How to protect a website with password in browser?

Internet Explorer is the third most used Internet web browser followed by Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Microsoft is updating Internet explorer to protect web browsing in a various way with outstanding security control features like smart screen filter, site authentication, site certificate, security zone and content advisor. Sometimes we want to protect some website from unauthorised access or just want to protect access from your tech-savvy kids. Protect website access with a password will restrict from accessing a specific website or all website on Internet Explorer on a windows computer.

                    This process will password protect on IE 9 or an earlier version, Open Internet explorer>Tools>Internet Option>Content Tab>Content Advisor>Click on Enable>General tab on content advisor window>Create Password(Supervisor password)> Give Password and confirm password and type a hint.

Press all apply and ok to save the settings and restart internet explorer to work saved settings. Next time anyone who will try to open a website or a web page a content adviser password protect window will open and offer you to provide your supervisor password to gain access to that web page or website. There will be three options available for that accessing websites, will content adviser prompt again for the supervisor password or remember to give access to that website or that particular web page.

       Always allow the site to be viewed without the password.       Always allow that specific web page to be viewed without the password.       Allow viewing only this time – Allow the site to open one time only.

This way you can also decide on which sites you would like to allow unrestricted access and which sites you’d like to disallow.

How to enable password to protect website on Internet explorer 10 and Above version:

            Besides updating OS version Microsoft simultaneously updated Internet Explorer features and security and settings, a later version of Internet explorer 9 content advisor is directly missing on the internet options content tab. Either you need to enable it from Group policy settings or Just open the RUN window by pressing Windows+R and type the following command and press enter

Rundll32.exe msrating.dll, RatingSetupUI

Enable Content advisor for Windows 10 PC from Group Policy Settings:

                  Open RUN window and type gpedit.msc and press enter and then navigate to Computer configuration>Administrative templates>Windows components>Internet explorer>Internet control panel>Content page on the right side double click on Show content advisor on Internet options or click on Policy Setting to edit policy settings

            On edit policy setting window change the current setting to enable to show content advisor settings on Internet option content tab. Press ok to save and sign out and sign in again to work group policy settings.

       All done, Your Windows 10 PC has the direct content advisor settings available on the internet options content tab.

How to Change Your WI-FI into Virtual Router?

You want to use your Internet Connection with your other device, but you do not have a routing device for some reason to share your internet with another instrument. Here is a simple solution to connect your other device through your desktop or laptop WiFi turning into a WiFi hotspot or Virtual Router.



In few cases, modern computer and laptop come with an Internal hotspot software included. But this help is only for you who do not have a choice both above. By turning your Desktop or Laptop into a WiFi hotspot, you can connect any device which has a WiFi access capability like as your mobile, another laptop or desktop, iPad, etc.

A router is a device that forward data packet in a packet switching network such as the internet, it's act like a dispatcher, choosing the best path for data packet travel. In some cases, software in a computer does the job to forward the data packet to its destination.

A router located at any gateway where a network meets another network. A virtual router is a software combination which does the same job, packet data transfer to its defined network in packet switching network without any help of a routing device using a WiFi device.

Today modern computers, Desktop or Laptop comes with inbuilt WiFi. If you do not have an inbuilt WiFi, then you can add one from the market as an external USB WiFi or as a network interface card which fits into your PCI slot on your desktop. Here is an easy method how you will turn your WiFi device connectivity into a virtual router.


Steps to Follow: Open Command Prompt in Administrator mode either following method one from pressing Windows Start(Windows) + X or go to start menu then all apps and drop down windows system folder to find the command prompt, right click on command prompt and select run as administrator.


Now type the following command or just copy this and right click on command prompt windows to paste it and press enter to execute the command. Put your SSID name in the ssid=yourssidname place and replace your password in the key=password | A new network adapter
will be added and can be found in network connection setting.

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=yourssidname key=password
netsh wlan start hostednetwork 

 

    

Network Connection Window: Your Microsoft hosted network virtual adapter is ready.

Now share your default Internet connection. Follow the bellow screenshot for how to share internet connection.

You can use this method in any Windows Operating System Version. Share your whats on your mind in the comment box. Thank you for reading Digital Doubt. Like us on Facebook or subscribe our feed-burner newsletter via email directly in your inbox.

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How to Check Windows Version and Build Number?

Whenever we need to install some software or games on our computer, we need to sure about the minimum requirement for successful installation. As a part of those requirements, Operating system version and build no also countable as a vital element. You can not install a game on a non-supported operating system to run the game successfully. I have added two quick way to find your operating system version and their build no.

1. Winver.exe: 
                    It is the simplest way to find your Windows Operating system version and build no. To complete the task press the START button and R to open the Run command window. Type Winver.exe and press enter. Your result is on the screen.

 2. Command Prompt: Command = VER
                     The second quickest quick way to find your Windows Operating system version and build no is from Command prompt. To open Command Prompt open Run command window and type CMD and press enter. In the command prompt window now type VER and press enter.

Look at the screenshot "Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10240]" here Version is Windows 10 and Build no is 10240.

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