Windows Phone Emulator Explained

If you are a Windows phone user, you will be definitely interested in viewing or accessing your Windows Phone apps on your PC or laptop. Now, it is possible with the Windows Phone Emulator!

You can use the Windows Phone Emulator for viewing and executing Windows Phone apps. This is an extremely useful platform for Windows Phone app developers, as they will be able to debug and execute their apps before placing it in the marketplace. The Windows Phone Emulator is actually a high fidelity, efficient and high performance virtualization environment for executing Windows phone applications. You will hardly feel the difference as it acts just like a phone.

When using this application on your PC, a screen appears with a phone on it. Of course, quite logically, you will not be able to make a call through it, but will be able to use the buttons using your mouse and simulate your app. Your will work similar to the way it actually functions on your Windows Phone.

In order to open or launch the Emulator, you need to press the F5 button. The Emulator will load the program you currently have kept open in Visual Studio.

It gives the same feel as using your phone. It has the same buttons as on the phone (only virtual). You will be able to see a Start button, Search button, and a Back button. However, you need to note that it is not possible to pan or zoom on your PC, unless you are using a modern multi touch system.

Apart from all these features, Windows Phone Emulator also provides GPS simulation. One of the best features about the program is the fact that it allows you to see how a website appears on Windows Phone.

Let us see how to install and use the Windows Phone Emulator

Steps to follow

• First, launch the website that you wish to view.
• Then, in the Run drop-down menu, choose Windows Phone. In case, you do not have the Windows Phone Emulator extension installed, you can follow the instructions in the install wizard to download and install the program.
• When the installation finishes, return to the Run menu drop-down and then select the Windows Phone option. This will automatically launch your site in the Windows Phone emulator.
• If you wish to launch the Windows Phone Emulator every time you view the app, you just have to click on Run (no need to go via drop-down menu).

Hope these Windows tech support instructions helped you install and use Windows Phone Emulator. If the above instructions do not suffice, you can anyway contact our Windows tech support team for further clarifications.

How To Change The Administrator Password In Windows

The Windows operating system lets you add various User Accounts to your computer. This helps you grant different access permissions to different users. Users can have different computer configurations and user settings on the same computer. This feature comes handy, especially on computers, which are shared. The Administrator account on a computer has no restrictions for accessing the data and information.
It is possible to create more than one administrator account in a single computer. This feature helps you grant access to more than one administrator on the same computer. Sometimes, one might get into trouble if they forget the password of one of the administrator accounts. In such cases, you can log in to one of the other administrator accounts and change the password of the other. Following are the Windows Tech Support guidelines for resetting the administrator password in case you have forgotten it.
Instructions 

• Turn on your computer. When the login screen appears, enter the Username and Password for the user account that has Administrative rights. This is the default login option in most computers.
• Go to the Start menu located on your Windows taskbar and click on Run. This opens the Run dialog box. 
• Type control userpasswords2 into the text field and click the Ok button. This opens the User Accounts window. It contains a list of user accounts stored in your computer. You can modify the settings of these user accounts as required.
• Click the Users tab to see the list of user accounts. Choose the desired user account for which you need to change the password, and click on the Reset Password button.
• You will be prompted to enter a new password in the next dialog box. Enter a desired password in the text box labeled New Password. Enter the same password again in the confirmation text box. 
• Make sure that you enter a strong password that is also easy to remember. Try to create a password that includes a combination of letters, numbers and characters for more security.
• Click the OK button.
• Shut down your Windows computer and turn it on again. Enter the new password for the user account for which you changed the password. You should now be able to login using the new password. 

Take caution while sharing your password with unknown users or over the internet. For more assistance, contact the Windows Tech Support center.

Find Your Local IP Address In Windows 7

Your computer will have an IP address assigned when it joins an Ethernet network, so that the network can locate your computer easily. It allows you to communicate with other computers residing on the same network.
Majority of the computer users need not worry about their IP Address as the DHCP of their local Internet service provider does the job for them. However, for people such as system administrators, knowing the IP address is important. You can follow these Windows Tech Support guidelines to retrieve the IP address of your computer.
Instructions:

• One simple method to access your IP address is by navigating to the Windows Command Prompt interface. To open the Command Prompt, click the Start button, select All Programs and then click Accessories. Finally, select the Command Prompt option from the list.
• An alternative method to open the Command Prompt window is by clicking the Start button and then typing CMD into the Search box field found in the Start menu.
• You will receive a window with a prompt (C:\Users\username>) on your screen. Type ipconfig into the Command Prompt window and hit the Enter key, to run the command.
• You will receive a long list of information on your Command Prompt window out of which IP4 Address is your internal IP address that is used by your computer to communicate with your local network. The IP address of your computer is a numerical representation, which looks similar to 192.168.1.100. 
• So if you find it difficult to use the command line interface, you can switch to the Control Panel method. Open your Control Panel window, double click on the Network and Internet option and select the Network and Sharing Center. Then click on the Change adapter settings link located at the top left corner of the window.
• Select the type of network, which is either Wireless Network Connection or Local Area Connection by double clicking on the link.
• You will receive the Connection window on which you need to locate the Details button and click on it.
• The new window will list out the IP address information of your computer, out of which IP4 Address is your internal IP address that is used to communicate with your local network.

If you have any further doubts on this, contact the Windows tech support team and get more assistance. You can also find related topics on the Windows Help menu.