Having Windows prefer a wired connection is preferable in a number of situations: When your wired connection is faster, or your wired connection needs to be preferred because it’s a private LAN, etc. As far as I am aware, there is not a way to completely disable the wireless adapter when an Ethernet connection is …
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Disable USB Storage by editing the Windows registry
In certain environments, it can be useful to disable the Windows USB storage driver to prevent end-users from using USB devices to copy data from the system. You can do this easily by modifying the Windows registry. Click Start, and run regedit Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBStor and set the Start value to 4. The default of …
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Determine if you are running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows
Due to many limitations in the 32-bit version of Windows, and driver signing requirements on 64-bit versions of Windows, it can be helpful to determine which version you’re running. To do this easily, follow these instructions in Windows 7: Click the Start menu and right-click Computer, then click Properties: Then, look under System for System …
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Working shortcuts being treated as broken and deleted in Windows 7
If you have a link to a network drive, folder, or other network resource on your Windows 7 machine, and don’t connect to that network resource often enough, Windows 7 will periodically treat the link as ‘broken’ and delete it automatically. Windows 7 has an automated maintenance task that runs from Task Scheduler that performs …
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Determine if your CPU supports 64-bit in Windows
Windows will not be able to report if you are running a 32-bit version of Windows on a 64-bit machine. It will only report that you are running a 32-bit version of Windows. You can determine if you are running on 64-bit capable CPU by using CPU-Z, using the instructions below: Download and run CPU-Z, …
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Throttling Skype bandwidth using NetLimiter
In order to throttle Skype’s bandwidth, you can use a freeware program called NetLimiter. This demonstrates how to set up bandwidth limiting for Skype using NetLimiter 3. You can get NetLimiter from here, but you will need at least the Lite version (not the free version) in order to enable the limiter. Install NetLimiter, rebooting when …
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PPTP VPN Connection to Synology NAS on Windows 7
I previously wrote a post about connection to a Synology NAS VPN server using OpenVPN. Although OpenVPN is more secure, it does involve installing software and can be a bit tricky to set up. The Synology NAS VPN server also has support for PPTP VPN connections, which Windows 7 (as well as other operating systems) …
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Convert an MP4 video file to an MP3 audio file using Audacity
You can easily convert videos to audio tracks by using Audacity. First, make sure you’ve downloaded Audacity and followed the instructions to download the LAME and FFmpeg libraries. Now, select the video you want to open and open it in Audacity. Click File > Open and select the video file. Once you’ve opened the video, …
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Install LAME and FFmpeg libraries for Audacity in Windows
To install the LAME and FFmpeg libraries for Audacity, follow these steps. First, download Audacity from SourceForge, and install it. Next, run it, and go to Edit > Preferences, then click Libraries. You can click either download button, you will be taken to this webpage. Then, follow the links to download the LAME library and …
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How to read and export iPhone SMS text messages on Windows
First, you want to do a local backup so that you have the SMS database on your computer. Open iTunes, and select your phone from the list at the left, such as mine appears below: Next, under the summary tab, make sure the backup option is selected to “Back up to this computer” and encrypt …
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