Ever find yourself needing to acquire information about a particular domain but want an easy way to do it? Now you can with Win32Whois.
Setup
Getting started with Win32Whois is extremely simple. There is no install process to deal with, just place the exe file in a location of your choice and create a shortcut . When you start Win32Whois . To get started, enter the domain address that you are curious about and click “Go”.
For our example, we entered “www.example.com”. The results came up very quickly and as you can see by the scrollbar, there was quite a bit of information returned .
Conclusion
Win32Whois can provide a quick and easy way to find the information that you need about a domain. This is definitely a nice reference tool to have on your system or USB drive.
Links
Download Win32Whois (version 0.9.14)
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BITLOCKER TO GO ENCRYPTS PORTABLE FLASH DRIVES IN WINDOWS7
The BitLocker feature was introduced in Windows Vista and
allowed you to encrypt the content of your hard drive.Now in
Windows 7 they offer BitLocker To Go which allows you to
encrypt portable USB flash drives.First open up My Computer
and Right-click on the flash drive you want to encrypt and select
Turn on BitLocker.
After BitLocker initialized the flash drive you will need to enter
in a password to unlock the drive. You can also set up a
Smartcard which are usually used in a work environment so
talk to you IT staff.
Next you will be prompted to store the recovery key which is used
in the event you lose your password or smartcard. If you store it
as a file make sure that it is not on the same drive that you’re encrypting.
After the key has been saved as a file or printed you will see a
confirmation message.
Finally you will be ready to start encrypting the drive so just click
the Start Encrypting button.
While it is encrypting there will be a progress screen displayed.
A successful encryption of the USB flash drive. notice that the
drive icon will change to show its encrypted with BitLocker.
Notice that the drive icon will change to show its encrypted with
BitLocker where the gold lock indicates it is locked up and the
gray lock is displayed after you have unlocked it.
Right-click on that icon to bring up options to manage BitLocker encryption.
The next time you plug in the drive to a Windows 7 machine you will
be prompted to enter the password to gain access to the drive. You
can also always have it unlocked on specific machines in the future.
You can also use the encrypted drive in Vista and XP. Here we will
look at how it looks in XP, when you plug it in you will be prompted
for the password to launch BitLocker To Go Reader (the utility is
installed automatically on the drive by Windows 7).
BitLocker To Go Reader is a Windows Explorer type navigation
utility for showing the content of the drive.
With a BitLocker encrypted drive you will only be able to read and
copy files. If you need to add files or change them you will need to
use a Windows 7 machine.
This is a great way to easily make sure sensitive data on your USB flash
drive is safe. Right now anyone who has Windows 7 RC1 Ultimate can use this feature.
allowed you to encrypt the content of your hard drive.Now in
Windows 7 they offer BitLocker To Go which allows you to
encrypt portable USB flash drives.First open up My Computer
and Right-click on the flash drive you want to encrypt and select
Turn on BitLocker.
After BitLocker initialized the flash drive you will need to enter
in a password to unlock the drive. You can also set up a
Smartcard which are usually used in a work environment so
talk to you IT staff.
Next you will be prompted to store the recovery key which is used
in the event you lose your password or smartcard. If you store it
as a file make sure that it is not on the same drive that you’re encrypting.
After the key has been saved as a file or printed you will see a
confirmation message.
Finally you will be ready to start encrypting the drive so just click
the Start Encrypting button.
While it is encrypting there will be a progress screen displayed.
A successful encryption of the USB flash drive. notice that the
drive icon will change to show its encrypted with BitLocker.
Notice that the drive icon will change to show its encrypted with
BitLocker where the gold lock indicates it is locked up and the
gray lock is displayed after you have unlocked it.
Right-click on that icon to bring up options to manage BitLocker encryption.
The next time you plug in the drive to a Windows 7 machine you will
be prompted to enter the password to gain access to the drive. You
can also always have it unlocked on specific machines in the future.
You can also use the encrypted drive in Vista and XP. Here we will
look at how it looks in XP, when you plug it in you will be prompted
for the password to launch BitLocker To Go Reader (the utility is
installed automatically on the drive by Windows 7).
BitLocker To Go Reader is a Windows Explorer type navigation
utility for showing the content of the drive.
With a BitLocker encrypted drive you will only be able to read and
copy files. If you need to add files or change them you will need to
use a Windows 7 machine.
This is a great way to easily make sure sensitive data on your USB flash
drive is safe. Right now anyone who has Windows 7 RC1 Ultimate can use this feature.
ACCESS HIDDEN REGIONAL THEMES IN WINDOWS 7
Windows 7 offers you location specific Aero themes based on the language and location you pick during installation. Here we will take a look at accessing other hidden themes from different countries.
When you first start the Windows 7 installation the first thing you will do is select a language, time and currency format. This is where Windows determines what themes you’re presented with by default.
I am just giving a example for u....
To access the other international themes copy and paste the following path into the search box and hit Enter.
In the MCT folder you will find additional themes for Canada, Australia, South Africa, and Great Britain.
You can go in and grab just the Wallpapers…
Or go into the Theme folder double click on the the thumbnail to add it.
Here you can see I added all of them and now they will be available under the My Themes section for when you want to change them around.
This is a neat little trick that will let you customize Windows 7 with hidden themes already available. Also if you want to get more themes head over to the Microsoft site.
When you first start the Windows 7 installation the first thing you will do is select a language, time and currency format. This is where Windows determines what themes you’re presented with by default.
I am just giving a example for u....
To access the other international themes copy and paste the following path into the search box and hit Enter.
C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT
In the MCT folder you will find additional themes for Canada, Australia, South Africa, and Great Britain.
You can go in and grab just the Wallpapers…
Or go into the Theme folder double click on the the thumbnail to add it.
Here you can see I added all of them and now they will be available under the My Themes section for when you want to change them around.
This is a neat little trick that will let you customize Windows 7 with hidden themes already available. Also if you want to get more themes head over to the Microsoft site.
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