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Welcome to IToxy.com

Hi, Welcome to IT Oxy. This blog is primarily aim to share our information on Information Technology. I really appreciate if you are willing to give any input to this blog. If you want to share something, email at: admin@IToxy.com If you found any post interesting and useful, then please leave a comment and share with your friends.

Welcome to IToxy.com

Hi, Welcome to IT Oxy. This blog is primarily aim to share our information on Information Technology. I really appreciate if you are willing to give any input to this blog. If you want to share something, email at: admin@IToxy.com If you found any post interesting and useful, then please leave a comment and share with your friends.

Welcome to IToxy.com

Hi, Welcome to IT Oxy. This blog is primarily aim to share our information on Information Technology. I really appreciate if you are willing to give any input to this blog. If you want to share something, email at: admin@IToxy.com If you found any post interesting and useful, then please leave a comment and share with your friends.

Welcome to IToxy.com

Hi, Welcome to IT Oxy. This blog is primarily aim to share our information on Information Technology. I really appreciate if you are willing to give any input to this blog. If you want to share something, email at: admin@IToxy.com If you found any post interesting and useful, then please leave a comment and share with your friends.

How to Create Password Reset Disk in Vista

Windows allows you to create several user accounts. Each account may tend to have a particular password associated to it as well. In case if you forget your password later, you can recover it by using a password reset disk. Note that the password reset disk can only be used for local user accounts. To create a password reset disk follow the steps below:

  • Insert a removable storage device,for example a USB drive.
  • Click ‘Start|Control Panel’.
  • Double-click the ‘User Accounts’ icon.
  • Click the ‘Create a password reset disk’ link residing on the left pane.
  • Click ‘Next’ and select the removable device.
  • In the next screen, enter the current user account password in the text box and click ‘Next’.
  • Once done click ‘Finish’

To reset your password using the password reset disk, follow the steps below:

  • Plug in the USB drive.
  • When the login screen appears,simply place the cursor on the password field and press ‘Enter’.
  • You will now be able to view the ‘Reset password’ link.
  • Click the ‘Reset Password’ link.
  • Click ‘Next’.
  • Enter your new password, retype it and enter a hint for your password in the respective fields.
  • Once done click ‘Next’. You will now be able to login to your system using the new password.

Embed Image in email (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook)

Gmail

 

Gmail Labs offers embedding images into emails.You can upload the files which  appear as small thumbnails. Once you select the required image you have the option to resize them within your email message to thumbnail, medium, large and original dimensions.This feature that can be found in Gmail Labs (under “Settings” -> “Labs”).

 

In order to insert an image you'll have to have "rich formatting" turned on. Once it is, you should notice an image icon squeezed between the emoticon and link icons. Click it and you can upload an image to post in the body of your message. That's it.

Gmail doesn't show URL-based images in messages by default to protect you from spammers, so if you're sending mail to other Gmail users, they'll still have to click "Display images below" or "Always display images from ..." to see images you embed.

  Yahoo

 

Open your Yahoo Mail and ensure  rich text formatting  is enabled in Options  ,

  • Options > Mail Options >Click General>Under Mode make sure Compose messages as color and graphics is selected.
  • Click Save

    Now you have to upload the images from your PC  to anyone of the free image hosting sites.There are many available in net,try a Google check:http://tinyurl.com/qnho82 .Here I am using Photobucket.After uploading your image,just copy it.For that highlight the image with mouse , right click & select copy( Ctrl+C)

    If your image is larger than some 640x640 pixels, consider shrinking it to more handy proportions before you put it online.
    To trim images to be lean and fit for emails use  ResizR. -ResizR is a  free and very useful little utility. ResizR allows you to resize an image from your local computer or the web.Click Browse and select the desired image. Use the slider or the entry field to choose the desired width. Use a width between 300 and 640 pixels.Try 340 pixels first.  Click ResizR.
    Drag and drop the resulting image to your Desktop. Another free utility is VSO Image Resizer.Alternatively you can  use tools  like  Image Resizer PowerToy | IrfanView

    Now paste  this image to your yahoo mail .You can  add more images like this way.Finally, send your Yahoo! Mail message as usual

    If you are using other mail clients like Outlook/Outlook Express, it is easy for you to add images as inline.But  if you don't have Yahoo Plus account, you need to configure your yahoo mail with YPOPs! Download YPOPs! from here http://ypopsemail.com/ .How to configure it in Outlook Express  here  and  in Outlook   here . If you have a  Yahoo Singapore or    Yahoo Hong Kong  ,you can configure Yahoo Mail  in Outlook/Outlook Express .These are providing Free Yahoo POP3 email account.

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    Outlook

     

    Open new mail message >Insert >Picture .Select your  pictures  from your PC as shown below

    Send your messages as usual.

    Free Unlimited VPN client connection

    Hey, Here for you  free VPN client connections to USA. This is very useful incase if your network blocked for browsing any websites or software access... It’s really  good rather than using any kind of third party application like Hotspotshield, u94, Tor proxy etc.. you don't have to worried about any software installation, just use as windows VPN client.

    Free VPN server Address

    • freevpn1.homeunix.com
    • freevpn2.homeunix.com
    • freevpn11.homeunix.com
    • speedprooxii.rr.nu

    Username and password

    • Username: fora2  Password: freevpn2480
    • Username : fora1 Password : freevpn124

    Free Unlimited VPN client configuration in Windows Visa

    • Go to Network and Sharing Center.
    • Click Setup a connection or network (right side on the page)

    • You have to choose Connect to a Workplace and then click Next

     

    • Choose Use my Internet connection (VPN)

    • You have to enter address of the VPN server (Provide any one of the above address, like speedprooxii.rr.nu) and VPN Connection name. then click next.

    • Provide the username and password (like fora2 and password freevpn2480). then pres connect.

    Try to connect any website which were blocked in your network by the ISP...and enjoy!!!

    For VPN client configuration in Windows XP, Please visit my previous post

    Say Goodbye to Email Overload

    Boxbe filters and prioritizes your email to reduce email overload. With an organized inbox, Boxbe makes it faster and easier to view, answer and send email.
    Boxbe is free and integrates directly with Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Google Apps and AOL Mail or can be used as a public forwarding address.

     

    Clean up your inbox

    Boxbe uses your extended personal network to ensure delivery of email from the people who matter to you. And while other messages are screened, a waylaid message can always be found quickly in your Waiting List.

    Your friends are already included

    Boxbe's guest list works just like your IM buddy list or your social network friends page. It contains only those you've added or invited. When you first sign up, Boxbe's technology scans your existing email folders and address book to create a Guest List that includes all the people you've recently and frequently emailed. The Guest List is live and dynamic and automatically includes new people you want to receive email from.

    Never miss an important message

    Ever miss an important email because it got marked as spam?

    Boxbe prioritizes incoming messages from 1-10. The lower the number, the better the message. Messages with a score of 1-3 are likely to be good, 4-7 means caution and 8-10 means they are likely to be spam.

    Use your existing email

    There is no need to sign up for yet another email account. Boxbe works with the most popular email services. We send messages from people you've approved directly to your existing inbox.

    Spammers need not apply

    Boxbe empowers you to choose which businesses can reach you. Anyone who isn't on your Guest List will receive a request to verify their message before it is delivered to your inbox.

    Unverified messages are held in your Waiting List for you to review, and approve or decline at anytime.

    Free Remote Shutdown Utility for Any Computer On The Network

    LanShutDown is a FREE program which lets you shutdown, restart, log off any computer on your network, but the primary requirement to perform these actions remotely is you need to have administrative privileges.You can run this tool and shutdown any computer running windows 2000, XP or 2003. The program package includes two console programs with which you can use LanShutDown tool from command line also. With the command line version of this tool you can automate the shutdown and reboot of your computer.It will automatically detect all the computers connected to your network with their IP address and names. You can also forcefully terminate the applications running on the remote computer which you want to shutdown.

    The LanShutDown package includes two console programs

    1. LanShutdownN (LanShutdownC.exe) - consol program for computer remote shutdown;
    2. ShutdownN (ShutdownC.exe) - consol program to control local computer power.

    This free remote shutdown tool makes it very simple to shutdown any computer on your network and but still if you want to use the default shutdown dialog in windows to shutdown any computer in your network.

    Geeky Way To Remote Shutdown Any Computer On The Network

    1. Open command prompt and type shutdown –i and press Enter

    2. Add the computer or computers on your network with their IP address to shutdown, restart, log off  and set the display warning time in seconds and comment you want to give when shutdown warning message appears.

    3. Press OK button

    Download LanShutDown

    Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 Released

    Microsoft released Office Service Pack 2, which improves the performance of Microsoft Outlook and adds support for Open Document Format in Word, Excel and PowerPoint  2007.Slow IMAP access of Outlook fixed in this release,which is a good news for users  who check their Gmail emails on Outlook via IMAP.Outlook downloads newest mail first instead of oldest mail is another  change for POP3 access.Here’s a complete list of changes and issues that have been fixed through Service Pack 2

    Features

    • Support for Open Document Format (ODF)
    • Support for XML Paper Specification (XPS),
    • Support for  Portable Document Format (PDF)

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    For Office Desktop Programs:

    • Improved Outlook Calendaring Reliability
    • Improved Outlook Performance
    • Enabling Object Model support for Charts in PowerPoint and Word
    • Improved cryptographic functionality by supporting all cryptographic algorithms offered by the operating system
    • Improved functionality in Excel’s charting mechanism
    • Ability to ungroup SmartArt graphics (and as a result, the ability to add animations to them in PowerPoint)
    • Ability for Visio to export UML models to an XML file compliant with the XMI standard
    • Tool that enables the uninstall of Office client Service Packs

    For Servers:

    • Performance and manageability improvements to variations in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) including STSADM commands for repairing links between source and target pages
    • Improvements around processing status approvals from Office Project Web Access into Office Project Professional 2007
    • Improvements to read-only content databases and index rebuild timer jobs in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

    More  here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953195 | Download | 290 MB|Free

    Alternatively you can install this update from Microsoft Update

    Protect Your PC Using Windows Steady State

    If you’ve used a PC at a library or internet café, you’ve probably discovered that it’s been ‘locked down’. In all likelihood,Windows will have barred you from installing new programs, launching the Run dialogue and fiddling about in Control Panel. It’s understandable, of course – no administrator wants to deal with a Windows installation trashed beyond redemption by a vandal or inexperienced user.

    Many shared, public PCs are configured using Microsoft’s Steady State . This provides administrators with an easy method of implementing user restrictions. It’s suited not only to commercial and institutional environments, but is also perfect for the home. If you’re setting up a PC for a child, for instance, Steady State will give you almost total control over what they can and can’t do.

    There are  2 settings available there,Global Computer Settings and User Settings. Most of the action will take place in the latter.

    Features

    • Set Computer Restrictions (Computer Restrictions).
    • Schedule Software Updates. (Allows you to specify whether SteadyState automatically applies Windows Updates. This is recommended, since it handles dealing with Windows Disk Protection for you, and also updates the signatures of several popular Antivirus programs.)
    • Protect the Hard Disk (Windows Disk Protection).
    • Add User (User Account Manager).
    • And  Microsoft gives it away for free!

    By using Windows SteadyState, you can more effectively: Defend shared computers from unauthorized changes to their hard disks; Restrict users from accessing system settings and data; Enhance the user experience on shared computers.With Windows SteadyState, Windows administrator can minimize the windows corrupting rate and protect their windows shared computer in better management.

    Windows SteadyState 2.5

    Block Access to Certain Websites with Any Weblock

    Protecting your children on the internet is the concern of most technology savvy parents today. You child is exposed to the internet in a variety of places and fashions including home, school, laptops, PDAs, and even cell phones. As the volume of the exposure of the internet increases, so does the need for adequate protection against inappropriate content.  Protecting your child on the internet is not an easy task. There are an unlimited amount of interested parties out there who are just waiting to lure your child into inappropriate online activities.

    Any Weblock a free software ,which  enables you to block access to specific web sites. Just enter the domain name of the site to block, apply the changes, and the user will no longer be  able to access the site. There is no block message displayed, the simply appears to be unavailable. The interface can be password protected, the program uses the Windows HOSTS file to redirect blocked sites.

    No network knowledge required to configure. You only need to know the domain/subdomain names of the websites to be blocked.

    Features

  • Works with any web browser
  • Block websites and additional subdomains
  • Password protection to prevent unauthorized access
  • Blocking remains intact even after uninstalling, unless properly unblocked by this program.
  • Export and import to share block list among computers
  • Auto-backup and roll back to a previous backup

    Download |SysReq:.NET Framework 2.0 or higher |Freeware | 362KB

  • Create Your Data-Backups with BackUp Maker Free

    BackUp Maker is designed for backing up your invaluable data and preventing the data loss.It saves your files fully automated, depending on time and interval settings or on system events like Windows log-on or log-off.It supports writing to internal and external hard drives,any USB devices as well as zip drives.You can use the software's FTP support to upload your backup to a web server.

    It also offers password protection for the zip files and supports spanning across multiple disks. BackUp Maker lets you create quick one-time backups as well as scheduled backups that occur on a regular basis.

    BackUp Maker provides powerful encryption with the means of AES. Using AES with 256-bit encryption strength you are able to prevent foreign access to your backup.It  compresses your data using the well-known zip compression algorithm. Since most of the current zip program supports pkZip standard v4.5 you can open your backup with BackUp Maker as well as any other zip compatible software

    OS: Win98/WinMe/WinNT 4.x/Windows2000/WindowsXP/Windows2003|Freeware|4.51MB

    Backup Maker

    Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

    If your PC can run Windows Vista, it can run Windows 7. But if you're not running Windows Vista, or are just not sure if your system is ready to run Windows 7, there's a quick way to do a simple check.This will help you to know ,whether there is any compatibility issues .

    Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor check  your PC’s processor, memory, storage, and graphics capabilities, identifies known compatibility issues with installed software and devices and finally provides guidance on how to resolve those issues if any solutions are possible.Before you run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor beta, be sure to plug in any USB devices or other devices such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.

     
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