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Protect dropbox data to be secure and encrypted- How to encrypt dropbox files

sensehow — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:27:00 +0000

How to encrypt and secure your dropbox account sensitive data?when it comes to data syncing Dropbox is the only best and that is the reason we discuss on dropbox often on this blog. It is a collaborative platform software which not only provides file syncing but also interactive and effective management of the files. But there is always a doubt are the files you upload to dropbox secure? What about uploading sensitive files to my dropbox account? Will it be safe there and similarly there are a lot of questions in our mind. Now that is fine,You can find your answers on encrypting and making your sensitive data secure in your dropbox account.

The there are a lot of methods and easy ways to protect all the files in your dropbox account, but if you are a person dealing with lot of sensitive files and confidential information think twice before uploading the file to your dropbox account. Adding more security to the file can help protecting all your data from being accessed by others, but it is always good to be preventive if the data is extremely important to you.

Encrypting all the files that you upload to your dropbox account by a password or text lock will help adding that additional security you need at storing files there. It is well-known that there are some privacy issues with dropbox but it is unavoidable when you run a massive service like it, there may be different uses needing different levels of privacy. That’s why we have come up with this tutorial on how to secure dropbox uploaded files. It does mean they have not taken any action towards protecting all your files, they have recently made it better more and SSL encrypted. The privacy and security settings of your account was also increased to the maximum possible limits and they have made all things clear about it.

As far as I believe there is no alternative to dropbox that can effectively provide better syncing than what dropbox currently provides you, so the question of leaving dropbox do not seem to be wise at this situation. It is the only tool that provides various other features than just data syncing. It is said that more than 80% of the users at present only upload their photos, videos which they don’t worry of being confidential, that being said such users will never worry of the security concerns in dropbox.

How to encrypt important sensitive data in dropbox ?

Before uploading your files to your dropbox account make sure you encrypt it and compress it or zip it. By adding this you are increasing the security and those files cannot be accessed by any other at any time. This can be done easily by secretsync app which will encrypt all the data that is being uploaded to dropbox automatically before sync.

How to automatically encrypt files using secretsync ?

Secret sync is a software which works on Windows, Mac and Ubuntu. It will encrypt all the files or folders before that is sent to your dropbox storage account. It creates a folder where you need to place all the files that should be encrypted before sending to the dropbox account. All the other files which are not confidential must be placed in the regular dropbox folder. Anything placed inside that secret sync folder will be automatically encrypt that and then synced to dropbox. Another important feature of this encryption software is it encrypts your files with 256 bit AES encryption which makes use of the key access program. That would really improve the safety and security of all the confidential files that you upload to dropbox.

How to install secret sync in your computer?

Below is the procedure on how to install secret sync on your PC laptop.

You can download secretsync from here. It is the official site.
This software requires Java and .net framework to be be installed in your PC.
When you register for the first time with cigarettes and you will have to register for an account.
It works on token-based system.
Click on the get token button.
Now it will ask for a password that you like to set for all the files that you upload to your dropbox to secret sync. This should be known only for you and never be shared.
Select the location to install secret sync on your computer.
Now you will be asked about the location of the dropbox installation on your computer. So you will need to first install dropbox and then carry on to install secret sync to provide the installation folder to secret sync.
Clicked on install button on the screen.
Your installation of secret sync must have been completed by now.

How to upload files using secret sync to dropbox?

Now that the installation of secrets and has been completed to upload files to your dropbox account using secret sync is very easy and you only need to place the files that you need to upload to dropbox into the secret sync folder and it will be encrypted first and then automatically uploaded to your dropbox account that you provided during installation.

So it is just like uploading using your default dropbox but using secret sync folder. Now look below if you need to find out how to manually encrypt your files before uploading it or sharing.

Manual encryption of files can be done by true crypt software. It is and open source software which works on Windows and it seems the best in encryption software available at present. But with this method you will have to first encrypt your files using true crypt and then load them into your dropbox upload folder for sync. But encrypting individual files each and every time you need to upload is really time consuming and not so easy.

You can download true crypt software from here.

Select if your running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux and then select the appropriate download for your computer.

Open it and it’ll create a restore point in your system.

After above step is completed, the installation will completes.

Learn more about using true crypt to encrypt your dropbox files using the tutorials in the official site.

Hope you like this method on how to encrypt and secure dropbox files.

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How to install Windows 8 from bootable Flash drive

sensehow — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:40:17 +0000

Windows 8 operating system is all set for a massive release later this year. Now the developer version of Windows 8 is out and available for free download in the official website of Microsoft. You can install Windows 8 developer version in your PC for free. So this tutorial will help you on how to install Windows 8 in your system from your bootable Flash drive.

Below are the steps for installing Windows 8 in your computer,

Select which version of Windows 8 you need to install in your computer. If it is 32 bit or 64 bit select the appropriate download for your system. Now check below for the brief description of the installation procedure of this os.

First of this procedure is to run command prompt in your computer. Just go to start menu and search for “cmd” and when it appears right click on that and select the run as administrator option.

Is now in the command prompt that appears, enter “list disk” to list out all the drives that are connected to your system, both internal hard disk drives and external USB Flash drives. Then you have to select the pen drive or USB Flash drive. It is disc 1.

After that, you will have to clean the drive. Enter the command “clean” and then you will have to create a partition. For that enter “create partition primary” and it will complete by creating a partition. Once that is complete to have to select it by entering into it “selects partition 1” and then entering “active” following that to make this partition in the active mode.

Now you have completed setting up your primary partition and made it active. Then you have to format the external Flash drive to NTFS partition. It will complete very fast if you’re having a faster speed in drive. After you have completed this, you need to assign a folder where all the installation files will be stored on your computer. For this tutorial purpose, We extracted all the iso files and stored it under c:/win folder in the system. Now, come out of your default partition and enter “CD WIN”, this will take you inside win folder where we stored all the iso files. Then enter “CD BOOT”.

Once you enter the above command, you have successfully created your bootable USB Flash drive from which you can install Windows 8 os on any netbook or notebook laptops using the option to boot in the start-up. After you complete successful installation, you will get the below start-up screen in your Windows 8 installation.

Below is a video from microsoft explaining about the windows 8 os.

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Tutorial: How to connect an external monitor to laptop

sensehow — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:58:54 +0000

Connecting an external monitor to laptop is simple and depends on the port your laptop has.Whether it is VGA or DVI Port.Most of the laptops at present manufactured have VGA ports in it,Some have both in it and a very few have only DVI in it.So,check what your laptop has and if you have doubts on what is VGA and DVI ports just look at the below picture and you will know it.

The cables of both vga and dvi ports differ from each other and you will get it along with your laptop.

Now assuming that you have the cable necessary for connecting your ports to the external monitor,this process is going to be easy.

Connect the cable to one end of the monitor and the other end to the laptop port either vga or Dvi.Now after you connect it,your laptop will detect the external monitor automatically and will ask you if you want to make it an external display or stand alone duplicating your laptop display.

Newer laptops will automatically do everything from adjusting the settings of the resolution to setting up your external monitor using optimum usage settings.You can also set up yourself by RIGHT CLICK from desktop and selecting “SCREEN RESOLUTION”.

After you select that a windows will come up where you have to select “DETECT” and it will come up with primary and new displays added to the laptop.Now,You can find a “Multiple Displays” option,select “EXTEND” the display option and you can set it up based on requirement.

You can position your external monitor and apply the optimum settings based on the position.You can control right/left options by dragging the icon to the left or right of the screen.

Thus connecting an external monitor to a laptop is easy.

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Download Zuro window 8 immersive UI and Metro UI web browser

sensehow — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:32:50 +0000

Windows 8 coming soon but it is already catching news and headlines. Today I have a news about a application which brings in Windows 8 browser features in Windows 7, Vista, XP. The supplication is called Zuro and is extremely new, but can improve your browsing experience with Windows 8 immersive UI and Metro UI web browser.

Using this browser you can make it look like Windows 8 browser installed in your system in Windows 7, Vista or XP. Below is a list of features that zuro has at present.

Windows 8 immersive UI and Full metro UI.
Consumes very less memory
tab control
supported chat system
support site icon, various encryption levels.
Easy to use
smart interface
supports all Internet Explorer extensions
use Metro homepages

Common problems as reported by developer:
It Hangs sometimes
Cannot make more than four tabs
few script errors
No download manager

But he has assured all this problems would be rectified in the coming versions. You can download Zuro from the below link.

Download Zuro Web Browser

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How to Hide folders in Windows 7 Using Disguise Folders

sensehow — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:45:36 +0000

There are lot of softwares and methods to hide your folders or protecting it using passwords from other people using your system.Those are the methods of the past,Now there is an another method and a creative one to protect or hide your folders showing them as system folders.This tool is called as Disguise Folders,It is a simple but useful tool developed by an member of the windowsclub.So,I can say the softwares function in a single line,Disguise Folder disguises your ordinary folders as system folders.

This software does the following functions,

Once you add an folder to the disguise folder to hide it,

It changes the icon of the folder.

Now,when a person is attempting to open the folder he will be notified with an alert showing the windows update dialog box to them.It has number of options to it,Below is the list of options available in disguise folder.

It has Personailzation settings.

It will able to disguise your folder to one of the following options of your system.

Action center,performance,fonts,user accounts,notification area,programs and features,troubleshooting,windows update and various others as you can see in the screenshot below.

And likewise when you want to recover the folder back to it normal it is also easy when you use Disguise Folder,Just click on Recover Folder and you are done.Then the folder will not be disguised and switched back into a normal folder.It is only a simple step to recover a folder which you previously camouflaged.

Disguise Folder software for windows is really and usefull application if you are person dealing with confidential details in your system or your wish to hide those sexy Photos of Actress from your children or parents.All ways,It is useful dude.

Download

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How to solve Windows 7 slow start-up issue for service Pack 1

sensehow — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:25:16 +0000

Initially it was said only few customers of Windows 7 had a slow start-up problem in the service pack 1. But now Microsoft Excel has confirmed that this is your as been occurring among lot of users on Windows 7 service Pack 1. But the reason that Microsoft have provided for the slow start-up issue is that cars because of too many restoration points created in your computer. No one could have ever expected creating restore points on Windows 7 will cost you the speed of your operation. But that is true according to Microsoft.

The slow start a problem of Windows 7 can be solved. This problem occurs because the restoration point you create on it for the ready boot feature is about by 512 kilobytes for the boot plan to be saved . When you create a restore point, it then creates volsnap.sys which must be validated at the start of your computer. So when you keep on creating many restore points, it is obvious that many volsnap.sys files must be validated at start-up. Hence the size limit increases ahead of the 512 kb and not possible to store it. Because of this, the start-up process which usually runs on your computer pre-catched will not be catched and this is the reason why your Windows 7 service Pack 1 is slow.

And don’t worry, Microsoft has already released the hot fix for this issue. So you only need to download the hotfix for service Pack 1 32 bit or 64 bit based on what you need. People who are experiencing this problem in Windows 7 can download it using the below link.

Download Hotfix

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