Fix External/Flash Drive Folders Changed to Shortcuts Virus

Some Viruses changes our files on our Flash Drive or External Hard Drive changed into Shortcuts. We can’t open the files from our Pen/Thumb drives. Many people are getting this Virus from their Work Place and Losing their Data. How do i get my files back so that I can view them? Most viruses delete the “Folder options” menu and “Task Manager” as well.

Solution to Fix External/Flash Drive Files Changed into Shortcuts :

The good side of these viruses is that they don’t delete the actual content. It was just hide in our Flash Drive. We can easily recover all the files.

Step 1: If you are affected by Shortcut Viruses, Do not format your Flash or External Drive. If you format you can’t Recover it.

Step 2: Check your Flash Drive’s Drive Letter ( Example : I: or K:)

Step 3: Click on “Start” –>Run–>type “cmd” and click on OK

Step 4: If your Flash Drive Letter is K: then Type the below command in your “cmd” and Press “Enter”

attrib -h -r -s /s /d k: *.* 

(Check the screenshot ) Note : Replace the letter k: with your flash drive letter

NOTE: TYPE THE DRIVE LETTER IN LOWERCASE AND ALSO USE SPACES AT APPROPRIATE PLACES WHILE TYPING THE COMMAND IN COMMAND PROMPT.

Step 5 : Now your files will be visible. Make sure to keep the antivirus up-to-date to prevent viruses.

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Get Accidentally Deleted Posts Back

If you delete your blog by mistake, there are 100% chances of recovering it by using the blogger's Undelete this blog feature but unfortunately these is no option like Undelete this post. So how do we get the accidentally deleted posts back?
There are three ways, one of which depends on the cooperation of a helper plus a good memory or clever guesswork.

METHOD 1
This method is applicable if you are still working on the same computer where you had prepared the post (or had viewed the deleted post). Just press ctrl+H (Cmd+H on MAC OS) to open a sidebar listing the browser history. Go to the part where you were editing the post and continue to edit or publish the post (or copy-paste from the cached copy of the displayed post):

Alternative keyboard shortcut to call up the browser is shift+ctrl+H (shift+Cmd+H for MAC OS).
  
METHOD 2
This method is applicable if you had not closed the tab or window where you had been preparing the deleted post (or had viewed the deleted post). Just keep pressing the BACK button till you get back to the point where you were editing the post (or had viewed the post).

METHOD 3
Try to find a cached copy of the deleted post on the Web and restore the post from the cached copy. Type in
cache:URL
to try to find cached copies on the net.
Alternatively, you can just type in some relevant search terms, especially what you can remember from the post title, into the search box and search. If the search throws up a result, click the link cached (see screen shot below) to open the cached webpage and either reconstruct a fresh post with the content from that cached webpage.

METHOD 3
Another possibility is to try the Way Back Machine. This is a tool which archives the post of almost all the website. Enter your website's URL in the WAY BACK MACHINE and it will show the cached copy of the post it has archived from your website. If you are lucky enough you will find your deleted post as well. 
 

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Google Wallet is out now

NEW YORK: Google's Wallet is getting thicker, with the addition of Visa, American Express and Discover to the search company's payment system, which aims to make cellphones the credit cards of tomorrow.

MasterCard, the other major payment processor, is already part of the project. And Google released the Wallet application on Monday for one Sprint smartphone for users with MasterCards.

People with that phone will be able to "load" a Citibank MasterCard into the Wallet application on the phone, and pay by tapping the phone to wireless-capable payment terminals in stores instead of swiping a credit card. Visa, American Express and Discover cards are set to appear later. Visa plans to bring out its own, competing wallet application as well. 

What is Google Wallet? 
Google Wallet is a mobile payment system developed by Google that allows its users to store credit cards, loyalty cards, and gift cards among other things, as well as redeeming sales promotions on their mobile phone. Google Wallet uses near field communication to "make secure payments fast and convenient by simply tapping the phone on any PayPass-enabled terminal at checkout."
Google demonstrated the app at a press conference on May 26, 2011. The app was released on September 19, 2011. 

A locked wallet is a safer wallet

Google Wallet requires you to set up a Google Wallet PIN that must be entered before making a purchase. This PIN prevents unauthorized access and payments via Google Wallet. Android phones also feature a separate lock screen.

 
Secure technology

Google Wallet and MasterCard PayPass™ provide many layers of security.
Google Wallet stores your encrypted payment card credentials on a computer chip on your phone called the Secure Element. Think of the Secure Element as a separate computer, capable of running programs and storing data. The Secure Element is separate from your Android phone's memory. The chip is designed to only allow trusted programs on the Secure Element itself to access the payment credentials stored therein.
The secure encryption technology of MasterCard PayPass protects your payment card credentials as they are transferred from the phone to the contactless reader.

 
What to do if your phone is lost or stolen

Even though the Google Wallet PIN and Secure Element protect your payment card information, you should still call your issuing banks to cancel your cards.

CHECK OUT THE DEMO BELOW 

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Make an Invisible Folder in Windows

You can create an Invisible folder in Windows by naming it with a blank space and changing its icon to transparent.

 Follow these Steps:

• Right click on desktop>New>Folder
• Rename it as “ALT + 0160” (means enter the sequence '0160' with ALT key pressed)
• You will notice that a blank space is used for naming the folder.
• Now right click on folder>properties>Customize>change icon…
• Choose a blank icon and click on OK.
• Your invisible folder is ready to work. 

Customize it further to protect it further by changing it to hidden folder.

• Right click on folder>properties>hidden
• click on OK.

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Backup Data on Google using Google Takeout

Isn't it a good idea, having the backup of your data which you stored on Google with yourself as-well? Google’s Data Liberation Front team has launched a new data storage service called Google Takeout, which helps the users to create backups of data from all Google services like Buzz, Picasa along with Google contacts and Google+ circles. So this was the greatest way to backup all of your Google Data Easily.
The Google Takeout service allows you take backups of all your Google data and export it as zip or other open file formats. Users can choose a single backup for data from all supported Google services or one backup per service.

Its as simple as Google. Just go to GOOGLE TAKEOUT PAGE and select the service that you want to take backup or you can take the backup of whole Google Data there.
Check out the video below to learn more.

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Windows 8 Developer Preview ISO (64 & 32 Bit download)

Microsoft released a Windows 8 Developer Preview publicly, so that means you don’t need a developer’s license to get at it. Anyone can download the Windows 8 Developer Preview ISO 64 & 32 Bit and see what Windows 8 has. To try new Windows 8 on you PC you need need a PC with a 1GHz or faster processor (either 32- or 64-bit), 1GB of RAM (2GB for 64-bit), 16GB of hard disk space (20GB for 64-bit), DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver.

 

 DOWNLOAD HERE
1. Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64)
2. Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64)
3. Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit (x86)

The new Windows 8 OS comes with a new Metro UI, App Store and more new features. With the new release of Windows 8 there are new Windows 8 Keyboard Shotcuts are available. Below are the 18 official shortcut keys to access some of the features in Windows 8 operating system.

 Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts -
Windows Logo Key + Spacebar – Switch input language and keyboard layout
Windows Logo Key + Y – Temporarily peek at the desktop
Windows Logo Key + O – Locks device orientation
Windows Logo Key + V – Cycles through toasts
Windows Logo Key + Shift + V – Cycles through toasts in reverse order
Windows Logo Key + Enter – Launches Narrator
Windows Logo Key + PgUp – Moves tiles to the left
Windows Logo Key + PgDown – Moves tiles to the right
Windows Logo Key + Shift + . – Moves the split to the left
Windows Logo Key + . – Moves the split to the right
Windows Logo Key + F – Opens File Search App
Windows Logo Key + C – Opens Charms Bar
Windows Logo Key + I – Opens Settings charm
Windows Logo Key + K – Opens Connect charm
Windows Logo Key + H – Opens Share charm
Windows Logo Key + Q – Opens Search pane
Windows Logo Key + W – Opens Settings Search app
Windows Logo Key + Z – Opens App Bar

☺You can also access the Windows 8 Developer Preview guide. This downloadable guide shows you new features for developers, consumers and businesses.

Download PDF       Download XPS

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Protect your Laptop: Track and Recover

Worried about your stolen Laptop, how to recover your stolen Laptop. Now you can easily Recover your stolen laptop with Prey App. Prey is free theft tracking and recovery software that really works in case of laptop stolen. It allows you to gather information regarding the device’s location, hardware and network status, and optionally trigger specific actions on it. Check out the Guide Below How To Track and Recover Your Stolen Laptop With Prey App.

1. Install the Prey App for Your Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Ubuntu and Android.
Download here

2. Choose new user and create an account by entering information.
(NOTE: You must be connected to the internet before starting the installation)

3. After this You will receive an activation link in you mail box to log in to Control Panel. Activate your account and login with Your User ID and Passeword on its website.

4. Now in Control Panel You can See Your Laptop, In future you can also add more devices by Clicking Add more Device Button.

5. Now go to the Setting panel and Activate activate your protection Like Alerts, Webcam, Screenshot, Lock PC, Alert and all.

 

6. If you Lost your Laptop than go to Setting Panel and Turn the Missing Option to ON, to get the Detail Report about your Stolen Laptop. 

So this makes your laptop much safer.

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Play Angry Birds Game Online (requires CHROME)

Angry Birds is one of the most popular mobile game. Firstly it was launched for iPads, iPhones and Android based phones but now it is available on Nokia Ovi stores for Nokia Phones. Now you can Play Angry Birds game online free on Chrome Web Browser. At the Google I/O developer conference, Rovio head Peter Vesterbacka took the stage and demonstrated the popular game played in the Google Chrome browser.

Here are the 2 ways, by which you can Play Angry Birds game online:-

1. You can install Angry Birds game now via the Chrome Web Store. It runs rather nicely, and as an added bonus, remains cached for offline play.

2. Or you can directly play it from Google Chrome browser by Following this Link chrome.angrybirds.com

ENJOY THE GAME!!! 

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Control Your Lost Android Phone With AndroidLost App

AndroidLost is free Android App which help you to control your Lost Android phone from your PC. It helps you to Sound an alarm on your Phone, send a popup message to your Phone, view the location of your phone on map, read SMS inbox and sent, wipe phone and SD Card, Enable wifi and GPS, take the picture with front camera and forward incoming calls to your new number. It has lots of features which will help you track your Lost android phone and control the device from your PC.

☻Follow the following Steps:

Download the AndroidLost App from the Android Market and install in your Android Device. Now launch the app and select Request Administrator Rights and Activate it.
 

 

Now got to the site Androidlost.com and Sign in with your Google ID that you are using in your Android Device, then navigate to the Controls page. Now You can see lots of Option there Like Alarm, Location, Status, Messages, Security, Mobile.

 

 ☻ Features 

Alarm

In Alarm option you can select the duration time of Alarm. This feature can start alarm on your Lost Android Phone.

 Location

Next feature is Location, here you can find the location of your phone on a map. Even if the phone is indoor you will get a nearby location by network accuracy. Click the Send Location button and within a few minutes you will get the Map on your Gmail Account.

Status

On Status page, you can get all the details about of your phone like battery level, imei, etc and Enable WiFi and GPS. Click the button and the phone will send the status (battery level, imei, etc) to your email account.

 Messages

 

At messages feature you can send a popup message to your Lost phone. You can also send SMS to any phone number from the PC and also received the mail of the last ten received and last ten sent SMS to the registered Gmail account.  

 Security

 Here in Security feature you can you can Lock your Phone, Wiping Your Phone Remotely and Erse all the Content for your SD Card. You can lock and unlock the phone from the web. If you forget your pincode you can simply overwrite it or remove it by entering an empty pincode on the web.

 Mobile

At Mobile section you can get the last 20 call list on your mail box and also forward the call to another number. One feature we like it here is Front Camera. The phone will take a picture with the front camera and send it to your mail.

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Change the Look of Gmail with Firefox Addon

If you are bored from the skin of GMAIL and Want to change it, than you have to try the Firefox Addon Google Redesigned. Google Redesigned is a Mozilla Firefox extension designed by Globex Designs that aims to fully redesign the look and feel of popular Google services. This is achieved with Cascading StyleSheet (CSS) files which are loaded on the client’s browser.

 Google Redesigned is built for Mozilla based browsers (Firefox, Flock, IceWeasel, and such). Users using other browsers will not be to install the extension. Firefox 3 and Flock 2 are highly recommended as certain styles will not work correctly on older versions of the Gecko engine. As well the Firefox 3 engine provides much faster performance for handling these styles.
Download FireFox Addon Gmail Redesigned
 

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