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Passwords are one the very first initiatives a person thinks of, when considering his or her's privacy or computer security. Now we all know that we can create multiple accounts on Windows and assign passwords to them, but as our data get's more precious we would wan't the password barricade to be as strong as possible. In this article I'm going to go through some of the finest ways of password protecting your computer on Windows which are very rarely found elsewhere. 

1. Creating Desktop Shortcut for PC Lock

This is pretty easy. Just go to your windows desktop, right click on any empty space, select new shortcut. Now where it asks for the location of the item , simply paste this address there : %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation. Save your shortcut and make sure it is clearly visible to you on your desktop and that you can access it quickly in case of any emergency and also that your shortcut has a name which only you 
understand. Ok now whenever you wan't to lock your computer, just double click the shortcut and your computer will be locked. 

2. Using USB flash drive as a lock!

Ok now the name might seem unfamiliar to most of you, "Predator" is the name. Its the name of a software that is compatible with most versions of Windows and has the funcionality of locking or unlocking your computer. Now , this USB lock method doesn't work like the other conventional methods of locking. The USB drive which has been setup for locking your computer acts like a power switch. It either locks or unlocks your computer. When the USB drive is removed, major input devices including the mouse and keyboard are locked and the screen goes blank or dark. In case the flash drive gets damaged, you can still access your PC , but you will need to know the exact password. Hit space bar 5 or 6 times and you will 
be prompted to enter the password. Enter the correct password or a very nasty alarm would sound. If you need a guide on how to use the predator software on windows then mail us . We will post a guide on that too asap. 

3. Setting up BIOS password

This method isn't the best of the 4 methods I'm describing, but it sure is a handful because it's pretty simple. Depending on your computer system, during startup press either del or F1 to enter the BIOS . Once at the BIOS, navigate to the security tab, and set the 
password. In my case I had two options: 1) Set User Password 2) Set Supervisor Password.

4. Setting up Hard Disk password 

This method is probably the best of all and personally the one I would chose out of the 4. This password ia almost impossible to access. In some computers the hard disk password and the BIOS password are linked and in some they aren't. You can set the hard disk password using the BIOS. 

Warning! Use this method at your own risk because if you forget your hard disk password there is no way you can access it again, and your hard disk can then be thrown in the trash can! So be very very carefull when assigning a password to your hard. The drive platter and a particular chip on the hard disk mother board are the only two areas where the password is stored. So this clearly says it all! There is no back door to accessing or resetting the password if you lose it! This method is very good and at the same time its very risky too!

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With your shiny and stylish Windows 7 already installed, you are willing to have your trustworthy Windows XP alongside in a dual setup. You're come to the right place , because here we'll guide you on the procedure of dual booting XP and 7 with 7 pre installed non your PC/laptop. Man y would say that it isn't possible or it may give errors, but trust me it works. So here's how it goes:

Firstly, and most importantly we will need to shrink the hard drive where Windows 7 is installed, to free some space to use for XP. For this we will first need to create a new parttion. Open Start menu, right "Create and format" in the search box . Click on the "Create and format hard disk partitions" button that appears after your search.

If done so, you will be brought to a new window called "Disk Management". Make sure you know the letter of the drive where your Windows 7 is installed. Ok now go on and select the drive where your Windows 7 is installed. Let's suppose it is C. Now right click drive C, and click on shrink volume. Now a new window should pop up with the heading of "Shrink C:". Now keep in mind that for Windows Xp , about 10 GB of disk space is more than enough. So 
where it says "Enter the amount of space to shring in MB", enter 10 000 and click on shrink. It might take a few seconds or minutes depending on the speed of your system. 

Ok so we''re done with the shrinking part. The screen will now show a new box saying 10 GB of unallocated space alongside drive C. Right click the unallocated space and click on New Simple Volume. A new window should pop up which is a pretty simple one. Make sure that the file system is selected to NTFS and the allocation unit size to Default. Where it says "Volume Label", just name the label to something like "XP Space" so that it is easier for you to identify the partition when setting up XP. Click on next and after the formatting is done you will see your new volume as Healthy (Primary Partition). Well done! You're half way through! Just to check that you're going correct up to this point, open My Computer and see that the new volume that you created is available or not. If not, then don't worry read it all over again and follow each step carefully. 

Restart your computer. Insert the XP installation disk into your CD/DVD drive and boot setup from it(just click any button when it says "Click to boot from disk..."). A blue screen should appear with three options. Just press enter. Now chose the partition that you 
created. You should remember the volume label's name that we set earlier in this tutorial. After selecting your partition format the partition by selecting "Format using NTFS file system(quick)". Press Enter and the Windows installation will now begin. 

Listen Guys! If you need a tutorial on the boot loader do let us know!

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Besides just grabbing massive attention of the users and the people over the past one year or so, the Windows phone platform is massively growing in popularity amongst the designers and developers who have begun to prefer the Windows platform over others. 

Software giant Microsoft has reached another milestone, as Windows market place now has more than 40,000 apps in its Arsenal. Some facts about the app marketplace are as follows: 

1) Amongst the 40,000 apps and games, there are about 10,000 different publishers and developers.

2) 33% of the total apps and games have been added in the past 3 months.

3) Out of the total 40,000 , about 85% are apps, and about 15 percent are games.

4) 68% apps and games are free downloads, 23% are paid and the remaining 9 percent are the ones that require payment after a certain trial period. 

The amazing thing about the Windows market place is that the apps and games are being added at a massive rate of about 160 per day. This is huge! Huge in the sense that the marketplace itself was launched just a year back in October 2010! 

Microsoft is most likely to get an added boost when AT&T, who are currently in talks to offer windows Nokia Smart phones to users in the US next year.

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Windows media encoder is a multimedia software by Microsoft which is known for it's main functions of converting and capturing either live, or prerecorded media formats which include audio, video and images. Previously, Netshow encoder was used which was later replaced by Windows media encoder. Netshow encoder may still be available at some places on the internet and/or old CD's. 

There have been many versions of the Windows encoder ever since it came out, the latest one being Windows media encoder 9. Windows media video versions 7, 8 and 9 are used to encode video and the audio encoding is done by various windows media audio versions including 9.2 and 10. Media is/can be created in both 32 or 64 bit versions and can also be created in uncompressed audio or video formats.

The 9th and latest version of Windows media encoder, instead of just CBR and single pass encoding also supports two-pass encoding which used the variable bitrate theory. VBR (Variable bitrate ) is to optimize the quality and it's main purpose is the download and play functionality. VBR is used to ensure the highest quality.

If purchased legally, Microsoft Windows media encoder comes along with a bundle which includes Media file editor, media profile editor, and media stream editor as bonus softwares. A free/trial version of the encoder is available at Microsoft's official website for download. However, like all other softwares around the world, full versions of the Windows media encoder can easily be found on torrent hosting sites and/or other media/file sharing sites. But these methods are applied at the users own risk as piracy of softwares is strictly a crime throughout the world.

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Windows 8 is going to introduce its users to a very new user iterface with the name of "Metro". Now the regular windows start menu will be replaced by the newest user friendly start screen which will feature touch input as well. All shortcuts and applications will be metro styled and one can say that this interface to some extent is quite similar to the one found in windows phone.Besides the thumb print identifier and the traditional password input methods, this time windows will introduce the latest authentication method that requires the user to sketch on three different areas of a particular picture. 


Windows 8 is said to have another feature. This feature is the support of USB 3.0 and this time there's no need to load drivers. One of the main highlights of this higly anticipated windows version is the "Windows to Go". This is the name given to the feature that will allow users to run windows from a USB flash drive. Also in this version of windows will be the support of multiple monitors with the ability to display different backgrounds at the same time on different monitors.|

Another big and very useful change that users will notice in windows 8 is that the user accounts on a system can be linked with one's windows live ID. This means that all the settings anf files would be safe as one shifts from one computer to another. A new Hybrid Boot feature will be available that allow even fast start ups through advanced hibernation techniques. Windows 8 will also include a very new user interface for the Task Manager.

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The longly anticipated Microsoft's Windows 8 isn't that far away from reaching homes and offices officially. The thing that makes it even more special this time is that windows 8 is pretty much different from the previous versions of windows. Unlike the previous versions ,this windows 8 supports ARM microprocessors too. In addition to the mouse, keyboard and pen input device access, windows 8 also supports the latest start up screen interface for touchscreen input. These are the main additions to the newest version of windows which is yet to be released.


Like all previous versions of windows and various softwares around the world the beta versions of windows 8 got leaked. In April 2011 a beta version was leaked to major P2P and torrent sharing networks. In August 2011 another build of the beta version was leaked to the famous torrent sharing network called "The Pirate Bay". Likewise another build got leaked to Beta Archive in May 2011.


The Aero style found in Windows 7 is till there in 8, and this time windows also supports taskbar thumbnails and taskbar thumbnail menus. Till windows 7, the close , maximize and minimize buttons had been enclosed in boxes. This time these boxes have been removed, with just the buttons remaining.




Some official announcements have been made by Microsoft. These include the announcement of the release of Windows 8 in 2012, however not specifying the exact date and month.

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