Some tips to diagnose and improve MacBook battery status

MacBook battery problems are quiet common that almost all users face. You may have noticed that your MacBook is not lasting as long as it used to be or it is getting switched off almost a few minutes after being removed from the charger.

However, there are few indicators that tell the MacBook battery status. For example, the one discussed above. If you notice your MacBook is almost discharge just after being removed from the charger or if the battery indicator at the top right corner of the screen never says 100%. It is also a sign that the battery is dying. A good and healthy battery charges completely.

How to Fix Most Common Windows XP Problems

Windows XP was released in the year 2001, and it remained installed about a quarter of the world’s PC, which makes it the second most popular OS. Though Windows XP is a robust operating system, but it has some flaws that can’t be ignored.
Microsoft announced to withdraw support for Windows XP that made the situation more complicated.

 
Here we are going to discuss some easy steps to fix most common Windows XP problems. 

How to Turn off Text Message Notification Alerts on iPhone and iPad?

iPhone has a default setting for message alerts to chime with the text tone, whenever a new incoming text or MMS message arrives. This alert repeat every 2 minutes to make sure a new message came in. The repeat text message sound or vibration can be helpful, but when you get frequent notification for the same message again and again, you are pissed off. Many iPhone users must have faced this situation when they receive alerts twice or more for the single message.

In this article we’ll cover how to turn off text message on iPhone so that, alerts never repeats at all.

Step1: At first, open Settings on your iPhone.

What are the ways to reduce computer power consumption?

Computer is in use for hours every day, which is why making it energy efficient is becoming increasingly important. It will not only go easy on your wallet but also increase your electric bill.

 Here are some ways that can help you to reduce desktop computer power consumption.

1. Optimize Windows with CO2 Saver: CO2 Saver is a free lightweight toolbars application that runs in Windows. It adjusts the power settings to consume less electricity when you are not frequently using computer, monitor and hard drive. This tool calculates the power saved and converts it into pounds of CO2 emissions.

How to implement disk quotas management in windows 7 and Windows 8.1?

When a computer is used by multiple users, you might want to limit the amount of storage space used by every user. This ensures that the storage space on a certain drive or partition is never filled up by a single user only. This article will help you to understand what are disk quotas? How to set them in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1?

What are Disk Quotas?

Disk space quotas control the storage space available on NTFS driver or partition. By setting quotas, an administrator can set the amount of information a user can store on the drive or partition. This means that, whenever user exceeds its disk quota, he/she will not able to store any new data on it.

How disk quotas work in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1?

1. To set disk quotas and quota limit, Use Windows account that has administrative privileges. Normal or standard user cannot set quotas.
2. Hard drive must use the NTFS file system. (FAT32 formatted driver cannot set disk quotas)
3. Disk quotas can be set for disks or partitions not on folders.
4. For multiple driver or partition on Windows computer, quotas limits will be set individually for each one.

IPS/ IDS systems Vs Firewall: Which is better for network security?

The universal presence of networking has totally changed by the internet. Networks that were once completely isolated are now connected to the world. This connectivity has surely allowed companies to achieve their big target but somewhere also shown them the dark side. The internet is now also the place for cyber criminals who use the network connectivity to launch an unpredictable number of attacks. To make your network secure, understand what the difference between IPS, IDS and Firewall: Which one is better?

Understanding IPS, IDS, and Firewall:

Intrusion Detection System:
IDS is a device or security mechanism that monitors network or system activities for malicious activities and provides reports to the management station. IDS systems are only responsible for detecting an intrusion and sending an alert.

Why Windows Internet Explorer Wont remembers a Password?

Internet Explorer is by default configured to automatically remember the passwords for the website that require log in. But if the browser does not remember passwords, resetting or reinstallation is not the perfect solution. Instead, you need to consider changing some computer settings and addressing issues.
Internet Explorer Setting:
Turn on the IE’s option to automatically remember passwords. For that follow these steps:
Step 1: Open the “Internet option” and click the “Content” tab.
Step 2: Select the “AutoComplete Settings” button.
Step 3: Enable the “Usernames and Passwords on forms “option.
Step 4: Click the “Ok” button and then click “OK” again to save the changes.
Note: If you don’t need passwords to save on every site you visit, click the “Ask Me Before Saving Passwords” option too.

Setting up VPN on Windows phone 8.1

Windows 8.1 now supports VPNs. With the addition of it on Windows 8.1 phones it has became possible to connect them easily to the corporate networks and also allows configuring devices to connect automatically to Internet when required.

Now Windows 8.1 has extended support for VPNs and it also includes app specific VPN capabilities. In Windows phone 8.1, VPN is supported by many major VPN vendors, which makes it easier to connect to the corporate networks. Configure your Windows 8.1 devices let the VPN tunnels activated automatically, helping the user to reconnect when required.

Basically Windows phone 8.1 support two VPN protocols:
• IKEv2 ( Internet Key Exchange version 2)
• SSL-VPN (Secure Sockets Layer VPN)

Setting up a VPN connection in Windows phone 8.1 is quiet easy; just requires few simple steps to be followed.

 IKEv2 VPN in Windows phone 8.1
IKEv2 VPN in Windows phone 8.1 allows the device to tolerate interruptions. If the connection is lost due to some reason, IKEv2 will automatically restore the VPN connection until the connection is established again.