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Command-line Utilities to check the Network Connectivity

Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista includes several diagnostic tools to monitor and repair network connections. Here are some of the most commonly used tools… PING is one of the most useful IP-level utilities because it tests and verifies the connectivity to other computer. It replies with reports on the general speed (response time) of the network connection. To use PING, click the Orb Ball (Start), search by typing “cmd” and then press Enter. In the command interpreter window, type ping <ip address> or ping <domain name> e.g. ping 192.168.0.3 or ping yahoo.com   IPCONFIG - If you get a request timeout response to a ping command, usually, this means that there's a problem with the connectivity or configuration of the computer's networking information. To check whether the settings is correct - use ipconfig/all command to view the configuration information.   TRACERT - This utility determines the path to a...

Using Regdevelop to create Windows Update Registry Program

This tip will save you a lot of time removing some annoyances to your computer problems One day, your computer automatically updates your windows installation, taking some few control out of it is good in our daily maintenance of our computer e.g. Turning off Autorun feature in Windows 7 and Windows update registry hacks . Instead of going to the process again and again for maintenance and using the registry editor, just create a simple software for that. If you have some experiences editing your windows registry, using Regdevelop is quite easy. Drag the CheckBox control to the form and start configuring the program Caption Stop Windows update from changing the sleep/shutdown to “Install Updates and Shutdown" RegKeyPath1 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU Value_Name1 NoAUAsDefaultShutdownOption ValueData1 1 ValueType1 DWORD In the UNCHEKED function of CheckBox Control simply c...

Turning off Autorun feature in Windows 7

According to Wikipedia, Autoplay is a feature introduced in Windows XP which automatically checks and examines removable media and devices based on content such as pictures, music or video files once inserted. The main purpose  of autorun is to have a software response to hardware actions that you start or plug on a computer. These features are typically called from removable media or from network shares. During Autoplay, the autorun.inf file from the media that is usual hidden is parsed. Side effect In versions of Windows that are earlier than Windows Vista and 7, when the media contains an Autorun command is inserted, the system automatically executes the program without requiring user consent. For security reasons,  you can disable the feature using your windows registry. Open your windows registry (win + r and type “regedit”) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer If the Explorer folder doesn’t exists, you...