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Send USSD code in modems that don’t have

In many modems there is no support of sending USSD commands to check balance, usage etc.. Most of the times the modem’s dashboard does not have a support for sending USSD command. Most of the 3gpp compliant modem can send USSD commands. You can send USSD commands either directly through AT commands or via third party software. You can also try to upgrade your Dashboard if the manufacturer may have added support later on. I’ll be showing you to send USSD command via a software called MWCONN . It support many modems of leading manufacturer’s by default. If it doesn’t support then you will have to  manually send them. <1> Find the com port of your modem. Go to Device Manager Settings from Control Panel, Click on  Modem to check the properties of your current modem, and then Select the modem tab. Here you’ll find the COM port your modem is using as shown in the image. <2> Now download and open the MWCONN folder. Find and run config.exe from the folder. Go to the device tab...

Popular Greasemonkey Scripts

Greasemonkey is a Mozilla Firefox extension that allows users to install scripts that make on-the-fly changes to web page content after or before the page is loaded in the browser (also known as augmented browsing ). The changes made to the web pages are executed every time the page is viewed, making them effectively permanent for the user running the script. Greasemonkey can be used for customizing page appearance, adding new functions to web pages (for example, embedding price comparisons within shopping sites), fixing rendering bugs, combining data from multiple web pages, and numerous other purposes.   Keep Tube :—  It allows you to download YouTube videos in High Definition (HD), High Quality (HQ) WebM files, Mp4 files, 3GP files, FLV files as well as converting them to Mp3 file format. You will get a transparent download button on the bottom right corner of all supported websites as well as a download link near the title of all YouTube videos! Get the script from ...

Learn Git interactively for free

GitHub is a web-based hosting service for software development projects that use the Git revision control system. GitHub offers both paid plans for private repositories, and free accounts for open source projects. GitHub is the most popular Git hosting site, and the most popular open source hosting site. Git became very popular due to its awesome documentation and numerous extra free resources — like Scott Chacon’s Pro Git book — which explain Git in great detail. But these are not interactive and you have to install software, learn all the commands. You are pretty much on your own to figure out what’s happening. Try Git is initiative of CodeSchool and GitHub. Try Git will help you learn the basic of using GitHub. There is no need to install GitHub software because it works right away from the browser. It has a command line prompt, paired with step-by-step instructions and a visual representation of a Git repository, along with some tips and tricks for figuring out Git. The Try ...

Book Price Comparison sites in India

With many e-commerce sites coming up India. Buying book has never been much easier. While it has made shopping easier it has brought a problem of finding the best deal, lowest price offers. Here is a exhaustive list of Book price comparison sites in India. http://www.iglooo.in/ :—                   http://www.mysmartprice.com/books/ :—  http://www.indiabookstore.net/ :— http://thisyathat.com/ :— http://www.mydiscountbay.com/ :— http://cheapr.me/ :— http://turrg.com/category/Books :— Here are some sites which search for a book using ISBN or EAN number. So you need the number beforehand. http://isbn.net.in/ http://price-checker.in/ http://isbn.startupgang.com/ So, this is it. The list may be incomplete but quite enough nevertheless. Check them out and use whichever you find good. Some of them even fetch Mobile and other electronics prices too. Be careful to not to just go with the lowest price. Always check if it is older edition or if it is used or old.

Managing multiple Window in Windows7

If you work with multiple windows open in background, you must have spent a lot of time switching back and forth between them even for simple tasks like copying files or comparing text. You can save a lot of hard work of switching back and forth by cascading them or stacking or displaying them side by side. Cascade , puts windows in a single stack that has been fanned out . Stacked , puts windows in one or more vertical stacks . Side by side , places all open windows , in a side by side arrangement so you can see all the windows at once. Arrange windows in a cascade (left), vertical stack (center), or side-by-side pattern (right) You can do this easily by Right Click on empty area on Taskbar and choosing the arrangement you want. You can also snap an open window to Left/Right side by using the Windows logo key +Left Arrow or Windows logo key +Right Arrow

Open .jps files on a non-3D screen

If you have a Nvidia graphics card in your PC, and if it supports Nvidia 3D Vision, you’ll have some .jps images in your Pictures folder. If you opened them on a non 3d screen you’ll encounter a error as shown below. .jps is extension for JPEG Stereoscopic images. It usually contains one image of double width, representing two images of identical size in cross-eyed side-by-side arrangement. To open .jps files you can simply change the extension to .jpg and open them in your regular Image Viewer like Windows Photo Viewer. You can also drag and drop them in other photo editing tools like IrfanView or XnView without changing the extension. The image you will see, will essentially be like below on a non-3D screen.

Using modem through AT commands

AT is abbreviation for ATTENTION. AT commands are used for controlling the modem directly. These commands are derived from Hayes Modems commands which were in use few decades earlier. You can use AT command to do specific task which your Modem’s dashboard does not allow you to do. For example sending USSD command to check prepaid balance. Dashboard just act as interface between you and the modem. You can use AT command to do some common tasks:—  1. Obtain info about device and SIM. 2. SMS/MMS services. 3. Data Services. 4. Voice Services. To send AT command you need to have the manual of the modem, and remote shell client like PuTTY. Here is nice and detailed instruction to send AT commands to your modem. http://3g-modem.wetpaint.com/page/common+AT-commands You’ll need to find AT commands specific to your modem. Many modems have some common ETSI compliant commands but they may have their own proprietary commands. Search on Google for them.  For this you are on your own. Here a...