Some Useful internet tips and Codes

How to delete Internet History Using command Prompt?

Delete Cookies Code:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

Delete History Code:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2

Delete Data Code
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1

Delete Passwords Code
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16

Delete All Code
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32

Delete All – “Also delete files and settings stored by add-ons” Code
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255

How to Make Sure No One Finds Out Where I Go on the Internet?

Instructions

1. • 1
     Use a browser with "private browsing" and turn it on. Private browsing allows you to enter a special mode where the information that you obtain from the Internet will not be cached and tracked on your personal computer. A number of different web browsers offer private browsing, so you have several options how to browse and keep your details private.
   • 2
     Clear your "cookies" or do not allow your computer to accept cookies. Cookies are little bits of information placed on your computer by web pages so that the web page can remember who you are when you come back. When you put something in a web shopping cart or when you store a password on a web page, cookies are placed in order to allow you to do this. To be completely safe from tracking cookies, you can block them entirely. This will keep your computer clear of cookie files and prevent companies from tracking where you go. However, many websites will not work properly without cookies being allowed.
   • 3
     Clear your "history" or turn off the history option. Browsers track the history of web pages that you visit. When this occurs, anyone who has access to your computer can go back and look at your history. To avoid this, you can either disable the option to store web pages visited or you can simply clear the history of one or more pages.

How Can You Tell If Someone Has Used Your Computer?

Instructions

1. • 1
     Open the Start menu and click "Control Panel."
   • 2
     Open the drop-down menu in the upper-right corner of the Control Panel window and select "Small icons" or "Large icons."
   • 3   Click "Administrative Tools."
   • 4
     Double-click "Event Viewer."
   • 5
     Click the triangle next to the "Windows Logs" folder on the left side of the window to expand it.
   • 6
     Click "Security." The center of the window fills to display all of the security-related events that have recently taken place on the computer, including any time a user has logged on or off.
   • 7
     Click "Date and Time" at the top of the window if the events are not already sorted by date. Look for any event with the word "Logon" in the "Task Category" column that took place during a time in which you were not at the computer. This indicates that someone else has used your computer.

Removing the ability to delete Internet Explorer history


1 Press the Windows logo and "R" keys simultaneously to make the "Run" dialog appear.


2 Type "gpedit.msc" (without quotation marks) into the box and press "Enter." This launches the Windows Group Policy Editor, which allows a computer administrator to make global changes that affect all users.


3 Use the folder tree on the left side of the screen to browse to the "Computer configuration," "Administrative templates," "Windows components" and "Internet Explorer" folders. Click on the "Delete browsing history" folder beneath the Internet Explorer folder.


Note: If the "Internet Explorer" folder is not visible, see Section 2.


4 Double-click "Disable Configuring History" and click the "Enabled" radio button. Click "OK."


5 Double-click "Prevent the deletion of temporary Internet files and cookies." Change the value to "Enabled" and click "OK."


6 Double-click "Turn off delete browsing history functionality." Change the value to "Enabled" and click "OK."


7 Double-click "Turn off delete forms functionality" or "Prevent deleting form data." Change the value to "Enabled" and click "OK."


8 Double-click "Turn off delete passwords functionality" or "Prevent deleting passwords." Change the value to "Enabled" and click "OK."


9 Double-click "Disable changing temporary Internet files settings" and "Prevent deleting temporary Internet files." Change the value to "Enabled" and click "OK."


10 Double-click "Disable changing advanced page settings" or "Prevent deleting websites that the user has visited." Change the value to "Enabled" and click "OK."


11 Close the Group Policy Editor and restart your computer for the changes to take effect.


Adding Internet Explorer to the Group Policy Editor


12 Right-click on the "Administrative templates" folder under "Computer configuration" and click "Add/remove templates."


13 Click the "Add" button.


14 Double-click "Inetres.adm."


15 Click "Close." The "Internet Explorer" section is now added to the Group Policy Editor.

 
via- SA Tirur

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Employment News - Job Highlights (30 Jun - 06 Jul 2012)

Job Highlights  (30 Jun - 06 Jul 2012)

Union Bank of India requires 1636 Single Window Operator ‘A’/Clerk. Last Date for online application : 03.07.2012 Corporation Bank requires 317 Probationary Assistant Managers. Last Date for online Registration : 11.07.2012. Sashastra Seema Bal requires 824 Constables (Driver) Last date : 01.08.2012. Ordnance Factory, Chanda requires 219 Electrician Fitter, Machinist, Painter, Turner etc. Last Date : 21 days from the date of publication. South Western Railway requires 91 Commercial Clerk, Trains Clerk, Ticket Examiner/ Ticket Collector, Jr. Clerk-cum-Typist etc. against Persons with Disabilities Quota. Closing Date: 30.07.2012. Northern Railway requires 73 Traffic Apprentice, Goods Guard, ASM. JE, Jr. Clerk-cum-Typist, Commercial Clerk etc. against Physically Handicapped Quota. Closing Date: 30.07.2012 Western Railway requires 64 Group ‘C’ Posts against Sports Quota. Closing Date: 30.07.2012 The Indian Navy invites applications for Grant of Short Service Commission (SSC) in Technical/Executive Branches. Last Date for online Registration: 16.07.2012. HQ Maintenance Command, IAF, invites applications for 154 Group ‘C’ Posts. Last Date : 21 days after publication. Surguja Vishwavidyalaya, Ambikapur requires 65 Principal, Professor Associate Professors and Assistant Professor. Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi requires 10 Jr. Clerk, Tech. III/Painter, Tech.III/Car Painter, Stenographer (Hindi) etc. Last Date: 28.07.2012.  Source : http://www.employmentnews.gov.in/

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List of new services on which you will be paying tax

If the rise in prices was not hurting enough, the change in service tax regime will. Effective today, almost all services that we use will be subject to 12% service tax. Only a few on the negative list and the exempt list have been spared. 

And of course the services offered by the unorganised sector remain unaffected. Some see the changeover as a more efficient way of administering the tax. In fact, India Inc has been in favour of a negative list of services that will not be taxed instead of a positive list which is expanded every year to tax more services. 

It is also seen as a step forward towards a comprehensive Goods and Services Tax regime. ET Magazine spoke to tax experts to put together a list of new services on which you will be paying tax. 

Impact on Consumers 

1) Speed Posts, Express Parcels 

Private couriers were subject to service tax since 1996 but speed post and express parcel service of the post office were spared. That changes from today. Premium postal services and life insurance provided by the post office will attract 12% service tax. Basic postal services, money orders, savings accounts, pension payments, etc remain exempt. 

2) First Class & Air-Conditioned Class Travel By Railways 

After holding back for several years, the government has finally decided to subject upper class rail travel to service tax. Tax on travel by lower classes, suburban services and Metros would have hurt aam admi and allies such as Trinamool Congress and so they remain exempt. 

3) Travel & Holidays Bought From Online Portals 

Tickets and overseas holidays bought via e-portals in India and a single ticket bought for many overseas destinations are to be fully taxed. If service providers and recipients are in India, tickets for trips originating in India will be taxed. But if you were to buy, say, separate tickets for the London-New York-London leg of New Delhi-London-New York round trip in London, that leg is tax free. 

4) GMAT, GRE Tests 

Taking tests such as GMAT and GRE will get more expensive as companies such as Prometric Testing that conduct these examinations will now be subject to service tax. Entrance tests of Indian institutions such as IITs and IIMs will be exempt. CFA Institute's examination fee will also rise. Private tuition providers will now be subject to service tax if their annual turnover exceeds Rs 10 lakh. 

5) Passport & Visa Services 

Seeking help of agents to get a passport made or obtain a visa will get more expensive, as these services are provided for a commission. New rules that kick in today subjects commissions charged for providing a services to 12% tax. Visa and passport issuing are sovereign functions and so fees charged by governments will not be taxed.

6) Money Changing 

Cash transactions are not subject to service tax but when currencies are changed, forex dealers charge a commission. This commission will be subject to service tax. For the purpose of calculating service tax, the difference between the buying/selling price of the currency and the RBI reference rate may be considered. 

7) Mutual Funds Exit Loads 

 Entry or exit loads paid on purchase or sale of mutual funds will be subject to service tax. Such loads are seen as consideration for documentation, asset management and covering other expenses. Currently, mutual funds are not allowed to charge entry load, but if it is brought back, investors will have to be prepared to take a hit. 

8. Actors, Singers & Other Performers 

All artists other than those performing folk or classical music, dance or theatre, will now have to pay service tax on services they provide. So when Shahrukh Khan acts in a movie, he will be subject to service tax. Likewise, artists engaged in western music or dance, modern theatres and television serials have to pay service tax. Also in the net are painters and sculptors. 

9. Attending Conferences/Seminars 

Attending conferences, seminars, workshops, sports and cultural events where a fee is charged will also become more expensive as the participation fee as well as organising of these events will be subject to service tax. Attending roadshows of foreign education institutions too will get more expensive due to service tax. 

10) Personalised Services, Fashion Designers 

Getting a new wardrobe, particularly designer clothes and accessories, will cost more as designers will be subject to service tax at the rate of 12%. Similarly, services of marriage bureaus, astrologers, numerologists will also be taxed starting today.

Impact on Companies: 

1) Independent directors 

Services provided by independent directors to companies will be taxed. Independent directors are paid a sitting fee and sometimes retainership for attending meetings and advising the board. Service tax will be calculated on payments made to such directors, as they are not employees of the company. 

2) Brand Ambassadors 

Hiring brand ambassadors such as Sachin Tendulkar or Priyanka Chopra to promote a product, property, event or a company will cost more as service provided by these stars for promotion or marketing of a brand of goods or endorsement of name, including a trade name and logo, will be taxed. 

3) Non-compete fees 

If a company pays another consideration as part of an agreement to refrain from competing with it in any specified products, services or geography, that consideration - better known as non-compete fee - will be subject to service tax. 

4) Employee retention 

Many companies offer attractive monetary packages to exiting senior executives to prevent them from joining a rival for a specific period. While it should be seen as compensation, the government is set to levy service tax on the money paid.

5) Not-for-profit sector 

Certain services provided by not-for-profit organisations, particularly an India office or an associate of global NGO, could be taxed. For instance, project management services for which they would enter into contracts with other entities in India.

What is a service? 

Service is any activity carried out by a person or entity for another for consideration. Effectively, anything which is not a sale of good or an immovable property is a service.

Are all services to be taxed? 

No. The government has put out an exempt list and a negative list. Any service that is included in either of these lists will not be taxed.

Services not taxed 

These include services of sub-brokers, mutual fund agents and distributors, business correspondents of banks, etc. 17 services are included in the negative list and 39 services in the mega exemption list. Services provided by governments and local authorities will not be taxed on the whole. 

Source : The Economic Times

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Increment Day for Central Government Employees – 1st July of Every Year

1st July of every year – ‘Increment Day’ for Central Government employees

As per the 6th Pay Commission CCS (Revised Pay) Rules 2008, provisions of Rule 10 with effect from 1.1.2006, uniform date of increment was implemented for all Central Government employees i.e. 1st July of every year. One more condition for getting increment is provided in this rule, completing six months in the same pay as on 1st of July are only eligible to be granted the annual increment.  Who have not rendered six months period of service as on first of a year will not be eligible to draw increment on that day and their date of increment will fall 12 months later on the next 1st of July.

Today is the ‘Increment Day’ for all Central Government employees. If the increment  day falls on Sundays or holidays, the next working day will be taken as resumption day. In case of an employee taken leave  2.7.2012, his increment benefit will be granted only from the date on which he resumes duty and not from the first of July.

There would be rare chance to occur such problems to take leave on increment day. But whereas, better to avoid to take leave on first working day of any year. Normally most in the Government organisations, promotion orders are not publishing on  the date of promotion. If the promotion date falls on first January, there should be condition on assumption that the promotee should be present for the duty on that day of promotion. If not, the promotion is to be granted only from the date of resumption of duty on return from leave. According to this rule, qualifying period for earning an increment is six months on 1st July, the date of next increment will postponed to the next year.

In the light of the above situation, if the first day of any year falls on Sundays or Holidays, the Dopt clarified that the ‘Government servants who join posts on the 1st working day of the year will be treated to have completed six months of service on 1st of July of that year for the purpose of granting them annual increment on that day’.

Every Central Government employee should know the calculation of Annual or Promotion increment, one increment is equal three percent of the sum of the Pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay and it should be calculated and rounded off to the next multiple of ten.

Annual Increment calculation :-

An employee drawing a pay of Rs.12,030 including Grade Pay of Rs.4,600, his increment fixation will be fixed as follows…

Basic Pay including Grade Pay : Rs.12,030

3% increment for Rs.12,030 and it rounded off to the next multiple of ten : Rs. 360

His Basic Pay as fixed on 1st July : Rs.12,390

[Note that in the case of calculation of increments under the revised pay structure, paise should be ignored, but any amount of a rupee or more should be rounded off to next multiple of ten.]

Courtesy : http://centralgovernmentemployeesnews.in/

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