Stop Hotspot on Windows 8

Edited by Lukward Thomason, priya, Jen M

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    The first thing that we need to do is right-click on the Windows button in the lower left corner of the screen
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    Then, in the menu that appears, select "Command Prompt (Admin)"
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    When the black window opens, we need to type in "netsh wlan stop hostednetwork", and hit the "Enter" button on the keyboard
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    Now, the hosted network has been stopped, and the hotspot will no longer work
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    We can now close this window by clicking the "x" in the upper right corner
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    This concludes our tutorial on how to stop a hotspot on Windows 8 computers
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Recent edits by: priya, Lukward Thomason

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