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How to Set Up a Mobile Hotspot And Share the Internet Connection in Windows 10

2019-03-032017-04-07 by Adam Swift

Mobile Hotspot on Windows 10 Creators Update 2017

With Creators Update sharing the Internet connection became even more easy in Windows 10. Now you can quickly set up sharing of your wired or wireless connection and instantly turn it on or off when you want to. I mean you don’t have to use command line anymore because AP settings came to Windows 10 GUI. The Mobile Hotspot (software Access Point) feature appeared in Action Center. Here is the step-by-step guide on how to set up the Internet sharing.

How to hide your phone number on Facebook. Prevent your Facebook page from being found by phone

2017-03-072017-03-07 by Adam Swift

The cell phone number is not hidden by default on Facebook. This means that:

you can know the phone number of the person in his/her contact information;
you can find a Facebook page of a person by his/her mobile number using Facebook search.

Here is how to hide your cell phone number on Facebook and prevent the opportunity to find your account by your phone number in Facebook search.

192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 – Cannot Access Router Settings

2019-08-302017-01-29 by Adam Swift

cannot access router login page and settings

What is 192.168.1.1 (192.168.0.1)

192.168.1.1 (192.168.0.1) are commonly used default IP addresses for entering the router settings page. It is also called “Router web interface”, “Configuration page”, “Router Settings page”, etc. First of all you should see the login page when you are to enter login and password and then you should be taken to settings web interface. Users often ask why cannot I access router settings via 192.168.1.1 or even a login page. You may face such errors as: “ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT” or “Page unavailable 404”. Below we will mention all possible reasons why your router configuration or login page might be unavailable and give some pieces of advice on how to gain access to your router settings at 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1.

All methods to turn on network discovery in Windows 10

2020-05-132017-01-09 by Adam Swift

When network discovery is turned off no one can access your shared folders, download and upload files and even see you PC in the list of network devices. It is okay to restrict access by turning off network discovery when you are connected to the public hotspot at Starbucks, but when you are at home you may want to make your machine accessible by all other trusted devices belonging to you or to your organization. Here is how to turn on network discovery in Windows 10 using different methods.

Can I use an Access Point instead of a Router?

2017-01-182016-11-27 by Adam Swift

The Question

I have an ethernet cable coming into my appartment. And I want to use the Internet on my Samsung tablet under Android. I own TP-Link TL-WA801ND. Can I use my Access Point instead of a Router?

How to Change Email in Microsoft Account (Primary Alias)

2020-09-212016-11-10 by Adam Swift

Live ID is a Microsoft Service that allows you to authorize in different applications with the same credentials. It allows you to use an email or a phone number as a login. You may change the email you use to sign in without switching to another Microsoft Account.

Thus, you won’t lose your profile, Windows 10 activations and other things after changing so called primary alias.

Here is our guide on how to change the email of your Microsoft Account if you need this. Note, that this guide won’t help if you have lost access to your current primary email.