Android Tethering / Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot

Please follow these steps to create a wifi-hotspot on Android device.

Open Settings
Under Wireless & networks press More...

Press Tethering & portable hotspot

Press Portable Wi-Fi hotspot

Press Set up Wi-Fi hotspot

Enter Network SSID
Choose Security
Enter Password
Press Save

Now turn on the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot by dragging slide bar to the right

Now on PC/Laptop/Other Device, select network(Network SSID) from the list of Wi-Fi connections available
Click connect and enter the password

AirDroid - Manage Android Device

AirDroid lets you to access & manage Android device wirelessly from a web browser.

Some of AirDroid features are:

• Send & receive SMS
• Transfer files
• Url Transfer
• Set Clipboard
• Access Device Camera
• Take Screenshot
• Manage Contacts List, Call Logs, Apps
• Find Phone

You can get calls, sms, app & system notifications on the computer. For this you need AirDroid Desktop Client.

Steps:

To access device over internet, Run AirDroid app on device and login
Now open website http://web.airdroid.com/ and login


If your computer and device are on same local wireless network then run Airdroid app on Android device
note the ip address and port number

Enter ip address:port in browser on computer
A notification will appear on device
Accept the notification

AirDroid Website

 

 

MapmyIndia Maps - GPS App

MapmyIndia Maps offers driving directions in India.
It is available as mobile application or maps can be viewed in browser on laptop/mobile phone.

You can view maps in satellite mode, search for local businesses and places of interest (POI).

The app also offers real time traffic updates.
You can view house numbers (available for few cities) by zooming on to the last level of the maps.

Links:
MapmyIndia Maps Android App
MapmyIndia Maps Iphone App
MapmyIndia Maps Windows Phone App
MapmyIndia Maps on Web Browser
MapmyIndia Maps on Mobile Browser

List of FM Radio Stations in Delhi

Frequency	Radio Station Name
91.1	Radio City
92.7	Big FM
93.5	Red FM
94.3	Radio One
95.0	HIT FM
98.3	Radio Mirchi
100.1	Vividh Bharti
102.6	AIR FM Rainbow
104.0	Fever FM
104.8	Oye FM
105.6	Gyan Vani
106.4	AIR FM Gold

Enable Traffic Layer in Google Maps

Open Google Maps 
Press Menu

Press Traffic

You will see lines indicating traffic conditions.

View Google Maps in 3D

To view Google Maps in 3D in Honor Bee, just drag up on the screen with two fingertips.

To restore the view back to normal, just drag down on the screen with two fingertips.

Take Screenshot on Huawei Honor Bee

Press and hold POWER and VOLUME DOWN button simultaneously.

or

Open Notification Bar
Press Switch
Press Screenshot

Airtel Night Plan

Please follow these steps to activate Night Plan (12 PM to 6 AM) from Airtel website.

Open link http://www.airtel.in/night/
Select your Circle
Click 'select your night pack'
Select the pack and click activate
Enter Mobile Number and click proceed
Click Confirm
Enter password if you have registered on airtel and Click Proceed
or
Request for OTP, enter OTP and click submit


You can also activate night plan from mobile by dialling USSD code *129#

Create bullet character in Microsoft Excel

Press ALT + 0149 (Type 0149 on numeric keypad)

or Press ALT + 7 (Type 7 on numeric keypad)

Set song as ringtone in HP Slate 7

Connect tablet to computer by USB cable
Copy the song (file)
Go to HP File Manager >>  My Storage >> Ringtones
Paste the file here

Now in tablet select Settings >> Sound >> Phone ringtone
Choose the ringtone(file) you pasted

Record sound playing on laptop or computer

Right-click Speaker icon on Windows Taskbar and select Recording devices

Click Recording tab

 Right click in empty space and select Show Disabled Devices

You will see Stereo Mix
If it's disabled then enable it : Right click Stereo Mix device - Enable

Right click Stereo Mix device and select Set as Default Device

Click OK

Now play Audio recording software and record the sound playing on the system.

Check system Up time from command prompt

Open command prompt

run this command
systeminfo | find "System Boot Time"

Check how long system has been running without restart (Up time)

Open Task Manager
Click Performance tab
Click CPU

You will see Up time

Rotate Screen in Windows 8

Right-click on desktop
Select Screen resolution

If you have muliple monitors, select the monitor whose setting you want to change.

Select the appropriate option from Orientation List Box.

 Click OK


Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL + ALT + Up Arrow = Landscape [default]
CTRL + ALT + Down Arrow = Landscape (flipped)
CTRL + ALT + Left Arrow = Portrait
CTRL + ALT + Right Arrow = Portrait (flipped)

Duplicate, Extend or Switch Display to Second Screen in Windows 8

Press Windows Key + P to open Display Switch

You can also create desktop shortcut with following steps.
Right click on a desktop
Click New
Click Shortcut

Use any of the following commands depending upon your requirement

Opens Display Switch
%windir%\System32\DisplaySwitch.exe

Second Screen Only
%windir%\System32\DisplaySwitch.exe /external

PC Screen Only
%windir%\System32\DisplaySwitch.exe /internal

Duplicate
%windir%\System32\DisplaySwitch.exe /clone

Extend
%windir%\System32\DisplaySwitch.exe /extend


Click Next
Type name for shortcut and click Finish.

Force VMware virtual machine to enter BIOS

Add bios.forceSetupOnce = "TRUE" to Virtual Machine's vmx file.
 or
Click VM > Power > Power On to BIOS.

Minimize open windows shortcut

Press Windows logo key + M

Press Windows logo key + Shift + M to restore

Enable UEFI in Virtual Box

Open Virtual Machine settings
Select System, in Motherboard tab select Enable EFI (special OSes only)

Print list of files in a directory in Windows

Open command prompt

run the command to create in a list of files in a file.

dir > filename.txt

It will lists all the files along with the information.

To list only file names run the following command

dir /b > filename.txt

To list  file names in the current & sub directories run the following command

dir /b /s > filename.txt

Run command dialog box shortcut

Press Windows logo key + R

Create Wifi Hotspot in Windows 8

Please follow the below steps to create Wifi Hotspot in Windows 8 with command prompt.

You need to have supported WiFi card.
To check whether WiFi card supports hotspot feature or not follow this step

Run this command from command prompt with administrator rights.
netsh wlan show drivers

Look for Hosted network supported
If it says Yes then proceed with the following steps.
 

Run these commands from command prompt with administrator rights.

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=MyNetwork key=password
Change ssid & key value

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Open Network Connections

Right Click Internet Connection and select Properties

Click Sharing tab

Select check box Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s internet connection

Select Local Area Connection* 13 from Home networking connection drop down menu.

Click OK

You will see Internet access under connectivity column.

If you see No network access then disable & enable Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter.
Now to make Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter visible in Network Connections
Run this command from command prompt with administrator rights.
netsh wlan start hostednetwork

If you see No internet access then make sure shared connection is connected to internet.
Now disable & enable Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter.
Now to make Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter visible in Network Connections
Run this command from command prompt with administrator rights.
netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Alternatively in case of No network access and No internet access you can run following commands from command prompt with administrator rights as it works for me instead of disabling/enabling the adapter.
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=AnyNetwork key=password
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=MyNetwork key=password
netsh wlan start hostednetwork


Error:
The hosted network could not be started.
The group or resource is not in correct state to perform the requested operation.
Solution: Enable Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter

Disable Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter in Windows 8

Open Network Connections

Right click on Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adaptor and click Disable

Enable Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter in Windows 8

Open Device Manager

Click View - Show Hidden Devices

Right click on Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adaptor and click Enable

Now run the below command with administrator rights to make it appear in Network Connections

netsh wlan start hostednetwork