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Use Pen Drive As Key To Lock and Unlock Windows PC

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Password Booster Screen Lock which will lock your computer screen using the USB Flash Drive. This application gives you the similar experience as given by the Windows key on your keyboard. The application will give you an option to register a USB drive for with the application. After you register the USB Drive you can lock the computer screen simply by unplugging the USB Drive.
The application will allow you to register or deregister multiple USB drives so that multiple users can use the same computer using the same software. The program can be used on public as well as shared computers. Once you register your USB Drive to your computer or laptop you can stop worrying about the fact that anyone can interfere in your system behind your back even when you will leave your computer unattended for sometime.

This is the first screen which will open up when you will run the software for the first time after downloading and installing the software. The various buttons that are available in this application are Disable, Enable, Setup, Ok and Exit. The Setup button is used to register and deregister a USB Drive. You can also enable and disable the application by right clicking the system tray icon the icon will change its color on every color if its color is green it means its enabled and if its red it means its disabled. The default state of the software is the enabled state.
In order to get started with the software you should first register the flash drive by clicking Setup and then select the radio button option which says Enroll a Flash Drive to make it a locking and unlocking device. Once this step is over you should insert a USB Drive in your PC, in case it is already inserted in your PC remove it and then reinsert it and it will get automatically registered. You can also unregister the flash drive in the same way by selecting the Unroll a Flash Drive option with the radio button and then again following the same steps for the flash drive. Now after the setup is done when you will remove he drive and reinsert it you computer screen will automatically get locked. In order to unlock your computer screen you will have to reinsert the flash drive or enter the windows password.




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Many of us have more than personal e-mail accounts and there are certain reasons for that, and it becomes really a pain when you want to shift to another account as then you will have to sign off from the current account and then sing-in to another account. This might some time if you have more than two accounts. But today we will be telling you about a solution with the help of which you can easily switch to any of the Gmail you have whether you have 3, 4 or more that does not matter. In this post we will tell you more regarding it.

Before proceeding further let me tell you that the constraint on this remedy is with the browser, as we will be telling you about an extension of Google Chrome, so obviously this trick will work only with Google Chrome. At the end of the post you will find the link to download the extension, which you should open only in Google Chrome, as in other browsers, you will not be able to download or install it. After getting installed it will show you a notification, but you will not be able to see any icon on Google Chrome toolbar.

You will have to go to the extension manager under the settings icon of Google Chrome, where you will see that extension at the top of the list, click the option link of that extension and then you will see the screenshot mentioned above; here you will save the user-id and the password of the other accounts, once you save the information for the other account, next time when you will open the Google page then you will see something similar as shown in the first snapshot of the post. So, this is the way you can do so, by just click on the one of the user-id in the list and then you will switched to that account.
I hope that you must have liked this tip to switch to any of your GMail accounts, if you face any issue while using this extension then please let us know, please follow the steps mentioned above to enter the information for the other GMail accounts.
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12 Best URL Shortening and Expanding Extensions for Google Chrome

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With the rise in the use of social networking sites such as Twitter , URL shortening/expanding has been brought to regular use with much significance. It is really easy to share the short URLs generated by using URL shortening services and the post also remains clean with the use of shortened URLs. We need not worry about the original URL because it can be easily again regenerated by using URL expanding services.

To use these services, most of the time we have to visit the URL shortening/expanding websites. Although its helpful, isn’t it waste of time to visit the sites when you can simply install the URL shortening/expanding extensions for Google chrome and do the work in the same browser without leaving the page ? Here, in this post, we will introduce you with extensions for Google Chrome that are specialized to do URL shortening or expanding or both at the same time.

Goo.gl URL Shortener is an extension which allows you to shorten the current website URL with the Google URL Shortener. The generated URL has less number characters than in those generated by other URL shortener and can be shared with default mail client as well as with other services such as Twitter, Facebook , Blogger , Myspace , Yahoo! Mail , Gmail , etc.

URL Shortener is the extension that shortens the URL using several number of shortening services such as TinyURL , Bit.ly, shorl, turl.ca, hex.io and idek.

Bit.ly Shortener is the extension that shortens URL with the Bit.ly sidebar and sends them straight to the services such as Twitter. You can sign in with the Bit.ly account and track the clicks to the links. This extension doesn’t work on sites using https due to Chrome’s security reasons.

Little URL is the extension that connects to the URL shortening service http://LittleURL.info and quickly shortens the long URL’s in the Chrome browser.

Boomerang Hotlink Manager shortens very long URLs into social-network-friendly sized URLs  and properly redirects the shortened URLs to their destinations. This extension valid on sites using http only.

6) Untiny
Untiny is the extension for http://Untiny.com . Untiny allows you to expand the shortened URLs and reveal their true destinations. It supports about 229 tiny services such as  .tk , .1u.ro, 2pl.us, flic.kr etc.

Chrome URL expander automatically expands the shortened URLs found on the web pages you visit . It uses various URL shortening services.

View Thru is URL expanding extension that expands short URLs and display the full URL as a tool tip over the short URL. It supports the short URLs generated from bit.ly , cli.gs , ff.im , goo.gl , is.gd, nyti.ms, ow.ly , post.ly and su.pr .

9 ) LongURL
LongURL replaces shortnened links using LongURL API and improves speed , usuability and security. About 235 services such as  goo.gl , bit.ly , tinyurl.com, is.gd, etc are supported by LongURL.

10) Explode
Explode uses LongURL service to expand links to any short URL. It operates in the background and does not alter the text or style of anchors.

ChromeMUSE is an extension for URL shortening and expanding services. It can generate short URL for any web page and expand the short URLs on any page, replacing the target URL with the original. It supports all the popular popular services such as bit.ly, goo.gl, is.gd, Tiny URL and many more.

Miniscurl allows you to shorten the URL for any webpage or website and save it to the clipboard.  Similarly, it helps you to expand the already shortened URL. You can easily share the shortened URL on Twitter and Facebook. It supports over 50 popular URL shortening and expanding sites including the popular TinyURL.com , bit.ly etc.
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Download Windows Live Writer Offline/Standalome Installer 2011

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If you are trying to download Windows Live Writer from the official website, then you will get only online installer that only small portion of the windows live writer software (windows live writer Installer)  and you will get full version after running that windows live writer installer. They were not providing any direct link to download the full installer or standalone installer in their official website.
Downloading the 130+ MB again and again is really painful job for dial up user or slow connection user. It is always better to keep the offline installer for feature use. Today we are providing the windows live writer standalone installer. This standalone installer is for  “English” users only and not for other language.

Windows Live Writer Standalone Installer 2011 Includes:
  1. Messenger
  2. Mail
  3. Writer
  4. Photo Gallery
  5. Movie Maker
  6. Family Safety
  7. Toolbar
The above download link is only for English language users. If you are from other language and you need direct download link, then provide your language information in comment we will try to provide you the direct link for that language too.


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