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Set Preference for IPv4 over IPv6 on Windows 7

By default on Windows 7 IPv6 is preferred over IPv4, this is a nuisance when your IPv6 connectivity is supplied via a 6 to 4 tunnel. This tutorial will show you how to set preference for IPv4 Open regedit Start -> Search -> regedit Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tcpip6\Parameters\ Create a DWORD value [...]

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Installing Windows 7 from USB

You've had your netbook for sometime now, Windows has gotten slow and clunky, Your feeling the need to reformat but don't have a CD-ROM what to do? Simple, create a USB Flash Drive that can boot into the windows installer. You will need the following USB Flash Drive Windows 7 CD or ISO A Computer [...]

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Grabbing and Sending files and folders over SSH

SCP allows you to transfer files over ssh between computers Copying to remote machines To copy a file to a remote machine run the following scp ~/file/to/be/transfered username@hostname:~/destinationfolder If you want to copy a directory you would use -r which would look like this scp -r /folder/to/be/transfered username@hostname:/path/to/destination and if you want to specify a [...]

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Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

Key Command Windows Key Or Ctrl+ESC Opens The Start Menu Windows key + L Locks Computer Windows Key + M Minimizes All Windows Windows Key + R Opens Run Windows Key + Pause Opens System Properties Ctrl + Alt+ Del Opens Windows Task Manager Ctrl + A Select All Ctrl + C Copy to the [...]

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Installing Themes On Windows XP

By default Microsoft doesn't allow you to install extra themes. To do so you need to patch uxtheme.dll file first so lets get started Patching the system Download uxtheme patcher Start UXTheme Multi-Patcher 6.0.exe and click the patch button and then confirm your OS then press ok and your system will restart I get most [...]

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