Refer to Windows 8, there are many news about this forthcoming operating system. For example, Windows 8 will launch in 2012. Windows 8 supports USB 3.0. Windows 8 to have similar requirements as Windows 7 and users don’t need to wait for Windows 8. Here we have news about the new operating system. Windows 8 is to run on any system capable of running Windows 7, which at a minimum will require the its resource usage to remain the same as its predecessor’s.

The above news is from the Building Windows 8 blog, which is introduced to keep partners and customers better updated with the development and progress of its next operating system. On the blog, Bill Karagounis, the group program manager of the Windows Performance team, said that the group’s goal with Windows 8 was always to ship with the same performance requirements as Windows 7. He also wrote that the reason for doing this was to minimize the power consumption used by Windows 8 when running on a tablet.

Karagounis also identified several methods to minimize Windows 8 memory usage: combining memory, or the ability of the OS to identify duplicate memory being used for identical tasks and then retain a single copy. Many Windows 8 services like Windows Update, the Plug and Play service and others, run only when they’re needed while they run in the background more or less constantly in Windows 7.  By changing some traditional Windows services to run only when triggered and making many new-to-Windows 8 services behave the same way, the OS can save RAM without actually shedding features.

Interested in it and wonder more details, please visit the Windows 8 blog.

When you forgot Windows password, many Windows password recovery applications are out there to help you recover the lost password, so when you forgot RAR password.  In this article, we are going to learn how to recover a forgotten RAR password by using an easy and effective RAR password recovery tool.

Before recommending the RAR password recovery utility, please note that RAR password recovery software is different from Windows Password Recovery tools. Windows Password Recovery software can reset a forgotten Windows password instantly regardless of password length and complexity. While on the other hand, RAR Password Recovery use brute-force attack and dictionary attack to recover the lost password. The shorter and simpler your lost RAR password is, the less time it will cost. Read more

Being a common PC user, you probably know that you set up the first layer of protection for the important computer files and folders by creating a strong Windows login password. Besides, you are able to create a Windows password reset disk to in case that you forget the password one day. At the same time, you may also know that it’s impossible to password protect files and data on computer directly. If you need to do that job, the file encryption software will be your best choice. Here will shows you 3 best ones.

1. AxCrypt
xCrypt is an open source file encryption software that lets you compress, encrypt, decrypt, store, send, and work with individual files. You can use AxCrypt to encrypt files individually; you can also encrypt multiple files at once but each file is encrypted separately so when decrypting you need to decrypt each file (you can decrypt multiple files at once).

2. Truecrypt
Truecrypt is always regarded as the most popular free encryption software. Compared with AxCrypt, TrueCrypt is a bit more complicated, but in return it also offers a lot more complexity and flexibility. It works with encrypted containers as opposed to encrypted files. So, to get started with TrueCrypt you must first create a TrueCrypt volume. To do that you need to run TrueCrypt and click “Create Volume” from the main program window. You then need to decide what you want to encrypt: Decrypting the container gives access to all the files; you don’t need to decrypt each file individually.

3. Cryptex
Cryptext is a semi-useful file encryption tool. Install this freeware, right-click on any file, and encrypt it using a 160-bit key. It uses a combination of SHA-1 and RC4 cryptographic algorithms to encrypt files, and generates a value to ensure that no two files are encrypted with the same keystream.

In reality, you can protect your files and folders by compressing and adding a password to your files and folders by with WinRAR.

My computer said that my password was about to expire. I don’t know why. What should to do for this case? It’s a HP notebook running on Windows 7.

Windows 7 allows incorporates built-in features to make your password expire after a specified period of time. This is one way to help keep your computer more secure, because it forces you to periodically create a new password. In this case, you can change your password or disable password expiration for your Windows 7 computer listed as below.
1. Go to Start, enter “lusrmgr.msc” in the text search box and hit Enter. It will bring up the local users and groups window.

2. Expand the User folder in the left pane to display all the user accounts on the computer.

3. Double-click the name of the user account that you want to enable or disable password expiration for.

4. Check the box next to “Password never expires” and click OK.

Aside from the procedures listed below, you can also use the command prompt to disable password expire in Windows 7. Open command prompt and run it as administrator, then type the following command, then press Enter.

wmic path Win32_UserAccount WHERE Name=’username‘ set PasswordExpiries=false

Note: ‘username’ in the command refers to your target user account name.

One more tip: Please remember to create a Windows password reset disk for the user account to in case that you may forget its password in future.

Refer to how to reset a forgotten Windows login password, I know that you can find various solutions by searching on Google. Here I just intend to show my personal experience in recovering my lost Windows password.

Some days ago I changed my Windows password simply because I used it for a long time. But unfortunately I cannot remember it a few hours later. It’s a Windows 7computer. For this problem, I searched on Microsoft website and it shows that I can reset the forgotten Windows password either by a password reset disk or admin password. I was so happy to learn that there exists a solution to fixing my problem.

But another problem comes out. I don’t know how to get the password reset disk as I’m a computer idiot and never create a password reset disk for my user account, What’s worse, the user account I forgot password for is my only administrator password. The only accessible account is a stand user account. Aside from the two methods, another suggestion is to reinstall Windows. Without hesitation, this is my last choice as there too many important data on my computer.

For this, I had to consult my friend Joe, who is good at computer and advices me to have a try of Ophcrack. Ophcrack is a completely free Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables which can help lost users retrieve forgotten Windows password in Windows 7. But it isn’t what I want as it seems too complicated for me. And then I find a commercial tool called as Windows Password Unlocker, which is easier and more convenient than the free one.

Though this tool costs me some money but it deserves what I have spent. By using this Windows password recovery tool, I can instantly reset my forgotten password to blank in an easy and safe manner. All my computer data is kept intact after Windows password recovery with this tool. The following are the overall procedures.
1. Download and install Windows Password Unlocker.

2. Create a bootable password reset disk with CD/DVD or USB flash drive.

3. Start your computer form the bootable disk.

4. Reset forgotten password to blank.

5. Log into your computer without password.

Being a common Windows 7 user, you cannot only set a strong password to stop unauthorized users, but also create a Windows 7 password reset disk to in case that you forget the password in future. Moreover, you can temporarily lock your computer to protect your password from being guessed by others through trying different key combinations. The following are the specific directions.

1. Open Local Security Policy window by inputting open local security policy in the search box and hitting Enter.

2. On the left pane, go to Account Policies >> Account Lockout Policy.

3. Right-click the Account lockout threshold policy and select Properties.

4. It will bring up the properties window. Set the number of login attempts that you want Windows to permit before it locks the account and click OK.

5. Windows will prompt you to set suggested settings for Account lockout duration and the length of time to Reset account lockout counter.

Note: Users usually use the default values of 30 minutes by clicking OK, but you can modify the values as you wish.

6. Now you temporarily lock out the account for 30 minutes whenever the wrong password is entered 5 times. This will prevent anyone from being able to repeatedly guess your Windows password, or at least make it take a lot longer.

Have you ever felt tired of entering the password whenever you are trying to log on to your computer automatically? If your computer is in a secure location and you’re the only one using it, you can set up auto login which save you the time and hassle of entering your password each time you start up. Here’s how to automatically login for Windows 7/Vista/XP.

1. Press Windows +R to bring up the Run box, enter “control userpasswords2” in the box and click OK button for Windows 7/Vista. (On Windows XP, go to Start >> Run >> enter “control userpasswords2” >> click OK) The classic User Account window will open.

2. Uncheck the box next to “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” and then click OK.

3. The “Automatically Log On” dialog box will prompt you to specify the username and password for the account for auto login. Once you’ve done this, click OK, and then OK again to complete the process.

4. To undo this process, go to the User Account window and then re-check the option for requiring a user name and password.

Tips:
1. It’s definitely not a good idea to set up auto login on a laptop, since it’s more easily vulnerable to loss or theft.

2. If you have more than one user account on the computer, the auto login feature can be more of a hassle for other people because they’ll have to log you off and log on to their accounts each time.

3. If you want to enable auto login just because it’s easy for you to forgot the password, you can create a Windows password reset disk after setting the password to avoid the troubles. Windows 7/Vista/XP incorporates features to do that job.

Being a common Windows 7 user, have you ever got caught up in the troubles caused by a forgotten Windows 7 password? What measures do you take to fix this problem?

To be fair, the best solution to this problem is to either use a password reset disk or another administrator account in the same computer, just as Microsoft suggests on its website. But the reality lies in that many users forgot the password without a password reset disk and another accessible user account with administrator permissions. In this situation, the Microsoft’s suggestions won’t work for you apparently.

So next what should you do? Reinstall Windows? It’s an acceptable advice if you have nothing important stored on your computer while it’s impractical when there are some important files and folders. Honestly speaking, it is the last choice when it comes to work around a lost Windows 7 login password.

Please remember whenever you come across a computer problem, many third-party programs are out there to help you walk through it. So it’s appropriate to the lost Windows 7 password. Considering most people tend to solve the trouble without charge, so here will introduce you the most popular free Windows password cracker – Ophcrack, which helps you crack the forgotten Windows 7 password based on rainbow tables.

With Ophcrack, you don’t need to install it in your computer as it comes in an ISO image. Simply visit its official site to download the free ISO image. Then burn it to a CD and boot the computer you want to crack password of from the CD. The Ophcrack program starts, locates the Windows user accounts, and proceeds to recover (crack) the passwords. Besides, there are many other Windows password cracker freeware like Cain & Abel, Offline NT Password Disk, etc.

As far as I’m concerned, I prefer to use a commercial Windows password recovery for its easy operation, instant and safe password recovery procedures. Take Windows Password Unlocker for instance, this application enables you to easily and safely reset a lost Windows 7 password in minutes with a CD/DVD or USB flash drive, no matter how complicated your password is. Please note this program is designed for all users, so everybody can use it for Windows 7 password reset regardless of their level of computer skills.

“I have a dell desk top and I don’t know the password, how can I open the windows?”

For this problem, you can start your computer in safe mode and get passed the sign in then delete the account whose password is lost, but it depends who has administrative permission.

1. Restart your computer push F8 until it asks you how you want to start windows
2. Select to start up in safe mode
3. Click admin once the desktop loads.

Note: You should give you the option to use administration account or other accounts.

4. Once you get in safe mode, click Start >> Settings >> Control Panel >> User accounts
5. Then you can delete the old account and start a new one or you could just open a new account so you can use the computer.

Important: No matter which way you choose, please make sure you give yourself administrative options.
If the steps listed above don’t work, I’m afraid you have to resort to third-party applications. For this, the first thing you should do is to decide if you want to get free downloads and paid downloads. For freeware, it is highly recommended to have a try of Ophcrack, a completely free Windows password cracker based on Rainbow Tables.

But if you not good computer, just like me, my suggestion is to use Windows Password Unlocker to reset your forgotten Windows password to Dell Desktop. Why? It’s simply because everybody can use this program to easily reset lost password by following its user guide and it will cost users a few minutes to bypass the lost password and get back in the computer again. No any data damage or loss at all.

The following are its overall procedures:

1. Download and install Windows Password Unlocker in any computer that you can run as administrator.

2. Create a bootable password reset CD/DVD/USB.

3. Insert the bootable USB/CD/DVD in the computer you want to reset password of.

4. Boot from the bootable CD/DVD/USB.

5. Then reset the forgotten password to blank within a few clicks.

6. Log on to your dell desktop without password.

Today, incidents concerning data breaches occur at high profile. As a common user, you probably know how to add a strong Windows password to keep your computer secure and create a Windows password reset disk to in case troubles caused by a lost password. However, do you know how to password protect or encrypt your external hard drive to carry around your sensitive data?

When it comes to encrypt external hard drive, you can buy a secure external hard drive that embedded hardware encryption. Its Microchips carry out automatic transparent encryption. Today’s most external hard drives come with this feature. Aside from it, you can also enjoy other additional features, like the ability to automatically overwrite the contents of the drive if the wrong password is entered more than a certain number of times. If this is not what you are looking for, well you can have a try of encryption software.

Refer to encryption software, the first thing you should do is to decide if you want to pay for a software package to provide this security on the external hard drive. There are free software downloads and pay downloads. The pay versions may offer more security but if money is tight, you may want to choose the free version.

For the freeware, it’s highly suggested to download and install TrueCrypt, a free, open-source software widely used for encryption worldwide. It works on entire hard drives, partitions, USB drives, or on stand-alone files and folders. And it supports hidden folders and files, allowing users to have plausible deniability in the case of a password getting stolen. This means that even with a password, adversaries will have a difficult time finding information. TrueCrypt support various operating systems like Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.

For the commercial encryption software, BitLocker developed by Microsoft may be your ideal choice. If you are a Windows 7 user, please note that BitLocker can only be enabled on Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate. However, once BitLocker is added to the drive, the device can be used with any version of Windows 7, and can be used in read-only mode with Windows XP and Vista.