Re-enabling your locked HDFC Bank NetBanking Account & Re-generating your Password

Many a times it so happens that you enter a wrong password consecutively 5 times at the HDFC bank Netbanking site & your account gets locked. Now you have 2 problems - your NetBanking access locked out & also that you have forgotten your password. The Banks standard procedure calls for filling an application form at the Branch to re-enable your account & also re-generate a new password.

I have discovered a simple workaround with which you use the power of Net to both re-enable your account & re-generate a new password.

(My site statistics show that this is one of my most successful posts in my Blog. Unfortunately, almost all my readers forget to drop me a THANK YOU message after getting the required results :-( . I would feel nice if you could comment on this post after successfully unlocking your HDFC Bank NetBanking Account. This would inspire me to write more.)

The procedure is as follows -

1. Visit https://www.hdfcbank.com/applications/webforms/customersupport/mainfrm.htm & select the Radio Button "I am a customer of the bank and have a query / Clarification on a transaction / Product".
2. Now under the section "What is the query about?" section select "Assistance with NetBanking Service".
3. Now under the section "Kindly classify your request:" select "Access Denied - Enable access to NetBanking" & then click on submit.
4. In the following screen fill up all your details - Customer ID, First Name, Last Name, E-mail ID.
5. Now comes the most important trick - select the check box "Yes I remember my IPIN and just need re-activation of the same.". Though this may sound funny, since you don't remeber your IPIN (NetBanking Password), but do this as suggested by me. And then click submit.
6. After almost 24 hours visit the NetBanking page & under the "Whats New" section on the right hand side, click on the link for "Forgot Your IPIN (password), click here to generate instantly".
7. Now just follow the steps & re-generate a new IPIN.

Simple... isn't it ? So never ever worry again if you have a locked HDFC Bank NetBanking account & have forgotten your password :)

Enable Dynamic Content Compression in IIS 6, 7

Installation of the Dynamic Content Compression feature 

• Windows 7 and Vista

1. Open the Programs and Features console by going to Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features.
2. Click 'Turn Windows features on or off'.
3. In the Windows Features dialog, expand Internet Information Services > World Wide Web Services > Performance Features, and turn on Dynamic Content Compression.
4. Click OK.

• Windows Server 2008

1. Open the Server Manager console by going to Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
2. In the Server Manager tree view, expand Roles, and click Web Server (IIS).
3. In the main window, scroll down to the Role Services panel, and click Add Role Services.
4. In the Select Role Services dialog, click and enable Web Server (Installed) > Performance (Installed) > Dynamic Content Compression.
5. Click Next.
6. On the Confirm Installation Selections screen, click Install.

Enable compression in Microsoft IIS 7

1. Go to Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. In the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager dialog, highlight the server name.
3. In the Features View, scroll down to the IIS Section and double-click the Compression icon.
4. Select 'Enable dynamic content compression'. Ensure that 'Enable static content compression' is also selected.
5. In the Actions box, click Apply.

 Consider increasing the value of the 'Only compress files larger than (in bytes)' setting to 1,024 bytes (1 kilobyte) or greater so the server and client application do not use resources to compress content of a relatively small size. This optimization setting depends on the individual system and may be affected by many factors such as available memory, CPU size, and CPU load. Esri does not recommend a value higher than 2,048 bytes (2 kilobytes).

6. Restart IIS by opening the Run dialog, typing "iisreset", and then clicking OK.