Put all your Emails on a USB Drive for Offline Access

How do you ensure that you always have access to all your emails - even at places where there is no Internet or when you aren’t carrying your own laptop?

One of the popular options is that you use a tool like Microsoft Outlook to download all your emails to the computer beforehand and you can then read them anywhere even in offline mode. Both Gmail and Hotmail offer POP3 access to help you download messages using any email client while there are easy workarounds for Yahoo Mail.

There are some downsides though. First, most email clients aren’t portable (can you carry emails on a USB drive?) and second, if all you want is offline access to your Gmail messages and nothing extra, Outlook is probably too heavy a tool for that purpose.

I have been testing a Windows-only utility called MailStore that seems like an ideal solution for such a problem – the tool is free, there’s a portable version for your USB stick and best of all, it works out of the box with your email account without requiring any configuration.

Step by Step – How to Backup your Emails

How to Protect your Data ?

It's a human tendency to lock your home whenever you go out; it makes you feel protected. But what about data what you have saved on your computer? Do you lock it when you transfer it from your computer? Given the threats lurking online - hackers, phishers, identity thieves and the like - you would do well to encrypt your data of you are using the internet to share crucial information with others. This ensures privacy and prevents it from getting hacked. Even if someone succeeds in stealing an encrypted file, he or she will be unable to misuse it unless the key to decode the content of that file is also stolen alongside. Then there are the monetary transactions online and the personal information shared on the Internet. To protect users, the file encryption process is a crucial part of an efficient computer security system. File encryption or data encryption is a process of transforming your confidential information into an unreadable format which cannot be accessed without the correct password or key. Though there are third-party encryption software available like TrueCrypt in the market, you can also use the lesser known, built-in feature of Windows to secure your files. Here to go about this.

How to Encrypt a File? 

1. Right click on a file you want to encrypt. Click the 'Properties' option at the bottom of the context menu.

2. Click the 'Advanced' button located under 'General' tab in the 'Properties' dialog box.

3. Click the 'Encrypt Contents to Secure Data' option and click 'OK'.

4. If the file is in a folder you will be prompted with an 'Encryption Warning' message. If this is the case, click the 'Encrypt the File Only' option and click 'OK'.

Tips

• You can use EFS (Encrypting File System) to encrypt files on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, and Windows 7 Enterprise. The filesystem should be NTFS; it won't work on FAT32.

•  Select the certificate of the user whom you want to add (to the access list of the encrypted file), and then click OK. You can do this by clicking Properties -> Advanced -> EFS settings.

• To decrypt a folder, use the same process, only disable the document property encryption by clearing Encrypt Document Properties check box.

• Rename your file with a completely different filename and a different file extension. For example, change filename.doc into general.jpg or filename.xls into birthday.mp3; If file extensions (.doc, .png, .mp3, etc.) are not visible go to: Tools -> Folder Options -> View, and uncheck hide extensions for known file types. Some computer savvy individuals may be able to crack the file.

• You can encrypt your files using strong AES-256 encryption feature of 7-zip, which is a free file compression utility which you might be using already to compress/zip multiple files into one smaller file to be send across internet.

After encrypting the files, you should back up your certificates because there is no other way to recover encrypted files with a corrupted or missing certificate. It is critical that you back up the certificates and store them in a secure location. Here's how to back up your certificate : 

1. Open Microsoft Internet Explorer. On the Tools menu, click 'Internet Options'.

2. On the 'Content' tab, in the Certificates section, click 'Certificates'. Click the 'Personal' tab.

3. Select one certificate at a time until the 'Certificate Intended Purposes' field shows 'Encrypting File System'.

4. Click 'Export' to start the Certificate Export Wizard, and then click 'Next'. Click 'Enable Strong Protection', then click 'Next'. Type in your password.

5. Specify the path where you want to save the key, and then click 'Next'. You can save the key to another location on the hard disk, or on a removable media

SMS status reporting for Speed Post & eMO

We are happy to launch SMS tracking facility as an initiative to provide better service to our customers. Initially, the service is available for Speed Post and eMO (electronic money order).
The steps involved:
1) You need to send SMS to 55352 in the following format:
	For Speed Post:
		SP<space>Speed Post number                                                        OR EMS<space>Speed Post number
	For eMO:
		MO<space>eMO PNR No                                      OR EMO<space>eMO PNR No
2) 'IN' at the end of Speed Post number need not be given. Eg. if the Speed Post number is EK123456789in; you need to send the message as: SP EK123456789                    The service is not case sensitive - you may use capitals or lower case or a mix of both.
3) Speed Post data is available from 19 September 2009 onwards.      eMO data is available from 23 September 2009 onwards.
4) The data will be retained upto 3 months from the date of booking for the purpose of SMS tracking.
5) The service is available across all service providers in the country. Rates charged by the service provider are applicable.

Laser Printer Drivers All in One

This zipped file contains the drivers of following Printers
1.Canon  LBP3150 Laser Printer
2.Epson LX 1170 Dot Matrix Printer
3.HP Laserjet 1020 Laserjet Printer
4.HP Laserjet 1160 Laserjet Printer
5.Samsung ML-3470 High Speed Laserjet Printer

How to install the printer driver
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Just double click on the respected exe to extract driverfiles.It will extract into a folder of C Drive.

To install HP Laserjet 1020 Just double click on HP Laserjet 1020.exe then setup will automatically launch.

To install the remaining printer drivers on Windows XP, follow the steps below.

  1. Turn the printer off, then connect the printer to your computer.
  2. Turn the printer on.
  3. Turn your computer on and run Windows XP.
  4. The printer is detected through the Plug & Play function, and the
     Found New Hardware Wizard is displayed.
  5. Select Install from a list or specific location [Advanced], then
     click Next.i.e C:\<Printername>
  6. Insert the driver disk.
  7. Select only Include this location in the search from Search for
     the best driver in these locations., then click Next.
     Click Browse to select the location of the printer driver.Select the path as C:\<Printer Name>
  8. When a warning screen appears, click Continue to proceed with
     the printer driver installation.
  9. Click Complete to finish the printer driver installation.

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Revision of flat rates of lice. fee for Central Govt. Resi Acco throughout the country.

No.18011/1/2009-Pol-III

Government of India

Directorate of Estates

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi,

Dated: 28th April, 2011

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Revision of flat rates of licence fee for Central Govt. Residential Accommodation throughout the country.

In terms of SR-324(4). the Government has decided to revise the flat rates of licence fee recoverable (or the residential accommodation available in General pool and also in Departmental Pools of Ministries/Departments of the Government of India throughout the country (except in respect of substandard/unclassified accommodation of Ministry of Defence, accommodation for service personnel of the Ministry of Defence and accommodation under the control of Ministry of Railways), as shown in the Annexure.

2. The revised rates of licence fee would be effective from 1st July. 2010. All Ministries/Departments are requested to take action to recover the revised licence fee in accordance with these orders in respect of accommodation under their control all over the country.

3. This issues with the concurrence of integrated Finance Wing of the Ministry of Urban Development under its Diary No 545/Dir. (F)FD/10 dated 15.11.2010 & dated 03.01.2011.

4. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts Departments are concerned, orders would be issued separately.

(R.N.Yadav)

Deputy Director of Estates Policy)

Revised flat rates of licence fee applicable for Central Government residential accommodation throughout the country w.e.f. 01.07.2010…

Interest rates on Savings Deposit

Proforma information for adding post office in Speednet Network

(Please provide the information in computer typed only please avoid manuscript information the information should be signed by Divisional superintendent)

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