SMAC (Software MAC) is a simple GUI utility to list details of your MAC adresses, IPCONCIG information and allow you to change or even spoof MAC Address on the fly. SMAC also has a simple 1-click restart for the network adapters when you need to refresh settings.
Sometimes when you try to start a Remote Desktop Session (RDP) from your Windows 7 computer you may end up with the following error:
“Because of a protocol error, this session will be disconnected. please try connecting to the remote computer again”
You may find that you can connect to this system from a Windows Vista or a Windows XP computer.
In windows 7, when you try to connect using your PPPoE connections, you may be faced with the following error:
Error 651: The Modem (or other connecting device) has reported an error.
These connections would work just fine with Windows XP or Windows Vista PCs.
When you connect your Windows 7 system to network of systems like Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Windows Vista, you may be able to see these network systems on the network but not able to connect and access resources even if you enter the appropriate username and passwords or have proper access rights (if in a domain). This may work OK from Non Windows 7 PCs.
This is news for those who are not aware of the fact that the new flagship Internet Explorer 8 has been quitely released by Microsoft. It comes as a surprise to me that Microsoft has decided to go quite this time with the release of its new Internet Explorer 8 version given the fact that new kid on the block Google Chrome (ofcourse only to the war of browsers and not to the Internet itself) and the long time warrior Firefox are all chipping away with IE’s market share.