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How to find the entered password in Google Chrome?

Here’s a simple way to find out what those characters are behind a typed password in any website.

Sometimes, it so happens that we tend to forget our own passwords. However, thanks to advanced browser settings these days that we can enable ‘remember passwords’ within our own computer’s browsers. At the same time, we can also have a feature called ‘Autofill’ enabled so that the fields are automatically populated without us having to key in every time we visit a website.

Now, if you are in a situation where you have enabled the Autofill feature and have already input the password in some website, but you forgot what the password was – AND you want to know now what that damn password is – you’ve come to the right place to find out how to do just that!!

I will walk you through this procedure assuming that you’re working in Google Chrome. This will work on other browsers too, but the corresponding name given to this feature by other browsers slightly vary. The website that we're going to look at is mail.yahoo.com

Also read: How does my website appear in all browsers – Worldwide?

Here is the crux: let’s say you are now in the login page of the website with the username and password already entered but the submit button is not yet clicked.

Right click on the password field where the asterisks or the dots are shown.

Select ‘Inspect Element’: it will directly highlight the password section of the code behind the webpage in the bottom section of the browser.

Here, change the “type” attribute by replacing “password” with “text”. You will notice that the password is now visible!

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Note: this is a trick to know only if you really need to find the password on your own computer. Please don’t assume that this post encourages stealing passwords nor stalking others’ accounts on others’ computers.

 

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Quick Tech Trick # 8: How To Open Microsoft Command Prompt Window In Any Folder

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If you’ve have tried navigating to a specific folder using Windows Command Prompt Screen by manually typing the code in that little black window screen, you will agree with me that even pros sometimes have to do a trial and error to get it correct.

That’s when this surprise little trick will come in handy:

Whenever you want to open the command window in a particular location, just do a ‘shift + right click‘ on a blank space within that folder and you’ll find a new context menu entry there – “Open Command Window Here“.
If you are an avid command prompt user, you will thank this trick (of course if you didn’t know about this earlier).


Written by Arun Sarathy

Best Way To Search Fresh Recent Results In Google

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If you want to search the internet using Google and if you want search results that are only recent ones – probably a week or month old, then follow this trick while searching in Google.

This trick is especially useful when using Google Maps and Products to search more relevant and also recent updates.

After the search query is typed in the Google search bar, select the Search Tools drop-down option.

Then select Any Time drop down


Now select the time frame you need to filter the search results.

There is also a ‘Custom Range‘ feature available for you to select from. Pretty neat!

Know any other neat tricks in Google search that you think the World may not be aware of? Please do input your comments below.


3 Top Ways To Read Online Effectively By Tackling Distractions

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Earlier, reading was done using the ‘hard bound’ or ‘Paper back’ books, before the advent of computers. Then, the distractions were little less – as there were no popup advertising inside a book, or a mail notification showing up in the corner of the page nor a ‘related’ content showing up at the end of the page before turning to the next one.

However, these are some of the common distractions faced by every one of us while a serious online reading is taking place – a silent conversation between our eyes and the computer screen that shows the content. People like us get easily distracted in this modern age – at the same time there are so many online bookstores with plethora of online textbooks and educational websites.


Here are some practical tips that will help you overcome the dreaded distractions while reading online:

  1. Use Readability plugin for browsers (Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox) to not to get distracted. This extension is similar to the Reader feature within Apple’s Safari browser. What this does is provide you with a clutter-free version of the same article.
  2. If you find any link that is part of the original article you are reading, simply do not go about reading every other hyperlink provided. Right click on the link and open it in new tab or new window to read it later – after finishing the currently reading article. (You can also ‘scroll click‘ or ‘ctrl click’ on the link to open it in new tab). This way you can finish reading the original article you opened in the first place.
  3. If nothing works, or you find many articles and webpages to read for the entire day – use an online bookmarking tool to bookmark your site so you can read it from any part of the world. You can also use a free app in Chrome called Quick Note to save texts and links to read later – this is a note taking app which can be used in this way also. This way you can revisit less important ones later. I use this app often. Best of most of the other note taking apps available for Google Chrome.

These are the top 3 best practices I follow to have a pleasant reading experience without getting distracted much – or by tackling the distractions in a technologically productive way.


Do you have any other tip to have a disturbance free reading experience? What do you do to read articles online without disturbances? Please share your comments below.
Written by Arun Sarathy

How to clear your clipboard using Command Prompt

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Admit it – sometimes you wish Windows offered an easy way to do this – clearing the clipboard after copying a piece of text!

Well, here is a way to do that using a tiny piece of code. Just copy the code given below and follow the steps given to create your own small software to clear your clipboard.

C:WindowsSystem32cmd.exe /c “echo off | clip”

Steps:

  1. Right click on the desktop.
  2. Select New > Shortcut
  3. Paste the code copied above. Save and exit.

You now have a shortcut which when double clicked clears your clipboard in a whoosh!!