How to install a Microsoft Loopback Adapter in Windows 7

Some applications like SQL Server are dependent on network functionality. These usually require a network card to be present. If you don't have a network card installed on your PC, then you will need Microsoft Loopback adapter in order to setup and run these applications that depend on network functionality. The Microsoft Loopback adapter is a testing tool for a virtual network environment where network access is not available.To install Microsoft Loopback adapter, follow steps below:1. Go to START menu -> All Programs -> Accessaries -> Command Prompt. Run the Command Prompt as administrator (right-click the command prompt).2. From the...

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How To WampServer 2.0 on Your Windows Machine

If you would like to build your own website, you can do it on your own computer without putting it on internet. But, you will need a web server, database and supported scripting languague to run at your computer. WAMP is the soulution you need. WampServer is a free utility that allows you to run Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Microsoft Windows. This article demonstrates how to download, install, and configure WampServer on a Windows PC.Instructions:1. Go to http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php to download the latest version of WampServer 2.2. Run the WampServer.20i.exe file. The setup wizard is straightforward, you don't need to change any default...

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How To Open An UIF File

Have you download a UIF file and wondering how to extract/mount this file format so that you can view the content compress with UIF.A UIF file is actually a MagicISO CD/DVD image file. In order to view the contents, you have to first mount the UIF image file. The other common option for a compressed image file is ISO. comparatively, UIF provides better encryption and also has better compression than ISO format.There are two ways to decompress and extract the content:1. MagicISOUnfortunately, MagicISO is not a free tool. If you plan to use within 30 days, you can download the trial edition to depression UIF file. MagicISO can be downloaded from:...

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How To Boot and Install Windows 7 From USB Flash Drive

Usually, most people install or reinstall Windows operating system from DVD drive. But, since the USB become popular, we have an alternative to boot and install an operating system to a PC from USB flash drive.Since most of windows installers come in DVD drive format, we have to copy it to a USB flash drive. Before that, I have to make the USB flash bootable. In this post, I will discuss the command prompt method. You can make the Windows 7 USB FLash installation Disk from any Windows computer. In this post, I use Windows 7 (the instruction is the same for Windows XP). Below are the steps:Step 1: Format USB Flash Drive To NTFS formatIn your Windows,...

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What Causes Overheating In PCs Or Laptops

Most lastest computers or laptops have built-in Digital Thermal Sensor to protect the devices from overheating that may causes damages on computer hardware. You can use any computer's temperature monitoring tool such as CoreTemp to monitor your computer's temperature and identify if your computer is experiencing overheating problem.What are the causes of Overheating in PCs or Laptops?There could be many reasons for overheating of a computer system. One of them is the computer has been used for long time without shutting down for cooling. When the computer is used for long time, the processor is heated. If the computer is placed at a room or office...

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How To Monitor Your PC Or Laptop Temperature

Is your computer shutting down frequently without any notice? Most often, it happens after your leave your computer running for a while, and it just shut down without any message. One of the root courses of this symptom is your PC or Lapter is experiencing high temperature until it hits the the max allowable temperature. The computer will be automatically shutdown to protect the PC from overheating.So, if you PC is experiencing the symptom of shutting down suddenly and frequently, most probably it is caused by high temperature. One way to confirm the issue it is to measure the temperature of PC or Laptop.You don't to install a thermometer at...

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How To Check If Your Computer Supports Hardware Virtualization

In the process of installation Mac Os X Snow Leopard on windows-based PC, one of the installation requirements is the computer should be able to support Hardware Virtualization. What is that? and how to check if my computer support it?After googling the internet, finally I cound a good tool to do the job. The great thing is it supports both Intel-based and AMD based processor. The tool is able to the support of Hardware Virtualizaiton on both Windows and Linux OS.The great tool is called: SecurAble. It can be download FREE at http://www.grc.com/securable.htmSecurAble does not require any setup or installation. The executable file can simply be...

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