How to Protect Folders and Files With Window XP Professional Edition

Window XP Professional Edition sets the standard for security, computer performance, and reliability.

It is primarily used for corporate networks, for the majority of computers on small business networks or for all home users who require security.

With hackers trying to access sensitive data on your home computer, you can protect access to your folders and files.

STEPS :

Log on your computer as administrator with a password.

Most owners of home computers are administrators after the initial installation of Window XP Professional.

If you're not sure, follow these steps:

Select "Start", "Control Panel" and the "User Accounts" icon.

If your account says "Computer Administrator" and "Password Protected", you're done.

If you're not "Computer Administrator", select "Change my account type" to "Computer Administrator".

If you're not "Password Protected", select "Change my password" and enter a new password.

Close the "User Accounts" window by selecting the "Red X" at the top right hand corner.

Select "Start", "Shut Down", "Restart", "OK".

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Assign or Modify Permissions.

For purposes of this demonstration, you'll create a folder and will be using this folder.

Select "Start", "My Computer", "View" (top left hand corner), "Explorer Bar", "Folders".

Check that "Simple File Sharing" is disabled. (The default Windows XP setting is for Simple File Sharing to be enabled)!

Select "Tools" (5th menu), "Folder Options", "View" tab.

Scroll down "Advanced Settings" to bottom option ("Use simple file sharing (Recommended)") and uncheck if checked.

Select "OK".

Select Drive (C:), "File" (top left hand corner), "New", "Folder". Key in your first name as the new folder name and hit [Enter].

With the right mouse button, select the new folder with your first name, select "Properties", then the "Security" tab on the top.

Under "Groups or users names:", select "Administrators".

Under "Permissions for Administrators", notice all permissions are checked under the "Allow" column.

Under "Groups or users names:", select "Everyone".

Under "Permissions for "Everyone", notice all permissions are checked under the "Allow" column except the "Full Control" permission.

Select the "Deny" column for the "Modify" permission.

This will prevent others on your computer from having access to this folder.

Grant or Deny Special Permissions.

Using the same folder you created for this demonstration, select the folder with the right mouse button, select properties.

Under the "Group or user names:", select "Everyone" to grant or deny special permissions and select the "Advanced" button.

Select "Everyone" and the "Edit" button.

Notice all permissions are inactive while "Full Control" and "Delete Subfolders and Files" are unchecked.

Do not change any settings.4

Take Ownership of Files and Folders.

In the "Advanced Security Settings" dialog box, select the "Owner" tab at the top.

As Administrator, you can take ownership of a folder or file by selecting your name below the "Change owner to:" column.

Select the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" check box.

Select the "Permissions" tab at the top.

Prevent Permissions Inheritance.

By default, subfolders and files inherit permissions that you assign to their parent folder.To prevent a subfolder or file from inheriting permissions from a folder, clear the "Inherit From Parent The Permission Entries That Apply to Child Objects" check box.

Warnings

Always make sure as the Administrator you have full control permissions on all objects.

How to Download Online Games

Have you ever wanted to download your favorite online games? Well, if they're swf files, like most of them are, you can.

STEPS :

1. Gather the supplies. You will need:

• Mozilla Firefox.
• DownloadHelper.
• A .swf file opener, like SWF opener

2. Go to the game you want to download. Some sites are verified to have mainly swf games, such as addicting games, armor games, and newgrounds. Most other sites also use swf files for their games. 3. Press the small down arrow next to the download helper icon. Select the file that ends in .swf 4. Specify what program you want to use to open the file. If this is the first time you've opened swf files, or if the game saves as any file, you'll need to specify. Open the file. Select select a program from a list of installed programs. If you downloaded SWF opener, the file should be in the following location. C:\ program files\UnH solutions\swf opener. It also might be located in the program files (x86) or (x64) folder. 5. Click OK, and you can play your downloaded game.

How to Make a Simple Animation in Macromedia Flash

This article gives you the basics of creating a simple animation in Macromedia Flash.

STEPS :

1. Open Macromedia Flash 10

2. Choose frame 1 on the timeline which is located above the canvas.

3. Draw whatever you want to in your first frame (eg: a stick figure).

4. Choose the next frame depending upon the length of your animation

5. Right click on the frame and click "Insert KEYFrame".

6. Right click anywhere between the first and the last frame and select "Create Motion Tween". Now the same picture you drew in the first frame will appear in the last frame you made.

7. Edit this picture in any way. You can change its size, position or other effects such as alpha, tint, etc. They appear when you right click on the object and click "Properties".

8. Press

+

to view the animation.

9. Play around and experiment. There is a lot more to flash animation than just this.

How to Add Facebook Like to Blogger

Facebook has recently added the ability for its users to "Like" just about any content on the web and have that activity posted to the users' walls. This facility lets you share content more readily and also gives you an idea of how some of your readership traffic is responding to your content.

This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to add the "Like" button to your Blogger (BlogSpot) blog, one of the more commonly used blogging services.

STEPS :

1. Go to the "Facebook Developers" page:http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like

2. Set the options you want. Specifically, select whether you want a "Like" or a "Recommend" button. The sample button on the page will automatically update to reflect your selections.

3. Leave the "URL to Like" field blank. You will be replacing that soon.

4. Click "Get Code". You will see something that looks like this:

5. Replace the following text:

src= above with:

expr:src='

http%253A%252F%252Fexample.com%252Fpage%252Fto%252Flike&layout part with:

" + data:post.url + "&layout

light" with:

light"'

-- notice the new trailing apostrophe

height:px with:

height:35px

-- otherwise, Firefox will make the iframe really big.

Leave a copy of the final code somewhere accessible for you to transfer to Blogger.

6. Go to your Blogger Dashboard.

7. Open your blog's layout and click Edit HTML.

8. Back up your template! Do this by clicking Download Full Template.

9. Check Expand Widget Templates.

10. Find a place to put the Facebook "Like" code into your HTML layout. A good location is directly after or below:

Use the browser "Find" mechanism to help you locate it.

11. Save and check that the button has appeared. Once you can see it, you're done!

How to Protect Your Computer from Your Parents

Window XP Professional Edition sets the standard for security, computer performance, and reliability.

It is primarily used for corporate networks, for the majority of computers on small business networks or for all home users who require security.

With hackers trying to access sensitive data on your home computer, you can protect access to your folders and files.

STEPS :

1. Log on your computer as administrator with a password.

Most owners of home computers are administrators after the initial installation of Window XP Professional.

If you're not sure, follow these steps:

Select "Start", "Control Panel" and the "User Accounts" icon.

If your account says "Computer Administrator" and "Password Protected", you're done.

If you're not "Computer Administrator", select "Change my account type" to "Computer Administrator".

If you're not "Password Protected", select "Change my password" and enter a new password.

Close the "User Accounts" window by selecting the "Red X" at the top right hand corner.

Select "Start", "Shut Down", "Restart", "OK".

2

2. Assign or Modify Permissions.

For purposes of this demonstration, you'll create a folder and will be using this folder.

Select "Start", "My Computer", "View" (top left hand corner), "Explorer Bar", "Folders".

Check that "Simple File Sharing" is disabled. (The default Windows XP setting is for Simple File Sharing to be enabled)!

Select "Tools" (5th menu), "Folder Options", "View" tab.

Scroll down "Advanced Settings" to bottom option ("Use simple file sharing (Recommended)") and uncheck if checked.

Select "OK".

Select Drive (C:), "File" (top left hand corner), "New", "Folder". Key in your first name as the new folder name and hit [Enter].

With the right mouse button, select the new folder with your first name, select "Properties", then the "Security" tab on the top.

Under "Groups or users names:", select "Administrators".

Under "Permissions for Administrators", notice all permissions are checked under the "Allow" column.

Under "Groups or users names:", select "Everyone".

Under "Permissions for "Everyone", notice all permissions are checked under the "Allow" column except the "Full Control" permission.

Select the "Deny" column for the "Modify" permission.

This will prevent others on your computer from having access to this folder.

3. Grant or Deny Special Permissions.

Using the same folder you created for this demonstration, select the folder with the right mouse button, select properties.

Under the "Group or user names:", select "Everyone" to grant or deny special permissions and select the "Advanced" button.

Select "Everyone" and the "Edit" button.

Notice all permissions are inactive while "Full Control" and "Delete Subfolders and Files" are unchecked.

Do not change any settings.4

4. Take Ownership of Files and Folders.

In the "Advanced Security Settings" dialog box, select the "Owner" tab at the top.

As Administrator, you can take ownership of a folder or file by selecting your name below the "Change owner to:" column.

Select the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" check box.

Select the "Permissions" tab at the top.

5. Prevent Permissions Inheritance.

By default, subfolders and files inherit permissions that you assign to their parent folder.To prevent a subfolder or file from inheriting permissions from a folder, clear the "Inherit From Parent The Permission Entries That Apply to Child Objects" check box.

Warnings

Always make sure as the Administrator you have full control permissions on all objects.