Icons Will Not Move On Desktop

Quick fix - Left click and hold an Icon at the same time click on escape.

Sharing Files With Friend

You are probably using dropbox but are unhappy with the upload speed.

Here it is ccfile transfer.

Http://www.cc-file-transfer.com/

On the left hand side Choose My Friend, go to Account, then New account, add user name and password, click OK.

I have created Michael in this example.

On the left hand side again choose File Share, then from the top menu choose Share, then new file share, click browser, choose the file you want to share, click Auth then click OK.

Now on the top menu, click on options, then settings, choose a port number to use, I have used 5555, select Auto Run and Enable Internet Access, click OK.

Time to setup the modem.

Login to your modem.

I have created 2 entries, one in Firewall / Packet Filter and one in Virtual server / Port Forwarding.

In the Virtual server / port forwarding I have added the PC with ccfile running (192.168.103.1) and port 5555 as seen above.

To see if this is working locally open Internet explorer and in the URL, type your local ip address and the port number you used EG. http192.168.103.1:5555

To test this externally got to ccfile, at the top you will see copy url, press it, Go to Internet explorer and paste into the URL Eg : http:// yourexternal ip:5555/download.htm?file=mylarge file.iso

This is the URL you would give to the other person to download your file.

A security window will appear key in the user and password you created earlier.

Done.



Delete Vpn Users Windows 7

You created a Vpn  incoming connection in windows 7 then deleted the Vpn connection but the user still appears.

The user does not appear in control panel user accounts either.

What you need to do is create a new Vpn account again using that user then delete the user first before you delete the Vpn connection.

Right click on Network, then properties, then change adapter settings.

File, new incoming connections, click add someone, enter user name and passwords.

Next, tick through the Internet, then next, then make sure tcp/ipv4 is checked, then allow access.

Take note of the Computer Name, then close.

You will now see incoming connections in your network connections.

If you delete this connection without deleting the user you will not be able to delete that user.

If you have deleted this connection you will need to create it again then the option to delete will appear.

No Way To Delete User

Delete User





Password Protect An Excel Document

You want to be able to click on your document and for it to ask you for a password.

I am using Microsoft Office Excel 2007

Click on the Office button in the top left, then save as, name the file, then in the bottom right next to save, click on tools, general options, enter the password to open and modify, then ok, then enter the password 2 more times, then click save. If it asks you to convert as xml say no.

Facebook Hacked

It has been 9 months since my last password change on Facebook.

Got a couple of messages from Supposedly Facebook at 3.45am and then 4.02am.

When I do login, I usually get an email telling me that I have logged in from a particular device that I am familiar with, but not this time.

The messages says,  If this wasn't you, please follow the link below to protect your Facebook account information. https://www.facebook.com.checkpoint/checkpointme?u=(lots of numbers)

After the second email and not really knowing how to report this, I when to home then help, then report abuse or policy violations, then secure hacked account, then my account, then my account is hacked, then secure it here. (what an absolute mess).

Easiest way type www.facebook.com/hacked will take you to the same place.

Or just change your password :  home, account settings, password and change your password.

Is My Ports Open

Sheilds Up :  https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Click on All common ports

Or try http://www.canyouseeme.org/

Enter the Port number to test

I have entered the RTSP port 554 used for streaming Camera video, as you can see the port is OPEN

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Installation

I thought It was time to give windows 8 a go, but I didn't want to install over my current windows 7 version.

First you need to go to :  http://tinyurl.com/6r73prb and downloaded Techlife Windows 8 Maker.

Install it.

It should look like this when done.

You will need to download both Windows8.Iso and VMware Player 4.

You can do this by clicking on the Click here on the Techlife Machine Maker application.

Once downloaded, install VMware, then click on "Find Windows 8 Iso image".

Choose the location of the Iso image you downloaded earlier, then click on Create And Launch Machine.

This will bring up a location window,choose where you would like to save the files.

I chose my documents, you will need at least 25gig space.

VMware player will start automatically, click on yes for VMware agreement.

Click next,then click on Install now.

Tick the box, I accept the license terms.

I clicked on custom install.

Click next.

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VMware computer restarts

Enter a PC name then click next.

I clicked on Use Express Settings

Enter your email address.

Enter a password, click next.

I clicked on next.

Its yours from here.