5 best windows 7 tricks

1. Use Keyboard Shortcuts Using the mouse, you can drag-”˜n-dock windows to either side of the screen, or drag it to the top to maximize it. These keyboard shortcuts are even faster: Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock the window to the left and right side of the screen Win+Up Arrow and Win+Down Arrow maximize and restore/minimize Win+M minimizes everything Alt+Up, Alt+Left Arrow, Alt+Right Arrow navigate to parent folder, or browse Back and Forward through folders in Explorer Win+Home minimizes/restores all open windows except the active window Alt+Win+# accesses the Jump List of program number ‘#’ on the taskbar 2.Rearrange System Tray Icons SystemTray You can rearrange icons on the taskbar as you wish and start new (or switch to running) instances of the first ten taskbar programs using Win+1, Win+2, and so on. The cool thing is you can also rearrange system tray icons. Reorder them on the tray or move them outside or back in the tray. Take control of what you want to always keep an eye on, and from which apps you’ll require notifications. 3. Access Jump Lists with the Left Mouse Button Jump Lists usually show up when you right-click on a taskbar icon. However, they can also be accessed by holding the left mouse button and dragging upwards. If you’re using a laptop touchpad or a touch screen, this is convenient because you do not have to click any button to access a context menu. 4. Add Any Folder to Favorites AddToFavorites You can add any library or folder to the Favorites section in Windows Explorer. To add a folder, navigate to it in Explorer, right-click Favorites in the left navigation pane, and select Add current location to Favorites. Now you get quick access to your favorite folders in all File->Save As dialogs! 5. Pin Frequently Used Folders to the Taskbar Right-click, drag, and pin your favorite folders to Windows Explorer on the taskbar. They will now show up in the Jump List when you right click on Explorer giving you quick access to your favorite folders.

How to configure Remote Access VPN using ASA?

Remote Access VPN (Easy VPN) provides a secure tunnel over the public network to the off-site users. Easy VPN is a proper client-server model, that is why we will try to perform maximum configurations on the sever end and use Cisco VPN client software at user end to establish connection. Basic steps for Easy VPN Configuration: 1- First configure the ASA interface Interface name Security level IP address Enable crypto isakmp on ASA 2- Configure IP pool Pool name Range of IP addresses to be used in pool 3- Configure user accounts Username Password 3- First define the ISAKMP Policy. Authentication Hash Encryption Group 4- Establish IPsec transform set. Esp-des Esp-md5-hmac Esp-aes Asp-sha-hmac 5- Configure tunnel group Group name Group policies 6- Now apply crypto map on the outside interface. Used to verify the outgoing interface traffic Configuration of ASA ASA(config)#interface GigabitEthernet 0/1 ASA(config-if)# no shutdown ASA(config-if)# nameif outside ASA(config-if)# ip address 20.1.1.50 255.0.0.0 ASA(config-if)#exit ASA(config)# crypto isakmp enable outside (To enable crypto isakmp on ASA) ASA(config)# ip local poolname 30.1.1.1-30.1.1.50 (define IP pool) ASA(config)# route outside 0 0 20.0.0.0 ASA(config)# username Mark password Cisco (define username and password) Now defined the IKE polices on ASA ASA-(config)#crypto isakmp policy 10 (10 is isakmp policy number) ASA(config-isakmp)#encryption des (enable encryption des) ASA(config-isakmp)#hash md5 (enable algorithm md5 for hashing) ASA(config-isakmp)#authentication pre-share (enable Pre-shared method) ASA(config-isakmp)#group 2 (enable diffie-Helman group 2) ASA(config-isakmp)#exit (Exit from crypto isakmp mode) ASA(config)#crypto ipsec transform-set ts2 esp-des esp-md5-hmac (Here encryption type is des and hashing technique is md5-hmac) ASA(config)# crypto dynamic-map dmap 10 set transform-set ts2 (apply the transform set) ASA(config)#crypto map imap 10 ipsec-isakmp dynamic dmap (call dynamic-map in crypto map name imap) ASA(config)# tunnel-group marketing type ipsec-ra (create a group for marketing department) ASA(config)# tunnel-group marketing general-attributes ASA(config-general)# address-pool poolname ASA(config-general)# exit ASA(config)# tunnel-group marketing ipsec-attributes ASA(config-ipsec)# pre-shared-key Cisco ASA(config-ipsec)# exit ASA-B(config)# crypto map imap interface outside (Apply crypto map on outside interface) Now to verify the secure tunnel, dial connection from user end using Cisco VPN client

7 Tricks For Your Android Tablets Run Better

Here are a few tips and tricks that can help you run your Android tablet better. These tips are applicable for most of the tablet devices running on Honeycomb and many of them work on Ice Cream Sandwich too. India is currently witnessing a technology revolution of sorts. A host of low cost tablet devices launched in the country in the recent past bear testimony to the fact that India is ready to take technology in a big way. Yet another fact that emerged with these launches is that Android is getting huge in India. Almost all the tablet devices launched in India in the recent past run on Android operating system. This is a huge achievement for Android as a platform, but a major issue that most encounter is handling of the platform. Here are a few tips and tricks that can help you run your Android tablet better. Turn off your WiFi Battery drainage is a major issue with Android devices. Android tablets keep working even when they are not being used, which otherwise is a good thing but not-so-good for the battery of your device. A good way of avoiding battery drainage is to turn off the WiFi when the tablet is not being used. You just need to go to the main Settings menu and select the Wireless Networks Wireless Settings WiFi Sleep Policy and choose the option to sleep ‘when the screen turns off’. It will do the needful and also, the WiFi will be activated as soon as the tablet is wakened. Activate hidden browser settings Android browser is feature rich and comes along with settings that allow the users tailor their experience as per their preferences. One can do that in a number of ways. This includes activation of hidden browser settings like in some desktop browsers. Go to address bar of the browser and type ‘about:debug’. Hit return after that and you will find a new Debug menu activated in the main browser settings. This allows the users to change preferences in the way the browser operates. Browser Debug Menu After activating the hidden debug menu, you can access a number of settings that can be altered. According to a ZDNet report, it includes a couple of changes to the way pages render that can affect load times. You can always experiment with the settings to understand the changes. Make the browser feel like a desktop browser Since the Android browser identifies itself to the websites as an Android browser, it happens that many a times you get the mobile version of a website instead of the Web version. You can change this on some Android tablets, if UA setting is available. You just need to change it to Desktop and you will stop getting mobile versions of the Web pages. If your tablet is sans UA settings, you can activate this setting through the hidden debug menu. After activating it, go to the UA selection menu, which changes the setting to desktop or one of the other settings as desired. The settings remain the same until changed manually. Speed up the browser If you encounter a lag while entering text in dialog boxes in the browser, you can overcome the issue by changing the setting. After activating the hidden debug menu, you just need to deselect the Enable OpenGL Rendering option. The trick works on some websites, while it may not be able to speed up the browsing of a few websites. Check out the lab for advanced controls Honeycomb, the Android browser offers a Labs area which provides advanced functionality. You can activate quick controls. Once activated in the Labs, the entire screen is dedicated to displaying Web pages. Easy app uninstall You can easily uninstall the apps that you do not need by the Manage Applications section in the settings of your Android tablet. It’s easier to uninstall apps in Honeycomb. Once you see the main Applications screen, tap and hold the app you wish to get rid of. You just need to drag the app to the trash can and it is gone. It is worth mentioning here that simply dragging the app icons from the home screen to the trash does not mean that they are deleted. You can do that only from the application launcher screen.