7 Tips for Keeping Passwords

Passwords are secret codes that must be protected. Many negative things can happen when your password leak into the hands of others. Learn 7 tips to keep it brief.
 
1. Not Using Default Password 

The default password is the password that we can be the first time. This default password should indeed be quickly replaced because of very vulnerable. The reason, the default password can be easily searched on google search, even there are listed the name of a machine, type and default password with a magnificent plastered on some website creators vendors.
Sometimes administrators fear of forgetting to change-change the default password, so that an intruder can take over the system with default passwords.

2. Not Using Password Hint 

Sometimes we are afraid to forget the password that was our entry into the system / account, so we need to create a reminder if we forget the password. Now this is called password reminder Hint, if we create a password hint question with this then we can quickly recall these forgotten passwords.
Likewise with the hackers, they'll experiment with us to guess the password in the password hint questions, over time the password will be predictable, if the questions listed in the password hint can be answered by the penebak password.

3. No Writing  Password 

Owners are often afraid to forget your password with the password has been entered, so the owner would write different passwords user id and password into other media such as a notebook, notepad, Stickies (mac), password folders, books, mobile phones and other.
It is also quite vulnerable to leaking. Why vulnerable? Because when a variety of equipment is lost, then all information about a user id and password are sooner or later will be known by the thief equipments / gadgets are missing.

4. Using a Strong Password 

Owner passwords often using a short password only, if it could be shorter than 3 characters then the user will give a short password. Fortunately this time the system provides a minimum password length of 6 characters and a maximum of 254 characters. The longer a password the stronger it will be the password security.
Strong passwords can be created with a combination of numbers and letters and even a variety of other characters. Some admins are currently using a password that is long enough, coupled with encryption such as PGP key and others, so it is quite difficult to guess password.

5. Frequent Change Password

 Owners should periodically change your password for authentication password, the more frequent password changes, the better, because the more difficult the penebak password hacking account / your system. Changes to the password depends on the owner, could be a week, a month, three months, and others. Originally the owner does not forget the password that was changed earlier.

6. Not Wearing The Same Password on Multiple Accounts 

Owners often forget and sometimes passwords frequently enough to create an account, so they each create a new account using the same user id and password are the same, this is very vulnerable and dangerous. Because these passwords through a single account, all accounts will be taken by the hacker.

7. Using Password Management 

To help recall the various passwords and various accounts, we are often very difficult, but not to worry because it has many current applications to help organize our passwords. This application can be downloaded for free from the internet and paid, so that regardless of our account and whatever we can with the password easy to remember and re-opened, of course, to open it with an encryption method as well.

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KaraoBird SLP, Easy Karaoke on YouTube

On YouTube a lot of available video clips of music tracks from various artists. In fact, the Google-owned video sharing site that has created a special page on YouTube.com music / music.
But, not all the clips featuring the lyrics of the song that is displayed. And sometimes when watching music clips, there is a desire to go sing.
Now, karaoke passion that can be realized easily via an extension for Firefox.
Extension was called Scrolling Lyrics Player (SLP). But may also be referred to as KaraoBird accordance with the engine used on the back.
SLP installation steps KaraoBird:

   1. Visit SLP Add-On page at Mozilla.org
   2. Click Add To Firefox
   3. In the window that appears select Install
   4. Restart Firefox will ask to enable SLP
How to use the SLP:

   1. Visit YouTube.com / Music
   2. Find music videos who wants to sing
   3. Automatically on the video page that will display a box containing the lyrics
   4. Adjust the offset (plus or minus) the beginning of the song with a scroll of your mouse over the box lyrics
   5. Sing as they pleased.
Note:

   1. Song Lyrics taken from the site YouTubeLiric.com
   2. Synchronize songs with lyrics not going as smoothly as a professional karaoke video
   3. Synchronization is adjusted with the video being played, if the video has not finished the lyrics will come buffering hiccup
   4. For the popular song SLP KaraoBird not much have a problem, rather different to the song that 'rare'
   5. SLP is based on KaraoBird, an add-on for Songbird (Open Source software to play music).

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4 Step Easy Upgrade Android

Although not yet widely available, but the Android 2.2 or Froyo can be sampled at a number of mobile phones. Call it the HTC that has been released for Desire.
For American region upgrades HTC Froyo utuk Desire was released in August 2010. As for the Asian region, including Indonesia, was released a few weeks longer.
In testing this time, detikINET will use HTC Desire to taste the magic Froyo. The way you need to do to switch to Froyo not difficult, here are steps:

1. Check the latest updates 

Users can check in advance what updates have been prepared by HTC. To do it just need to go to the Settings menu, then About Phone plainly refers to the System Sotfware Updates. Wait a moment, the phone will check for latest updates.

2. Backup files 

Because it will change the operating system, all the installation files, contact lists, and some other files that are on the internal memory will be erased. Thus the backup file must be done. For a list of contacts for example, users can synchronize on a google account.

3. Clean SD Card 

Before the latest update, make sure enough space is available on an external memory used. The reason is, every file you will download will first put on the SD card is available.

4. Prepare a smooth connection 

After checking the latest updates available on the HTC server, users will be prompted to download a few files first before switching to Froyo. After that new phones are ready to upgrade the operating system.
In order to smooth the installation process, users are advised to use a smooth connection like Wi-fi. Because the size of the file that will be downloaded which is quite big, about 90MB.
After all donwload process is completed, users are now ready to migrate to Froyo. Wait a few moments, then the phone will perform the installation automatically. Easy is not it?

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3rd Stage Opening Windows Password with Ubuntu

Lost is a problem commonly faced by mankind. If you forget your Windows login password, no way to recover it using the Ubuntu Linux operating system.
The first thing to do is create a Live CD or Live USB stick Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu Live will be used to boot into the system and perform the procedures required to dismantle the Windows password earlier.
The easiest way to do that is by downloading and running UNetbootin. This simple application will download the selected Ubuntu version and install on the flash that you prepared.
The second stage is to install Open Source utility called chntpw. This is done from Ubuntu by running Synaptic Package Manager.
To be able to get chntpw, Synaptic Package Manager should be directed to look at storage applications Universe. This can be done by clicking the Settings menu> Repositories in Synaptic window. Then, check the option 'Community-maintained Open Source software (universe) "and click Close.
After that, click the Reload button and Synaptic will download the latest package information from the Universe. When finished, type chntpw on the Quick Search box.
If it appears, check the box on the side chnptw writing, choose 'Mark for Installation'. Then click Apply to install it.
The third stage is to change the Windows password with chntpw.
1. Mount the hard disk / drive that contains your Windows installation2. Open the hard drive it (click on Places) and record labels drive that appears on the menu bar window file browser3. Open a Terminal window (Applications> Accessories> Terminal)4. Type the following command in Terminal:cd / medials5. Type: cd [label hard drive that you noted earlier]6. type: cd WINDOWS/system32/config7. To change the Administrator password, type the command: sudo chntpw SAM8. You will see several commands that you can choose, the command is safest to create a password to be blank. Do this by pressing the number '1 ', then press' y' to confirm9. Select '2 'to change the password to a particular word, but this has a greater risk of error10. To change the passwords of other users (non-administrator), type the following command (from Terminal): sudo chntpw-u [user name] SAM

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Windows 7 Wireless Setup & Home Networking for Vista, XP, and Windows 7

Setting Up a Wireless Network with Windows 7

The objective of this article is to set up a simplified home network using a mix of a Vista desktop PC, a laptop running Windows 7 beta, and a laptop running Windows XP. Defining features of this network will be the lack of network passwords for local connections (both wirelessly or wired) and no single “boss” computer. Devices on the network will act as peers – no computer will rely on another computer to be present on the network – in order to reach the Internet, but it won’t be an ad-hoc network. File and folder sharing, of course, will depend on other computers being present, but we’ll look at specifying what folders we’ll share with others and these we will share and share alike.

Router Configurations

The most boss-like object in the network is the wireless router. For our purposes, we’ll presuppose that each computer can connect to the router. In our test network, the Vista desktop computer has the wired connection to the router and was used to set the router up. It’s very important that the router is not left at defaults and is set up properly because the security of the simplified network is based on the router and on having both a strong network password and an encrypted connection. By strong password, we mean a mix of letters and numbers that can’t be guessed or easily “cracked” by brute force. Your router setup program may suggest a pseudo-random password based on the encryption you selected. This is very safe to use. By encryption, we mean Wi-Fi Protected Access, or WPA-PSK. The “PSK” part stands for “pre-shared key,” which is that secure password.

Since setup varies and you’ll need to use the documentation for your router to perform it, we’ll only briefly touch further on this. You want to set it to broadcast your network name or service set identifier (SSID). You’ll want to make sure that each computer on the network can reach the Internet. A somewhat common problem you may encounter is that a PC can connect wirelessly to the router and seems to be passing some data when you view “Status” for the device, but the web browser can’t reach any web pages.

This can mean that the computer was set up by default for wireless networking (with Microsoft networks, of course), but not for Internet access. It is, however, easy to fix.
Instructions for Windows XP

Windows XP: Start → Connect To → Show All Connections. Select the “Wireless Network Connection” by right-clicking it and selecting “Properties.” Under the General tab, in the main window, you’ll see “This connection uses the following items.” Scroll down to see if “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” is in the list. If it is not, click the “Install” button and then “Protocol.” You’ll see “Internet Protocol TCP/IP” in the list and can highlight it and click OK to add it. (If you see “Microsoft TCP/IP version 6” in the list, it’s fine to add it as well.) Back in the Properties dialog, scroll down and find “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" in the list. Highlight it and then click the “Properties” button. “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically” should both be checked. Click OK to close the dialog, and then, for best results, reboot your PC. When it restarts, connect to the network, and you should able to browse the web.

Vista: Start → Network → Network and Sharing Center (or Start → Control Panel → Network and Sharing Center) → Manage Network Connections. Right click “Wireless Network Connection” and proceed as described above for Windows XP.

Windows 7: Start → Control Panel →View Network Status and Tasks → Change Adapter Settings → Wireless Network Connections. Right-click Properties, and then the steps are the same as in Vista and Windows XP.

In each case, remember to do the same steps (enable automatic IP and DNS) for Internet Protocol version 6 as well before saving and rebooting.

Hopefully, at this point, all the computers will be able to connect to the router and access the Internet. We are ready to start setting up the network.

Setting Up the Simplified Network

There are only a couple of rules to follow here. The computers on the network must each have unique names and must belong to the same “workgroup.” “WORKGROUP,” in fact, is often the default name assigned by Windows. However, we want to use a more unique group name of our own. This is very useful if you’ve had previous networks running on some of the computers. A different group name tells Windows to release some of its preconceived notions about the network setup, and this is an important part of creating the simplified network.

To change the computer name and group name in Windows XP, right-click “My Computer” and select “Properties.” In the “Computer Name” tab, click the “Change” button. Enter a unique computer name, if the computer does not already have one, and then enter the new workgroup name. When you click OK, Windows will welcome you to the group and advise you to reboot the PC.

To change the computer name and group name in Vista and Windows 7, right-click “Computer” and select “Properties.” Expand the dialog downward if necessary and find “Computer name:” At far right, click “Change settings.” In the System Properties dialog under “Computer name,” click the “Change” button. Enter your unique computer network name (or keep the old one, as long as it's unique), enter the same group name you used previously, and leave “Domain” blank. Click OK, and Windows will welcome you to the group and ask for a restart.

And that’s it – the basics of setting up our network. At this point, all the computers are in the same workgroup and will recognize each other. Each will be able to connect to the router and surf the net. Each will be able to access already-existing shared and “public” folders on other devices on the network. Now it’s time for some refinements.

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Comparison of Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic / Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate

Windows 7 was officially released almost a year ago, but maybe some do not know about some of the editions of Windows 7 which is more outstanding. Not infrequently new laptop came with Windows 7 Starter. Do what difference this edition with the other? There are at least 6 edition of Windows 7, namely: Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate, then what's the difference?

Although there are 6 different editions, 3 edition of the most outstanding is the Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate. Actually, any edition, all the features of Windows 7 was in it, only those features activated only adjust his edition. To upgrade to feature it, no need to use the new DVD but can use the Windows Anytime Upgrade


To make it easier to know the differences of each edition, following a brief description of each edition of Windows 7:
Windows 7 Starter

Target: The entire world, usually comes with a package of new computer (laptop / netbook)
Key Features (Key): Taskbar, Jump lists, Windows Media Player, Backup & Restore, Action Center, Device Stage, Play to, Scan and Fax your simple game.
Limitations: no Aero glass, various modifications desktop features, touch windows, media center, live thumbnail previews, home group creation, there is no multi language, maximum 2 GB of RAM, not terseda 64bit version.
Price: Range $ 50

With Windows 7 starter, users can not change the wallpaper or theme for windows. Initially Windows 7 Starter restricted to only run 3 programs at a time, but eventually these limitations are removed, so users can still run many programs at one time, limited amount of memory alone.

For 32-bit edition, all the windows except windows starter has a limit on RAM / Memory 4 GB. For 64-bit edition, higher and varies.
Windows 7 Home Basic

Target: To a certain area, such as in Indonesia
Key Features (Key): Multiple monitors, fast user switching (switch user), desktop wallpaper, desktop windows manager, network printing, Internet connection sharing, some windows aero.
Limitations: Can not create new Homegroup, not included DVD decoder (MPEG-2 and Dolby Digital), without multi-touch, premium games, Windows Media Center, there is no Multi-language, full tidah support Windows Aero.
Price: Range $ 80
Windows 7 Home Premium

Target: Global
Key Features (Key): Aero Glass, Aero Background, Windows Touch, Making Home a new group, the Media Center, DVD playback and manufacture, premium games and Mobility Center
Limitations: The domain join, the Remote Desktop host, backup from the network, the Encryption File System, Offline Folders
Price: Range $ 110
Windows 7 Professional

Target: IT Users middle and upper
Key Features (Key): Windows XP Mode, Domain Join, Remote desktop host, location-aware printing, mobility center, presentation mode, the offline folders.
Limitations: BitLocker, BitLocker Togo, AppLocker, Direct Access, Branche Cache, MUI Language Pack, booting from VHD.
Price: Range $ 150

Windows 7 Professional edition offers all the features underneath. Also there are features of Windows XP Start Mode is not provided in the editions below.
Windows 7 Enterprise

Target: Business Customers (volume-licenses)
Key Features (Key): BitLocker, BitLocker To Go, AppLocker, Direct Access, Branche Cache, MUI language packs, boot from VHD
Limitations: Retail License
Price: -

In addition to differences on licensing, Windows 7 Enterprise has the same features as Windows 7 Ultimate.
Windows 7 Ultimate

Target: Retail market, limited availability
Key Features (Key): all the features of previous editions of Windows 7 coupled with BitLocker, BitLocker To Go, AppLocker, Direct Access, Branche Cache, MUI language packs, boot from VHD.
Limitations: Volume Licensing
Price: -

Above are some of the major or important features that can be used as illustration. Each edition of the windows above windows edition includes all the features it holds, and limitations of each issue described above, there is usually (disukung) in the edition of windows above.

To find the difference of each edition, can see the full article on Wikipedia Windows 7 editions or from the Microsoft website about Windows 7 Edition Comparison

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Applications Measuring Happiness

Whether you are feeling happy? Happy are you and what causes it? To answer this question, there is a unique iPhone application that can answer it.
Track Your Happiness, thus the name of the application. It works by way of contacting the user's iPhone at random times throughout the day to ask about their feelings and what was done while answering every question. Users also have the option to determine when and how often they contacted.
Reported by Detik on Saturday (11/13/2010) Researchers at Harvard University uses this application to track a person's mood. As a result, the study found a correlation between contemplation with the feeling unhappy.
Based on the study sample of 2250 adults, 46.9 percent of participants said it is reflected when the iPhone rang to check what is being contemplated. And most of the participants who were admitted to the center feel reflect unhappiness.
Track Your Happiness is currently used for scientific research and medical purposes to help uncover the causes of the emergence of a sense of happiness experienced by a person.

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