How to Close Microsoft and Outlook account?

In this post, we have to discuss about how to delete your microsoft account. If you want to delete your Outlook account just follow below steps.

You can close your Microsoft account by entering your password at https://account.live.com/CloseAccount.aspx.



Bear in mind that, once this is done, you won’t be able to sign into Outlook, Xbox Live and any services for which you have used your Microsoft/Windows Live ID, so back up any important data first.

If you only want to delete your Outlook/Hotmail account, click here and click ‘Deactivate account’.



All your emails will then be deleted, although some data is stored for up to 60 days and your email address is reserved for 365 days in case you want to reactivate your account.

Snapchat User Data is at risk

The Snapchat users are at risk because the website ”SnapchatDB.info” known as a security exploit permits any person to grab the 4.6 million user data including usernames and phone numbers. The information can be accessible in a CSV text file or SQL dump.

According to creators of SnapchatDB.info, last two digits of user’s phone numbers are hidden for user’s security purpose. However, on finding such security exploit, it revealed that Snapchat has not authenticated the information like mailing address, registrant name, contact numbers. Hence, there is no updated reply from Snapchat creators and company as well.

Users might find difficulty to download database because of traffic congestion or incomplete files. Before this security exploit, Snapchat had faced two security related exploits, which were discovered by Australia-based Gibson Security that showed that user data at Snapchat is not safe. Even Snapchat IOS API is also vulnerable so any person can leak user name, phone numbers etc. and may use it for illegal purpose.

Snapchat spokesperson told to Gibson report that Snapchat has “Find Friends” feature that allows friends to find the user easily. Company does not disclose phone number to other users. Over the past years, Snapchat has implemented many steps for user’s database security and still improving security implementations to fight against spam and misuse.

Backup & Restore Your Files Using Window 8’s File History

Microsoft has released its new version of its primary product Window 8 by replacing Window 7. Window 8 has some features, which are still hidden from users.Window 8 is distinct operating system than Microsoft’s previous versions. One of hidden feature of Window 8 is File History about which I come to know and I would like to share it with you in this article.

You have heard about Apple’s Time Machine, the same working pattern is followed by window 8 file history feature. It is like a built in tools that instant take backup of your files. File History does not backup your whole system but considers only your documents, photos, media files, libraries. You can add any file at any time. In addition, instead of doing large backups every week or month, it takes an image of your files every hour, so you can restore your files in a much fine position. If you have any problem with window system, you can reinstall window 8 and restore files with this features.

How to set up File History

• Go to control panel


• Click on ”System and Security”

• Access File History

• In case of external drive just click “Turn On” (you can use external disk for backup in file history)

File History is useful for your network location like NAS. For that, you have to click on “change drive” in the left sidebar and pick your network location. Now go to File History and click on “Turn On.”

In Advance setting option, you can select the time for a backup file.

How to restore deleted files

Sometimes accidentally, we delete some necessary file or change existing file and want its old file version. Below is the process to restore your old, deleted files.

In File History, you have to open up window explorer.

• Open the file folder


• Then click on Home button


• Click on the file history icon.

Alternatively, you can access to the control panel and click on File History and finally click on “Restore Personal File.”

File History needs external storage: a USB flash drive, USB hard drive, or network drive. The more space you give to File History, the depth your backup will go.In Window 8, File History changed backup ideal and makes you free from backup hurdle.

How to Delete your Facebook account?

Facebook discourages you from deleting your account, partly to preempt restoration requests from users who have done so in the heat of the moment, and also because it wants to hang onto your data.

Instead, you are encouraged to “deactivate” your account by going to Account Settings, Security and choosing ‘Deactivate your account’.



 

This will hide all your Timeline information, such as friends, photos and interests, and prevent people from contacting or searching for you. You can reactivate your account at any time by logging back into the site.

If you are sure you want to delete your account forever, which will permanently remove your personal information from
Facebook’s database, go to www.facebook.com/help/delete_account and click ‘Delete my account’.



 

According to Facebook, this typically takes up to one month, although some data may remain in back-up copies and logs for 90 days, and certain content, such as messages you’ve sent to friends, may remain visible.

How to Delete whole Google account?

If you are really unhappy about all the personal data Google has stored about you, one drastic option is to delete your account altogether. This is not a decision to be taken lightly, because it means you will lose all the information and files you have stored in Google services, including Gmail, Drive and YouTube. It will also cause problems if you use an Android phone or tablet, which require you to be logged into your Google account so you can install and update your apps.

Still, if you are determined to cut loose from Google, you can do so by logging into your account at www.google.com/settings/datatools and clicking the link ‘Delete Products’ at the bottom of the page.



Then click "Close account and delete all services and information associated with it".



You’ll then be asked to confirm you understand that you’ll no longer be able to use the listed services (annoyingly, you need to select them individually) and to sign in for the final time before you click Delete My Account.

Google does not say how long the deletion will take, but it is likely to depend on the amount of data you have stored across its various products and services.

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!