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Switch multiple network settings automatically

If you have multiple network settings and don’t like to change again and again because it takes time to change the whole network setting then you are at a right place. What do you mean by multiple network settings? simple answer, you work at home, you got network settings and you also work with your …

How to control logon hours in windows XP

If you are using windows XP at home and want your children to use the computer in specified hours you can do it just in two steps. Its not a rocket science to do in windows XP. Its really easy and can be very helpful if you like to restrict any account. Use the under given steps to set this control on windows XP;

Go to Start menu
Go to Run and Type cmd
At command prompt window enter your requirements in one of the following format;

net user itm /time:M-F,08:00-17:00
Limits the user itm to logon Monday- Friday between 8am and 5pm

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

I know this is not a new question for windows users but the utility that I am going to share with you guys will give you the answer of this question. The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer is a tool that provides a streamlined method to identify missing security updates and common security mis-configurations. what it can do and what operating system it can support is another question and a simple answer is given as under;

What It Can Do? If you are a network administrator and like to see what’s going on with other computer and where is a problem in system, like windows updates are not working, any kind of week password, or any other issue with a system on the network that can create any problem for the whole network, you can check it and cure it before you hit by a disaster.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 7; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Vista; Windows XP; Windows XP Embedded

For further information to get more idea about Microsoft baseline security analyzer please see the screens given below;

how to enable remote desktop connection remotely on LAN

This post is for the Local Area Network Administrators and for those who are having two three computers at home and have administration rights on all of them. You can use few very easy commands to enable remote desktop connection remotely or even by editing few entries in the registry. You don’t even need to go to those computers to enable remote desktop connection. Commands are given as under;

Go to run and enter the under given commands;

netsh firewall set service remoteadmin enable

netsh firewall set service remotedesktop enable

how to convert your old LAPTOP into a new one

If you LAPTOP’s touch pad is made by synaptic then this post is worth reading for you because its gonna give some interesting. Now you can convert your old laptop into a new great working laptop and you don’t need to through your laptop out because of lake of functionality. This software can convert your …

how to customize right click menu in windows

Customizing right click in windows can help you improve your speed to work with day to day required applications like windows internet explorer, Firefox, Microsoft Outlook and many others. Have a look at the under given steps to customize your right click menu.

1. Go to Start Menu

2. Go to Run and type regedit to open the registry editor

Now start customizing it so that you can add more application and functions in this menu to use it frequently.

Open My Computer HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Directory shell.
Select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key.
Here, type the name of the new item you want added to the list, and press Enter.
Highlight the new key, select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key again.
Type command for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
Double-click on the (default) value in the right pane, and type the full path and filename of the application you want associated with this entry.
Close the Registry Editor when finished.

Secure you computer using windows cloud services

The popularity of any windows service can be judged by just going to its website. Windows Intune is so much popular that even in beta you can’t participate because its full already.

Windows Intune simplifies how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7—so your computers and users can operate at peak performance. Windows Intune delivers cloud-based management and security capabilities that can be administered through a single Web-based console, enabling your end users and your IT staff to work from virtually anywhere-all that’s required is an Internet connection.

Manage and secure PCs anywhere with cloud services
Get the best Windows experience with Windows 7 Enterprise
Fits your business needs with simple setup, maintenance, and billing

Windows Intune details

How to resolve IRQ conflicts

IRQ is called Interrupt Request and the devices use this to get an ID to use processor resources. I would like to quote an example here and that is, when you press a key on your keyboard it sends a signal to the processor via an IRQ channel to let it know that it needs to process some data and in response processor spare some resources to process the request. There can be more than one scenarios where IRQ conflicts can occur when new hardware is installed or reconfigured. For example, it can cause problems if you have your mouse on COM 1 and a modem on COM 3. let me share a list of IRQs;

What would happen If Microsoft Created iPad

It’s funny but reality and we have to accept it. Even in windows 7 (The most advanced Microsoft created operating system) crashes without any proper reasons. I got a GIF created by awesomegifs.com and I would like to share it with you guys. I hope, I am not making anyone annoyed. Have a look and …

Use Two Internet Connections On One Computer At the Same Time

I can understand your way of thinking that this guy is not worth reading but I am sure that after reading this article you will surely say that it is possible to use two internet connection on a single PC at the same time without any problem. For this purpose you need to have two Ethernet cards on your PC.

ForceBindIP is a freeware Windows application that will inject itself into another application and alter how certain Windows Sockets calls are made, allowing you to force the other application to use a specific network interface / IP address. This is useful if you are in an environment with multiple interfaces and your application has no such option for binding to a specific interface.

Tested Programs

Tested programs are given as under;

DC++, uTorrent, Quake II, Quake III, Diablo II, StarCraft, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Earth, Infantry, Real Player, Unreal Tournament 2004 (requires -i), Outlook 2000 (requires -i). Programs that do not work include GetRight (anti-debugger / forking techniques), WinCVS (forks cvs.exe)