Take Screenshot on Lenovo A369i

Press & hold Power button and Volume down key at same time and a click sound will come.
Screenshot is captured and saved.

Put computer to sleep from command prompt

Rundll32.exe Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep

It works on Windows 8.

or
First Turn off Hibernate
Powercfg -h off
rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0

Type Rupee (₹) Symbol with Dell KB212-B keyboard

Follow these steps to type Rupee (₹) Symbol with Dell KB212-B keyboard in Windows 8

Open Control Panel
Click Language

Click Add a language

Select English and Click Open

Select English (India) and Click Add

Set English (India)  and Click Move Up

Set English (India) as your default (or only) display language and keyboard layout/input

Press AltGr + 4 keys to type Rupee (₹) symbol.

If you don't want to change Language settings then use the following shortcut

Rupee (₹) symbol = right Alt + 8377 (Numeric Keypad)

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