February 2010 ~ Discover Your Pc

What Version And Service Pack Of Windows Is Installed In My Computer

Description

If you need to know what is your version of windows no matter if you are working with Windows XP, Vista or 7.

Solution

1. Press Windows Key + R, type winver and press enter.

You will see something like this:

Convert Files To PDF For Free

Description

You want to convert a file to Adobe PDF format.

Solution

Bullzip PDF Printer is a good utility you can use to do this sort of things.

1. Download:

http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php

2. And install it.

It will create a new Printer called Bullzip PDF Printer.

3. Open the file you want to convert to PDF.

When you print the document it will ask the name and the path of the PDF file.

It can also convert to:

BMP, EPS, JPEG, PCX, PNG, PS or TIFF formats.

What Is My Public IP ?

Description

It’s not an uncommon mistake to be confuse about the differences between the meaning of public and private IP.

Let’s start with the beginning, what is an IP ?

An IP is a number, more precisely in IPv4 the most used are 4 numbers divided by dots. It works like a telephone number that you can use to contact with a device.

What is the difference between public and private IPs ?

There are 3 reasons for this:

The IPs are not unlimited so if we use only publics is a matter of time that the system end up with all IPs.
Other is security, if I am working in a great corporation maybe I don’t want that no one outside knows how my computers are accessing machines outside the network.
Price, as IPs are not unlimited if you need one you have to pay for it.

How works the tandem between public and private IPs ?

Private IPs is no more than an extension. Private IP can identify a computer inside a local area network but not outside.

How to know if my computer is using a private IPs ?

Usually if you have a router in your home you will be using a private IP. But to be sure:

1. Press Windows Key + R, type cmd and press enter so you can use a command window.

2. Type ipconfig and press enter.

A list with the configuration of every adapter will appear.

If you see an IPv4 address of the following type your computer is using a private IP:

10.X.X.X
172.16.X.X
192.168.X.X
169.254.X.X

That Xs represent a number between 0-255.

Solution

So if you need to know what is your public IP. Use:

1. Open your favourite browser and go to:

http://whatismyip.com/

you will see your public IP there.

There are other services like this for example:

http://whatismyipaddress.com/

How To View XPS files

Description

By default Windows 7 has support for XPS files but is something you don’t have on Windows XP systems.

It has to be enabled so you will find here the solution for both operating systems.

Solution

Windows XP.

Microsoft XPS viewer comes with .NET framework 3.0

1. Download it

http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/d/a/4da3a5fa-ee6a-42b8-8bfa-ea5c4a458a7d/dotnetfx3setup.exe

2. Install

Windows 7

1. Press Windows Key + R, type control and press enter. Select Programs.

2. Click Over Turn Windows Features On Or Off.

3. Select the XPS Viewer check box.

How To Expand Windows 7 Evaluation Time For 4 Months

Description

This is totally legal. If you are evaluating Windows 7 you can expand the evaluation time 3 times and set it to 30 days.

You have to wait until the expiration time is almost expired and then you have other month to test it.

Solution

1. First you need to enter in a command window with administration rights. Here is a way to do it:

a. Right click over desktop and select create a new shortcut.

b. type cmd.exe and press next.

c. Select Run as administrator using the right click over the new shortcut icon.

2. Type

slmgr.vbs –rearm

press enter.

3. Restart your computer.

Solving Internet Explorer Problems With ActiveX Controls Or Browser Extensions

Description

Internet Explorer allows what it calls add-ons. For example the Google Toolbar is one of them, but this useful tool can be used by malware, spyware and this kind of programs to alter your internet experience.

So, first thing you have to do when you see a bad behaviour is try Internet Explorer with no Add-ons.

Solution

1. Go to Start, All programs.

2. Accessories.

3. System Tools and Internet Explorer ( No Add-ons )

Once you have done this you can enable one by one to see who is messing with your computer.

Using Izarc To Send Large Files Over A Web Mail

Description

Every Free Web Mail has a limitation over the length of the files you can send. For example using Gmail you can only send an attached file of 20 Mbytes.

If you want to send a larger file you can use for example WinRar to split the file in multiple volumes but this is not a free program so why not you use Izarc is freeware and support multiple file types.

Solution

1. Download and install Izarc.

http://www.izarc.org/download.html

2. Open Izarc.

a. Go to Start.

b. Look for Izarc and open it.

3. Drag and drop over the file you want to split.

4. The following window appear, press Add.

5. Press Ctrl + W to create a multi volume set. For example to send it by Gmail use 20 MB, remember to write a valid name for the new file.

Enabling God Mode In Windows 7

Description

Windows 7 came with a useful tool. This is not a new mode you can use to do things you cannot done using administration rights, is just a way to have several tools in a window.

Some users reported it doesn’t work in Windows Vista 64 bits.

Solution

This is a easy one so I think you have to done it.

1. Create a new folder, for example in the Desktop.

2. Change the name to:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

GodMode is the name you want to appear in the folder so you can use whatever you want.

as you can see in the image:

As the results you should see this:

If you do a double click the list will appear:

Showing Running Processes On A Remote Machine

Description

With this solution you will know the current list of processes that runs on a remote machine.

Of course you need a user and a password with administration rights in the destination computer and the remote firewall computer has to be proper configured.

Solution

1. Press Windows Key + R, type cmd, and press enter.

2. Type

tasklist /S %computer% /U %user /P %password%

For example for a computer named comp with a user named john and a password named fill the command is:

tasklist /S comp /U john /P fill

Laboratory: How To Create A Windows Installation To Probe Things

Today I want to show how to use a freeware program to install an operating system to do tests.

Virtual Machines are very useful tools and you can test every aspect you want, and the most important part you can undo every change you have done it in an easy way.

1. Download Virtual Box.

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

2. On the first window Press Next.