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Android – disable or enable showing of passwords as you type

Having some difficulty entering passwords to your android cellphone? This option is the one responsible for showing the characters then afterwards asterisk (*), hiding the password for security reasons. Just go to your Settings menu and verify the option through Location and Security group. Settings > Location and Security Slide down until you see the option “Visible passwords” Make sure that the option is checked, it will help you figure out if what you are typing and entering is correct or not. That’s it! Keep on reading!

Defining Process ID or PID and its application

For computers, the process identifier is a unique number used by Windows to identify a program. Each process running is assigned with a decimal number called process ID. In this article, let’s tackle two ways to know the PID for a given application: using the Task Manager using the Tasklist command Windows Task Manager Let’s open the Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. Go to the Processes tab, along with other information each process and its PID will be listed. However, if PID column is not visible by default, click the View Menu and Choose Select Columns. Make sure that the process identifier is also selected and included as shown. The Tasklist Command   For Windows XP, Vista and later versions of Windows, you can use the tasklist command to display each PID from the Command Prompt window. The command returns the list of all processes, PIDs, and other details. Microsoft Windows [Versio...

(Google Chrome) Reload and Continue browsing of recently opened websites after the browser exits

  What if your working on something and you want to continue reading the recently opened web pages again after your web browser exits. This quick tip will guide you to configure the settings on Startup group using Google Chrome.   Make sure that Google Chrome is installed and go to the url and type the address below: chrome://chrome/settings/ Locate “On startup” group and select “Continue where I left off”. That’s it! According to Google, Continue where I left off: The setting restores the pages that were open at the end of your last browsing session. Google Chrome will also restore your browsing session cookies and data. Technical Information Session cookies are data that websites use to keep you logged into sites such as your Web mail. This feature saves time from logging into your Web mail and other social networking sites. For security reasons,  it is recommended that you logout when using a public or shared computer. If you...

Using Performance Reports - All Time option to view all your AdSense performance

Google Adsense is a free way to earn money online. The advertising solution delivers text-based Ads that are relevant to website content pages. Here’s how to get all the adsense data using the performance reports tab so that you can verify and analyze them starting from the beginning of implementation of the service. Login to your email or AdSense account and Go to the Performance reports Tab. At the right side portion, find All time option as seen below: From the option, you’ll be able to analyze if your system is working or not, using the Performance graph… That’s it! It will take time until all the data is ready to view. Just maximize the rows by changing the option to 100. Adsense is being run by Google and allows publishers to make money online through advertisements that can generate revenue on either a per-click or per-impression basis. Thanks for reading the article - Keep on reading!

How to display all processes from the command line

The Task Manager can be use to monitor and display all the programs, processes, and services running on your computer. It can also be use for your computer’s performance checking and close a program when it is not responding. Here’s how to list all the information using command prompt about processes currently running in your computer. Query process command or qprocess.exe Query process command displays information about programs and processes running. You can use this command to find which program name a specific user is currently using and vice-versa. C:\Users\hp\Desktop> query process USERNAME         SESSIONNAME         ID    PID  IMAGE >hp              console            ...

How to Limit the number of users of a shared folder

Here’s a way to limit the number of users of a shared folder by using the command net share. Command-line Syntax net share <foldersharename> /users:<number> For example, to specify a limit of five users who can simultaneously browse and connect to your shared folder named Downloads , type: net share Downloads /users: 5 Windows Interface To limit the number of users of a shared folder by using the shared folders window : type fsmgmt.msc by pressing Win+R or go to Computer Management. Once Shared Folders opens, click Shares. In the details pane, right-click any shared folder to supervise, and then click Properties . Under the User limit group, click to choose “Allow this number of users:”, and specify the limit you want: By default, the limit is set at the maximum number or Maximum allowed. Thanks for reading the article!

Command to Create a Shared Folder Wizard

Create a folder wizard helps you to share files on computer folder so that other people with computer on the network or workgroup can access these resources. Windows firewall will be set up automatically to allow the computer folder to be shared with other computers. Here’s the command or filename of the executable file for sharing folders across the network: shrpubw.exe You just need to specify the path to the folder that you want to share by browsing and picking the folder e.g. c:\downloads Next you need to specify the name, description and settings - great for a computer with many shared folders. Finally, Shared Folder Permissions – lets you control who can see the folder and the level of access for each user and administrators as shown above. Other ways to share a folder There is another way to share a folder located at any properties tab of any folder. The tab let’s you access in different ways, t...

Burn your ISO files with Windows Disc Image Burner Command

ISO files are stored and archived by .ISO format as a digital copy of the original optical disc - composed of data contents including its file system. ISO images can be created from optical discs and vice-versa. Here's how to use the buillt-in command for disc image burner. Isoburn.exe [/q] [<driveletter>:] <disc image file name> /q: Starts burning in the Burn Disk Image window Nowadays, it is very popular, usually, installation softwares distributed on bootable discs is often available for download in ISO image format. ISO image files often have a file extension of .iso. Thanks for reading the article!