All about change
Do I have to worry about mobile malware and virus apps?
I do according to this infographic from Bulldog via ReadWriteWeb
Make your own mind up but I am always here if you need help and advice
At some point I will review my new phone a Samsung Galaxy S II Android one.
This is the Windows 7 version of how to find your local IP address, Vista is similar.
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In the Task bar is a small computer icon |
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Click and Open Network sharing Centre |
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Second row right hand side click the live connection, in this case Local Area connection |
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Click Details |
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This should show you the IP address |
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I keep talking people through the process of finding their local IP address, not their internet facing one, just the one issued by their router. This post shows one way of checking it on an XP computer the next one does Windows 7, Vista is somewhere in between.
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From the Start Button |
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Click Network and Internet Connections |
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Network Connections |
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Right Click the live connection, usually |
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click status |
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Click the Support Tab on the top |
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IP address is in the middle Internet router is the default gateway. |
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Ever found yourself searching for the way to safely remove the USB stick in Windows 7, it is lost in the status bar?
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| So the way is to create a desktop shortcut as follows: |  |
| Right click the desktop select New then Shortcut
In Location "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll" – it is case sensitive |
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| Give it a nice name |  |
| You can give it a nice icon if you want, Right Click the icon and select Properties |  |
| Click Change Icon |  |
| Browse to shell32.dll and pick your icon |  |
| OK and OK | |
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| When you double click you get so you can select the device you want to remove. |  |
This tip was inspired from the official Windows Magazine.
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