How to Reset Laptop BIOS Password?

Have you forgotten your laptop's BIOS password. Want to know how do you go about recovering it ?

The Laptop’s BIOS password can be reset in the same way a desktop’s BIOS password is reset.

Go through the following steps:

1. Switch off your laptop.

2. Remove the power cord.

3. Remove the battery pack.

4. Read the laptop’s service manual to figure out from where the CMOS jumper is accessible.

5. Open the laptop’s plastic chassis and short the CMOS jumper for 5-15sexonds, for additional instructions refer the laptop’s manual.

If you cannot find a CMOS jumper then you can remove the CMOS battery for 15-60 seconds and reset the password. However removing the CMOS battery will reset all settings so you’ll need to enter the BIOS menu and load the default settings once you’re done with the reset.

The CMOS battery should look somewhat like the image below:

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Best 5 Web Browsers For Android That You Must Try Out! [2013]

Since the day of Smartphones, the Internet users have been largely shifted to mobile internet browsing. But a finding a good web browser was always difficult.  Since Android rule the smartphones these days, here is my pick of some of the best android web browsers available at the android market.

      Dolphin Browser – My Pick*

    

     As an android user Dolphin Browser impress me a lot these days. It offers me good browsing speed as well as a good downloading speed. I’m well impressed with the UI and there are a lot of Add-ons available at the market (though I don’t use any). The flash works well and tabbed browsing looks easy for me on the dolphin.

 FEATURES (as by the developers)

★ One-tap Share - Right from Dolphin, you can tweet web pages, post them to Facebook, share them via email, or grab the content and save it directly to Evernote (Beta) or Box.

★ Tabbed browsing - No need to toggle between screens, tabbed browsing lets you open and switch between Web pages fast as lightning.
★ Dolphin Connect - Sync/Send between Mobile and Desktop
1. Send to device: Send links, maps, phone numbers, & more from your desktop to your phone and vice versa with Chrome/Firefox/Safari extensions.**
2. Dolphin Connect: Sync easily your history, bookmarks, passwords and open tabs across Android, iOS and desktop.
★ WiFi - Broadcast - Share links with Dolphin friends nearby on your wifi network.
★ Sonar - Dolphin listens and lets you use your voice to search on the Internet, share on your favorite social networks, bookmark your favorite website, navigate and more all from your phone or tablet browser
★ Gesture - Let your inner artist out and create a personal Gesture (symbol) to access the mobile and desktop websites you use the most.
★ Add-on – Beef up your mobile Internet browser experience by installing the Add-ons for the tasks you need at your fingertips. With more than 60 and counting, Dolphin Add-ons enables any action to be done right within the mobile browser. You can check out the Add-on features with 3 preloaded on your right Sidebar. 
★ Speed Dial - Visit your favorite mobile websites on the go with one touch.

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   Boat Browser

       
Boat browser is another good one that works fine in overall. But most of the time when I try to resume a download it fails. But browsing is fine and the download too works

  FEATURES (as by the developers
 ★ More Customizable,

We have optimized the default features listed in the (Side) Toolbar. And you can customize the features as you like: re-arrange, add and remove buttons, just by dragging the corresponding icon.
In addition to the toolbar customization, you can also personalize the background color and the action of the Volume Keys. You can set the Volume Key's action to switch tabs, scroll up/down the page or zoom into the page. 
★ Personalized Themes
Bored with the default theme? Can't be satisfied just changing the theme’s color? No Problem! Boat Browser’s got you covered!
Boat Browser’s team will supply you more and more cool themes and styles, to make your browser completely personalized! 
★ Add-ons
An Add-on is the unlimited expansion of your browser. Customize your browser by installing Boat Add-on’s that will enhance your browsing experience. These features can be easily found in the Side Toolbar, after installation.
*We will continue to develop a variety of popular and fashionable add-ons. Keep your browser up to date!
★ Powerful Bookmarks Management
Bookmarks Manager supports new folder, drag and drop, batch delete, import, export and Sync with stock browser bookmarks! (Sync bookmarks from chrome browser will be supported soon).
★ Side Toolbar – New UI design
New Side Toolbar has been integrated in the version 3.4. This means you can reach the toolbar by swiping the right side of the screen. And, if you don’t like it, just change the settings in setting menu. We hope it will bring you a new quicker, smarter browsing experience from now on! 
★ Speed dial
Add your favorite websites into the speed dial menu and keep them handy :)

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      UC Browser

      UC Browser used to be my favourite when they first came into the Android market. As you know the downloading speed UC offered outran all other browsers in the Android family. But as time went by and new updates came in slowing down everything. But one thing that always made me feel bad was that I never supported flash and lacked support to download from websites like Mediafire etc… But still usable

 FEATURES (as by the developers)

★ Share: Share your favorite pages or contents to Facebook, Twitter, 

Google+ with a simple press of the Share button. 
★ Vox: Voice control over UC Browser, very fun way to give commands.
★Multi-Touch: Play with UC Browser with your gestures, discover a great array of gesture commands.
★ Download Manager: Fast and stable download speed, with convenient file management. 
★ Quick Reads: This RSS Reader keeps you up to date with the latest news feeds.
★ Autofill: Suggestions will be shown once you start typing in the address bar. 
★ Night Mode: Better browsing in dark environments.

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       One Browser

  
One Browser formerly iBrowser looks the same as Boat Browser. Has an inbuilt Everenote intergration, which is something.

FEATURES (as by the developers)

★ “Less Typing, More Surfing” - Get to your favourite content faster with auto-complete url, pre-set speed dials & bookmarks.
★ “Private Mode” - making your browsing safe and secure from prying eyes.
★ “Download Manager” - offering the fastest download speed and the most effective file management. 
★ “Seamless Evernote Integration” - Add webpage, selected text and pictures to Evernote with just one click.
★ “Share” - Sharing what you read to your friends by long-pressing a webpage/downloaded file.
★ “Night Mode” - protecting your eyes when you read in the dark
★ “Multi-window Management” - controlling or easily switching between opened windows.
★ “QR Code” - finding what you want by auto-scanning a QR code.

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        Opera Mini

This is the one that I hates the most but I has to include it ‘coz the browsing speed of Opera is way  better than any other browser mentioned above. But one great fall down is at the downloading category. Download speed really shits! I doubt that the Opera people haven’t heard about the pause and resume option for downloading.  Since the birth of Opera i’ve been seeing the same download mechanism,  that I hates.he same download mechanism,  that I hates. 

FEATURES (as by the developers)

★Speed Dial shows you all of your favorite websites at a glance. Pull them up with one tap!
★Smart Page is your own personal window on the web. It gives you instant updates from your social networks, along with the latest news, entertainment, and sports.
★Tabs let you keep multiple pages open and switch between them.
★Reading online is better with page sizes, address bars and toolbars that adjust automatically.

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How to invite all Facebook friends in Google Plus using Yahoo account.

After the successful launch of Google plus, the internet users are too much eager to know about Google plus. According to some sources, folks are enjoying Google plus and they are thinking this social network from Google as replacement of Facebook. After giving it a try, I realized that things are too much organized in Google plus than the Facebook. The best thing about Google plus is that it is clutter free.

Though Google plus automatically imports the contact from the corresponding Google account, it does not allow you to import contacts from Facebook or LinkedIn accounts but it allows importing contacts from Yahoo and Hotmail account. Again both Hotmail and Yahoo allows you to import contacts from your Facebook account. This impressed me to use my Hotmail account to invite Facebook friends in Google plus. I wrote above tutorial on how to invite Facebook friends in Google plus where I used my Hotmail account to import the Facebook contacts.
Here is the total workarounds on how to invite all Facebook friends in Google Plus using Yahoo account.


1. Sign-in to your Yahoo account and scroll down the mouse wheel to reach at the end of the landing page.

2. Click on Address Book link under the Yahoo!Services. This will take you into theContacts tab.

3. Click on the Tools button and select Import from the drop-down menu.

4. Now the options from where you can import contacts in Yahoo appear. Click Facebook icon.

5. If you are already logged into your Facebook profile in the same browser, it will automatically start to import the contacts from your Facebook account after providing the necessary permission of accessing data from Facebook, otherwise you will have to sign into your Facebook account with correct login credentials.

6. Once it successfully imports all the contacts from Facebook into your Yahoo account, go back to Google plus profile and click the Circle icon then Find and Invite link.

7. You can see, there is an option to invite people using Yahoo contacts and what you have to do is clicking on that link.

8. It will ask for the permission of accessing data from your Yahoo account. Simply, grant the permission.

Once connected, it will import all the contacts from your Yahoo account and you are free to invite those people in Google plus by dragging them into your desired circle.

@Google+  >>>  http://Plus.Google.com/

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How to Install the .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 8

The .NET Framework 3.5 is not automatically installed with Windows 8. To run apps that require the .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 8, you must enable version 3.5 on your computer. There are two ways you can do this: by installing or running an app that requires the .NET Framework 3.5 (that is, by installing the .NET Framework 3.5 on demand), or by enabling the .NET Framework 3.5 in Control Panel. Both options require an Internet connection.

Important notes:

• Use the .NET Framework 3.5 for apps built for versions 2.0 and 3.0 as well as 3.5.
• Installing a Windows language pack on Windows 8 before installing the .NET Framework 3.5 will cause the .NET Framework 3.5 installation to fail. Install the .NET Framework 3.5 before installing any Windows language packs.
• Windows CardSpace is not available with the .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 8.

Installing the .NET Framework 3.5 on Demand
If an app requires the .NET Framework 3.5, but doesn't find that version enabled on your computer, it displays the following message box, either during installation, or when you run the app for the first time. In the message box, choose Install this feature to enable the .NET Framework 3.5. This option requires an Internet connection.
Prompt for installing the .NET Framework 3.5 on demand

Prompt for installing the .NET Framework 3.5 on demand

Enabling the .NET Framework 3.5 in Control Panel
You can also enable the .NET Framework 3.5 yourself through Control Panel. In Control Panel, choose Programs and Features, choose Turn Windows features on or off, and then select the.NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0) check box. This option requires an Internet connection. You do not need to select the child items for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) HTTP activation unless you are a developer who requires WCF script and handler mapping functionality.

Turning Windows features on or off in Control Panel

Troubleshooting
If installing the .NET Framework 3.5 on demand or enabling it in Control Panel fails, you may get one of the following error messages:

• 0x800f0906: “Windows couldn't connect to the Internet to download necessary files. Make sure that you're connected to the Internet, and click Retry to try again.”

• 0x800F081F: “The changes could not be completed. Please reboot your computer and try again.”

These messages may be displayed for the following reasons:

• Your computer is not connected to the Internet. Please connect, and then retry the operation.

If you cannot connect to the Internet, you can enable the .NET Framework 3.5 by using the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) command-line tool and specifying the installation media (ISO image or DVD) you installed Windows 8 from.

    1.In Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012, open a Command Prompt window with administrative credentials (that is, choose Run as administrator).

    2.To install the .NET Framework 3.5 from installation media located in the D:\sources\sxsdirectory, use the following command:

    DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All /LimitAccess /Source:d:\sources\sxs


where:

• /Online targets the operating system you're running (instead of an offline Windows image).
• /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 specifies that you want to enable the .NET Framework 3.5.
• /All enables all parent features of the .NET Framework 3.5.
• /LimitAccess prevents DISM from contacting Windows Update.
• /Source specifies the location of the files needed to restore the feature (in this example, the D:\sources\sxs directory).

If these instructions do not correct the problem, download the paper Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Deployment Considerations from the Windows Dev Center for more extensive troubleshooting information.

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Best Facebook Chat/Messenger

Best Facebook Chat/Messenger Applications for Android

There is a number of Facebook Chat applications available at the Android Market. But most of us have no time to waste searching for the best one. So here is my pick of the best Facebook chatting applications.

1. Facebook Messenger

Text your friends for free. Get Facebook Messenger to instantly reach friends on their smart phones, feature  phones or desktop computers. I added Facebook Messenger to the list 'coz it's an official app from Facebook.

FEATURES:

Message friends and contacts.

- Get started fast — log in with your Facebook account, or just use your phone number
- Send voice messages, photos, smileys and other emoji
- Get push notifications

Make plans on the go with social messaging features.
- Message a friend or start a group conversation
- Include your location to let friends know you're nearby

Chat and receive SMS messages.
- Swipe left to see who's available to chat
- See your SMS and Facebook messages together in the app — currently only available on some phones

2. imo Messenger  - My  Pick*
Android finally has a few good IM apps in the Market, but if you're looking for multi-protocol IM, it's hard to beat imo. imo really the best messenger for facebook. Very user friendly,easy to use and compact as I can logged in more than one account at the same time

FEATURES:

- Free high-quality voice calls
- Super fast and reliable messaging (much faster than SMS)
- Group messaging and photo sharing
- Discover new people and content tailored to your interests
- Voice IMs turn your Android into a walkie-talkie
- Multimedia attachments - audio, video, files
- Share your location with friends using Google Maps and Places
- Searchable chat history accessible on mobile and web
- Concurrent sessions on different devices
- Support for Facebook Chat, Google Talk, Skype, MSN, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Jabber, Hyves, VKontakte and Steam

3. myChatdroid for Facebook 
myChatDroid for Facebook is a very simple application which connects your Android device to Facebook chat.

It's not meant to be perfect... it's just a very simple chat app which doesn't waste your memory and battery.

FEATURES:

- Emoticons;
- Clickable links in chat messages;
- Statusbar/Sound/Vibration/LED notifications on new messages;
- Add a friend to favourites, to be notified when he connects/disconnects;
- Messages history saved on internal database and always available after restart or disconnection;
- Automatic reconnection after connection loss.

4. IM+
IM+  One app, all your messaging. IM+ supports all major IM services, including Facebook, Skype (as in-app purchase), MSN/Live Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM/iChat, ICQ, RenRen, Jabber, MeinVZ, Gadu-Gadu, mig33, SINA Weibo, Fetion, Mamba.Ru, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki.Ru, Yandex IM and Mail.Ru Agent.
FEATURES:

- UI is optimized for both smartphones and tablet computers
- Send text messages, photos, and voice notes
- Group chats in Skype, MSN, AIM, ICQ
- Chat history
- Multiple accounts per service
- Create personal and geo status messages
- Customize your IMing experience with different sound notifications and emoticons
- Typing notifications
- Option to set Master Password
…and we're not done yet, new IM+ features will keep coming!

5. Go!Chat for Facebook
Stay in touch with your friends in Facebook chat with Go!Chat: Fun, easy, social.

FEATURES:

• Easy and secure Facebook login
• Attach your current location
• Be notified when your favorite contacts go online
• Mute contacts, so you aren't bothered when they message you
• Facebook inbox sync
• Send messages to your friends even when they are offline
• Cute "Gowing" smileys
• Quickly jump between different chats, because instant messaging needs to be fast!
• Optimized landscape layouts, we know some of you prefer it that way
• Group your Facebook friends in lists
• Rename your friends
• Homescreen widget
• Devil, Christmas and Classic themes, and more are coming!
• No additional fees, 100% free, it only uses your internet data connection or WiFi.


6. eBuddy Messenger
Chat everywhere with eBuddy Messenger. Stay always connected with all your friends and family on MSN (Windows Live Messenger or WLM), Facebook, Yahoo!, MySpace, Gtalk (Orkut), ICQ, AIM (AOL) and Hyves.

FEATURES:

★ Simultaneously chat or IM with your friends on MSN, Windows Live Messenger, Facebook, Yahoo, MySpace, Gtalk, ICQ, AIM and Hyves.
★ eBuddy runs in the background, so you are always online and ready to chat! Never miss a message again.
★ A chat / IM message will be sent as data over the Internet, not as a SMS or text message. So, chatting with your friends is free!
★ Full featured: set your avatar, send and receive emoticons, group your contacts and swipe through your chat screens.

7. Nimbuzz Messenger
Nimbuzz Messenger is super-popular and our 150+ million registered users across platforms prove that. Nimbuzz Messenger is available for every smartphone and feature phone, so go ahead and tell your friends to download Nimbuzz Messenger.

FEATURES:

• FREE HD VOICE CALLS – Cheap International HD quality voice calls for free with all your Nimbuzz Messenger contacts
• FREE MESSAGING - Replace SMS with unlimited free chat. Connect with multiple IM accounts and have them in one list (Facebook, Yahoo Messenger, Gtalk)
• GROUP CHAT - Enjoy group conversations by sending text messages to your contacts in a single group.
• CHATROOMS - Make new friends in chat rooms and share your location for easy face-to-face meet up.
• FREE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Appear always online and be available to chat with Push Notifications for incoming messages.
• OFFLINE MESSAGES: Even if you miss your push notifications or turn off your phone, Nimbuzz saves your messages offline until you retrieve them during the next application use
• CHEAP INTERNATIONAL CALLS – Buy Nimbuzz Out credits and make really cheap international calls to mobile and landline
• SIP VOIP ACCOUNTS – Connect to any of our existing SIP partners or to any other SIP provider and enjoy extremely low cost calls
• CHAT BUDDIES – Use our popular chat buddies for Twitter, Cricket, Astrology etc.

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