How to Know which Programs are using your ports?

If ShieldsUP detects that one (or more) of your ports is open, you can identify which program or service is responsible through the Windows Command Prompt.

Go to Start, type cmd then right-click that entry and choose ‘Run as administrator’ (in Windows 8, type command prompt into the Start screen, and in XP go to Start, Run and type runas /user:administrator cmd.exe then enter the administrator password).

In the Command Prompt window, type netstat -bno and look for entries in the Foreign Address column with the open port’s number at the end of their address.



 

For example, the address 212.98.89.186:80 is using port 80. The name of the program or service using the port should be given underneath; if you are not sure what it is, go to search Process Library and find the meaning.

Now, Remove or block the security threat, and run ShieldsUP again.

How to Put Google Adsense Below Post Title in Wordpress?

In this article, we have to learn how to put google adsense ads below post title in wordpress without using any plugin.

For this purpose, we have to add widget placeholder to below post title. So first we have to register widget placeholder. To register widget placeholder add below code to functions.php (Wordpress Deshboard =>Appearance => Editor => Find functions.php file) file.

[code]

/********* Function to Register Widget Placeholder **********/
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) {

/********* Adsense Widget Placeholder Registration **********/

register_sidebar(array('name'=>'Adsense Below Title',
'before_widget' => '',
'after_widget' => '',
'before_title' => '',
'after_title' => ''
));
}

[/code]

After adding above code you can able to see this Widget Placeholder (name as "Adsense Below Title") appear in Widget area. For go to Widget area go to Wordpress Deshboard then Appearance -> click Widget.

So you can add Wordpress built in widget "Text" to add adsense code then add Text widget to "Adsense Below Title" Widget placeholder.



Now we have to place this widget placeholder to below post title. To do this, go to Wordpress Deshboard then go to Appearance and click Editor. Now find single.php file and find below code.

[code]

<?php the_title(); ?>

[/code]

After above code place below code.

<?php if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'Adsense Below Title' )) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>

So combine above two code look like this.

[code]

<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'Adsense Below Title' )) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>

[/code]

 Done!

Best Free Android keyboard Apps

The built-in keyboards on Android devices are fine, but there are third- party keyboard apps that are much better and significantly reduce the time it takes to write emails and text messages.



SwiftKey is excellent and intelligently predicts what you are going to say based on how you write.  Alternatively, you could try Google’s free Keyboard app, which is designed to help you type faster by using gestures.



Instead of tapping letters individually, you glide across letters and simply lift your finger to finish a word, rather than pressing the Space bar. The app is free but requires Android 4.0 and up.

Add Copy To Folder and Move To Folder Options in Context Menu on Windows

The two most common actions performed in Explorer are copying and moving files. To make this easier, you can add the commands to the right-click menu.

Press Windows+R and type regedit to open the Registry Editor.



 

In the left-hand pane find:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\All FilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

Right-click it and select New, Key. Name the key CopyTo and select it. Double-click (Default) on the right and type:

{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Right-click ContextMenuHandlers on the left again, and select New, Key. Name it MoveTo. Select it,

double-click (Default) on the right and type:

{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Quit the Registry editor and right-click a file in Explorer.



You now have options to ‘Copy To folder’ and ‘Move To folder’. When you select one, a window pops up that lets you choose the destination drive or folder.

How to Make iOS faster on iPhone and iPad

If you have upgraded to iOS and your older iPhone or iPad feels like it’s running slower than before, try disabling the new parallax effect and animations by turning on the Reduce Motion option. The result may not look as aesthetically pleasing, but it should make your device faster (or at least feel faster). You should also turn off the Background App Refresh feature.

Turn off Motion effects on iOS

The motion effects in iOS look great, but reportedly make some people feel a little sick. They can also affect system performance.

• To turn the feature off, go to Settings, General and tap Accessibility.


• Select Reduce Motion and then tap the toggle to disable the motion effects.

Increase Contrast

Go to the main Accessibility menu and select Increase Contrast (it is just above the Reduce Motion setting). Tap the toggle to turn the feature on. This improves contrast on some backgrounds to make text more legible and improves performance by removing some of the graphical effects.

Turn off Background App Refresh features

Go back to the General page and select Background App Refresh. You will be shown a list of apps that regularly fetch new content or make use of location services, even when you are not actively using them. To stop this happening, and to free up resources and prolong battery life, disable the feature.

Turn off Spotlight search feature

Additionally, if you don’t use the Spotlight search feature, turn it off.

Go to Settings, General, Spotlight Search and disable some (or better yet, all) of the options.

Uninstall Apps that you don't use

You can also make iOS faster by uninstalling as many apps as you can, because the fewer you have, the faster the device will run. If you don’t need something anymore, remove it by pressing down on the app until your screen wobbles, then tap the 'X’ in the top-left corner (apps that don’t have an ‘X’ can’t be removed). Press Delete when prompted to get rid of the app and all its cached data. You can easily re-install it at a later date, without being charged again.

To prevent removed apps from re-installing when you sync your iPad with your computer, go into your iTunes Library, select Apps and delete them from there.

For a more drastic clean-up, you could clear everything you have installed from your iPad by going to Settings, General, Reset, ‘Erase All Content and Settings.

7 Best Online File Converter

If you don’t have time to download a conversion program, there are lots of online tools that will do the job for you. Here are some of best websites.

#1. CloudConvert

With support for 148 different formats, this tool claims to be able to convert ‘anything to anything”.



 

Just select some files, choose a format to convert them to, and CloudConvert will go to work.

It can email you when it’s finished, or save the file to your Dropbox or Google Drive account. It will even work on any mobile phone or tablet.

#2. Filelnfo.com

Although it doesn’t actually convert any files itself, the excellent file-extensions database Filelnfo.com offers a useful way to identify files you have downloaded or received, so you can find out which program will open or convert them.

Just go to the site and search for the file extension. FileInfo.com will then tell you the file type and the developer, and list all the software that supports that file format.

There’s also a program you can download called File Viewer for Windows, which displays the contents of files in more than 140 formats without you needing to open them first.

#3. DocsPal

Despite its name, DocsPal does not just convert documents. It can also handle video, audio, images, ebooks and archives (it supports all the common formats).



 

Just upload up to five files, or enter a URL, and choose the conversion to perform. DocsPal can email you a link to the finished file if you wish. The service also provides an online viewer that lets you preview documents and images directly in your browser.

#4. Online Convert

This website offers separate converters for audio, video, images, documents, ebooks and archives. It also has a list of the last 10 conversions performed on the site, so if the task you want is listed, you can simply select it and upload your file or add the URL.

The OnlineConvert.com also displays a QR code which you can scan to download converted documents straight to your phone or tablet.

#5. ZamZar

ZamZar can convert between a wide variety of file types and file presets, including document, image, music and video formats. It can even convert compressed file types, such as RARs into ZIPs.



 

The free version of the site lets you convert files of up to 100MB in size. If you want to convert larger files, you can sign up to the Basic plan or the Pro plan.

#6. Convert icon

Converticon lets you customise the appearance of folders on your computer by changing their icons to something more interesting.

Just use an image editor such as IrfanView to prepare the picture you want to use, then upload it to the website in ICC, PNG, GIF or JPEG format. After selecting from a range of predefined sizes, the icon will be created in a matter of seconds so you can download it to your Desktop. Only one icon can be created at a time.

#7. Fileminx

Fileminx is a versatile file-conversion tool that can handle all the popular document, image, music and video file formats.



 

It’s very easy to use - just browse for a file, or select the From The Internet tab and add a URL, then click Continue. You will be presented with a list of thumbnails for all the available conversions. Popular choices are shown at the top, with other available tasks underneath. Select one to perform the conversion and make the file available for download.

How to Bypass Login Screen in Windows 8

Microsoft has added security features to its new operating system, some of which slow you down. For example, to start using your PC, you now need to go through the lock screen and log in with your password.

If you are happy to do away with the added security, you can bypass these stages.

From the Start screen type run, then click Run, type netplwiz into the box and hit Enter.



 

In the User Accounts box, highlight your account and untick ‘Users must enter a username and password to use this computer’. Click Apply, then enter your password twice and click OK.

This also works on older versions of Windows that require you to log in - just go to the Start menu (Start, Run in Windows XP), type control userpasswords2 or netplwiz and press Enter to open the User Accounts box.

You can also reduce your start-up time in Windows 8.1 by automatically skipping the Start screen and going straight to the Desktop.



 

From the start screen, type taskbar, press Enter and, in the ‘Start screen’ section, select the option ‘Go to the desktop instead of Start when I sign in’.