Thursday, December 20, 2007

Internet Tips

by B. Bashir

How to Disable and Enable Cookies

If you want to enable and disable the cookies then perform the following actions.

• In the Internet Explorer go to Tools > Internet Options > Security Tab > Click Custom Level.
• Go to the Cookies section.
• To enable: Set "Allow cookie that are stored on your computer" to "Enable" Set "Allow per-session cookies" to "Enable"
To disable: Set "Allow cookie that are stored on your computer" to "Disable" Set "Allow per-session cookies" to "Disable"

How to speed up the loading of HTML pages with images

If you want to increase the image’s loading time then just add the height and width tags in the image tag. e.g. . This can increase the images web pages loading time significantly.

How to find out the location of the website?

If you want to know that where the website is physically located, what’s the associated IP address of the website and what’s the registration information of the website use the following URL.

Domaintools.com and put your web address in it.

It will display all the required information regarding the website.

Tips to avoid Internet Fraud

Some of the known internet scams are jobs scams, charity scams, Nigerian money offers, work-at-home scams, scholarship scams, bogus credit card offers, phishing, get rich scams, fake check scams and investment scams etc. The best way to avoid all these scams is to block all the scams related email addresses and not open any email attachment from unknown source.

Google Operators

Link:domain name

It shows you the incoming links to a webpage

Cache:domain name

It shows the version of the webpage that Google has in its cache

Define:

Define shows the definition of the word that you enter after it define:

Intitle:keyword

If you use this operator then Google will restrict the results to the web pages that has same title as you specified keyword.

Inurl:

If you use this operator then Google will restrict the results with searches that contain the same word in the URL.

Internet Security Tips

According to Antivirus Solutions Company Symantec that every computer, which is connected to internet can be infected in only 20 minutes if no proper security measures have been deployed on that computer. The best tips of being secure on the internet are use an up-to-dated antivirus program, anti spyware program and firewall software. Using updated antivirus program and regularly scanning your computer with it makes you secure while you get connected to internet.

B. Bashir manages Networking Tutorials and regularly writes articles on various topics such as Computer Networking, Introduction To Computer Science Wireless Networking, Computer Hardware, Certifications, How Tos, Computer Buyers Guide and computer tips.
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