April 29th, 2009

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How To: Disable Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) In Windows Vista

Automatic Private IP Addressing, or APIPA as it is better known, is a feature of Windows 2000 , XP,2003 and Windows Vista operating systems that allows for the automatic assignment of IP addresses in a network where there is no DHCP server present. APIPA automatically assigns an IP address in the class B network 169.254.0.0(Note: The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved 169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255 for Automatic Private IP Addressing. As a result, APIPA provides an address read more

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How To: Import Or Export Favorites In Internet Explorer

Favorites, also known as bookmarks, are a convenient way to organize and find webpages that you visit frequently. If you use Internet Explorer on several computers, you can save your favorites from one computer and then import that list to another computer.Internet Explorer 7 makes it easy to import and export your favorites, feeds, and cookies with an import and export wizard. To export favorites Follow these steps on the computer that you’re exporting your favorites from. From Windows read more

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How To: Disable Or Block ActiveX Controls In Internet Explorer

ActiveX Controls are small programs, many developed by companies other than Microsoft, help Internet Explorer 7 do things it can’t alone. ActiveX Controls provide websites with added degrees of functionality, interactivity, and multimedia. However, they can also introduce problems, such as rogue software masquerading as valid ActiveX Controls that can do damage to your computer and/or data. If you want to disable the use of ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer 7 when viewing the read more

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