Friday 10 April 2015

How to setup a Hotspot in windows 8/8.1

1.First of all you need to create a virtual network adapter

Creating virtual network adapter

      1.Open Command Prompt(with Administrator privilages)

      2.Type in "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=ssid key=password"
          where ssid is the name name of the Hotspot and key is the password you give


2.Now you have successfully created a virtual adapter for the Hotspot
Next step is you have to start the Hotspot

Starting the Hotspot

      1.Open Command Prompt(with Administrator privilages)

      2. Type in "netsh wlan start hostednetwork"


3.Now you need to share the internet connection on ethernet  or wifi to this virtual adapter

Sharing ethernet or wifi to virtual adapter

        1 go to control panel and select option Network and Internet

        2 select network and sharing center

        3 select the option "Change adapter settings"on top left side

        4 select ethernet or wifi properties

        5 select the option sharing

        6 check the option
                  "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection"
           and press OK


that's it you have done it!

Now to stop the Hotspot

Stopping Hotspot

      1.Open Command Prompt(with Administrator privilages)

      2. Type in "netsh wlan stop hostednetwork"


Next time when you need to switch on Hotspot no need to setup it again
just open command prompt(with Administrator privilages) and type in  "netsh wlan start hostednetwork"






Monday 23 February 2015

How to set Desktop background on Start in windows 8.1

1.Right Click on Taskbar .

2.Select Properties .


3.Select Navigation .



4.Check the option "Show my desktop background on Start" .



5.Click Apply ,and then OK .

Thursday 23 October 2014

How to Disable Touch screen in windows 8/8.1

1.Open Device Manager (Select This PC->Right Click->Properties->select Device Manager at top        left ,or search Device Manager from Charm Menu(menu at right side in w8/8.1) )

2.Click Human Interface Devices

3.Right Click HID-Compliant touch screen

4.Click on Disable 



To Enable ,proceed  same way ,click on Enable in the 4th step

Tuesday 21 October 2014

Unlimited Coin Box Calling Hack

1.Insert Coin
2.Dial 0##Phone No.*(star)
3.Call Unlimited
4.And Disconnect
5.Coin Comes Out
Enjoy!

Wednesday 8 October 2014

Requesting Administrative Privileges in Batch File

@echo off

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    set params = %*:"=""
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c %~s0 %params%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"
:--------------------------------------


Use this code in a batch file to request administrative privileges ,when the batch file is executed.
You don't need to select "run as admin" option if this  code is used in your batch file.

Tuesday 7 October 2014

Fixing Boot Errors in Windows 8

Step 1: Boot from a Windows 8 Recovery Media...

Step 2: Select Trouble Shoot -> Advanced Options -> Command Prompt
         
Step 3: Type in the commands below, in command prompt one after the other

            bootrec /scanos

            bootrec /rebuildbcd

            bootrec /fixmbr

            bootrec /fixboot


Step 4: Reboot

Try these if  automatic startup repair and system restore fails.

Monday 6 October 2014

How to watch age restricted video in youtube without signing in?

Simply remove "watch?" from the video link, and replace "v="  with  "v/"

Eg
       Video link before - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LZM3_wp2ps
       Video  link after changes are made - https://www.youtube.com/v/6LZM3_wp2ps

now press enter
                                                   that's all,its done