15 best laptops you can buy in 2016

 

 

 

1. Dell XPS 13

2. Asus ZenBook UX305

3. Toshiba Chromebook 2

4. 13-inch MacBook Air

5. Samsung Notebook 9

6. Surface Book

7. HP Spectre

8. Samsung Notebook 7 Spin

9. HP Spectre x360

10. MacBook (2016)

11. Lenovo Yoga 900

12. MacBook Pro 13-inch with Retina display

13. HP Spectre x2

14. HP Chromebook 14

15. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shortcodes For All Networks In Ghana (MTN, VODAFONE, TIGO, AIRTEL, GLO)

BONUS: All networks use *124# for balance checking. Try it.
Below are the short codes for all the major networks in Ghana. Click on any network of choice to reveal the respective codes. If you want any other code or details on any network not listed, leave a comment and we’ll get back to you.

MTN

Customer Care – 100
MTN Pulse – *567#
Internet/SMS Bundles – *138#
To Borrow Credit – *506#
MTN Nkomode – *315#
Caller Tunez – Dial 1355
Unsubscribe Caller Tunez – Send STOP to 1355
Mobile Money Acces Code – *170#
Check Number Registration – *400#
Blackberry Plans – *140#
Reserve Your Number For 2 Years – *1390#
Share Credit With Friends – *198#
Number Portability – Send PORT to 600

VODAFONE

Customer Care – 100
Data Bundle Menu – *700#
Credit transfer to Another Number – *516#
Borrow Credit – *505#
Vodafone Red Offers – *200#
Check Your Number – *127#
Blackberry Plans – *500#
Check Number Registration – *400#
Number Portability – send PORT To 600

TIGO

Customer Care – 100
Manage All Tigo Products – *828#
Borrow Airtime – *188#
Tigo Products & Services – *505#
Tigo Unlimited Plans:
Weekly :- Text Week to 2040 (9.99 Cedis)
MOnthly:- Text Month to 2040 (39.99 Cedis)
MOntly Mobile :- Text month to 2060 (22.99 Cedis)
Internet Packages & Unlimited Music – *500#
Blackberry Plans – *360#
Send Data To Friends – *123#
Tigo Free Bonto – *555*1#
Tigo My Way – *477#
Check Number Registration – *400#
Number Portability – send PORT To 600

AIRTEL

Customer Care – 100
Borrow Data – *554#
Instant Data Recharge – *126*Scratch Card PIN#
Call Me Back – *701*NUMBER#
Caller Tunes – Send START To 6060
Blackberry Plans – *440#
Airtel Money – *500#
Check Your Number – *703#
Check Number Registration – *400#
Number Portability – send PORT To 600

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GLO

Customer Care – 121 or 100
Service Information – *124*2#
Bonus Balance Enquiry – *124*1#
Tariff Information – *124*3#
Data Bundle Activation – *127#
Borrow Airtime – *5321#
Family & Friends – *125*1#
Check Number Registration – *400#
Number Portability – send PORT To 600

List of MTN Short Codes you Must Know as a Subscriber

List of MTN Short Codes you Must Know as a Subscriber 

 

 Activation of Call Waiting       

To activate the call waiting service, check your mobile phone menu or use the following short codes:

Activation: *43# [SEND]
Deactivation: #43# [SEND]
Get Status: *#43# [SEND]

 

 

Please dial the following short codes to enjoy this service”

*135*2#................ MTN So Cool Activation

*135*3#................MTN So Cool Information

Call 111 or contact MTN Corporate Sales dept. on 024-4300-000, ext 6311-8.

                 Activation of MTN Pay4me Call

To make an MTN Pay4Me call,

 Dial 154 recipient’s number 

              OR 

*154*recipient’s#

MTN Me2U Send to 1329.

 

 ACTIVATE MTN Family & Friends

      Just dial 1333 now and follow the voice prompts.

   

    

                     Activate Caller Tune

 Call 1355 follow the voice prompt

    Activate Send a Song

Currently, there are two “Send a Song” services running, you can either

 Call 1414

 or 

Call 1555                          Activates Call Divert

Call divert is a service that allows you to divert your incoming calls either to another phone number, whether mobile or fixed, or to your voice messaging system. However, you may not divert calls to an international number. Call divert is useful in cases such as your mobile being busy, unreachable or not answering. To activate call divert, check your menu or use the following entries for all divert options:

Divert options	Activate	Deactivate	Get Status
Busy	**67*dest*11#[SEND]	##67#[SEND]	*#67#[SEND]
Unreachable	**62*dest*11#[SEND	##62#[SEND]	*#62#[SEND]
No answer	**61*dest*11*#[SEND]	##61#[SEND]	*#61#[SEND]
All calls	**21*dest*11#[SEND]	##21#[SEND]	*#21#[SEND]
dest:=the telephone number to which you wish your call to be diverted to

 Call Barring

There are times when you really don’t want to take certain calls. At MTN we understand that and empower you with Call Barring to solve this problem. Call Barring allows you to screen your calls , so you get the calls , you really need to get.  To activate call barring, check your mobile phone menu or use the following entries for all barring options:

Barring options	Activate	Deactivate	Get Status
Outgoing calls	*33*bc#[SEND]	#33*bc#[SEND]	*#33#[SEND]
Incoming calls	*35*bc#[SEND]	#33*bc#[SEND]	*#35#[SEND]
Outgoing International	*331*bc#[SEND]	#331*bc#[SEND]	*#331#[SEND]
Outgoing international calls except to home country	*332*bc#[SEND]	#332*bc#[SEND]	*#332#[SEND]
Incoming calls when outside home country	*351*bc#[SEND]	#351*bc#[SEND]	*#351#[SEND]
Cancel all barring	#330*bc#[SEND]
bc:=barring code

The Call Barring option cannot work when the Call Divert service is activated. This includes the auto divert set by the network.

 

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

Windows system key combinations

• F1: Help
• CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
• ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
• ALT+F4: Quit program
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
• Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

Windows program key combinations

• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+V: Paste
• CTRL+Z: Undo
• CTRL+B: Bold
• CTRL+U: Underline
• CTRL+I: Italic

Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects

• SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
• SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
• ALT+double click: Displays properties
• SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

General keyboard-only commands

• F1: Starts Windows Help
• F10: Activates menu bar options
• SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
• CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
• CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
• ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
• ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
• SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
• ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
• ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
• CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
• ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
• ALT+F4: Closes the current window
• CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
• ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)

Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts

For a selected object:

• F2: Rename object
• F3: Find all files
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+V: Paste
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
• ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object

To copy a file

Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.

To create a shortcut

Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.

General folder/shortcut control

• F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
• F5: Refreshes the current window.
• F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
• CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
• CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
• CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
• BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
• SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders

Windows Explorer tree control

• Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
• Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
• Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
• RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
• LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent

Properties control

• CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs

Accessibility shortcuts

• Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys

• Windows Logo: Start menu
• Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
• Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
• SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
• Windows Logo+F1: Help
• Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
• Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
• Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
• CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)
• Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
• Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
• Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item

Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed

• Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
• Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
• Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
• Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
• Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
• Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
• Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off

Dialog box keyboard commands

• TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
• SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
• SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
• ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
• ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
• ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item

COMPUTER SHORTCUTS--WINDOWS

WINDOWS COMPUTER SHORTCUTS-PART 1

SHORTCUTS ARE SOME FUNCTIONALITIES ONE CAN PERFORM ON THE KEYBOARD INSTEAD OF THE MOUSE WHICH HELPS THE USER TO NAVIGATE ON THE COMPUTER VERY FAST

SHORTCUT KEYS                               DESCRIPTION 



CONTROL+TAB                                 MOVE FORWARD THROUGH TAB
CONTROL +SHIFT+N                      CREATE A NEW FOLDER
WINDOWS LOGO+L                        LOCK YOUR COMPUTER
WINDOWS LOGO+D                      HOW DESKTOP

WINDOWS LOGO+M                     MINIMIZES ALL WINDOWS
WINDOWS LOGO+SHIFT+M       RESTORES MINIMIZED WINDOWS

WINDOWS LOGO+E                      OPEN MY COMPUTER
WINDOWS LOGO+R                      OPEN THE RUN DIALOG
WINDOWS LOGO+X                      OPEN UTILITY MANAGER
WINDOWS LOGO+TAB                 SWITCH THROUGH OPEN FOLDERS/PROGRAMS
SHIFT+DELETE                             DELETE PERMANENTLY WITHOUT GOING TO THE RECYCLE BIN 
ALT+F4                                          CLOSE THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE PROGRAM
ALT+ENTER                                OPEN THE PROPERTIES FOR THE SELECTED ITEMS
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SHORTCODES ON ALL NETWORK

SHORTCODES ON ALL NETWORK IN GHANA

MTN
KNOW YOUR MTN MOBILE NUMBER  *156#
MTN MOBILE MONEY   *170#
MTN NKOMODE  *315#
MTN SUNDAY SPECIAL *5050#
MTN BUNDLE ACTIVATION *138#
MTN MASH  UP BUNDLE  *567#
BORROW AIRTIME  *206#

VODAFONE

KNOW  YOUR VODAFONE NUMBER *127#
VODAFONE X PACKAGE  *5888#
VODAFONE RED *200#
BUNDLE ACTIVATION *700#
BUNDLE BALANCE CHECK *126#