HyperTerminal is not included in Windows 7 and Vista. I combined a list of alternative utilities that can be used instead. First is PuTTy PuTTy is a terminal program designed  not only for Serial port connections , it can be used to initiate SSH or Telnet sessions. Download PuTTy from here Second is Realterm Realterm is a serial/tcpip terminal program which can be used for , controlling and debugging binary and other difficult data streams. It is far better for debugging comms Read more

In Vista Windows 2008  or Windows 7 when  you right-click the network icon in the navigation area, but it does not take you directly to the Network Connections properties as we are used to in Windows XP 2000 or 2003 . You can access Network Connections management menu by running ncpa.cpl from run menu or you can create a shortcut that will access those menu by key combination. To create ncpa.cpl shortcut Right-click on the desktop Click: New>Shortcut Type the location Read more

  Although IP v6 is the next thing , if you not going to use it it can be simply disabled. To disable IP v6 go to Start >Run type ncpa.clp and hit enter. You will receive your network adapters list. Press right click and properties on each adapter and remove selection from “internet protocol version 6” After you remove it run the following command from command prompt : Remember you must run Command Prompt as administrator %windir%system32REG.EXE ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpip6Parameters Read more

  User Account Control (UAC) is a security component in Windows Vista/7 and 2008 . It allows user to perform tasks with non administrative privileges. Some times the feature need’s to be disabled. To disable it Click Start>Control Panel>User Accounts In the User Accounts  window, remove selection from “Use User Account Control (UAC) to help your computer” Read more

  Since windows Vista and Windows 2008 when performing some system tasks in command prompt , you must run CMD with administrative privileges. To do that navigate to All Programs>Accessories right click on Command Prompt and chose “Run as administrator” You can chose Command Prompt to run always with administrative privileges. To do that navigate to All Programs>Accessories right click on Command Prompt and chose “Properties” Under properties navigate to “shortcut” Read more

To import wireless network profile you must have XML file with exported setting. See Export Wireless Settings Profile Open  command prompt with Administrator privileges Type netstat wlan show profile - you will see no profiles defined. Type netsh wlan add profile filename="c:profilesWifiProfile.xml” By default it will add to all user profiles, so everybody on this computer can see this new profile and use it. Read more

Nice and easy way to Export and WiFi lan setting using netsh command on Vista Launch a command prompt as administrator Type “netsh wlan show profiles” Chose profile you want to export. Type Netsh wlan export profile name=”[ProfileName]” Folder=”[Folder Path]” Example: netsh wlan export profile name="home-network" folder="g:wireless-profile" To import Wireless settings check out the import Wifi Network profile guide Read more

Unusually Operating System is installed on C drive and whenever you install new program it goes to C:Program Filesprogram name I is because the default suggested installation path is C:Program Files. It can cause a problem when C drive is been wrong partitioned and the size of C drive is small You can use registry to change the default application installation path to for example install in D:Programs, To set different default installation path, follow the steps bellow: Pres on Read more

To clear user local profile via registry : Press on Start > Run >Regedit Navigate to the following registry key :“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionProfileList” Under ProfileList navigate to  binary key’s like this :S-1-5-21-3656904587-1668747452-4095529-500 On the right side under  ProfileImagePath you’'ll see the username and profile path. Chose the one with the desired user and delete the long reg key like :“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows Read more

If you Windows Desktop icon is disappeared , there is a quick way to restore it. Follow the steps bellow: Open Notepad Paste the text bellow [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop Save the file as Desktop.scf and drag it to your Quick Launch bar Note: If you can’t place it you Quick Launch bar may be locked. To unlock it :Right click on it , and remove selection Read more