How to install and play pokemon GO on windows bluestacks

Pokémon Go is an augmented reality mobile game developed by Niantic for iOS and Android 
devices. It was released last week and since then it has become a rage among young gamers. Nintendo’s stock value has increased by about $7.5 billion following high interest and engagement for their latest game. For now, Nintendo has not released this game for Windows devices. However, you can play this game on your Windows 10 PC using Android emulator such as Bluestacks. This game requires gamers to walk around their neighborhood with the smartphones to capture Pokémon nearby. Since you can’t carry your Windows PC, you can use Fake GPS to fool the game that you are actually moving around. Even if you have Android or iOS device, if you want to collect all the Pokémons without leaving your desk, then the following may be your solution.
Travis D from YouTube has posted a detailed tutorial on how to play Pokemon Go on a Windows PC. Read it below.

How to play Pokemon Go on Windows PC:
Download the following and put it in single folder on your Windows PC. Please note that, apart from Bluestacks which you download from their official site, all others are Android APK files.

• BLUESTACKS
• Kingroot
• Lucky Patcher (rename to lucky_patcherv6.2.4.apk if you want)
• Fake GPS 4.6
• Pokemon GO

Follow the below steps,

Step 1. Install Bluestacks (If you already have Bluestacks, uninstall it, restart your PC and install the latest downloaded version)
(as soon as you’re done installing bluestacks please disable camera by going into REGEDIT on your computer and going to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\Config — hit camera and change the ‘1’ to a ‘0’ exit out of that. 

Step 2. Add/Install Kingroot to bluestacks 

Step 3. Run Kingroot and scroll to bottom and hit Try it. Wait til it gets to 100% and hit optimize. 

Step 4. Restart android (right click cog wheel and restart android) 

Step 5. Add/Install Lucky Patcher 

Step 6. Open Lucky Patcher 

Step 7. Hit Grant 

Step 8. Click Rebuild/Install on bottom 

Step 9. Hit SD—] Windows–] Find Fake GPS 4.6 .apk 

Step 10. Install Fake GPS as SYSTEM App using Lucky Patcher (above steps) 

Step 11. Hit yes when it asks you to install as system app, then hit NO when it asks you to reboot. 

Step 12. Close out of everything except the welcome/android tab above. 

Step 13. Restart Android (using cog wheel) 

Step 14. Add Pokemon GO to Bluestacks (using the APK button on left side) 

Step 15. Launch Lucky Patcher 

Step 16. Hit Search on Bottom 

Step 17. Hit Filter top right and sort as SYSTEM Apps 

Step 18. You should see Fake GPS, click that and launch. 

Step 19. In Fake GPS on the top right, go into settings and make sure EXPERT mode is checked. 

Step 20. Find a place on map you want to start spoofing from.. ex., central park 

Step 21. Hit the Play button or whatever on bottom right when you find a place 

Step 22. The maps should close, thats fine. Open Pokemon GO (you’ll have to log into google account and stuff when you login) just sign in, just be sure to hit no when it says it wants to use your location.

Some common issues:

• FAILED TO DETECT?
  • Make sure LOCATION services on your PC are turned off. (In Windows 10, Settings->Location)
  • Double check that in your android settings in bluestacks gps is set to high accuracy and that google location services is disabled.
• STILL GETTING FAILED TO DETECT LOCATION? TRY THIS
  • First of all, download developer menu apk file.
  • After installing it, open it, and turn it OFF! (everything is unchecked)
• CRASHING WHEN CATCHING POKEMON?
  • The number 1 fix so far has been completely uninstalling bluestacks (deleting all leftover data from bluestacks) and doing a 100% fresh clean install.. follow this tutorial to a T)
• POKESTOPS NOT WORKING? CAUGHT POKEMON NOT SAVING?
  • You probably jumped far away from where you last were and now you’re softbanned (don’t freak out, its temporary) its a block for about 30-45 minutes, wait it out if you’re in a popular place and it’ll start working, when you jump next try to jump in less than 10 mile intervals. hope that helps!
• ANYTHING ELSE NOT WORKING PROPERLY?
  • please do a complete uninstall and do a fresh install, redownload the bluestacks.

Convert any Video to ASCII using VLC Media Player

VLC is a video player with a lot of tricks. While you definitely would be aware about converting videos with it, the feature of converting any video to ASCII is one that is slightly less known. As ASCII version of movies like Star wars are very popular online, I think this feature of this amazing media player can be used to have lots of fun.

An example of a video in ASCII form

All you need to do is open any video and VLC will automatically display its converted form. To convert any video in ASCII, just follow the steps given below:-

1) Open VLC Media Player.
2) Click on the Tools menu and in the drop down list, click on Preferences at the bottom of the list.
3) Click on Video icon in the left sidebar.
4) Click on the drop down box next to Output.
5) Select "Color ASCII art video output" from the drop down list.
6) Click Save and restart VLC.

Older versions of VLC might require you to modify these settings under the Advance tab or All Settings tab. As VLC runs on a variety of OSs, this trick will work on any PC capable of running this media player. However, it is interesting to point out that older PCs having poor hardware will slow down and give a stuttered output.

Tips for PC security

Here are some tips which will enable you to make your PC more secure.

Anti-virus

1. Never, ever turn off the resident protection of your antivirus even if it decreases performance. Upgrade if necessary.

2. Keep your virus definitions up-to-date. Use the automatic update feature of your anti-virus and try not to ignore the "Do you want to update now" message however often it might pop up.

3. Even if you update regularly and you have not seen any suspicious activity on your PC, do a deep scan at least once a month.

4. Always create an emergency boot disk and keep it in a safe place.

5. Run a deep scan in safe mode at least once every two months to kill viruses that would otherwise remain hidden.

Firewalls

1. If you are unsure about the alert displayed by your firewall, try searching it on the internet.

2. A firewall is a powerful tool that requires an understanding of how the program works and exactly what it is doing and whether it is secure or not. Reading the help files is extremely important in successful configuration of your firewall.

3. If you are running a third party firewall,be sure to turn off the Windows Firewall.

4. You can temporarily disable a firewall by right clicking the icon in the tray. This is handy when you know a site is one you can trust but your firewall is blocking it. But remember to re-enable it as soon as possible.

5. Read firewall notices carefully when they pop up so that you don't let a bad thing in or prevent good traffic.


Anti-Spyware

1. You should regularly check for updates. Enable the automatic update feature.

2. Remember to do a scan every now and then, or schedule scans if your program allows it. If you don't want to sit that long for scans to complete, use a single folder for all your downloads, then scan only that folder, Windowsinstallation folder and the Registry. Alternately, you can do a quick scan if your program allows it.


Anti-Spam

1. Be patient with anti-spam software, it will get better over time.

2. Even if it looks that your anti-spam software is working great, periodically check the 'Spam' folder for good mail. None of the anti-spam software is perfect right now.

3. Don't give your anti-spam software too much rules, because it will not learn anything then. It is better if it learns on its own.

For a complete article on securing your PC, visit How to improve Cyber Security.