How to enable and increase sound of microphone in windows 8 pc

  By ijasul | May 12, 2013 - 3:07 am |
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In this article,i will explain how to enable a microphone in windows 8.If you are facing problems like microphone not working in your windows 8 pc or low sound problem for microphone when connected,you can follow the below instructions.

Enabling microphone in your windows 8 pc

In some cases,even if you connect your microphone in the port,windows 8 may not detect your microphone.First method we can do is add the device manually using ‘add a device’ feature in control panel.

  • Connect your microphone
  • Go to control panel
  • Under section Hardware and devices,click add a device
  • Windows will search for any devices connected to your pc and will show microphone in the list and select the microphone and click next and microphone will be added
  • You can check whether  microphone is working or not using sound recorder.

Enabling microphone in windows 8 in case it is disbaled

Another reason for microphone not working will be ,it may be disabled in your pc.You can enable it in control panel.

  • Connect your headphone
  • Go to control panel >>appearance and personalization>>personalization .You can also open this window by right click >>personalize .
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  • In personalize window,Click the sounds option
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  • A small window will open.In this window,click the recorder tab
  • If microphone is not listed there.Right click and click show disabled devices.
  • Right click the microphone option in that window and enable it

Increasing sound of your microphone in windows 8

  •  To increase sound,connect microphone and go to personalize >>sound>>recorder and right click the microphone option and click properties.
  • In microphone properties,click the level tab
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  • In level tab,increase the microphone volume to 100 and increase the bass to a 30db level
  • In case,if two microphone is listed in the sound tab,disable the second one and enable the first microphone.
  • Check the microphone using sound recorder.

If you are still facing problems,ask it here as comments and i will help you to troubleshoot. Above method works for my windows 8 pc and it will help you to enable microphone in your windows 8 pc and increase microphone sound in your pc.

How to fix facebook showing wrong image for webpages

  By ijasul | May 11, 2013 - 3:27 am |
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In some cases,when we share our post in facebook ,it will show a wrong image instead of the image in our post.It may show our logo or image from other post that is inappropriate for the post.In this article,i will explain how to find the cause for facebook showing wrong image while sharing wordpress post in facebook.

Use facebook debugger to find the cause for showing wrong image

Facebook debugger tool which will give description of how facebook fetches the post when link is posted on the wall including the image.
Go to http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug and enter the url of the page you need to check.
For example,i am going to fetch my discount coupon website discountindia.org and find it cause for showing wrong image while sharing in facebook.facebook-showing-wrong-image-1

Any error while fetching the page will be shown in ‘open graph warnings that should be fixed section ‘ In this case,the error is the image should be atleast 200 x 200 px .The image i added is so small so facebook showed another image.

Use wordpress plugins to show the select image

WordPress plugins are available which helps to set an image for a blog post which will be showed when shared in facebook .One such plugin in facebook thumbnail plugin .
Facebook thumbnail plugin will help you to select a the image to show in facebook  such as first image or featured image . we can also select a default image to be showed when there is no image in a blog post.
List of similar wordpress plugins:

  • Facebook Thumb Fixer
  • wp thumbnail
  • custom google and facebook thumbnail

These methods will help you to fix problems of facebook showing wrong images.If you know anyother methods please share it as comments

 

How to unlock forget pattern in all android phones – samsung galaxy,micromax,lg,htc andorid phones etc

  By ijasul rahim | April 20, 2013 - 1:17 am |
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If you forget your unlock pattern for your android phones like samsung galxy,micromax a 50,lg optimus,htc andorid phones etc you can easily unlock the pattern by using your google accounts or deleting the flash in factory mode.  We all set patterns in andriod phones and in some cases we will forget the pattern and will not be able to unlock our phone .This article will help you to unlock patterns in all android phones if you forget the pattern.
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Unlocking forget password in android phone using google accounts

This is the first and easy method that you need to try to unlock android phones if you forget pattern.Enter some random password for more than five times and phone will show the message ‘too many wrong pattern and login with google account’.You must need a gmail account linked to your android phone inorder to use this method.Enter your gmail id and password and login and in 99% cases your phone will be unlocked.

Unlock forget pattern in android phone by clearing flash

This method can be used when you cannot unlock your phone pattern lock with your google accounts.If you try to login using too many wrong pattern ,even if you enter your google account email id and password,phone will not get unlock and it will still show a message ‘too many wrong pattern’. This method works 100% but phone will reset to factory mode i.e you will lose all your files stored in your internal phone memory.All application you installed will be lossed if you use this method.You will not lose any files from external memory or sd card

Steps to delete flash in android phone

  • switch off your phone
  • Now press power button and volume button together
  • Phone will enter factory mode and you will see many options like reboot,clear flash etc.
  • Move down to clear flash option using volume down button
  • Select the clear flash option by pressing the home button to select it

On pressing clear flash,the phone will reset and reboot and phone will not show the pattern unlock as everything is reset to factory mode.This method works 100 % and can be used to unlock forget pattern for all android phones including samsung galaxy y,micromax android phones,htc android phones,lg optimus etc

Five Smart apps to stay fit and healthy

  By ijasul | March 15, 2013 - 5:48 am |
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Now welcome to these five smart fitness apps that helps you to stay fit and healthy. Download these apps in your mobile phone and use them to be alert and informed about your calorie intake and exercise regime.

Here are five smart apps that will help you to monitor your lifestyle and motivate you to stay fit and healthy. You can make positive changes in your lifestyle with the help of these apps and achieve your fitness targets.

Five Smart apps to stay fit and healthy

Five Smart apps to stay fit and healthy

1  RunKeeper

RunKeeper is a smart app that keeps track of your running and jogging activities with the help of GPS tool on your phone. It will count the distance covered by you by your walking and running. And also gives you the record that how many calories have you burned during your jog session. In short it will keep record for your jogging regime.

2 Instant Heart Rate

This app is built to keep track for your heart rate while doing running jogging and exercising. The app keep track for your heart rate and pulse rate by using your phone camera and flash. All you need to do is focus the mobile flash to you finger; the app will use its camera to read the changes in the color of blood on your fingertips. It will give fairly accurate results for your pulse rate. It will also tell you about safe heart rate beat so that you do not overexert while doing exercise.

3 My Fitness Pal

My fitness pal is an amazing app which keeps track of your calorie intake for whole day. To start with this app you need to feed you age, height and weight etc. the app will also ask you about your daily routine, whether you lead an active lifestyle or spend your day sitting on office desk. According to the gathered information provided by you, it tells you your desired calorie intake.

Once you submit all the information regarding yourself, then you can update the app with the food you have eaten all the day. The app will add the calories you have taken. You can also update your exercise regime and the app will decrease the calories burnt by you. This app will help you to tally you calorie intake and uses accurately.

4 Zombies Run

This app will motivates you to run, put on your headphones, turn on the app in your mobile and keep the mobile in your pocket. Audio prompts you to run by the zombies attack. This is a game like app that makes you under impression that you being chased by zombies. While you run the app will record the distance covered by you using your phone GPS. In the end of running session the app will tell you the details like – distance covered, pace of running and calorie usages.

5 Pocket Yoga

The power of yoga is well known for physical and mental health. Pocket Yoga is an app that gives you yoga session with proper instruction and illustration. The app will explain the yoga ‘Asana’ with their health benefits. Beginners can choose the levels of difficulties from the app and start with the first level.

 

Sony Xperia Z – One of the best smart phone in its class

  By ijasul | March 13, 2013 - 9:15 am |
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Sony’s new Xperia Z smart phone has both good looks and performance. It is again an android based phone from Sony only year after its last release in the same segment -Xperia S. The latest smart phone claims to be the best smart phone with beautiful deign and power packed features. Its main attraction is 5- inch 1080p HD display screen with water and dust resistant built. By this newly launched smart phone Sony is eyeing to the power user customers. They are also using their best marketing stunt for selling it in Indian market. Many of you must have seen Katrina Kaif in the ads of Xperia Z, who is as beautiful and smart as the smart phone itself.

 

Sony Xperia Z

Sony Xperia Z

Let’s have a look at the features of the Xperia Z smart phone. It has a 13.1 MP camera is rich with lot of features like auto focus, led flash and sweep panorama view. It is a dual camera phone, so its secondary camera is 2.2 MP good enough for video calling. It has 2G, 3G, and 4G network support. Its TFT capacitive touch screen has shatter proof and scratch proof glass. It has GPRS (up to 107 kbps), EDGE (up to 296 kbps), WLan and Bluetooth and USB connectivity. The main USP of the phone is its 5 inches 1089p display with high resolution (1080 X 1920 pixels) and high pixels density 441ppi.

Xperia Z is an android based phone that runs on v4.1.2 Jelly Bean OS and planned to upgrade to the v4.2 Jelly Bean version. Chrome browser can be used for internet surfing because android browser removed from it. All the apps from chrome web store works well on the phone. Additionally you can enjoy built-in apps that includes back up and restore app, NeoReader(read QR codes), Notes app, Track ID (music recognition app), PlayNow, Smart connect  (allows the user to add an event when an accessory is connected with the phone) and Xperia Link to share internet connectivity with other Sony’s devices.

Performance matters a lots, As far as Xperia Z is concerned it has impressive speed and performance. it is power by 1.5 GHz Qualcomm, quad –core processor with 2 GB RAM. It has 16 GB internal memory that can be expand by 32 GB microSD card. For such a big and high resolution display user has to compromise on battery demand. Still Xperia battery life is not as bad. The phone has non removable Li-lon 2330mAh battery that last for full working day with a single charging. You may have to recharge it again for night use.

Now let’s come to the price, it will cost you 38,990 RS, which is quite reasonable for a smart phone having such a good set of features. Sony has made this smart phone for its users who likes performance in their gadgets and are less careful while handling them. Its water and dust resistance body and power packed features are ideal for them. Sony’s Xperia Z is doubtlessly spectacular smart phone and one of the best android phones available in the Indian market.

 

Most important WordPress plugins by their categories

  By ijasul | March 11, 2013 - 12:26 pm | ,
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WordPress is the most trusted name for blogging and the reason behind this fact is that it can be customize according to the user preferences. WordPress plugins makes it possible to customize it according to your need. For a better understanding WordPress plugins can be divided in categories, here is a list of some important WordPress plugins by their category:

 

WordPress Plugins

WordPress Plugins

WordPress plugins for security 

WP Login Security 2 – this is a wonderful security plugin for WordPress, it will send notification to the registered email address, if someone tried to login from unknown IP address. Anyone will be allowed to login, only after the user allowed the IP address by clicking on a link provided by the email. It is the best security pluggin, if anybody track your user name and password, still he won’t access your login page until you allowed him.

Wordfence – this is another important security plugin for WordPress, it will lock out the user who has done “number” of unsuccessful login attempts. It will also compare the core files of your WordPress with the original files available in the repository, any changes or modifications are found quickly and an email notification has been sent to the user. It will also protect you from known virus, malware and phishing.

WP Notification- this plugin allows you to get all the new update notification through email, if you do not login to your WordPress website regularly. It will make you up-to-date about all the new installation themes, plugins and core WordPress files through emails.

 

WordPress plugins for SEO and traffic

Yoast Plugin for WordPress SEO – this is one of the best SEO plugin for WordPress.  It will not only improve your visibility in search engine results but also let you integrate social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter into your website. Its features like – Meta description, Post title and focus keyword are deigned for better SEO for the blog.

Google XML Sitemaps – This plugin is another important plugin for SEO and draw traffic to you blog. It helps you to create sitemaps for your blogs to submit it to Google. It also updates the site map whenever you post new content to your WordPress blog site.

SEO friendly Images – This plugin helps the user to add SEO friendly keywords (TITLE) and attributes (ALT) for the images in your blog to draw Google image search traffic. It is a good plugin to get the traffic for your blog through images.

 

WordPress plugins for Social share

Thank me later – this is an important plugin to manage the social aspect related to WordPress blog. It will automatically send an email to visitor who leaves comment to you blog. You can draft the follow –up message by thanking them for visiting the blog and encourage them for future visits.

Tweeter, Like, Google +1 and Share – this is a very simple and important plugin with 5 Social icons. These five icons are Twitter, FaceBook like, Google +1, Linkenin and FB share.

ShareBar – this plugin provide fewer but easy option for adding social sharing buttons vertically to your blogs.

How to ensure security from hackers for your WordPress blog site

  By hamfriendy | March 8, 2013 - 2:29 pm | ,
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WordPress offers a convenient platform to the users and become favorite tool for the people who love writing blogs. But there is always a risk of hacking involved in having a WordPress blogs site. Hackers can target your most popular WordPress website and spoil your business. They can even wipe out your whole website from the internet. Don’t worry you can Save your WordPress blogs website by using advance dashboard features and Plugin support.

 Follow these simple tips to ensure security for your WordPress site:

Change your Login name

Once you install the WordPress very first time the first user is called “admin”, this should be changed and replaced by another user name. The user name should be hard to guess, you can also use your email address as your user name. The plugin – WP-Email Login that is available on WordPress Login form, helps you to create email address based user name.

Hide you WordPress version from the site

By default WordPress site shows the version number on the site. This is a bad sign for your website because hackers can figure it out that you are using an old or non-patched version of WordPress. Remove the WordPress version from the site or delete “readme.html” file from the installation directory it will completely delete the information regarding your WordPress site version from the visitors.

Stop visitors to browse your directories

Visitors should not scroll your directories on WordPress. You can stop the visitors to visit your directories. To prevent this open “.htaccess” file on your site root directory and write the command- Option –Indexes.

This command will restrict the visitors to access your WordPress directories.

Change the security keys for your WordPress site

Go to the WordPress directory and change the default security key settings with new. This practice will help in securing your password and avoid hackers logged in without your permission.

Do not give access to your WordPress directory

Do not allow others to write on your WordPress directories. Only the owner should have the authority to write in directories.

Always keep tract the login activity on your WordPress server

You can keep tract to the users who are logged in to your WordPress server by using “last -i” in Linux. This command will show you the list of users, who logged in with their IP address. In case you see unknown IP address in this list then change your password immediately.

Set a password to access Admin Dashboard

It is a good practice to set a password for accessing admin dashboard. The reason of this is none of the visitor needs to see the files in admin section. Once you set a password for admin dashboard, then all the authorized users have to key-in two passwords to log in to WordPress admin section.

These are the basic rules to ensure security of your WordPress site from hackers. A little attention can save your hard work from getting spoil. Other then these tips WordPress plugins provide some good security tools to prevent any suspicious activity from your website.

How to manage your files and folder on window part – II

  By hamfriendy | March 6, 2013 - 1:22 pm |
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In my last post I have discussed some free tools that are available over the internet and can be used to manage files and folder effectively. This post is in continuation of the same topic. As a computer professional, if you are facing problems in dealing with your files and folders then these two articles can help you a lot in dealing with this problem.

Here are some more tools to manage your files and folders on window:

For copying files use TeraCopy

Copying huge files with window’s default copy option is very time consuming. TeraCopy is a tool that copies files with maximum fastest rate possible. Once you download and install the program in your system it will replace the default explorer copy option in window so you needn’t to start the program every time you copy the files. This software integrates well with window and work effectively with the same explorer copy option. When copying files with TeraCopy you can pause and resume the copy process whenever you want. Along with this, if there is an error happens while copying multiple files TeraCopy skip the error file and continue copying the rest of the files. At the end of the process you will see which file occur the problem so that you can copy it again. This software is freely available on w.w.w.codesector.com/teracopy.

For deleting files use File Shredder

Window’s default option for deleting files does not delete the files permanently. It just hide the files on some other place, some software (Recuva) can retrieve those files easily. In case you want some sensitive files delete permanently from your system then File Shredder tool can help you in this. Simply install the program in your system, start the program, select the file and shred it with a button. From the setting button you can also choose the style how you want your file to be deleted permanently. This software is available on w.w.w.fileshredder.org.

 For recovering deleted files use Recuva

Recuva tool is useful when you have deleted a file by mistake. Your deleted file can retrieve (until it is deleted by using file shredder option) by Recuva software that is freely available on w.w.w.piriform.com/recuva. Recuva tool prompt you to select the type of the file which you want to retrieve that could be text file, image file or music file. Then you have to choose the drive where it was located or the whole pc. Recuva tool will scan all the files from the system and marked them in three colors green (means easy to recover), yellow (difficult to recover) and red (permanently deleted). If you file find your file in the result list then select it and press recuve button to save it in your hard disk.

Create folder list use Filelist Creator

Filelist Creator is a tool that allows you to make list of files and folder available in your system. Start the program and select the folder where you want to create list, you can also choose sub-folders as well. Then select the parameters of the files – name, date, format, file size etc, you can see the list in the preview window according to the selected parameter. Once you create your file list save it in your system. This tool is available on w.w.w.sttmedia.com/filelistcreator.

 

How to manage your files and folders on window part – I

  By ijasul | March 4, 2013 - 1:39 pm |
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Window operating system has provided easy to use interface to manage your files and folder. But when it comes to deal with huge hard dives and large number of files and folders then managing your files and folders can be a fastidious job for you. Files and folder management on windows can be achieved by using these software tools which are freely available on internet.

Free easy to use tools to manage your files and folder on windows:

For Instance search use Everything

When handling a large volume of files and folders then searching for a particular file is not as easy as it may sound. The search option available on the window is very slow because it scans each and every folder and files till it find the file.

Everything is a tool which helps you to locate your document instantly. It is a software which can be download from w.w.w.voidtools.com and compatible for window 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, and window 7. When the first time your download and install this software on your system, it indexes the whole contents on your hard drive. When your need to search something just double click its icon and type the name of file, this software will show the results instantly. It is easy to use and less time consuming.

For Smart back up use Copy Changed Files

The copy changed files is software that allows you to take back up of your content smartly. It first compares the content of similar folders and then only copies the content that has been modified. It is much easier then taking back up of your files and folder to an external hard disk. This software can be download from w.w.w.copychangedfiles.com.

For duplicate content use Anti-Twin

When you have the same file stored in different folders or hard drives, then it eats up your hard drive space and difficult to find and delete. Anti – Twin software tools allows you to find duplicate content from your system and get rid of it easily. It is an easy to use tool that works in a way – you can search within a folder for duplicate content then you can search that folder with other folder for duplicate content. Anti twin software shows you the list of duplicate content, and then you have a choice to leave the content as it is or delete it or move it to other folder. This tool is available for free on w.w.w.anti-twin.com.

 For secure files use Encrypt on click

If you have some private data in your system and want to save it from others eyes then use “Encrypt on click” software to protect it from other users. once you download the software and install it on your system then start the program, select the file and folder, feed the password for the file or folder, the file or folder is now inaccessible for anyone without the password. The file is now accessible only after feeding the correct password. For opening the protected file just double click the file the software prompts you to feed the password. This tool helps you to secure your critical files from the snooping eyes.

Today we have seen some crucial free software tools for managing files and folders quickly. Soon I will tell you about some more tools which are extremely important for file management on windows.

 

How to choose best SEO service provider for your website

  By ijasul | March 1, 2013 - 10:10 am |
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Having a good website with some literally good content is not enough until you get the desired number of visitors for your website. The overall success of a website is depending on the number of visitors it gets. Any website which is not worth to attract visitors is like a product which does not have any buyers. To attract visitors to a website, proper SEO techniques are needed to be placed on the web pages. To achieve this, you need to hire best SEO service provider for your website. If you are new to the concept of SEO, then read the whole article to understand it.

What is SEO?

Search Engine Optimization, also known as SEO, is a technique to provide more traffic or visitors to a particular website. It is a process of acquiring higher ranking in the top most search engines results like – Google, Yahoo and Bing etc. Any time a user wants information on a topic, they use search engine to search for the topic, search engine display the relevant information, in form of the list.  The user is more likely to click the results of the first page. Search Engine Optimization works on such tendency of the user. The ultimate goal of SEO is to make your website visible on top, as much as possible, in list of search engine result page. This makes the user more likely to click the website which is Search Engine Optimized.

How to choose the best SEO service provider for your website?

Any one who is having a website wants to hire best SEO service provider for their website but getting the right one is not an easy task. There are many SEO companies operating over the internet which offers their services to the website owners. But they may charge you a fortune for their services. So think about your budget before you are going to decide which company to opt for. There are some professional who do not charge at once but like to have the payment in installment. Hence consider the over all cost of the service before zero down to the desired service provider.

Do not always trust on the to good to believe offers from the SEO professionals, that you will be on the top of the Google ranking, because there is no guarantee that your website will definitely reached on the higher positioned in the list of search engines. There is no way to totally regulate how your website will position on the search engine result page.

Ask for the information from your would be SEO professional that what sort of techniques they are going to use for your website. Always ask for the natural and organic ways of SEO for your website rather then black hat SEO techniques. Explain them what exactly you want from your website and what kind of visitors you want to visit your pages. All this information will help you in getting the desired results from your SEO website.

Lastly I would say use your gut feeling for choosing the right SEO service provider for your website. Spend some time to read the history and review of the company whose services you are planning to hire.