Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

Here are some of the useful keyboard shortcuts that are available  in Windows

• Make all open windows transparent to view gadgets and icons on desktop
• [Windows] + [Spacebar] 

• Show or hide the desktop
• [Windows] + [D] 

• Minimize all but selected window (reverse by clicking the key combination again)
• [Windows] + [Home] 

• Dock selected window to the left (or) right half of your screen
• [Windows] + left arrow (or) [Windows] + right arrow 

• Maximize and restores the selected window
• [Windows] + up arrow (or) [Windows] + down arrow 

• Maximize and restores selected window in vertical dimension only
• [Windows] + [SHIFT] + up arrow (or) [Windows] + [SHIFT] + down arrow

• Launch 3D representation of open windows  
• [Windows] + [Tab] (Press [Tab] key to flip through them)

Windows & Taskbar

• Flip window
• [Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Tag] + left/right/up/down arrow

• Cycle through open windows
• [Alt] + [Tab]

• Move focus to front or back of taskbar
• [Windows] + [T] (or) [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [T]  (Press [T] again while holding the [Windows] key to cycle through items in the taskbar from left to right or, with [SHIFT] button held too, from right to left)

• Puts focus on the ‘show hidden icons’ button on the system tray
• [Windows] + [B]

• Launch icon on taskbar (including items pinned to taskbar)
• [Windows] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [9]

• Starts new instance of respective taskbar icon
• [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [9]

• Opens jump list for respective icon
• [Windows] + [Alt] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [Alt] + [9]

Multiple Monitors

• Move selected window from one monitor to another. They will remain in the same relative location
• [Windows] + [SHIFT] + right arrow (or) [Windows] + [SHIFT] + left arrow

• Select presentation display mode
• [Windows] + [P]

Magnifier

• Activates Windows Magnifier to zoom in or out of screen
• [Windows] + [+] (or) [Windows] + [-]

• Switch to docked mode
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [D]

• Switch to lense mode
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [L]

• Switch from docked or lens mode back to full screen mode
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F]

• Invert colors
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [I]

• Exit magnifier views
• [Windows] + [Esc]

Free Cloud Storage : Dropbox vs GoogleDrive vs SkyDrive vs SugarSync

Google Drive:

      

      Google Drive comes with 5 GB of free storage . It also include an option to turn on OCR(Optical Character Recognition ) text scanning , which helps you to scan the images for text and make them searchable when you upload a image. In Google Drive you can add files by "Drag-and-Drop" method. Google Drive has a built-in editor feature . Google Drive is available for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS is still on progress. In Google Drive you can open up to 30 file right inside your browser.
GoogleDrive for PC

GoogleDrive for Mobile - Android only

Dropbox:

     Dropbox comes with 2 GB of free storage on sign-up and you get 500MB of free storage for every referrals up to 16GB. So you can extend up to 16 GB of free storage for free account. The strength of the app is it's API built on . The dropbox is the one of the most developer- friendly storage since it helps you to access your files everywhere. The files are secured with SSL AES 256- bit encryption. Dropbox offer 50 GB and 100GB of storage for $9.99 and $19.99 which is expensive when compared with other could storage's. You can add file by Drag-and-Drop method. Dropbox is available for iphone ,ipad, Android ,Backberry , Windows , Mac , Linux.
Dropbox for pc
Dropbox for Mobile

SkyDrive:

     SkyDrive comes with 7GB of free storage (Free upgrade of 25GB , if claimed on time). SkyDrive are very good at synchronizing when the documents are created using Microsoft Excel,Word , PowerPoint and OneNote. In SkyDrive you can share public links , view or edit public links. SkyDrive has a special feature known as "Skydrive's Fetch" in which if you forgot to synchronize something and if you home computer is turned-on , you can still access the files.SkyDrive is available for Windows ,Mac ,ipad ,iphone ,Windows Phone.
SkyDrive for Pc- you need to sign-in to get the app.
SkyDrive for Mobile

SugarSync:

     SugarSync comes with 5GB of free storage on sign-up and you get 500Mb of free storage for every referrals up to 32GB , So you can extend up to 32 GB on free storage for free account . SugarSync let you to pick folders all over the computer to synchronize, then let you to choose whether you want to synchronize  each folder to all the devices or to a particular device.You can password protect the file when you are sharing them . It is secured with SSL AES 128- bit encryption.SugarSync is available for Windows , Mac ,iphone,ipad,Android ,Windows Phone,Symbian ,Blackberry.
SugarSync for Windows
SugarSync for Mac
SugarSync for Mobile

Click the below link to view the comparison table:

Dropbox vs GoogleDrive vs SkyDrive vs SugarSync

Free Cloud Storage and Comparisons : Dropbox vs GoogleDrive vs SkyDrive vs SugarSync

Cloud Storage is a model of networked stored online where the information's are stored  in virtual space of storage that are hosted by third-parties. In this post we are going to see few cloud storage services GoogleDrive , Dropbox ,SkyDrive, SugarSync about their feature and are compared with one another.


GoogleDrive VS Dropbox VS SkyDrive VS SugarSync

	Google Drive	DropBox	SkyDrive	SugarSync
Free Storage	5GB	2GB (+ 0.5GB per Referral up to 16 GB)	7 GB (Free upgrade to 25GB. If claimed on time)	5GB (+0.5 GB per referral up to 32 GB)
Minimum Upgrade Price	25 GB at $2.49/Month	50 GB at $9.99/Month (or) $99/year	20 GB to your free storage at $10/year	30 GB at $4.99/month (or) $49.99/year
Monthly Paid Space	25GB – $2.49 100GB – $4.99 200 GB – $9.99 400 GB – $19.99 1000GB – $49.99	50GB – $9.99 100GB – $19.99	20GB – $0.83 50GB – $2.08 100GB – $4.16	30GB – $4.99 60GB – $9.99 100GB – $14.99 250GB – $24.99 500GB – $39.99
File support	MS word ,Excel, PowerPoint, PDF Photoshop, SVG , PostScript, XPS, ZIP, RAR, TIFF, Illustrator.	Photos , videos	MS word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Photos, Videos	Photos
Online File Manager	YES	YES	YES	YES
Desktop Access	Windows , Mac	Windows , Mac, Linux	Windows ,Mac	Windows ,Mac
Mobile Access	Android, (ipad and iphone coming soon)	iphone , ipad, Android , Blackberry	ipad , iphone , Windows Phone	iphone, ipad, Android , Windows Phone, Symbian , Blackberry
Developer Tools	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Share Folder	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shared Folders with permission and Password	Yes	No	No	Yes
Limitations (i)File Size (ii)Bandwidth	Unlimited Unlimited	Unlimited 20 GB/day/File	2 GB Unlimited	Unlimited 20 GB/day/File
Security	N/A	SSL AES-256 bit encryption	SSL	SSL AES-128bit encryption

To download/know more about the service click the link below:

Dropbox vs GoogleDrive vs SkyDrive vs SugarSync

[How To] Lock PC or Laptop after a wrong or incorrect Password

When you are away from your PC or Laptop your friends or stranger might try to use your PC or Laptop .If you have password protected it they may try to log-in by guessing the password. So here is a trick to lock PC or Laptop after few attempts so that they cannot use them for a while(i.e) After 3 attempts they cannot log-in for about 30 minutes.
How to lock PC or Laptop after a wrong or Incorrect password?
 1.Go to Start in Search box type Local Security Policy and Enter.

2.Under the Security Setting choose -> Account Policies  -> Account Lockout Policies.
3.In Account Lockout Policies , Select the Account Lockout Threshold .

4. Enter the Value .
(For example: 3 then select Apply )

5.Then the Suggested Value Changes box appears , Click Ok.

6.You can change the timing in the Account Lockout Duration which is in Account Lockout Policies.
7.Finally Click OK.
Now your Pc or Laptop will be locked for 30minutes after a wrong or incorrect password.

Google Plus Shortcuts

 








Here are some Google Plus Shortcuts.

• Google Plus supports Drag and Drop,so you can share links,photos,videos by directly dropping them into Share box.
• To mention someone in your or other comments use + or @ Symbol before writing their name.
• Google Plus doesn't have private messages but you can share a post with only specific friends and don't forget to disable Reshare.
• To get permalink of any post click on the time-stamp of that post.
• Public and Private posts are differentiated  by colors Green = Public Blue = Limited to circles.
• To Underline the text write the text in-between two  Underscores  ( _exapmle_  ) - example.
• To make the text BOLD write the text in-between two Asterisk   ( *example* ) - example.
• To Display the text with a Strickthrough write the text in-between two Negative sign  (-example-) - example .
  
  
  Keyboard Shortcuts
• Space               =Scroll Down
• Shift+Space    =Scroll up
• J                       =Single Post Down Scroll
• K                      =Single Post Up Scroll
• Q                      =Jump to Chat
• Return             =Start Comment