How to Password Protect Internet Explorer 8 Browser

 There is sometimes a lack of privacy at home and at the workplace where family or colleagues may have access to your computer.If you do not want other users to access the internet,one of the ideal solutions is to password protectthe browser. Children or teenagers, especially, can be prevented from accessing illicit or undesirable content in the World Wide Web. Some users might probably not be aware that Internet Explorer 8 browser has been enhanced with Content Advisor for this purpose. Users can disable the use of the IE browser or allow only certain websites to be assessed.
         Below are the steps to activate the password protection in Internet Explorer:
Open the Internet Explorer browser, thence go to menu, select Tools > Internet Options > Content. Under Content Advisor, click Enable.

Once it is enabled, users need to create a new admin password and set a password hint. Hint can be a message to the user who is opening a site in Internet Explorer. To set the password, users need to click on “setting”, thence select “General” tab. Check “Supervisor can type a password to allow users to view restricted content”.

Users can thence click on to “Change Password” and set their password and hint accordingly.

To fully protect the browser from access by others, users need to adjust the ratings slider to “None” so that no website can be opened without a password.

In this way, one can supervise access to the Internet in general or specific websites because a prompt will appear requesting for the password before access is granted.

 

Recover Dialup/RAS/VPN passwords stored by Windows using Dialupass

Description

This utility enumerates all dialup/VPN entries on your computers, and displays their logon details: User Name, Password, and Domain. You can use it to recover a lost password of your Internet connection or VPN.
Dialupass also allows you to save the dialup/VPN list into text/html/csv/xml file, or copy it to the clipboard.

Known Problems

False Alert Problems: Some Antivirus programs detect Dialupass utility as infected with Trojan/Virus. Click here to read more about false alerts in Antivirus programs

 

 

System Requirements

This utility works under Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003/2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. The passwords are revealed only if you log on to the computer with administrator privileges. If you need to recover your dialup passwords from Windows 9x/ME, you can use Dialupass v2.45

Using Dialupass

Dialupass is a standalone application, and it doesn't require any installation process or additional DLLs. Just copy the dialupass.exe to any folder you want and run it. After you run it, it'll instantly show all your Dial-Up accounts and their user/password details.
You can also select one or more Dial-Up items (by using Ctrl and Shift keys), and then save them into text/csv/html/xml file , or copy them into the clipboard (Ctrl+C). Dialupass utility also allows you to easily edit the logon details: user name, password and domain. You can get the editing dialog-box by double-clicking the item you want to edit.

Download Dialupass

Read the Prefetch File using WinPrefetchView

Each time that you run an application in your system, a Prefetch file which contains information about the files loaded by the application is created by Windows operating system. The information in the Prefetch file is used for optimizing the loading time of the application in the next time that you run it.
WinPrefetchView is a small utility that reads the Prefetch files stored in your system and display the information stored in them. By looking in these files, you can learn which files every application is using, and which files are loaded on Windows boot.

System Requirements

This utility works on any version of Windows, starting from Windows XP, and up to Windows 7. Earlier versions of Windows are irrelevant for this utility, because the don't use Prefetch files.


Using WinPrefetchView WinPrefetchView doesn't require any installation process or additional DLL files. In order to start using it, simply run the executable file - WinPrefetchView.exe
The main window of WinPrefetchView contains 2 panes: The upper pane displays the list of all Prefetch files in your system. When you select a file in the upper pane, the lower pane displays the list of files stored inside the selected Prefetch file, which represent the files that were loaded by the application in the previous times that you used it.
These is also special Prefetch file, with 'NTOSBOOT-B00DFAAD.pf' filename, which can show you the list of files that are loaded during Windows boot process. WinPrefetchView also allows you to delete the selected Prefetch files. However, be aware that even when your delete a Prefetch file, it'll be created again by the operating system when you run the same program again.
Download WinPrefetchView

Delete Data from Disk Permanently with Blank and Secure

There are ways to recover deleted data from the Hard Disk so as to recover any accidentally deleted data but in case you wish to delete data beyond recovery then there are ways to do that as well.

Blank And Secure is a portable tool to securely delete the data. Securely deleting the data is not possible unless you override the data with the zeroes, process termed as “Zero Filling”.
Secure deletion is possible with this program, because Blank and Secure overwrites the data with zeros before deleting making sure that the data is deleted permanently.
Note: Data is deleted beyond recovery, so use the tool cautiously.
Download Blank and Secure

Remove Duplicate PST Files From Microsoft Outlook

It can happen that duplicate pst files appear in Microsoft Outlook. These files are sometimes referred to as ghost files which are displayed in the folder list and other folder views in the email client. These duplicate pst files can be very problematic as they usually cannot be deleted easily from Outlook.
Error messages such as “Object was not found”, “The operation failed. An object could not be found” or ” Can’t open this item. The object could not be found” are often displayed when the user tries to remove them from Outlook. That leaves the Outlook user with no other option than to create a new Outlook profile which will mean that all settings, accounts and other information and personal preferences will not be carried over.

CodeTwo PST Ghostbuster is a portable program to resolve issues with duplicate pst files in Microsoft Outlook. The program can be used to automatically remove duplicate pst files from a Microsoft Outlook profile. The program displays a pulldown menu and a text form in its interface. The first menu can be used to select the affected Outlook profile while the text form can be used to enter the name of the folder that is appearing several times in the email client.

A click on the check button will scan the Outlook profile for duplicate pst files. A duplicate entry was found and can be cleaned if the message “Invalid sections that should be removed were found” is displayed to the user. Clicking on the repair button will then resolve the issue so that the duplicate pst file is removed from Microsoft Outlook.
PST Ghostbuster can be downloaded from the developer’s website. It is compatible with Microsoft Outlook 98 to Outlook 2007 and Windows 2000 to Windows 7.

Fix Windows Media Player using Fix WMP

Windows Media Player has a good user interface and is liked by many people but with the passage of time it can develop certain issues. So if you are facing any trouble with the WMP then consider this post before uninstalling it.

Fix WMP Utility is a powerful tool developed by the Windows Club with the ability of re-registering over 40 dll files required for the smooth functioning of WMP. The repair using this tool has been tested successfully on WMP12 but the tool should work on all the versions as well.
Download Fix WMP