DuckDuckGo: An Impressive Search Engine

DuckDuckGo is a relatively new search engine on the web which pulls results from over 50 sources. DuckDuckGo is a better search engine if you’re looking for an alternative toGoogle. Moreover DuckDuckGo promises over user’s privacy and does not track users nor does it personalize user’s search results.
If you’re looking for an alternative to your current search engine DuckDuckGo can be the perfect choice for you. DuckDuckGo was also listed among TIME’s top 50 best websites of 2011.

How to Set DuckDuckGo as your Default Search Engine

On Chrome:

• Visit http://www.duckduckgo.com from your browser and click on the name of your browser displayed at the bottom and click on step 3.

Have a look at the image for a better picture.

• Now click on option 3, as instructed in the image above and go to Options > Basics > Search engines > Manage search engines.
• Now search for DuckDuckGo and click on make default.

On Firefox:

• Point your browser to the following address and install the search bar plugin for Firefox, to add DuckDuckGo to your search bar.

On Internet Explorer (IE):

• Visit DuckDuckGo and click below on “IE” and then make it your default search provider.

Tips and Tricks to improve your DuckDuckGo experience

If you are unable to find something you’re looking for on Duck Duck Go you can add “bangs” to your search phrase to search for the phrase on another search engine.

For example: The below search query will redirect your search to Google (!g).

Here is a list of useful bangs which you may use to redirect your search to the specified site if you’re unable to find what you’re looking for on DuckDuckGo.

• !apple (Apple.com)
• !g (Google.com)
• !ms (Microsoft.com)
• !chrome (Google Chrome Web Store)
• !amazon (Amazon.com)
• !ebay (Ebay.com)
• !craigslist (Craigslist)
• !w (Wikipedia)
• !wp (WordPress)

Click here to find the list of all the shortcuts.
You can also select a search suggestion on the right to redefine your search.
Like Google has the “I’m feeling Lucky” button, DuckDuckGo has the same feature with which you can directly open the first result of the results page by appending “\” in the front of your search query.
Use the keyboard shortcuts to speed up navigation while searching. You can find the list of all shortcuts by clicking here.
Furthermore, you can use DuckDuckGo to perform advanced mathematical calculations, conversions, find facts, IP address, formulae’s etc.. Point your browser to the goodies OR to thetech goodies page to learn more about these shortcuts.

Shortcomings of DuckDuckGo:

• DuckDuckGo does not have image search of its own.
• It does not link to the cached versions of the pages, hence if a website is down or the page is unavailable you cannot view the page.
• Sometimes you may not find what you’re looking for on DucKDuckGo, so you may need to switch search engines.

DuckDuckGo is really impressive so far and is on its way up, I suggest you to give it a try and drop in your comments below about your experience with the search engine.

How To Logon To Windows 7 Administrator If You Forgot Your Password

Need to recover Windows 7 password?

 Date:18-Jan-13                                                                                By: Er.Somesh Bhardwaj

        Windows 7 password reset or recovery solution is quite easy if you pick up the right way. In case you may lose important data during your recovery, here we give a full detail of the solution. In this, we take the most used laptop or computer for example.

It is really frustrated if you realize your windows 7 login password lost. Are there any methods to get it back?

I forgot Windows 7 password to my computer, how to I do reset it? Please help, I am locked out from my important data!!

Windows 7 password reset or recovery solution isn't so difficult if you pick up the right way. In case you may lose important data during your recovery, here we give a full detail of the solution. In this, we take the most used laptop or computer for example.

Password lost often happens; there are many reasons for losing password. If you don’t pick up a good way, it could ruin your days completely. Here we share some practical solutions for you.

Trick 1: Recover Windows 7 password with password reset disk

             Password reset disc only use in a certain account which you have created before losing that account password, or it won’t help. So it’s better to create password reset disc when you add a password to a new account. If you have problems with how to create USB windows 7 password reset disk, you can see more details in MS website.

Here is how to recover windows 7 password with password reset disk


Step 1: When entering a wrong password, it will show you the Password hint and you can reset password as following picture. Click “Reset password” it will show you the Password Reset Wizard.


Step 2: Click NEXT and select your USB password key disk drive to reset the password with a new one.


Step 3: Then you can use the new password enter your computer.


Trick 2: Recover Windows 7 password from safe mode

           Windows 7 OS has a built-in administrator account that is created during Windows installation, and disable by default. The account has no password in it. You need to enable that account before losing your other admin account password. Or in this tip your built-in administrator account won’t appear in the screen.

1. Start your computer and press "F8" while the computer boots up. Scroll down to "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" with the arrow keys on the keyboard and press "Enter." Your computer starts in Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

2. Select the Administrator account that appear in the screen, then enter command prompt. Type: net user XXX 123456 and enter (XXX is the account name which password you need to reset 123456 is the new password), it will show you a message that” the command completed successfully.

3. Restart your computer, then you can log in as XXX with the password 123456. You can go to control Panel to change your account password if necessary.

I don’t have a password reset disk and I’ve try safe mode, it won’t help, what should I do?

Trick 3: Recover Windows 7 password with Windows Password Key

If you didn’t enable the built-in administrator account or you’ve reset the default administrator account password before and you forgot the password. Or you don’t have a password reset disk. In this situation you need to find Windows Password Key to wipe up the password, it is the best and quick choice.

1: Log in any available computer that you can access to and allow you download. Download and install Windows Password Key in that computer.

2: Run and burn Windows Password Key to a blank CD/DVD or USB flash drive.

3: Insert the disk to your locked Computer and then boot it from the disk, then you can follow the instruction to reset your password. The command line just like this:

Step1: Location selection

Please select Windows installation to be processed

Step 2: Select User Name

Here are the user names detected in Windows:

•  Administrator
•  Dvai
•  Guest
•  Sarah
•  HelpAssistant

Please enter your selection 1..5


Step 3: Confirmation
You are about to reset the password of 'Administrator' Are you sure? (y/n)

Password of 'Administrator' reset.Your computer will be restarted.Please remove the Windows password key bootable media and press any key to restart.


It’s 100% recovery, so I’m sure you’ll enter your Windows 7 system with that account.

How to check and modify the Windows XP Serial key using Magical Jelly Bean Key finder v 1.41

How to check and modify the Windows XP Serial key using Magical Jelly Bean Key finder v 1.41

02:19 PM / 27-DEC-12                                                                                                                           By: Er.Somesh Bhardwaj

The process will show you how can we extract the Windows XP serial key from the Installed Operating system and the modify it with the new one. The change of serial key is required to make your Windows XP genuine with the updated Genuine key. To modify the serial key we need a third party software named as "Magical Jelly Bean Key-finder"

Process:
1. Download and open "Magical Jelly Bean Key finder" (No need to install).

The open Windows will show the installed operating system version and the serial key (CD Key) that is entered at the time of installation.

2. Now click on "Options" on the menu bar then select "Change Windows Key"

3. A new window will be opened asking for another serial key. Just enter the new Genuine Serial key.
4. After entering the serial key, click on "Change".

5. It will show the Confirmation Message that "Your Product key has been successfully updated. Restart the keyfinder to verify it".

That is it. Now your old Windows XP serial key is successfully updated.

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Microsoft Windows Xp Service Pack 2 and 3 Genuine Serial key free download

Microsoft Windows Xp Service Pack 2 and 3 Genuine Serial key free download

By:- Er.Somesh Bhardwaj                                                                         Date: 27 Dec,12 Time: 02:33PM

Easy to Use Just Copy and Paste at require or demanded area to Get a Full functioned Microsoft Windows XP SP 2 & 3

Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) Genuine Serial Key

DYKRH-48DMG-PHKGY-4329Q-PXGHT

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (sp3) Genuine Serial KEy

MR49R-DRJXX-M6PX2-V96BF-8CKBJ

How To Connect a USB Keyboard To Your Android Phone

• By:- Somesh Bhardwaj | November 29, 2012 | 09:01 am

While I’m a big fan of Swype, SlideIT, and other advanced Android keyboards, there’s something to be said about a keyboard with keys on it. I mean the physical-type keyboards – you know, the clunky ones that go clack-clack-clack as you frantically type your next great novel. I wouldn’t want to have to use one of these every time I have to reply to a quick text or email on my phone, but when I decide to go out to the neighborhood café to get some serious writing done, it’d be nice to be able to take just my phone and a run-of-the-mill USB keyboard – if only for the weird looks from the other patrons.

But how can you hook up an ordinary USB keyboard to your Android phone?

Three Magic Letters: Oh, Tee, Gee

Above is the simple cable that makes the magic happen. It’s a USB OTG  cable, which, expanded, really means USB On-The-Go. One its far, blurry end, you can see a Micro USB plug that fits into my Samsung Galaxy S II, the same way any other USB or charger cable fits. The near end, in focus, has a regular-sized USB jack in it – the same type you can plug a keyboard into, or a USB key, or anything else really (just because you can plug it in, doesn’t mean it’ll work with your phone, as you’ll see later on).

This is the single most important piece of hardware you’re going to need to connect a USB keyboard to your phone, and there’s no real way around it. It’s a bit tricky to get: Your neighborhood computer store may not have it, but Amazon sure does . The good news is that it’s tiny (so you won’t pay much for shipping, even if it’s international), and it’s really cheap, selling for around $1 (a single buck yes).

Once you get the cable (and the keyboard), it’s time to discuss software.

Root Not Required

Ideally, you should be able to plug the cable into your phone, plug a keyboard into the cable, and start typing. For my phone, that’s exactly how things went:

This obviously isn’t perfect, though, because a large software keyboard is still taking up a lot of screen space. A quick tap on the phone’s Back button fixes that, though:

And this is another look of the same setup, this time from the outside (i.e, not a screenshot of the phone). You can see the OTG cable snaking into my phone, and in the middle of the frame you can see it plugging into the cheapo Logitech USB keyboard I used. After hitting the Back button, I was able to just keep typing smoothly.

If You’re Using a Weird Layout

As you may recall, I use an alternative (read: better) keyboard layout called Colemak. When I connected an external keyboard before, it suddenly went QWERTY on me, which was very disorienting. If you have the same problem, you can get and install a $2.50 app calledExternal Keyboard Helper . This app lets you set your own layout (and includes Colemak), and can also make your software Android keyboard disappear in case it doesn’t go away on its own (not a problem if you’re using Swype, as shown above).

USB Thumb Drives, Or: A Matter Of Luck and Circumstances

Originally, I was also going to cover mounting USB thumb drives using the same system. After all, if you can stick a keyboard onto the end of the OTG cable, why not plug in a USB thumb drive? There’s a free app called StickMount  (requiring root access) that can help. But alas, no matter how much I fiddled with my USB thumb drive, I just couldn’t get it to work. The device is rooted, it’s running Android 4.1 (not 4.2, which StickMount is currently incompatible with), the thumb drive is operational, and yet, nothing useful happened when I plugged in the drive.

I guess this goes to show that with Android, your mileage may always vary. This does notmean you won’t be able to plug in a USB drive using this exact same system – it just means I was unable to. If you already have an OTG cable and have plugged in a keyboard, you might as well give it a go with a USB drive and share the results in the comments – I would be curious to hear how you fared!

Note Source :-  http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-connect-a-usb-android-keyboard/?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=2012-11-28