Buttar

Azhar Ali Buttar has 20 years of experience working in different domains within IT industry. From network protocols to server hardening, he knows about multiple areas and has been working side by side with MNCs to provide cost-effective security and infrastructure solutions. Azhar’s expertise lies in off-site and hybrid infrastructure deployment using multiple platforms which includes, but not limited to, Azure, AWS, Google and Private Clouds. He has also been leading several infrastructure and security teams to deploy and perform security optimization in multiple projects, and now leads Nocastra with his decision-making and client-oriented skills.

Windows 7 Hidden Modes

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Windows 7, everybody knows and using it with ease and lots of services better than vista and windows XP but there are a number of hidden modes or services given by windows 7 for better performance and settings that are still unknown for most of the users and administrators. I like to share a few of them with the readers today to make windows 7 easy to use and effective in daily life. These hidden modes are intended for developers as a shortcut to various internal settings, such features have been around since Vista and even before.

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These undocumented features provide direct access to all kinds of settings, from choosing a location to managing power settings to identifying biometric sensors.

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How to Recover Data From a Dead Hard Drive?

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Today I would like to share a very simple trick provided by a friend and successfully tested by a couple of people to recover data from a dead hard drive.

people says that if you put a dead hard drive in a freezer, pull it out and plug it in, it should run long enough to recover the data. You might feel that I am a crazy guy sharing this out of understanding theory but it worked. Checkout the under given pictures and try to recover your data from a dead hard drive at your home.

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While freezing the drive for a while extends life momentarily, the real trick is to run the hard drive while it’s in the freezer. Just throw in a water tight bag first. It Works pretty well with other gadgets including iPod hard drives.

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Free Hidden Themes for Windows 7

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Windows 7 has great quality  themes but they are hidden at the moment and you need to select an appropriate region to activate them. We select the region while installing the windows 7, otherwise it just stays disable. There is no need to yell and say anything to windows creator, you can manually activate them and use them as you like. Activation process is as simple as eating zinger just in ten steps given as under;

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  • Open Windows Explorer
  • Click Organize, and select Folder and Search Options.
  • Go to View tab.

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How to Secure Windows 7 with Built-in Tools?

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Security check list of windows 7 is a set of security tools available in windows 7 by default to protect your valuable and precious data from hackers and viruses. Use this checklist to make sure you’re taking advantage of all the ways that Windows can help keep your computer as secure and safe as possible.

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Use Action Center to make sure your firewall is on, your antivirus software is up to date, and your is computer set to install updates automatically.

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Use Windows Defender to help prevent spyware and other potentially unwanted software from being installed on your computer without your knowledge.

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Make Your E-mail Search Easy with Free Xobni

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Get Xobni, the Outlook plug-in that makes searching your inbox and finding information about your contacts fast and easy.

Lightning-Fast Email Search

Search email & people faster than you can type. Learn more

 

 

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Contact info, profile pictures, company info, job titles. All organized. Automatically. Learn more

 

 

 

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Windows 7: How to Generate System Health Report

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Getting information about system running processes is easy and you will surely use task manager to do this task. You also probably know to use the new Resource Monitor to dig a bit deeper. Have you ever make a system health report to reconcile and present it to your senior for evaluation and future use as a record. A simple command is available to do this task very efficiently. Command is given as under;

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How to Create a Real Invisible Folder or Directory

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If you are sharing your computer with your other room mates and don’t like to let them know about your secrets but you don’t have a separate system still you are looking for a method to save everything from them then you are at a right place. There are lots of lot folder locker and encryptions are available on the internet and most of them look for some money and unfortunately if you lost the password you will feel unlucky to retrieve the data back.

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Here is a very simple and easy trick to create or rename an existing folder invisible. How to make a folder invisible, steps are given as under; Screen Shots of this trick are given at the end of this post;

1. Create or modify the existing folder

2. During the naming hold the Alt key and enter “0160” (with out double quotes) you will see nothing but its entered already (0160 means a non-breaking space) because you can’t enter a space as a name but when you enter 0160 it will enter a non-breaking space as the name of the folder

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How to set Java heap space in Apache Tomcat?

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If Java runs out of memory, the following error occurs: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space This can have two reasons: Your Java application has a memory leak. There are tools like YourKit Java Profiler that help you to identify such leaks. Your Java application really needs a lot of memory (more than … Read more

Turn Off Monitor Automatically when Computer is Locked

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Green Monitor is an application designed to switch off your computer’s display/monitor automatically when you lock your computer. Keeping your monitor switched off when it is not in use not only helps in conserving energy but also increases your monitor’s life. This application is easy to use. It’s simply a install-and-forget application. You don’t need … Read more

Google Public DNS-Secure, Fast and Reliable

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By using Google Public DNS you can get: Speed up your browsing experience. Improve your security. Get the results you expect with absolutely no redirection. Google announced Google Public DNS, a new service that lets consumers use Google as their DNS service provider. The benefits to users are a theoretically faster and more stable browsing … Read more