Andorid on your PC

Ok I know the title is very "catchy" but its not what your thinking! If your thinking that after reading this post you will suddenly see "Android 2.2 x86" on your Boot Screen , then its not going to happen!
Whats going to happen is that after reading this post and doing whatever is being told, you will see a rectangular box on your screen running android just like an android running smartphone!
You might have got the idea of what I am talking about and if you haven't , I am talking about an emulator!
Now , what is an emulator?
According to Wikipedia ,
"Emulator is hardware or software or both that duplicates (or emulates) the functions of a first computer system in a different second computer system, so that the behavior of the second system closely resembles the behavior of the first system"
If you cant understand whats written above or you have problems with words in Italics , then Ill try to make it simpler for you(even though it cant be made any simpler!):
An emulator is a software or a virtual machine running on a real(host) machine which can be used to run other Operating Systems(guest) on the host machine without the guest knowing about the existence of the host machine.
So before starting, Ill just brief you about what we are going to do.
First we are going to install the Android SDK(Software Development Kit) and then download few files and then few more steps and then we are done!
Ohh i forgot one thing, before starting, make sure you have JDK(Java Development Kit) installed on your computer, you can get it from here , just look for "jdk", then choose your platform and install it!
After you have done that , just follow the following steps:

1. Go to developer.android.com and click on the SDK tab.
2. Now just choose your platform and download the respective package.
   
   
3. After the file is downloaded, run the file.
4. If your JDK(not SDK!) was installed correctly,you should not face any problem!
   Now just install the SDK like any other software.

Convert your windows 7 PC to a virual wifi hot-spot!

How many of you don't have a wifi router at home but have a phone with wifi? you want to connect to the Internet without paying for the mobile Internet charges?
Well this was my case a few months back when i bought a new android phone with wifi but didn't have a wifi router at home.And i know that many of you have the same case as mine!
well if you have a Windows 7 pc with wifi, your problems are solved!
Windows 7 comes with a secret feature that can enable your PC to act as a virtual wifi hot spot.
You might have heard about creating adhoc pc-to-pc connections but most modern day smartphones don't support that.So just follow my instructions and after 10 minutes you will be able to connect your phone to the internet via wifi:

1. Click on the start menue icon and type "cmd".
2. Right-click on the cmd.exe option and select "Run as administrator" to open the command prompt with administrator privileges.
3. After clicking "yes" type the following command:
   netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="name" key="key" keyusage=persistent
   Replace "name" with the name you want to give to your virtual network and "key" with a 8 digit password that will be required to connect to you virtual network (don't include the quotes!).
4. Hit enter.
5. After that a message will be displayed saying that your hostednetwork is set!
6. Now type:
   netsh wlan show hostednetwork
   If you have done everything correctly then the information about your virtual network will be displayed.
7. Now type this!:
   netsh wlan start hostednetwork
   After that a message would be displayed saying hostednetwork started!
   
   
8. Well 95% job is done! Now all you have to do is share your wired connection with your recently created virtual wifi connection by following the next steps!

Hello World!

Hello world!
This is my first post ,as you might have guessed from the title, and i am wondering what to write about!
lets see..what are the current hot topics in the market..android,nokia lumia,iphone 5(may be!),windows 8,apps,web development(well this has been a hot topic for many years),tablets or as people commonly call it (or i should say "common" people!) "iPads",GPS navigation,smartphones............and the list goes on......So what should i write about??i guess ill write about anything and everything that can classify me under the title "Geek"!! Ill write about everything i know and even anything i dont know about.
So if you ever happen to "bump" into my blog, just read it and you might get the solution you were looking for or get to know about something new or anything that might help you in your day to day life!
well this is all for my first post....hope to see you again!