Task Manager tool – A swiss army knife for Windows Mobile

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to Windows Reference RSS feed Thanks for visiting!Task Manager is a free software for Windows Mobile devices to manage tasks on your Smartphone. Task Manager is like Swiss Army knife and is more than a software to manage running tasks on your Mobile/Smart phone. Task Manager [...]

Windows Vista fails to obtain IP Address from DHCP Server/Router

Sometimes your Windows Vista will fail to obtain an IP Address from a DHCP server like your Broadband or Wireless router. This is due to a design change in Windows Vista. Unlike in Windows XP (and in the later Windows 7 Beta), Windows Vista DHCP Discovery packets have Broadcast flag enabed by default. This means [...]

Disable IPv6 in Windows Server 20008 Full & Core installation

IPv6 is enebled by default in Windows Server 2008. If you are not using IPv6 then this can be disabled from the Windows Registry as follows:

IPv4 packet encapsultation using IEEE 802.3 SNAP in ethernet subnets

By default IPv4 packets are encapsulated on Ethernet  subnets in Ethernet II or Ethernet DIX format in Windows server 2008/2003, Windows Vista/XP/2000. However, if you need to use IEEE 802.3 SNAP (Sub-Network Acces Protocol) then this can be done from Windows Registry.

DHCP & Static IP Settings in Windows Registry

Have you ever wondered where the network configuration settings like IP Address Subnet mask or the same settings provided by your DHCP server (propably your home broadband router) on a network interface or a wireless interface are stored on your computer?
Undoubtedly, these are stored in the Windows registry. While there is no need to change [...]