Change IP Address from DOS

Here is a great way to change the ip address from a computer via the DOS prompt. This tip is a little technical so  not everyone is going to know how to do this. But if you can figure it out, here it goes.

as per How-to-Geeks

Changing Your IP Address

Changing your IP information requires two commands, one for your IP address, subnet mask and default gateway and another for  your DNS settings. In order to change your IP address we use the netsh command, the exact command you want to use is the following:

netsh interface ip set address name=”Local Area Connection” static 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.254

This assumes the following:

• The name of the interface you want to change the IP address  for is Local Area Network
• You want to statically assign an IP address of 192.168.0.1
• You want to set a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
• You want to set a default gateway of 192.168.0.254

Armed with this information you should obviously switch the settings out for some that are suited to your network. You might, however, be wondering how you can go from using an already set static IP address to getting an address from DHCP. In this case the command you are looking for is:

netsh interface ip set address name=”Local Area Connection” source=dhcp

Changing Your DNS Settings

As far as DNS goes you only have two settings to set, a primary DNS server as well as a secondary one. The command to set them is almost identical, to set your primary DNS server you will want to use:

netsh interface ip set dns name=”Local Area Connection” static 192.168.0.250

This again assumes a few things:

• The name of the interface you want to change the primary DNS setting for is Local Area Network
• The IP address of the DNS Server is 192.168.0.250

To change the IP address of the secondary DNS server you will need to specify the index parameter:

netsh interface ip add dns name=”Local Area Connection” 8.8.8.8 index=2

The above command would set your network adapter named Local Area Connection to use a secondary DNS server address of 8.8.8.8 (which is the Google public DNS servers, incase you didn’t know). The last thing you might want to do it set your DNS settings to be assigned dynamically, which can be done through the following command.

netsh interface ip set dnsservers name=”Local Area Connection” source=dhcp

Install apps on a remote PC

Want to save time installing applications on a terminal computer, it's simple has long as you use the command prompt. All you need to do is change the user credentials. Install the program and change back the user credentials.

Ex.
Change User /Install


Change User /Execute

Android on Windows

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Twonky

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Now there is no limit how far you can stream. 

Tversity

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How to block USB Drives

Having USB drives open are a corporate network is a great security risk. Here are some good plans to secure your network from future attacks.

Disable USB drives through Group Policy

Group Policy block USB

Disable USB, CD-ROM, Floppy drives

Controlling Device Installation Using Group Policy

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Scosche Cell Control

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Evernote

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DocuSign

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Winter Wake Up

Tired of getting to work late because of the weather. No need to worry with this great application that almost anyone can install. I just hope this software goes cross platform, so that everyone can use it effectively.

Check it out here at the Apple Store

Epub

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Everything is web based, so adding and helping user's should be simple and easy to do. Give it a try.

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Need some help with finding great VPN's for your Internet. No need to worry now that you have this list below:

Links
Pro XPN
Tunnel Bear
Cyber Ghost VPN
Ricco VPN
Raptor VPN
Expat Shield
IP VPN

Cleanup More than Disk Cleanup

If your a disk cleanup user and wondered if Windows does do a great job on cleaning temporary files, think again. You still have to go a little further to clean up Windows even more. Thankful for this great tip you now can either do it manually or browse online to a reliable temporary file cleaner online.



Instructions:
In the run command type %temp% and hit enter
then when the local temporary folder loads hit CNTR+A to select All