Whenever in need to find your IP address, you can always google for a service that returns your IP address. Or you can use one of my suggested options: 1. Visit IP-aadress (www.ipaadress.ee) to see your IP-address 2. Type ip address to Google search engine, if my site didn’t help you
Category: Computers
Tip: Unmap (disconnect) network drive via command line (cmd)
When you have to disconnect your network drives you first need to know which ones of them are connected. You can run into issues (especially Windows 10 users) that your network drives do not appear under your Computer window, but when you try to connect, you will get a message that they are already connected, […]
Solved: “WiFi” doesn’t have a valid IP configuration
You can run into issues of your Windows 10 not getting an IP address and giving you an error of “WiFi” doesn’t have a valid IP configuration The most probable reason for your computers IP settings to be out of the ordinary is that your computer is not getting an IP address from the […]
Solved: Hacking attempt! in browser, no website load
A client had an interesting issue with their web browser. More precisely, they were using Mozilla Firefox. When trying to open a certain website, the website displayed a simple text: Hacking attempt! And nothing more. The website would not load, not open nothing. Weirdly enough, the website had no html, the text was just plain […]
Tip: Make a Screenshot of UAC dialog
How to make a screenshot of UAC dialogs that remove all functionality from Windows (trying to protect you) so that even the Print Screen button doesn’t work, not to mention the Snipping Tool? Here’s how to enable making screenshots of the UAC dialog 1. Type gpedit.msc in your search box and run it (to […]
Solved: Samsung Scan Driver Install Blocked
I needed to install a scan driver for a Samsung LaserJet 2070w. The universal Samsung scan driver I downloaded was from a genuine Samsung download site. I was really surprised that when I tried to install the driver Windows 10 gave me a warning as if it were a suspicious file and Windows needed to […]
Useful: Windows 7, 8.1, 10 legal Iso download location from Microsoft
Ever needed to download a fresh copy of any Windows version you are running? Not to worry anymore – here are the locations for downloading your desired Windows version. Only keep a copy of your license key at hand – you will need to enter it prior to download. OFFICIAL WINDOWS LOCATIONS FROM MICROSOFT […]
Solved: Outlook 2013 immediately closes after Windows 10 upgrade
So ran into this problem that after upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7 Outlook 2013 wouldn’t start anymore. Weirdly sadly. When starting Outlook – it starts, but after 2 seconds immediately disappears right when it should start syncing folders. No error message, no nothing. How do I investigate? Of course dig into the event […]
Solved: Windows 7 Activation Not Working
When having an issue with Windows activation see, if the following solution will help you. Going through the normal Windows activation cycle in Windows 7 (System -> Activate Windows) may not work, as it did for me and when trying to install Windows 10 there was no option because it said Windows had not been […]
Tip: Add New User without Live ID on Windows 10
Microsoft has been getting pretty funny trying to get everyone in the cloud. I personally prefer to stay local, this includes my user accounts. I can connect to all the clouds I want later, but I’d keep my user account locally to have at least some sort of privacy remained. In Windows 10 creating a […]