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How to Turn Your Windows PC Into a Wi-Fi Hotspot Windows can turn your laptop (or desktop) into a wireless hotspot, allowing your other devices to connect to it. With Internet Connection Sharing, it can share your Internet connection with those connected devices. Thanks to a hidden virtual Wi-Fi adapter feature in Windows, you can even create a Wi-Fi hotspot while you’re connected to another Wi-Fi network, sharing one Wi-Fi connection over another one. Setup a Wi-Fi Hotspot Using Connective If you want to setup a Wi-Fi router hotspot with loads of options and a nice interface, Connective has a great application called Hotspot that lets you easily create a hotspot from your internet connection. If you pay for the Pro version you can even use your PC as a Wi-Fi repeater or a wired router, or share a tethered connection off your phone. Connective Hotspot is great if you’re at a hotel that charges per device, or if you’re on a plane and you connect your laptop...

Solved: Windows update cannot currently check for updates in Windows 8, 7 or Vista Windows Update error “ Windows update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer ” probably occurs when Windows temporary update folder (SoftwareDistribution folder) is corrupted. To easily fix this error, follow the below steps in this tutorial. How to resolve Windows (8, 7 or Vista) update error: “ Windows update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running” when you check for updates. Solution 1: Solve Windows Update cannot check for updates” error using Microsoft Fix It utility 2. Run Microsoft Fix It tool and press “ Accept ”. 3. Select “ Detect problems and apply the fixes for me (Recommended) ” option. 4. Let the troubleshooter fix Windows Update problems and press “ Next ”. * * If the problem is fixed, close the troubleshooter and check for Windows updates again. Othe...

This step-by-step guide serves as general guidance for users upgrading their current Microsoft Windows 7 to Microsoft Windows 8. Please refer to this guide ONLY if you are conducting a compatible upgrade as follows: Microsoft Windows 8 upgrade plan Users will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro from Windows 7 Home Basic , Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Ultimate while maintaining their existing Windows settings, personal files, and applications. Step 1 Preparation Please run Windows Update first before installing the upgrade. (This step will require a connection to the Internet) 1.1 Press Start → All Programs. When the program list shows, find “ Windows Update ” and click to execute. 1.2 Click “ Check for updates ” to download the necessary updates. 1.3 Windows Update is checking u...

Training Document (1): 1. Log on as an administrator. 2. Open the folder C:\Users using Windows Explorer. 3. Click Organize , click Folder and search options and click the View tab 4. Click Show hidden files, folders and drives , and click OK. 5. If the Default user profile folder already exists under C:\Users , rename it to Default.OLD 6. Download w7-default.zip. Unzip the file and extract the contents ("Default"). 7. Move the extracted folder and contents to C:\Users The newly copied Default folder should inherit the permissions from its parent folder, C:\Users . That is, the SYSTEM and Administrators are assigned full control, and "Users" and "Everyone" have Read permissions. You may want to verify if the permissions are assigned correctly. To do so, right-click the folder C:\Users\Default and click Properties, and select the Security tab. Inspect the permission entries there. It’s all set now! Try logging on to the new use...

The World of DOS - Creating Batch Files Introduction (1) History (1) DOS/Win3.11/95/98 vs. NT/ME/XP/2000 (1) Command Index (1) Navigating DOS (2) Tips and Tricks (2) Network/Hardware Utilities (3) How to make and use bootable floppy disks (3) Batch Files (4) Creating Batch Files (4) Batch file utilities and commands (4)    BREAK   CALL   CHOICE   CLS   ECHO   EXIT   FOR   GOTO   IF   LASTDRIVE   MSCDEX   PAUSE   REM   SET   The AUTOEXEC.BAT file (4)    Autoexec.nt    config.sys Types of Batch and System Files (4) Parameters in batch files (4) Batch File Library (5) Subject Index (5) Helpful DOS Links (5) Batch Files What are batch files? Batch files are not programs, pre se, they are lists of command line instructions that are batched together in one file. For the most part, you coul...

Sometimes it is necessary to Block or Disable the USB to prevent your PC from viruses and Trojans especially when it is in a crowded area like in Office, School or College. Here, I'm gonna show you a simple trick to Disable/Enable the USB drive in your PC without any third party software by simply making changes in the Windows registry. Open registry.  Window Key+R  > type  regedit Navigate to the following registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR There in the right content pane search for  REG_DWORD Start Double click on it and a new small pop box will appear. Change its value to 4 to  Disable the USB Change its value to 3 to  Enable the USB Sometimes a reboot will be required for the changes to take effect Alternative Method: Open Notepad Copy the following code reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f Save it as >...

Hi guys. Sometimes its very irritating when you insert any USB and it shows many shortcuts of My Documents and all the important data and files become invisible. This is due to a shortcut virus. It is usually present in many computers of office, college or cyber cafes. Many of my friends are facing the problems with this virus. So here is a simple trick by which you can remove this virus from your pen drive. Open command prompt. go to  start  > run  > type  cmd . Insert your USB flash drive. Assuming it is the drive  I: In the command prompt window type the following code and hit  enter attrib -h -r -s /s /d I:\*.*           here  replace  I:  with your drives name . That's it. Now you can see the magic that all your invisible files are back now.  You have successfully removed the shortcut virus from your pen drive.

A few times a year a notification on your Cyberoam’s dashboard that looks like this: The update can be downloaded directly from the link and the update process is fairly painless. I’ve done this for two dozen or more units and never had one brick, so there’s a very little worry here. Also, the Cyberoam keeps two firmware images in memory so that if something goes wrong, it just boots from the last valid image (i.e. the one it’s running now). Still, I’d do this after hours and take a configuration backup first. I recommend that you check my article on Automatic Cyberoam Backups and add them before going further. Applying Cyberoam Firmware Updates Step 1 -  Take a manual backup of your Cyberoam. It’s fairly easy to do. Go to the Maintenance Menu under the System Menu on the left. Select the Backup and Restore tab and click the “Download Now” button. A file download of the configuration file will start. It’s a small file so even if you’re doing this over the in...

Fatal Error: Failed to get proc address for GetLogicalProcessorInformation (KERNEL32.dll) Sometimes when you format your computer by Windows XP SP2 you get this weird problem : The first thing you think about is the CD you format with it maybe not complete and that problem is unsolvable and you must format again your computer with new windows to make sure where from this problem. but now I'll teach you an easy way to fix that problem : - Go here: Microsoft Center - Select your windows language ( for example if your windows are English select English, if french select french) and click download . or you can download this update directly from here : Windows XP SP3 Network Installation Pack -After download finish, open the executable file and install it like any software. after finishing restart your computer, and the problem will be solved. please if you have any questions or you need support just leave a comment