glitch and was really frustrated about it. It was regarding the Chrome resolution. My system resolution is 1280 x 800 and my Google Chrome font was Medium with 100% Page Zoom. It was the easiest and the correct resolution use for my use. But a  few days back, I opened Google Chrome only to find that my Google Chrome resolution had changed. My system resolution was still the same, so that's not the problem. But my Google Chrome resolution seemed it was somewhat 1024 x 768 and the font size was large, but not in the settings.

First, I tried to keep my page zoom to about 70% and my Font size to Small. It was somewhat Ok, but it was not up to that point like the old one. It was not easy to use. I had to go through a lot to keep on my work. Zoom out for some, zoom in for other, it was really frustrating.

So I searched the internet to find the solutions and these are some that I had found out and so, I thought I would share it with all of you.

Step 1:
So the first step that you can try is:

1. Locate the Google Chrome icon in the installation folder (C:\Program Files x86)\Google\Chrome\Application) or the shortcut icon on the desktop.
2. Right-click on the application icon. Select Properties and select Compatibility tab on the top of the Properties Window.
3. Now select or check the checkbox "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" and click OK.
4. Restart Google Chrome Window

Now everything should have turned back to normal.

Step 2:

Now in some Google Chrome application, in the Compatibility tab, of the Properties Window. All the options in the Settings option will be disabled, that means you can't even select nor deselect the option. Even if you try the "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" option and select your windows type. Still, in some application, the Settings property won't be enabled. So in such application, the above method can't be used. Uninstalling and installing Google Chrome won't do the trick because it's not because of the application alone.

So in such system, the following method can be used:

1. Locate the Google Chrome icon in the installation folder (C:\Program Files x86)\Google\Chrome\Application) or the shortcut icon on the desktop.
2. Right-click on the application icon. Select Properties. The Properties window appears. Select Shortcut tab on the top of the Properties Window.
3. You can see that the Target option will be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
4. Add the following line at the end of the Target text.

   /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1

   such that the Target option text will be:

   "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" /high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1

5. Click OK and restart Google Chrome Window

Now, this would have done to solve the issue in Google Chrome applications that users can't select the Compatibility Settings. But remember that this is not permanent. it just resolves the resolution of the application to suit your view.

If you know any other methods, please feel free to comment below.

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Top 10 Blogging Platform

Everyone loves blogging. Well, most of them. It is said that there is a story inside of everyone and blogging is one way to bring out what is inside of us. Blogging is not just a passive process, it is not just for fun. It is a way that connects one person to another. It is a way which unites people of same choice, character and likes.

There are so many people in this world. While some are born into this world, some are leaving this world which creates a balance in this world. These people may all be different in appearance but in interest some may be similar while some may be not. Blogging is one way in which people connect more and more to other people of sme interest. It is the same as talking face to face about the same topic, but in this case you are only far away in person, but closer in heart and soul.

There are many people in this world that have a creative way to say a story and there are also people that are looking for these stories. So it is our job to help them find these stories and connect with us and be a part of the same soul. Many people have the thirst for creative writing and a desire to share them with the world. Maybe you are also one of them or maybe you want to become one.

So here is the list of the top 10 best blogging platform (handpicked by me of course, because I can't say about your choice and everyone has different visions) for newcomers who want their own blog and share their story with the world.

01. Wordpress

Wordpress is one of the most popular and free open source blogging tool in the web. You can easily create a free website or build up your own blog using Wordpress. Both wordpress.com and wordpress.org are at the top of their games. Both of them are very helpful, really functioning blogging tools that help the people create their own website or their own blogs.

You can rapidly create your own website, which is free of cost, with themes to customize and inbuilt plug-ins that you can use and mobile-free websites with better features including search-engine friendly and clean structure offers to be the best blogging platform to use.

Newcomers may find this a little trouble at first. But after you master this, this will become you most favourite tool for blogging. WordPress was used by more than 23.3% of the top 10 million websites as of January 2015. So you can believe what you see and what you get.

02. Blogger

Blogger is also one of the most popular blogging tool used by many people. Blogger is the blogging tool operated by Google. You can create multi-user blogs with this tool. The blogs are hosted by Google at the subdomain blogspot.com. You can also change the URL to the one bought by you.

Blogger has many functionality and is easy to use. With simple design and functions. This is one of the most popular tool for blogging. Blogger has inbuilt support for Google adsense and Google adwords which helps us in increasing the trafficc that we have on our blogs. The blogs can also be integrated to Google+ account which hep us share the post directly to our Google+ account or page. It is also integrated to Feedburner and allows blog's feed to transfer to FeedBurner feed.

Blogger is simple and easy to use with many functions that you can certainly use and have control over other Google facilities.

03. Tumblr

Tumblr is also a popular blogging tool used by many people. It has many designs that captures the peoples heart. Tumblr is actually a blogging site as well as a social networking site which lures more people in with its functions. It is a good site and enable you to share your friend's work also which enable more connectivity and relation between bloggers.

This may not have as functions as that of Wordpress and Blogger, nor the traffic that the other has, but compared to the rest of the blogging community, it has the standards needed for being one of the most important blogging tool ever. This is free just like the others. This can be used for blogging about photography and posting your photography and also other forms of arts.

It's simple design and tools is best for any new blogger. It's easy to understand and work. It's mobile app also help to post your content anywhere making it more comfortable to use.

04. Medium

Medium is also founded by the same people that founded one of the most important social network ever - "Twitter". So Medium is also a user friendly site to use. Medium is a really a story telling area for all people. It gives us the feeling of sharing each people's story and connecting to more and more people.

It is a good place to speak if you want people to take your content seriously. Blogging is fun and also give a good story. So if you want your story to be in discussion. This is the place! This is a good place for you to blog. This is the Twitter's way of long blogging instead of microblogging in Twitter. This also the feature of topic searching helping us get the contents of what we are searching.

It has a good and improved contents of good quality. But if you are looking for better features, you may not like them as the formers, but will be one of your favourite for sure.

05. Wix

Wix is a cloud based web platform for creating user friendly and mobile responsive websites. It is a simple and easy to use web application. It's featured functionality through online drag and drop allows people to easily customize their webpages and also their blog. This tool allows simplicity and originality and is above all free of cost.

Users can also add other various plug-ins, contact forms and forums which increases the functionality of this web application. It is a better application providing with drag and drop option, free fonts and templates and mobile responsive website. But it is not totally free, there are some with charges, so you should know whether it is free or not first.

For this reason, this application is most popular among photographers, musicians and small business people who want to start on low budget.  But people have to purchase premium pack to connect to their domain, remove ads and buy extra storage.

06. Squarespace

Squarespace is also an another blogging site tha you could use for saying your contents. It is a SaaS-based CMS which is composed of website builder, blogging tool and also a hosting service. Sice launch, many people have used this and is now one of the most favoured for website develping and blogging.

This tool provides with a nice solution for those who want to share their contents to the web and finally reach the public. You can start free, create an awesome website with cool designs and bring the attention of the public to your hands.

Squarespace with its elegant design settings and customization and with better advertisement and accebility compared to some of its competitors can really be a solution to one of your problem - that is put the word out to the public

07. Quora

Quora is a community based website. It is actually a question-answer based website where questions are asked, answered, edited and organised by the people. Quora combines questions and answers based on topic, and people can edit both questions and answers and also suggest edits on other people's answers.

Ask any question and you will be answered by the community. Whatever you ask, whatever the topic is, your questions will be answered by the people who sees your question. It is more like yahoo or StackOverflow but Quora has blog functionality which makes it more user-friendly and easy to use. This blog functionality is great and is really a good question-answer based blog site.

It is good in social interactions mainly voting and is a good way to make your blog get noticed. But just like other blog, this too has some cons, mainly that it has no widgets to promote your blog. This lack of customization may sometime hurt the user's experience, but with regard to it's use, it's not a total lose.

08. Typepad

Typepad is a blogging platform and is owned by Endurance International Group. It is easy and compatible in most devices. It is based on Six Apart's Movable Type platform , and has options like movable templates and APIs. It is marketed to non-techincal users with many functionalities such as mobile blogging, multiple author support and also photo albums.

Typepad is available in several languages and countries, making it usable in your own native language. It offers comprehensive blog stats tracking. therfore allowing you to promote your blog, track its statitics and make money. It is not free but has many features that makes your blog gets noticed.

Placing images and editing it dimensions, editing texts and hyperlinks are all easy in Typepad. It's enhanced text editor makes your job easy and straightforward making it one of the famous blogging sites used today.

09. Weebly

Weebly is one of the most easy blogging/website platform available today. It is one of the most efficient and fast growing platform in the market today. It has the feature that allows you to drag and drop contents into the website. And hence, you can develop a website easily, relatively quickly and effortlessly.

It is very efficient. We can literally drag any of the elements to wherever we want. It has all the basic things to build up a website: Pictures, Buttons, Maps, Contact Form etc. If you don't have time to learn all the neccesary codes, Weebly is one of the best platform tool to use. It is simple, but have an elegant design.

Like most blogging platform, it too have a free account facility. Statistical data are included within. But it has no undo facility. If edited, there is no coming back. It also has only a few photo editing capabilities compared to others. Newsletter feature is not included in it, other than get it from a third party.

10. LiveJournal

LiveJournal started as a social netwrking site, but has been transformed into a simple blogging platform over the years. This platform is best suited for personal uses, such as for writing journals and diaries. If you are interested in developing a blog that is based on your interest, then LiveJournal is one of the best platforms in use today.

Other than the bland simple appearance, it has a more compatible posting features, that allows you to post contents and find people of your same interest. It has a numerous templatesa nd has the feature for us to add our own CSS style sheets. It also helps us to engage with others by joining in list of forums & conversation.

It also has a feature to pay for premium sites, whereas it has free sites also. Free sites may display advertisement that may be a nuisance for some. The paid version cuts ads and also allows you to get more storage spaces. 

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Computer Security Tips

Keeping your computer from harm's way is important for any individual. Even for any private computers or public computers, you need to make sure that your contents are away from other people's hands. I cannot blame everyone, because no one is the same. If someone get hold of your contents somehow, some will not use them and delete them forever whereas on the other hand some may use it corrupt your life, blackmail you or even ruin you completely. But as I said, no one is the same. Some may do it, where some may not. So it's your job to make sure that those may not get into other's hands.

Keeping a computer safe doesn't mean only from other people, but also from electrical damages and failures. Keeping a computer healthy is a lot of work and if you care about your works, I think it's best to take that time and keep the computer in good shape.

Here are some tips that you can use to secure your PC.

01. Lock your PC
You may think that no one is going to check your PC, but you are wrong. Some may look into your files without you knowing. Maybe a person in competition at work may look into your works if you leave your work unattended and that may enable him to know everything about your project and may make a copied version before you implement yours. So it is best to lock your PC, even it is only yours. That ensures that no one can look into your file, unless he or she knows the trick to break the password. But most people don't bother that much, so locking a PC can help you in lot a way.

02. Prevent Virus Attacks
After you buy a computer, you might want to secure it from future attacks. It may come in the form of a virus, phishing, or a hack. These may lead you to a serious trouble. So it better to be aware of them and secure it before getting affected. A virus or other types of worms such as malwares, adwares and trojans are problem for your computer and for yourself. A virus, or a worm or a trojan are actually computer programs that are written to do a specific task. They can really do some serious problems. These programs enter into our computer through networks mainly the internet, or from a disk drive or USB that has been connected to a virus attacked system. These programs are always in the move. They go from one place to another. They infest one computer after another. In fact, these programs may not be detected at first. But when they trigger and perform the task that it was meant to do, then we find that our PC is being affected. So it's best to prevent them rather and allowing them to enter our PC. Anti-viruses are programs that detect virus code and deletes them. So it's best to have an anti-virus in all computers.

03. Prevent Malware and Adwares
Malwares and adwares are created to extract our information in an illegal way. I advice not to go into fake adverstisement for they may steal your private information and use them to access your property. So it's better to register or use products or websites in which we can actually believe in. Use the latest versions of browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox and Opera since they provide with better protection and security. These provide you with security that double-checks URL and notify you if it is a malware site.

04. Backup your Data
No one can actually say when they will be infected. So it's best to backup all your important to just-so-important files and folders for if you lost them, then that means all that you have done or got was all just a waste. This may be your important files at work or your photos of your dear ones or your family, friends or anybosy you're close with. Losing it means breaking off a large part of your life. Losing your work can cost you your job. So it's best to backup all your files before you lose them. You can back up to another external har drive or you can just upload all your backups to online storage space like Google Drive or Dropbox and other services which provides security so that you can believe in them.

05. Shutdown during Lightning
Securing your computer from vicious programs is not just enough. Yes, they may be a lot of problem. But you have to secure your device from everything around you such as rain or lighning. Just some amount of rain can short circuit your computer and damage it. It may lead to exploding of your system and that may be the end of your system. Be careful while taking your laptops out of home. Use a water repellent cover for it, so that it may not get wet. Rains can be really a problem, not only for laptops but for any computerised devices such as the mobiles phones. Even mobile phones, exposed to rain can get damaged. So be warned to take an umbrella everytime you go out. 

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Speed Up your Internet

Tired of using the same slow internet? Do you get bored when you wait for the browser to show the webpages? Yeah, I know, you are BORED or on the other hand IRRITATED. Today, in this technological age, when you are using a internet connection that has much lower speed and also may sometimes disconnects are more than irritating for everyone.

Yeah, for everyone. Some may not know, because they are fond of using speed internet connections. But keep them in front of a computer with slow connection. I am sure that they may throw the PC or Laptop in anger or he/she is an angel and have the patience to wait. But about 3/4th of the world doesn't have the patience. They want speed internet in their hands. Internet without disconnection, and user friendly.

For that you may need to get a more priced internet connection. But I have some tips to speed up your internet connection that you are using now. Well, for a matter of fact, I only know that some of this will work, but there is no harm in trying, Is there?

01. Contact your Internet Service Provider
This is actually one of the best way to know why our internet connection is slow. Maybe, there is a breakage of a wire or over-traffic in the cable. So before doing anything, contact your service provider and ensure why your internet connection is slow. If it is the problem of the service, they will surely try to correct the problem because customers are the valuable asset of the service provides. Without you all, no company can grow.

You may be staying far off from the providers and as farther you go, that much slow the connection becomes. So if you call and tell the providers your problem, they can amplify the power and you can have fast internet connection.

02. Optimize your Browser
You may not know that all browsers are not the same. Each browser has it's own functionalities and functionalities. So it is best to see the performance of most browser before standing onto one. There are some people that still use Internet Explorer because they don't know about most browsers. They may get slow internet connection and may sometime complain the providers. Complaining about anything doesn't prove anything. Change the browser to what we are comfortable with and that will provide us with the best options.

Browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox  and Opera have better functionalities than most of the others. They do have better features and that enable us to use the internet to its best configuration. But you can check the other browser and check with what you are most comfortable to use. Google Chrome use only a small memory and can be used in sites having JavaScript of Flash files and Mozilla Firefox has many features like blocking JavaScript files or advertisements and Opera has compression technology especially for slow connections

03. Optimize your Device
If you are using a modem, you can optimize it to the best settings allowing you to use more efficient and better internet connection. Changing your settings can sometimes lead to damage or change to your network. So I advice you to ask the help of those who actually know how to change the settings. Don't try it for yourself, if you don't know. It may lead to damage and you may not get any network after that. If you want to learn how, be in the supervision of one who knows about it.

If you are using a router, you can also optimize it to the best setting. You can also place it to the place where you get more coverage and also keep in mind that there should be a direct connection between your PC and the router. Also avoid interference from other wireless devices. in fact keep them a little distance away from the path between the router and computer so that it may not interfere with the network passage.

You can also optimize your Internet service package to better options. You can upgrade to the better package. Buy the one in which you are comfortable with and gives you more access. Don't buy anything that have no range near your home. You can also do a speed test to know how much network you are getting. If it slow, try it on another computer and if it is slow on that computer also, contact the ISP or if it not, configure you PC to the best standards.

04. Prevent Illegal Access
If you are using a wireless connection, make sure that no one is stealing from it. When someone else or many people share a single connection, the speed of the internet can get a lot more slow. Maybe you think that it is the problem of the network. But always be in mind to check that no one has cracked the code and is accessing it without you knowing.

The more people that shares your connection, the more slow it gets. Maybe you just gave it to only one of your friends thinking that he/she will only access it for a limited period of time. But once he/she gets the password, they may share it with their friends which in turn may share to other people. You may only think that only your friend knows the password, but in turn, now the whole neighbourhood knows it. So it's best to find out the statistics of who all are using your wireless connections. And furthermore, be sure to add a WEP password to stop unauthorised users from using your Internet connection or if you can, set up WPA encryption.

05. Check the Bandwidth Usage
There are many application that may use your bandwidth. These may be the program updates or other web applications. These may all run in the background without you knowing. Some of them, may also be assigned to do automatically when the system turns on. So these application may use up all or some of the network in which you have.

So it is best to find out what all applications are running in the background and turn off all which are of no use to you at that time. Sometimes plug-ins in your browser can also take up more bandwidth and memory. So I advice not to put a lot more plug-ins or add-ons in your browser. Keep only that you require and delete all the other. Even it is enabled or not. The plug-ins needs to be loaded and that may take up some of your speed allowing you only a little of the network you actually have.

I also advice you to close the tabs in which you are not looking. Even if you don't do anything, the page is automatically refreshing as new content is published at all times. So that pages even if you are not using consumes a part of your network. So it is best to close the tabs which are not lloking at the time.

06. Scan your PC
Virus attack can also affect your computer which in turn affects your network. Virus are programs that are designed to damage or steal data inside a computer. You may not know whether it is inside the computer, until it is executed. So when it is activated, it may do the work it is supposed to leading to the damage to all your work, morever your programs.

So it is best to prevent viruses and trojans from entering the PC. Install good antivirus and scan your PC at all possible time (at least once a month) and that may find all the virus inside your PC and also prevent other virus, malware or spywares from entering the PC throught the internet connection. As it is said - "Prevention is better than Cure".

07. Take Good Care of your PC
Sometimes, slow internet means not a good PC. Speed and memory of your PC can also affect your network connection. From time to time, browsers and other web applications are updating and they require more and more menory and processing. So dealing with an old computer, this may lead to slow network and even slower computer. So it is best to upgrade our PC first before implementing the network on our computer.

Sometimes it may also be slow on new computers due to over memory usage. People may put a lot of programs at a time such as playing games, listening music, browsing and chatting, working on a photo or audio or video and all at the same time. This leads to over usage of our memory. Our RAM and CPU are just a chip and tha may really get heated up due to over usage. So it is best to close some of the programs and allow the memory to be processed at an equal rate, so that we can use the PC efficiently.

Sometime you may also need to defragment and cleanup your PC, to remove junk files and clean up for better and efficient PC. Uninstall unused programs and check the free space of your hard drive. A full hard drive will slow your computer. You should also turn off the computer when not in use. Give the computer time to rest, so that it will function better.

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Protect Files & Folders in Windows

Locking a folder is sometimes important for us. Maybe we have some files that we don't want others to get their hands into. Those files may be important for us or for our work and those in the wrong hand may sometime leads to a miserable life to us. But remember that there is no 100% protected folder. One way or another computer specialists can break into that, but most of them won't bother when they see that it is password protected.

So it is important to lock or hide these folders from others. here are some steps which you can use for ensuring the security of your folder.

Method 1: Create a Multiple User
You can use a user for yourself, so that no one can log in into your account. You can create a Guest account for others so that they can use the computer without using your personal documents.

1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Click User Accounts
3. Select "Create a password for your account".
4. Type in a "New password" then "Confirm New Password". You can also give a "Password Hint" so that you can remember your password.

Method 2: Create a Password Protected Folder

You can create a password to protect your folder. Here are the steps: 

Note: This also may sometime leads to missing of your files. So if you are a beginner. Make sure you try this out with some random files before doing with the real one, so no harm for your real data.

1. First, you need to ensure the folder that you want to lock. If you don't have one, create one by Right Click - New - Folder . 
2. Create a new text document by Right Click - New - Text Document. Type in the following code.

cls 
@ECHO OFF 
title Folder Private 
if EXIST "HTG Locker" goto UNLOCK 
if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER 
:CONFIRM 
echo Are you sure you want to lock the folder(Y/N) 
set/p "cho=>" 
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK 
if %cho%==y goto LOCK 
if %cho%==n goto END 
if %cho%==N goto END 
echo Invalid choice. 
goto CONFIRM 
:LOCK 
ren Private "HTG Locker" 
attrib +h +s "HTG Locker" 
echo Folder locked 
goto End 
:UNLOCK 
echo Enter password to unlock folder 
set/p "pass=>" 
if NOT %pass%== PASSWORD_GOES_HERE goto FAIL 
attrib -h -s "HTG Locker" 
ren "HTG Locker" Private 
echo Folder Unlocked successfully 
goto End 
:FAIL 
echo Invalid password 
goto end 
:MDLOCKER 
md Private 
echo Private created successfully 
goto End 
:End

3. Change the "PASSWORD_GOES_HERE" in the code and change it to your desired password.
4. Save the text document as lock.bat (remember to save in .bat batch extension)
5. Run the batch file by double-clicking on it and that will create a folder named Private. This is the place where you will store all you important data. Bring all your important data into the folder.
6. Run the batch file again. This time it will ask whether you really want to lock the folder. Press "Y" and hit Enter. You can see that the folder disappears.
7. To get the folder back. Run the batch file again and enter the password. Then the folder reappears. 
8. This is a simple process of locking your folder. But if you forget your password and you know some basic knowledge of computer, then don't worry.
9. Just go to the "Folder Options" and uncheck the boxes for “Show hidden files, folders, and drives” and “Hide protected operating system files”.
10. The other step is to Right Click on the batch file and click Edit, and you can view your password in the code. So be sure to take the batch file from other's hands.

Method 3: Encrypt your folder

Windows come with option to protect your folder by encrypting it. Encryption means the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it.

Windows XP/Vista/7/8

1. Select the file or folder that you want to encrypt. 
2. Right Click on it and click Properties. Click the Advanced option.
3. Check "Encrypt contents to secure data" option. You can see that the folder becomes green in colour.
4. Click Apply and then Ok.
5. If you want to reverse the process and decrypt the folder. Then select the folder. 
6. Right Click on it and click Properties. Click the Advanced option.
7. Unheck "Encrypt contents to secure data" option. 
8. Click Apply and then Ok.

Windows Server

1. Select the file or folder that you want to encrypt. 
2. Right Click on it and click Properties. Click the Advanced option.
3. Check "Encrypt contents to secure data" option. You can see that the folder becomes green in colour.
4. Click Apply and then Ok.
5. If you want to reverse the process and decrypt the folder. Then select the folder. 
6. Right Click on it and click Properties. Click the Advanced option.
7. Unheck "Encrypt contents to secure data" option. 
8. Click Apply and then Ok.
9. Now click Start - Run (Windows Key + R) and type mmc. 
10. Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Window opens.
11. Click File - Add/Remove Snap-In - Certificates - click Add - My User Account - click Finish - click Ok.
12. In console root, click Certificates - Current User - Personal - Certificates - Right click Administrator - All Task - Export - click Next - select Yes, export the private key - click Next - Personal Information Exchange - PKCS #12 (.PEX) - check "Include all certificates in the certification path if possible" & "Delete the private key if the export is successful" - click Next - set Password - set the location to save the key - set Key file name - click Next - click Finish - click Ok. Then the message "Export was Successful" will open.
13. Log off the system. Log in again.
14. Double click the key - click Next - click Next - Give Password - check "Mark the key as exportable. This will allow you to back up or transport your key at a later time" & "Include all extended properties" - click Next - click Next - click Finish. Then the message "Import was Successful" will open.

Method 4: Password Protect Compressed Folders

You can also compress a folder and give a password to it.

1. Select the folder. Right click and click "Add to Archive" (if you are using Winrar). Compress the folder.
2. Go to Advanced tab. Click on Set Password. Enter any password and for additional protection check mark 'Encrypt file names'.
3. Click Ok.
4. Then delete the original file.

Method 5: Create an Invisible Folder

If you like, you can create an invisible folder, so no one knows where your folder is. 

1. Right click on the folder and select Rename. 
2. Press Alt and type 0160 (Alt + 0160). This will create a blank space. Unlike the space, it is a valid filename.
3. Now change the icon. Right-click on the folder. Select Properties and then select the Customize tab. Click "Change Icon" and select a blank icon. 
4. Your folder is now hidden, but can be known when the user drags a selection box across the screen.

Method 6: Download a Third-Party Software

You can also download some software that allows you to password protect your folder. These help you in ensuring the safety of your folder. But like I said before, you can be 100% sure, whether your folder is safe or not. But it is the best to prepare that facing the worst. here are some name of some third-party softwares that you can use.

1. Protected Folder
2. Folder Lock
3. Folder Guard
4. Folder Password Lock
5. Folder Protect
6. LocK-A-FoLdeR
7. Folder Protector
8. Folder Lock Lite

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Bootstrap Website

Creating a website with Bootstrap is easy and fun. If you know HTML and CSS or have a basic knowledge to code them, then you wont have much a problem to code in Bootstrap. Bootstrap used both HTML and CSS properties for designing. It commonly uses the HTML5 doctype.

You should always remember to put the HTML5 doctype declaration and also the lang attribute at the starting of the webpage.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
Body content......
</body>
</html>

Bootstrap is mainly used to create mobile responsive web pages. The good point is that you don't have to view the same big desktop page in your mobile. You don't have always minimize and maximize anytime you want to click a link or view the text. Mobile-first styles are actually a part of the Bootstrap core framework. But in order to get proper mobile rendering you have to add the following meta code in the head section.

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

• "width=device-width" - This part sets the width of the page to follow the width of the device.
• "initial-scale=1" - This sets the initial zoom level when the page is first loaded.

Bootstrap also requires a container to wrap site contents. But remember that you cannot put one container inside another. There are mainly two container classes.

• ".container" - This provides with a fixed width responsive container.
• ".container-fluid" - This provides with a full width container spreading across the entire width of the viewport.

Container
For Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<h1>My Bootstrap Webpage</h1>
<p>I love learning Bootstrap.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Container-Fluid
For Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container-fluid">
<h1>My Bootstrap Webpage</h1>
<p>I love learning Bootstrap.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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CSS Links

Links are found in every document. Links are used to click their way from one page to another page. With CSS, we can style links to make them decorative and colorful.

Styling Links

Links can be styled with any CSS property such as color, font-family, background etc. In addition, links can be styled differently depending on what state they are in.

The four link states are:

• a:link - a normal link, or an unvisited link
• a:visited - a link that the user had visited
• a:hover - a link when the user mouses over it
• a:active - a link at the moment it is clicked

For example:

a:link {color:#FF0000;}
a:visited {color:#00FF00;}
a:hover {color:#FF00FF;}
a:active {color:#0000FF;}

Text Decoration

The text-decoration property is mainly used to remove the underline from the links.

For example:

a:link {text-decoration:none;}
a:visited {text-decoration:none;}
a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
a:active {text-decoration:underline;}

Background Color

The background-color property is used to specify background color for the links.

For example:

a:link {background-color:#0000FF;}
a:visited {background-color:#FF00FF;}
a:hover {background-color:#00FF00;}
a:active {background-color:#FF0000;}

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HTML Forms

HTML Forms are used to create different kinds of user inputs.

HTML <form> Tag

HTML <form> tag is used create an HTML form to pass user inputs and data to the server. AN HTML form can contain input elements like text fields, checkbox, radio-buttons, submit-buttons, and more. A form can also contain select lists, textarea, fieldset, and label elements.

The <form> elemts can contain one or more of the following elements.

• <input>
• <textarea>
• <button>
• <select>
• <option>
• <optgroup>
• <fieldset>
• <label>

For example:

<form action="form.asp" method="get">
First name: <input type="text" name="fname">
Last Name: <input type="text" name="lname">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

HTML <input> Tag

The most important form element is the input element. The <input> element is used to select user information. It specifies an input field where the user can enter data. The input element can vary in different ways, depending on the type attribute. It can be of text types, checkbox, password, radio button, submit button and more.

Text Fields
The text fields are used to create a one-line input field to enter text into.

For example:

<form>
First name: <input type="text" name="fname">
Last Name: <input type="text" name="lname">
</form>

Password Field
The password field are used to create a one-line input field to enter the password. The characters inside the password field are masked that is, it will be shown as asterisks or circles.

For example:

<form>
Password: <input type="password" name="pwd">
</form>

Radio Button
The radio buttons are used to create a radio button which allows the user to select only one of a limited number of choices.

For example:

<form>
<input type="radio" name="sex" value="male">Male
<input type="radio" name="sex" value="female">Female
</form>

Checkboxes
The checkbox are used to create checkboxes that allows the user to select multiple number of options of a limited number of choices.

For example:

<form>
<input type="checkbox" name="web" value="HTML">Hyper Text Markup Language
<input type="checkbox" name="web" value="CSS">Cascading Style Sheets
</form>

Submit Button
A submit button is used to send form data into the server. The data is sent to the page specified in the form's action attribute. The file defined in the action attribute does some action the data it receives.

For example:

<form>
First name: <input type="text" name="fname">
Last Name: <input type="text" name="lname">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

HTML <textarea> Tag

The <textarea> tag is used to define a multi-line text input control. A text area can hold an unlimited number of characters, and the text is rendered in a fixed-width font. The size of the textarea can be specified by the cols and rows attributes, or using CSS height and width properties.

For example:

<textarea rows="4" cols="20">
The <textarea> tag is used  to define a multi-line text input control.
 The size of the textarea can be specified by the cols and rows attributes 
 or using CSS height and width properties.
<textarea>

HTML <label> Tag

The <label> tag defines a label for an <input> element. The <label> tag does not render as anything special for the user. However, it provide a usability improvement for mouse users, because if the user clicks on the text within the <label> element, it toggles the control.

For example:

<form>
<label for="male">Male</label>
<input type="radio" name="sex" id="male" value="male">
<label for="female">Female</label>
<input type="radio" name="sex" id="female" value="female">
</form>

HTML <fieldset> Tag

The <fieldset> tag is used to group related elements in a form. It draws a box around the related elements.

For example:

<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Personalia:</legend>
Name: <input type="text" size="30">
Email: <input type="text" size="30">
</fieldset>
</form>

HTML <legend> Tag

The <legend> tag is used to specify a caption for the fieldset element.

For example:

<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Personalia:</legend>
Name: <input type="text" size="30">
Email: <input type="text" size="30">
</fieldset>
</form>

HTML <select> Tag

The <select> tag is used to create a drop-down list.

For example:

<select>
<option value="HTML">HTML</option>
<option value="CSS">CSS</option>
<option value="JavaScript">JavaScript</option>
<option value="jQuery">jQuery</option>
</select>

HTML <optgroup> Tag

The <optgroup> tag is used to group related options in a drop-down list. It is used when you have a long list of options, and it helps to group realted options, ehich is easier to handle for a user.

For example:

<select>
<optgroup label="Designing">
<option value="HTML">HTML</option>
<option value="CSS">CSS</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Scripting">
<option value="JavaScript">JavaScript</option>
<option value="jQuery">jQuery</option>
</optgroup>
</select>

HTML <option> Tag

The <option> tag is used to define a option in a drop-down list.

For example:

<select>
<option value="HTML">HTML</option>
<option value="CSS">CSS</option>
<option value="JavaScript">JavaScript</option>
<option value="jQuery">jQuery</option>
</select>

HTML <button> Tag

The <button> tag is used to create a clickable button. Inside the button element, we can put contents like text or images.

For example:

<button type="button">Click Me!</button>

HTML5 <datalist> Tag

The <datalist> tag is used to specify a list of pre-defined options for an input element. The datalist element is used to provide an autocomplete feature on input element. Users can see a drop-down list of pre-defined options as they input data.

For example:

<input list="browsers">
<datalist id="browsers">
<option value="Google Chrome">
<option value="Mozilla Firefox">
<option value="Safari">
</datalist>

HTML5 <keygen> tag

The <keygen> tag specifies a key-pair genator field used for forms. When the form is submitted, the private key is stored locally, and the public key is sent to the server.

For example:

<form action="form.asp" method="get">
Username: <input type="text" name="username">
Encryption: <keygen name="security">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

HTML5 <output> tag

The <output> tag represents the result of a calculation.

For example:

<form oninput="x.value=parseInt(a.value)+parseInt(b.value)">0
<input type="range" id="a" value="50">100
+<input type="number" id="b" value="50">
=<output name="x" for="a b"></output>
</form>

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Mouse Tips All Should Know In Windows

Mouse is an important device for computer users. Some may not think about that, but guess a computer with no mouse and you to use the keyboard everytime you want to click something, maybe an icon or a pageo r anything else. Now did you find the use of mouse. In fact, mouse is one of most important input device apart from keyboard. That is why, when you buy a computer system, keyboards as well as mouse is also given becuase these are the basic input device for your sysytem.

Mouse is a device which coordinates using the x-axis and y-axis. Here are some mouse tips so that you can use the full potential of a mouse in time of need.

Left Mouse Buttton
The left mouse button is the one that we commonly use. It is used to open a folder, file or link.

Right Mouse Button
The right mouse button is used to open the property menu for the file, folder, or the web.

Move Text

If you have hightlighted a text, left click and drag it to move the text to the new position. This saves time instead of cutting and pasting everytime. You can also right click and drag the text and it will open the action menu which allows you to move, copy or link the text.

Shift Key + Mouse Click
Press the shift key and left-click the mouse wherever you want. It is used to highlight a portion or all the text in a text editor.

Ctrl Key + Mouse Click
Press the ctrl key and left-click the mouse to select multiple objects or hightlight multiple text. If single click didn't do the trick, try double-clicking.

Alt Key + Mouse Click
Press the alt key and left-click the mouse to select the text vertically. This is useful if your content is in columns.

Cut, Copy, Paste

You don't have to click the cut, copy or paste icons in text editors. You just have to right click on the highlighted text and options like cut, copy, paste including undo and redo will appear.

Links in New Tab
Press the Ctrl key and click on a link to open the link in a new tab.

Move & Copy
You can also use the mouse to move or copy folders, files or other items.

• Press the shift key and drag and drop item using the left mouse button to move the item.
• Press the ctrl key and drag and drop item using the left mouse button to copy the item.
• You can also drag and drop the file or folder using the right mouse button to open the action menu which allows you to copy or move create a shortcut.

Open Command Window

Did you know that you can open the command window using the mouse. You don't have to go the Run command and type "cmd" everytime you want to open the command window.  Press the shift key and right key on the mouse will open the option to open command window.

Functions of Mouse Wheel
All of you must be familiar with the mouse wheel since we all use it to scrool up and down. But there are also some other functions of the mouse.

• The mouse wheel is not just a wheel, but also a button. It can used as the mouse's third button.
• You can click the middle button to open a link in a new tab. Just click on the link and the link will automatically open in a new tab. 
• You can also close the link by simply clicking the middle button on the tab.
• Mouse wheels can also be used to scroll automatically. Just double-click on the mouse wheel, a arrow shaped cursor will come. Move the cursor to push the scroll bar to wher e you want to go.
• Zooming can be done by using the mouse wheel. Just click the Ctrl key and scroll up to zoom in and scroll down to zoom out. This can be done in most web browsers, documents etc.
• Click the shift key and scroll the wheel to go forward and back in most web browsers.

Power of multiple clicks 
You always double click to open a folder or a file or an application. But there are also some other importance in multiple clicks

• Double click on the title bar of your window to maximize it.
• Double click on the left hand side of your title bar to close it.
• Double click on a text to select a whole word.
• Double click and drag the mouse to select one word at a time.
• Triple click on a text to select the whole paragraph.

Mouse Side Buttons

Now many new mouse comes with side buttons which can be programmed to do anything. By default, the left-thumb button is used to go back on web pages. This helps you since you don't have to move your cursor anytime you want to change the browser tab windows.

Windows Snap To Feature

If you want to save time to automatically move your mouse to buttons of dialog box, you can turn on the Windows "Snap To" feature in the control panel. 

Move your Mouse with your Keyboard

Instead of using the mouse, you can use the keyboard to move the mouse cursor by enabling Windows option. 

Customize your Mouse

At last, you can customize your mouse button configuration. You can switch primary and secondary buttons, change the speed, change the pointer, display pointer trails. Finally, if you have a mouse with more than two buttons, installing the mouse software will allow you to customize your mouse even more.

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jQuery Syntax

With jQuery, we can select HTML elements and perform some actions in it.

jQuery Syntax

The jQuery syntax is used to select the HTML elements and perform some action in it.

The Basic Syntax is : $(selector).action()

• The $ sign is used to define or access jQuery
• The (selector) is used to find or select HTML elements.
• The action() is the jQuery action to be performed in the HTML element.

For example:

$("p").hide()

The Document Ready Event

The document ready event is used to prevent any jQuery code from running before the document had finished loading. It is good practice for the document to be loaded before working with it. This also allows you to place the jQuery code before the body of the document, that is in the head section.

For example:

$ (document).ready(function() {
   // jQuery method goes here...
});

The jQuery team has also created an even shorter method for the document ready event.

For example:

$ (function () {
   // jQuery method goes here...
});

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