TechnoSlab

Many a times we want to know the serial number of our computer like when we are reporting an issue with our PC and customer support guy asks for serial number before loging our complaint. Serial number is generally available on a sticker on the lower side of laptops and backside of desktops but what if the sticker has worn out or it's present on a 'hard to access' location. wmic is a smart command line utility that will help you with the above scenario.

To easily retrieve serial number of your computer, Goto start -> run, type the following command and hit enter.

wmic bios get serialnumber

This works fine with Windows XP, vista and win7.

Everybody hates keyloggers for the obvious reason, they log everything that you type including, but not limited to, you passwords,bank account numbers etc. This simple trick, that I'm going to unveil in the following text, was sent to me by one of my friends.

How to fool a key logger.

Suppose your passsword is ANTIVIRUS, then don't type ANTIVIRUS while logging in. Type your password in a scrambled manner instead. Like first type VIR, then move the cursor to beginning and type TI then move the cursor to end and type US and finally move the cursor back to beginning and type AN. This way, key logger would assume that you typed VIRTIUSAN but you've actually typed ANTIVIRUS on the login form. It's pretty smart and easy way of fooling a key logger. Isn't it ?
But this is certainly not the best way of dealing with keyloggers because the method is flawed when viewed from the a programmer's point of view.

To be more secure, use up-to-date antivirus programs,scan your computer on a regular basis and avoid direct entry of important passwords, use a Onscreenkeyboard instead.