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About Annie

I've been working in Technical Section for over 10 years in a wide range of tech jobs from Tech Support to Software Testing. I started writing blog for my future reference and useful for all.

How to Change your cPanel Password

Changing password is an important step for securing your website. Many people use 123456 as their password and there is chance to get hacked easily. cPanel provides a Password Generator feature to generates secure passwords, which are difficult for malicious


How to find Plesk Control Panel Version

This article explains how to determine the Plesk version we are using. 1. Log in to Plesk Control Panel 2. Open Home tab. Under the System Overview section you will locate your Plesk version:


How to Access Webmail Plesk

Today i am going to explain a simple tips for accessing webmail directly via URL. Once your domain has propagated, you can access your webmail by visiting: http://webmail.domain.com Be sure to substitute your domain name where is says “domain.com” in


How to change the Plesk user password

1. Log into Plesk with admin user 2. On the left hand side menu, click on Customers under Hosting Services section. 3. Search with customer for which you want to change the password. 4. On the customer information page, click


How to Download a Full Backup In cPanel.

Today i’m going to explain how to do a Full cPanel Backup of your website. Taking backup in regular interval is a necessary step for all website owners. Before making any important changes to your website, it’s best practice to


How to Update Your License Key in Plesk

Today i’m going to explain how to update License key in Plesk control panel. After We purchase an license keys from service provider, We need to log in to Plesk Panel Go to Home > Tools & Settings > License


How to Change Interface Views in Plesk Control Panel

Today I am going to explain how to change Power User view to a Service Provider view in Plesk Control panel. There are two types of User Views in Plesk. Power User view – this view is intended for enabling


How to Change a Server Hostname on Plesk

To change your server’s hostname in Plesk, First Log in to Server Administration Panel. Go to Tools & Settings > General Settings > Server Settings. Enter the new host name in the Full hostname field. This should be a fully


What Is Authoritative Name Server?

Authoritative name server is a name server that gives answers to your DNS queries such as mail server IP address or web site IP address (A resource record). An authoritative address lookup can be performed by specifying one of the


How to Protect/Lock Your Domain Name

Domain Locking is a security feature offered by domain registrar to Top Level Domains like .COM. It prevent unauthorised transfers of our domain to another person or registrar. In order to Lock/Unlock domain in HostOnNet, one need to perform below