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Saturday, June 6, 2020

How to disable Addons And Extensions for your browsers


Quick Steps to Remove Web browser and  Addons and Extension

Add-ons, Extensions you must have heard them definetly. The are quick support that are developed by community for solving problems or providing some solutions. For example, AdBlock is one of the famous Addon available across different browser.
Disable Addons
 


Chrome

If you are using Chrome, below are the steps to be followed

  • Open Google Chrome browser.
  • Open Menu from top Right option
  • In the drop-down menu that appears, click on More Tools, and then go to the Extensions option.
  • In the Extensions tab, from the list of extensions choose the one which you need to disable or remove.
  • To disable the extension, click the toggle switch at the bottom-right of the extension box so that it turns gray. To remove it, click the Remove button.
  • List of extensions in Google Chrome.

Firefox
If you are using Firefox,  below are the steps to be followed

  • Open the Mozilla Firefox browser.
  • From the upper right corner of browser ,click on Open Menu icon
  • Click the Add-ons icon from the drop down menu
  • Then click on Extensions from the left pane
  • Find the required extension that you would like to remove or turn it off (disable)
  • On the right pane of the extension, click on the Disable button.

Microsoft Edge
If you are using Edge,  below are the steps to be followed

  • Open the Microsoft Edge browser.
  • Click More icon from the upper-right corner
  • Select Extensions from the menu
  • Right-click the extension you  want to remove or disable, and then click on Turn off 
  • You can click on Uninstall to remove it.

Opera

If you are using Opera,  below are the steps to be followed

  • Open Opera browser.
  • From the upper-left corner click on Menu option
  • and then click Extensions option
  • If you want to disable the add-on, click on the Disable button.
  • To uninstall the add-on you need to move the mouse pointer to the upper-right corner of the extension, and then click on cross i.e 'X' icon Button.

Internet Explorer

If you are using Internet Explorer,  below are the steps to be followed

    • Open Internet Explorer
    • Click Internet Explorer Tools and then click on Manage add-ons
    • From the Manage add-ons screen you need to find the addon that you want to remove
    • Select it and click the Disable button at the bottom right

    Finally , If you really want to remove all the addons completely from the browser, the best way would be to locate the location where the add-on files were installed in your system and then you have to delete manually. 
    Add-Remove Programs for Windows OS can also be used if you know the addon name and it was installed as a software/program on your machine.

    Friday, June 5, 2020

    [Solved] How to fix the missing Address bar



    Quick TIP to Resolve disappeared URL bar

    Every Browser behaves strange including Google Chrome. I had an instance where address bar went missing and I had no clue how to bring it back. Funny isn't it! How will you search google query to fix the problem. (Ofcourse! you can try another browser :) ).                               
    Below are the solution which you can try to resolve the disappeared URL Address Bar
    • Browser has full screen mode and you might have pressed F11 to take your browser to full screen mdoe. Press the F11 key to exit fullscreen mode. The address bar is not visible when the Internet browser is in fullscreen mode.
    • In case you are 'stuck' with  IE - Internet Explorer, then you have to  click the  View or Tools in the menu bar  which will can be seen at the top of the browser window screen, then  click on Toolbars, then select Address or Address bar. If the Menu bar is missing, press the Alt key to make it visible.
    • Alternate way would be to find the Add-ons OR Extensions which you might have installed in your browser which must have set the address bar/ URL bar hidden. With trial-error method can can find out which add-on has caused it and keep it Disabled. You can click here to know more about - How to remove Browser Extension
    • Finally, if none of the above g33ktricks does not work, the browser must have gone bad and Uninstalling and the re-install should fix the issue for sure.

    Wednesday, May 27, 2020

    6 simple tips on how to improve your email communications


    Tips on how to write Emails

    Tips on Writing Email

    I had never thought I would write something about how to write an email in this blog. But recently came across few necessary tips on writing email and thought about sharing them here.
    We do all write emails, to our friends, family and mostly for our official communications .Yet, we do not actually worry much about how we write them.
    I have got few tips for you on writing emails to the point and not letting the email reader or recipient confuse on why it was actually written.

    Tip #1:
    Does your mail pass the "So What?" question

     Emails are written with a specific reason in mind. While writting you need to keep it concise and enough information for the reader so that they wont get lost. To make more sense out of your email, re-read your email once its drafted completely and ask yourself, does it answer "So What?" question. From reader's perspective: 'you told me all these info in your mail, so what?", ' do I need to do something about it or take any action item' , 'or will you be doing something about it?'
    Make sure you address this information in your mail and change the information as needed.



    Tip #2:
    Change the Adjectives to Actual Data

    Noone likes half cooked information! And if you are just vaguely saying, 'Sometimes it happens' OR 'Few of the items..' OR ' it had improved and its faster now..' , you are trying to express something but not enough to impress. If you dont give the data points with the information, it's not going to leave a major impact on the readers mind. Data is important while you express the staus. 
    It would make more sense if you say ' The quarterly results have seen surge of 40%' instead of 'We have improved the quartely results'

    Tip #3:
    Actually... not to use them

    Continuing to Tip number 2, do not use the fillers like "Actually", "Basically", "Generally". They don't make much sense and adds vagueness to the writing. If you can put data here that is well and good, if not, try not to use them at all.

    Tip #4:
    Listen to your Active Voice

    The active voice sentence are described as sentenses where the subject performs the action stated by the verb. It follows a clear Subject + Verb + Object (SVO) construct that's easy to read.  The more you complicate the sentense, the more confusing it would sound to the reader.


    Tip #5:
    Explain the short-forms

    Remember to explicitly explain the short forms when writting them for the first time. For Example, if you are using a jargon CPR , CPC, CTM try to explain elaborate them if needed or mention the fullform next to them like Clickthrough rate (CTR), Cost-per-click (CPC), Cost-per-thousand (CPM).
    It would not confuse them and would help the reader understand it better.


    TIP #6:
    30 or Less

    Last but the important tip, try to keep the word count in a sentence under 30. Its not a rule of thumb but just a precautionary measure. If you want to write something like, "due to the fact that.." you can easily replace it with "because..". 
    You do not want to have a sentence like below one from the book "Blindness" which itself is 97 words long. If such sentenses are included in the mail, the reader might get lost in the words and might have to re-re-read to understand it.

    Jose Saramago, “Blindness.” 97 words:

    “On offering to help the blind man, the man who then stole his car, had not, at that precise moment, had any evil intention, quite the contrary, what he did was nothing more than obey those feelings of generosity and altruism which, as everyone knows, are the two best traits of human nature and to be found in much more hardened criminals than this one, a simple car-thief without any hope of advancing in his profession, exploited by the real owners of this enterprise, for it is they who take advantage of the needs of the poor.”

    Few more quick one line tips before I wind-up this post...
    • A meaningful subject line.
    • Identify yourself.
    • Be kind.
    • Write it precise.
    • Always Proofread before sending.
    • Don’t assume that your email will be not be forwarded/shared.
    • Seperate formal and informal situations. 
    • Show Respect and Restraint.
    • Prompt Response. 
    • And add the senders names (i.e To list) only after proofreading

    Do let me know if you like this post in the comments and share some other Tips if you've.

    Tuesday, May 26, 2020

    Easy Trick to hack Google Chrome TRex Dino Jump game



    Hack the Dino Jump Chrome Game


    I am 100% sure that you must have seen this screen if you are a Chrome user. Yes, I am talking about the "No Internet" screen where you see 
    "ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED" error message along with a nice black and white TRex.                                                                      
    T-rex Dino jump game chrome hack auto mode

     
    If you have seen it, you would also knew that, on hitting Space-bar button, the Trex jumps and an offline, inbuild game starts. Apparently, the game name is Jump the Dino TRex. This game is all fun to play while you wait for your internet connectivity to return back. You can play if for hours, if you keep your concentration full and do not make mistake by jumping or ducking at the wrong time.

    If so, you feel to keep playing this game till the end, you can complete it on your own tirelessly forever or you can try hacking this game with two simple methods.
    Either you enable autoplay or you become immortal. Immortality is boon that game developers use to test the games.
    So how about trying immortality in the game.

    First things first, how to start this game when you have Internet already.
    Simply enter "chrome://dino" in to the Google Chrome URL, the game would launch. Another way to do this is, you need to know is "Inspect Element" feature which all the browser usually have for inspecting items of the  apps/ websites. To open this feature, right click anywhere on the browser and you would notice the dropdown menu has Inspect option OR you can try CTRL+SHIFT+I  / CTRL+SHIFT+C to open this menu. 

    T-rex Dino jump game chrome hack



    Among the different tabs, Click on Network Tab, Click on Offline option from the list.
    This would launch the Dino game.


    Trick to hack Dino game starts here

    T-rex Dino jump game chrome hack


    While in the game, in the same Inspect element screen, Click on Console option.

    Runner.prototype.gameOver = function(){}

    And Press Enter. This would result in No Game Over scenario. Check the screenshot above. The Dino just passed-by the cactus plant without the need of Jumping over it. But it ain't fun watching the dino passby without jumping so lets move to another trick.


    The second G33ktrick which I was trying to explain was Auto-Play. If you want to try out AutoPlay where Dino jumps on its own, enter the below code as-is to the Console and press Enter. Refer the below screenshot from the Chrome Browser.
    Let the game go on autopilot mode and enjoy it. You can boast your High Score record to your Friends.

    const autoloop = function() { 

     if(window.Runner.instance_.tRex.jumping) 
    {  requestAnimationFrame(autoloop);
    return;  
    const tRexLocation = window.Runner.instance_.tRex.xPos; 
    const cactus = window.Runner.instance_.horizon.obstacles; 
    const nextCactus = cactus.find(o => o.xPos > tRexLocation);  
    if(nextCactus && (nextCactus.xPos - tRexLocation) <= 120)
    window.Runner.instance_.tRex.startJump(50) 
    }  
    requestAnimationFrame(autoloop);  
    }  
    requestAnimationFrame(autoloop);


    T-rex Dino jump game chrome







    Saturday, February 29, 2020

    Difference between Work Profile and Work Managed Devices in MDM world



    Work Managed vs Work Profile devices

    Work Profile vs Work Manged devices

    In my previous article, I'd mentioned about the different modes which MDM involves along with the difference between Enterprise Wipe, Device wipe and Enterprise Reset. During Recent change in strategy from Google, company is trying to focus more on the Work Managed mode and will have moved their focus out from Legacy i.e Device Admin mode. The Android 10 i.e Android Q and above version will be predominantly Android Enterprise mode supported.
    Let me try to explain, the difference between these two primary modes Work Managed and Work Profile.



    What are Work Managed Device :

     They are also referred as Android Work Managed or Device Owner  or Android for Work (AFW) . Device enrolled under this mode, gives entire control of the device to the MDM or to say - your IT Department. There are different method with which your company may enrol the device. The VMware WorkspaceOne UEM (earlier famously known as AirWatch) does have below different method of enrolment available.
    • Using AirWatch Relay to perform an NFC bump 
    • Using a unique identifier or token code
    • Scanning a QR code
    • Using Zero Touch enrollment
    • Other specific to Rugged devices like Barcode enrollment for Zebra device via StageNow app

    Primarily, the device would be owned by company i.e Corporate Owned or Corporate Dedicated.
    So these devices and the data will be owned by the company after enrolled in Work Managed mode. Since the device is owned by the company that you work for , once you leave the company, Admin department can wipe the device which would Factory Reset the device. Factory resetting means getting all the data deleted from the device and device again become a fresh out of box as a new device. When it comes to un-enrolment, unenrolling the Work Managed Device Factory Resets it so device can be assigned to another user.


    What are Work Profile Devices:

    Work Profile Enrolled Device
     Device Enrolled in Work Profile
    It is also referred as Profile Owner. This method is mainly used on BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) devices where the company allows you to use your own device at work but along with your personal info your companies data can reside in parallel. This method would only work on Android devices which are Lollipop 5.0 and above. In words of Google, a Work Profile separates work apps and data on an Android device from personal apps and data. By default, work profile notifications and icons for apps installed in a work profile are marked with a work badge (briefcase icon) so you can
    distinguish them from personal apps. Refer the pic on the right, the Google Chrome has to icons, One with work badge and another at the homescreen without work badge. The work badge is the managed app by your company and company has all the rights to track its usage (ofcourse , if they want to) and personal one i.e without badge stays safe to use for your personal use. Work profiles allow an IT department of your company to securely manage a work environment without restricting users from using their device for personal apps and data.
    So, once your device is enrolled in Work Profile , if you leave the organisation, your IT department will un-enroll the device which will wipe i.e. delete the data owned by company without touching any of your personal data. Thus, in case of Work Profile enrolled device, unlike Work Managed,  the Device does not get Factory Reset (for obvious reasons), thus you can continue to use your device and not bothered by companies applied restriction profiles to your phone.

    There is a one more category to the list which is called Dedicated Device.
    These devices are basically owned by the company and are used for specific purpose. Devices like Kiosk, Ticket Printers device, Entry Exit managing devices. These devices do not need to have a person to operate as they will be standalone and will be in Lock Down mode, where only one app/screen will be shown to the device user. As the usage is within the single app or limited set of apps, the users are restricted to use any other option or change any settings on the device. From Airwatch, they have an application called as AirWatch Launcher which does perform these operations i.e keep the device user bound to one or few specific apps and not letting the customer edit or personalise the settings. 

    For now, you try to remember these acronyms and I will add some more details about other mode like COPE in my future post. BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device; CYOD stands for Choose Your Own Device; COPE stands for Company Owned/Personally Enabled; and COBO stands for Company Owned/Business Only.

    You can refer to this page for understanding what is Device Wipe and Enterprise Wipe
    Interested in knowing, how to manage Airwatch WorkspaceOne console via Mobile and How to uninstall WorkspaceOne Intelligent Hub 

    Friday, November 15, 2019

    Android Emulator Camera Surprise



    Android Emulator CameraWhile working on a emulator for android on Android Studio, I stumbled upon this surprise feature.
    The Android Emulator Camera will allow you to roam inside a predefined Room with your Emulator camera. You can snap of any item in the room or you can record a video with that simulated camera.
    Moving across the room is pretty simple.
    The feel of moving the camera as if you are really moving with your phone in hand is great.
    Try it yourself by Downloading the Android Studio and launching the Android emulator from the Studio.


    Friday, August 16, 2019

    Windows Snipping shortcut in Mac OSX


    How to Take Screenshots on Mac OSX

    Windows has great deal of features which Mac does not having matching with. Like the MS Paint that is on Microsoft Windows but the equivalent for Apples Mac which is "Preview.app" is not so great.
    Microsoft Windows10 has introduced the versatile Snipping tool that can quick take a screenshot or part of the screenshot which can be saved or directly copy pasted in MS Paint or Word etc.
    The easy shortcut that can be used to do Screen Snipping on Windows operating system is Windows key + Shift + S
    But when it comes to Mac's OSX as a new user I found it after lot of search.
    There are three ways to take screenshot on Apple's Mac machines

    1. Command + Shift + 4 then Space Bar 
    This takes the complete screenshot of a screen. Once you hit the Space bar , the Mouse Icon would change to Camera Icon


    2. Command + Shift + 4
    This would allow you to select portion of the screen take as a snapshot. Usually, these screenshots get saved to the Desktop

    3. Adding Control Key i.e Command + Control + Shift + 4 


    This would allow you to create the snapshot and keep it in the Clipboard
    From Clipboard , you just can paste it anywhere you want. That means, you dont need to save the file on Desktop to use it.

    And then there is Screenshot.app which is built-in in MAC machines. The above shortcuts uses the same app.

    With all new upgrade from Apple, macOS Mojave has one more snipping shortcut.
    It is Shift + Command + 5 , this would launch the screenshot.app itself where you can do more than just taking the screenshots. The tool includes, Recording the entire screen or just a portion of the screen

    Tuesday, July 16, 2019

    How to Login VMware Airwatch Console from your Mobile


    VMware UEM Console Login from Mobile


    Simple way to access VMware Airwatch WorkspaceOne UEM Console from your Mobile web browser.
    Airwatch WorkspaceOne UEM console
    As an Airwatch Admin, sometimes you would be looking for a way to access your Airwatch workspaceone UEM console from mobile but when you enter the console address in mobile web-browser like Chrome,


    Firefox , the console redirects the page and takes you to the (https://<YourConsoleAddress>/DeviceManagement/Enrollment/ ). The screen would look like the one shown here.
    Enrolment screen UEM console

    Note that, this is not strage behaviour . As a MDM , Vmware Airwatch must be having a way to enroll the device via web-browser. So this redirection to enrollment page is obvious. Once you enter appropriate Group ID i.e Organisation Group ID , the next page would be to download , Install and Run Workspace One Intelligent Hub from Google Play Store.
    But this is what we dont want.
    To get an access to the console login page,
    you need to append /Airwatch to the console address.



    So the address would be  https://<YourConsoleAddress>/Airwatch
    This would take you to the admin login page.
    Please note that Loging in from mobile web-brower might not render the pages correctly and you might see some glithes. My recommendation would be to Login the page from Desktop Browsers only.

    WorkspaceOne UEM mobileUEM console Mobile Login Screen


    Tuesday, July 9, 2019

    How to set Dark Theme for Google Chrome mobile


    Set Dark Theme on Chrome Mobile Application

    One of the most used and famous browser everyone knows of is Google Chrome. The browser supports multiple platform like Windows, Mac, Android, iOS. The ease of use and quick webpage rendering and hundreds of useful extensions makes it highly used web browser.

    Coming back to the topic, as of now Google has no roadmap to allow user to Set Dark Theme, so, here are few g33ktricks to allow you to set the Dark Theme OR set Night Mode on Android Chrome browser.

    1. Set Dark Theme using Chrome Flag

    1. Update the Chrome to the latest version from Play Store.
        Open PlayStore app - > Search Google Chrome -> Click on "Update" button

    2. Open the Browser and type the URL – chrome://flags
    Chrome Flags Setting Page
    Chrome Flags Page
    3. Now Search for the term ‘Dark’.

    4. Two options will be shown
    Android web Contents Dark Mode
     and
    Android UI dark mode.

    5. Web Contents Dark Mode - This will make the content on the website dark
    UI dark mode - This will make the Chrome UI dark leaving the content on the site unaffected.

    6. Make your choice accordingly. Close the Google Chrome app and the Launch it again.

    7. The Night Mode or Dark Theme will be set and the webpages will be having black background and white text.
    You can reset this setting back by opening Chrome Settings and click on "Dark Mode" option.


    2. Using Reader Mode

    Reading mode shows the webpages like pages on the book providing ease of reading by removing Javascripts, ads etc.

    Steps to enable Reader mode

    1. Open Chrome app and Tap 3 dots on the Right-Top of the screen

    2. Click on "Settings"

    3. Search for "Accessibility" option and swithch-on the "Simplified" view.

    4. Now Open any of  the web-page you like. Bottom of the screen will shown an option ‘Show Simplified View’. Click on it.
    Chrome Flag Appearance Option
    5. This will again show "Appearance" option again.

    6. Simply increase the intensity of Dark in the given options.


    You might like to read: How to Speed-up your Chrome Browser

    Sunday, April 7, 2019

    Top 5 Killer YouTube Tricks


    Top Five awing YouTube Tricks that will blow your mind

    I am listing down here few Killer Youtube tricks that I am definitely sure you would need someday.

    1. Generate a youtube-link that starts a YouTube video at a definite certain time.

    Ever wished to send somebody a YouTube video, however purpose them to a selected moment or timeframe in the video

    Instead of causing your friends the final YouTube link and instructing them to jump to the 0:34 minute spot, you'll really send them a selected YouTube time-link that would get started from the point whichever you have shared them.

    Here are the Steps to follow:

    Youtube Time Stamp
    Youtube Video Time Stamp
    To create a link that starts a YouTube video at a definite time: Open up the video and click on "Share" to the way right of the video title. Then, within the window of choices that is shown check the box next to "Start at:" and kind within the time (in hours:minutes:seconds) you wish. As an alternative, you can pause the video at the time you wish it to start and autofill will help.


    On  click,  you will see a tag add itself to the YouTube link. Merely copy that link and paste it where you need or share it on any network.

    2. You can convert any YouTube video into a GIF


    gif-youtube-video-trickEveryone loves GIFs, however knowing the way to build them is not public knowledge. Well, it ought to be, as a result of all it takes may be a very little YouTube trick.

    To create a GIF from a YouTube video: play a video on YouTube  just add the word "gif" right before the name of the youtube link.
    Thus the link reads, "www.gifyoutube.com/[video-link]"


    This will bring you to gifs.com, together with your video already uploaded and prepared for writing. Here, you will find a menu of choices to the left pane. At Gif.com you can do multiple things like, edit, crop, set time of the video etc.

    G33k-trick to form a GIF from a YouTube video.

    Click on "Create GIF" on the top-right and it will prompt you for a GIF title and set of tags. Then click "Next," and you've got a handy landing page from that to share your newly minted GIF. Only small catch here is you need to signup to gif.com to download the video.


    3. You can facilitate your video get found in search engine by writing or uploading a transcript. 

    This is one of the Youtube SEO hack shared by Ryan Stewart who suggest , if possible , you can upload the Transcript of your video in the description of your YouTube Video to get higher rankings in search engine listing. This is because, Google scrutinize variety of things once ranking videos in search to work out what your video is concerning, and your transcript is one in every of them.

    To add a transcript to your video: Open the video on YouTube, and you will see a row of icons just under the play button. Click the icon on the way right for "Subtitles/CC." (CC stands for "Closed Captions.) YouTube closed captioning (CC).

    Set your language if you haven't already. Then, you may then be prompted to decide on among 3 other ways to feature subtitles or closed captions to your video ...


    Upload a pre-written text transcript or a regular subtitles file. (Learn a lot of concerning the file sorts you'll transfer and a lot of here.)
    Paste in an exceedingly full transcript of the video, whereby subtitle timings are going to be set mechanically.
    Type them in as you watch the video.
    The folks at YouTube have done some nice things to form that third possibility (typing as you watch) as painless as potential. for instance, if you check a box next to "Pause video while typewriting," it will make the complete method quicker.

    4. Simply see the written transcripts of people's videos.

    Now you know that YouTube mechanically generates a written transcript for each single video uploaded to its website. Anyone can have access to transcript unless the user manually hides it from viewers.
    Youtube Free Transcript


    I will think about variety of various things wherever video transcripts will are available handy. for instance, perhaps you wish to write down down a quote from a video, however the efforts of pausing-and-typing, pausing-and-typing would drive you up a wall.
    Or maybe you would like to search out a selected section of a video.


    To see a video's transcript: Open the video in YouTube and press the "More" tab beneath the video title. opt for "Transcript" from the menu.

    YouTube's a lot of tag to search out the video transcript.

    (If you are not seeing this feature, it's as a result of the user selected to cover the transcript.)

    This transcript can seem as a brand new module within the same window. In several cases, the user WHO uploaded the video won't have gone back and manually polished the transcript, thus it will not be good. however it will actually prevent your time and pain.

    5. Simply get free transcriptions of your videos and audio files

    One more important one with Transcript, As you know, Youtube automatically generates transcript through using highly evolved Speech Recognition Technology, however, if you are looking for a transcription of an audio or video file and do not wish to pay single penny for a service, YouTube's intrinsic captioning system is not a foul place to start out. (There is some cleanup that sometimes needs to be done on the transcript)

    To get an automatic transcription for a video: merely transfer your video to YouTube, open it on YouTube's web site, press the "More" tab beneath the video title, and opt for "Transcript" from the menu.
    The transcript can seem as a another module within the same window.

    To get an automatic transcription for an audio file: you'll have to transfer your recording to YouTube employing a service like TunesToTube. It will take between 2–30 minutes for YouTube to transfer it. Then, follow the same directions for obtaining an automatic transcription for a video.

    Thursday, October 18, 2018

    How to Setup SFTP server for Free



    What exactly SFTP is? And how to Setup SFTP Server


    SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is a secure file transfer protocol and it runs over the SSH and comes with all auth and security that ssh supports. Now-a-days FTP or FTPS is getting replaced by SSH as FTP is considered as not so secure.

    The SFTP protocol runs over the SSH protocol as a scheme and it was designed by Tatou Ylonen.
    setup SFTP ServerSpecial thing about SFTP is , there are no ports exposed.

    SFTP VS. FTPS

    People usually wish to check SFTP vs. FTPS. FTPS is essentially the previous ftp protocol run over SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security).

    Benefits of FTP over SFTP includes,
    FTPS is essentially FTP, which implies it's code mode, which might corrupt files if the mode isn't properly set and SFTP runs over SSH within the normal SSH port. Thus, no extra ports have to be compelled to be opened on the server and no extra authentication must be maintained. This simplifies configuration and reduces the probability of config errors.
    FTPS wants sophisticated firewall configuration and might not work NAT. Ports 989 and 990 have to be compelled to be open. 
    FTPS needs an additional server software system package to be put in and patched, whereas SFTP comes with SSH.
    What's more, FTPS supports each active and passive modes , that additional complicates firewall configurations and is susceptible to issues.
    FTPS can't be used as a File system. 


    Here are easy steps to setup Free SFTP server

    To setup the Free SFTP server you can download the Rebex Tiny SFTP server
    from https://labs.rebex.net/tiny-sftp-server
    And surprisingly, it is free for Commericial and Non-commercial purpose.
    Once download is finished, unzip the zipped file and run the "RebexTinySftpServer.exe" file.
    There would be another file named "RebexTinySftpServer.exe.config" file which is a server configuration file with below config settings available by default.
    The configuration is straight-forward , key-value pair and easy to understand.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <configuration>
    <appSettings>
    <!-- user and root dir -->
    <add key="userName" value="sftpuser"/>    
    <add key="userPassword" value="sftpuser"/>
    <add key="userRootDir" value="data"/>

    <!-- user public keys for public key authentication (optional) -->
    <add key="userPublicKeyDir" value=""/>

    <!-- misc config -->
    <add key="showUserDetailsOnStartup" value="true"/>

    <!-- security -->
    <add key="rsaPrivateKeyFile" value="server-private-key-rsa.ppk"/>
    <add key="rsaPrivateKeyPassword" value="my-super-secure-password"/>

    <add key="dssPrivateKeyFile" value="server-private-key-dss.ppk"/>
    <add key="dssPrivateKeyPassword" value="my-super-secure-password"/>

    <!-- port -->
    <add key="sshPort" value="22"/>

    <!-- start server when application is started? -->
    <add key="autoStart" value="false"/>
    </appSettings>

    </configuration>

    As SSH works on port 22 so config also has the same.
    For further security , you can create RSA and DSA keys (.ppk) and provide the password in config which was used while creating the keys.
    If you are not comfortable in creating the SSH keys, you can you this awesome free tool that runs on Windows called "PuttyGen" (a utility for RSA and DSA key generation )

    Link to download : https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

    If you are working with any SFTP client and you are just looking for test connection with SFTP Server, you dont need to host one. Rebex has already provided a dummy sftp running server at
    test.rebex.net  Use demo as username and password as password



    Please Note: REBEX SFTP server store the password in clear text as you can see from the config file.
    Do let me know if you have any other SFTP server that can be easily setup.
    Incoming search: Rebex sftp firewall issues


    Wednesday, May 2, 2018

    Avenger Inifinity Wars Ending as per the Comics


    Avenger Inifinity Wars Ending as per Comics

    So, like everyone else, I was also wondering what would that ending means. Please note this is Spoiler Alert! if you are reading further and you have not watched the Avengers: Inifinity Wars movie yet.



    We dont know what would be the strory of  upcoming film Avengers four. But we tend to do shrewdness Marvel handled a similar events once they occurred in comics. Unlike a number of its predecessors like Avengers: Age of Ultron, This movie Avengers: Inifity Wars borrows heavily from the plot of sure Marvel comics and  not just simply settings.

    So, what did and how did things happened with Thanos.
     Here’s however the story bound up on the page.

    Once More, Spoiler Alert!!!!


    Infinity War some of its story from a comic Inifinity and rest of the story from Infinity Gauntlet, the initial story of Thanos, the time Gems and also the huge gold glove. Infinity Gauntlet was a 6 book comic book . This comics had a story about Gems or Inifity Stones connected with Thanos and also the Gauntlet.

    And unlike INFINITY WAR , INIFINITY GAUNLET keep going.
    So, what happend at the end.

    THANOS KILLS HALF OF  THE UNIVERSE WITH THE SNAP OF HIS FINGERS

    After look time War, you may simply assume that the majority of time Gauntlet is additionally involved with Thanos making an attempt to amass the time Gems and also the Avengers making an attempt to prevent him. however the primary huge distinction between infinityWar and infinityGauntlet is that the complete finding the infinity Gems thingy is  half  done even before the story starts. In Inifinity Gauntlet story starts off exceedingly in a very spectacular way: Thanos already features a gauntlet in hand with all the GEMS and is considering his new freedom as an powerful guy like a GOD.
    And at the CLIMAX, Thanos does the surprising thing: He snaps his fingers and murders the half of the universe. Yes, that what you also see in the movie. Major of the superheros (except the Avengers) dies . The literal disappearance of their darling ones is that the 1st sign most of the Avengers get that something is wrong in the least.

    If you are with me, lets continue!
    So, what happens next???
    Well, the opposite massive distinction between time War and time Gauntlet is that Thanos’ motivations ar entirely totally different. within the comics, as you will have understood. Thanos is totally passionate about winning the center of Mistress Death. Yes, that supersing. Death is the one Thanos is behind. Kind of one sided love. She is the reason he starts collecting the Stones/ Gems. She had asked to kill half of the overpopulating Universe. In a way to impress Death he does some wild things like capturing Nebula and not letting her die. He turns Wolverine's bones to Rubber, changing Thor to glass and shattering the glass so that Death would get impressed by him.
    After all his wrong doings,  the more powerful characters (yes, there are more powerful characters than Thanos in the comic world) start seeing him as a potential threat. These characters are Kronos, Epoch, Galactus etc. They had a fight and somehow he wins against all of them.
    During the course of time, he decides to transform himself into an astral entity and leave his corporeal form behind, which he believes will rid himself of his final vulnerability.

    Unfortunately, he forgets that his godly powers ar predicated on one thing terribly corporeal: His hand being within the time Gauntlet. Nebula, United Nations agency has been mute and apparently insensible to her surroundings when Thanos place her into a continuous state of wretchedness, seizes her probability
    She yanks the gauntlet from Thanos’ abandoned body and shoves it onto her own hand, and currently she’s the God within the universe. She reforms her body into health, banishes Thanos into the depths of area and sets regarding combating her new infinite awareness of area and time.
    A fight happens between Nebula and Thanos where she ask him to leave the universe as it was 24 hours before and he does that. And here we are, all of our super heroes back to life again.

    Tuesday, May 1, 2018

    How to Download PDF from Scribd.com for Free



    How to View or Download document or PDF from Scribd.com 

    This would be one of the most useful tricks of all that you must be in need for.

    What Exactly is Scribd.

    So, Scribd is a digital library, e-book and audiobook subscription service that includes one million titles. Scribd hosts 60 million documents on its open publishing platform


    And download the pdf documents, you need to Register yourself.
    But in-case, you found a document on Scribd which you really need but not sure whether this is exactly what you want, you can see a preview. This preview page will have few pages shown from the PDF file and rest of the PDF would be blurred. And what-if you want to see those pages which are blurred.
    Here is a simple solution to that problem.



    Scribd unblur g33ktricks.blogspot.com
    Scribd extension
    From your Chrome Browser and go to :https://chrome.google.com/webstore
    [ This is Chromes Store for Extensions ]

    Here, search for Scribd Unblur.
    Install any of these extensions by clicking
    "Add to Chrome" button.

    Once installed, open scribd.com
    Search for the Book you need and Open it.

    If the pages are shown blurred.  Click "U" button from top right of your Chrome extension list to Unblur that document.
    And its Done.
    Now you can enjoy reading the book without any hassle of registering to Scribd.com.

    If you find the book useful, be a nice human,  register to Scribd.com and then view or download the book.

    This is for educational purpose:
    If you need to download that info from the PDF,
    Right-click the page and click on "Save-as" option
    Save the Complete page as .html file on you computer.
    Next time when you want to read the file offline, just double-click to open that file.
    And click on Unblur button on chrome to unblur the pages.