Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Desksense do not belong from Microsoft

Hi to all Desksense users, hope all is going well with you guys. After quite a long time I decided to have a check on how my users are doing with the product. Its really great to find that all in all is going fine, with the product giving full satisfaction to the users.


As all the users who are in constant touch with us knows, through what hardship we had launched Desksense, and its a privilege to be part of such a product. The feedback had been tremendously good. But, just recently I got a number of queries, people asking me are you a branch office of Microsoft? or rather are you a Microsoft Partner or whether Desksense is just another product of Microsoft ?

I guess it is because of the logo that we have at the top middle panel of our desksense homepage (Like the One here). Well Guys, we are just one of the million Microsoft certified Partners (which is just nothing more than a business listing with Microsoft ). So, please guys its a strict no no, we are not associated with Microsoft in any other way. Moreover, while clicking on the Microsoft Logo on our homepage at www.desksense.com, you all can come to know thats its not Desksense, but its our company, which as a whole is listed in the business directory of Microsoft. (Detail Click here)

What is Microsoft Certified Partner?
- As Wiki describes: A Microsoft Certified Partner (MCP) is an independent company that provides Microsoft-related products or services.

Microsoft Certified partners provide Microsoft services on behalf of Microsoft worldwide spanning many fields including OEM, Education, Software providers and Technical Support. Microsoft partners also have 24-hour access to Microsoft Support, which enables them to give better customer relations and support to a customer. Every Microsoft Certified Partner has been in business for at least 5 years, has passed several tests, and has proven skills in their particular field. Microsoft rewards these partners with discounts in tools that are applicable to their activities. For example, in the educational field this might take the form of licenses to Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

In return for participation in the program, partners gain support services and tools from Microsoft, often at a significant discount to their face value. However, over the lifetime of the contract some risk is transferred from Microsoft to the MCP in return for the benefits of the association with Microsoft and the ability to sell the support services.
So, please don't take Desksense as a product of Microsoft. Will, wait for all your feedback, till then have a very nice weekend ahead.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Protected Storage wasn't this Safer Ever!!

Protected Storage (Pstore) provides applications with an interface to store user data that must be kept secure or free from modification. With datatypes, PST_ACCESSMODE (Defines the read or write mode of the access rule), PST_ACCESSCLAUSETYPE (Defines the clause type of the access rule) and PST_KEY (Defines the key for the stored item), Protected Storage is the strongest integral part of your computer security system which you would never want any second person to read. (Ref:msdn.microsoft) It's Desksense that makes your Protected Storage a more safer place.

In Layman's term: Protected Storage (Pstore) inlcludes typical user data like your FTP details, Outlook id's and passwords, Messenger Passwords and Id's. It also stores Passwords and Id's from you most used mail websites like Yahoomail, Gmail, MSN or transactional websites like godaddy, ebay or maybe paypal. Now just imagine a second person/s, who knows all these details of yours without your slightest knowledge. Sounds Scary? Your Pstore may look more or less like the pic below.

Any typical virus (or protected password recovery tool) would leak your Pstore information to its creater as simply as shown in the pic above. Just imagine, any other person who knows every damn of how to hack your email, messenger, personal contacts, ph nos, pics and videos and last of all your, business website.

Well well, Desksense doesn't only secures your files, folders, HD Drives and Pen Drives, but also makes even your Potected Storage secure. Simply download desksense, then go to:
  • Top Menu "File",
  • Select "Lock External Devices" (Window Pic)
  • Check "ProtectedStorage" under "Disable Services"
  • Click "Restart". You are done.
So with Folder Security, File Lock, USB Lock and Website Block, you now have one more reason to use desksense and that's what we call Protected Password Security. So, enjoy with your copy of desksense while we pull up even our last drop of blood to ensure proper launch of Desksense full version with 10/15 days from now.