MAC address (Media Access Control) is the unique number (identifier) which is assigned by network interface hardware manufactures and store them into their hardware. MAC address used in hardware interface devices such as ethernet port, 802.11 wireless networks, Bluetooth adopter and still more.
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The MAC address is a 12-digit hexadecimal number which is ranging between 0000 0000 0001 – FEFF FFFF FFFF. This 48-bit address space contains potentially 248 or 281,474,976,710,656 possible MAC addresses. Know about to changing MAC address in your PC is much needed one to hide your online identity, avoid potential of data losses and fight against hackers.
Here is the step by step instructions about how to change your unique MAC address into custom one. The instructions which is illustrated below just for educational purpose, not to be used for illegal activities.
Before to change the MAC address, find the current MAC address to ensure the changes after you did. Go to your command prompt and enter the command ipconfig /all and hit enter. Your Mac address will be shown as illustrated below.
Based on the screenshot, the current MAC address is FE-FF-FF-FF-FF-FE. Let we change our MAC address using the following instructions.
How to Change them in Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 ?For Windows XP Users
Step -1
Windows XP Users Navigate to Control Panel (Classic View) > Network Connections
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Step -2
Select and right click on your network connection, and then click Properties.
Step – 3
Click and select local area connection properties Configure button as illustrated below.
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Step – 4
Select the advanced tab (highlighted in red) as shown below.
Step – 5
Under advanced tab, Select Network address Properties and enter the custom 12-digit hexadecimal number (Custom MAC ID) ranging between 0000 0000 0001 – FEFF FFFF FFFF (without spaces) as shown below and click OK. (In this tutorial, we used FEFEFEFEFE as Custom MAC ID)
All done. The New MAC ID assigned as FEFEFEFEFE in your Windows XP computer. If you wish to revert back default MAC ID in feature, do the same steps illustrated above and select Not Present radio button and click OK button. So, the default MAC ID will be restored.
For Windows Vista Users
Step – 1
Windows Vista Users Navigate to Control Panel (Classic View) > Network and Sharing Center > Manage Network Connections
Step – 2
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Click manage network connections and Select the appropriate Network icon, right click on it and select properties menu.
Step – 3
Under Properties, Click on Configure button to get into next step.
Step – 4
Under Advanced adapter settings, Select Locally administered address menu and enter the Custom MAC ID as illustrated below and click OK. You’re done. (In this tutorial we used FEFFFFFFFFFE as custom MAC ID)
You are successfully changed the MAC ID now.
For Windows 7 Users
Step – 1
Navigate to Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Network and Sharing Center
Step – 2
From the left pan click Change Adapter settings
Step – 3
Select appropriate network connections adapter and click on Properties
Step – 4
Click Configure button to go through the next step.
Step – 5
Goto advanced tab and select the locally administered address menu, then enter thecustom MAC id you wish to change as show in the below screenshot and Click OK.
You’re done. For windows 7 operating system, we have used AAAA-AAAA-AAAA (without hyphens) as custom MAC ID.
To verify the MAC ID, simply go to command prompt and enter the command ipconfig /all. The custom MAC ID will be shows besides to physical address for the corresponding network adapter you have modified. To restore the default MAC ID in windows vista and Windows 7 operating system, follow the same steps as specified above (according to operating system) and click Use default button and Hit OK. The default MAC ID will be used there after.
Teamviewer is the software which helps to connect anyone’s desktop or laptop computer remotely from any where online. Undoubtedly teamviewer is one of the best remote support application which is available now and also offers free version for personal use, But not for commercial use.
Here is Some valid examples of how to use teamviewer as free user.
Teamviewer stats that “Basically commercial use is anything where money is involved”. As teamviewer (personal) free user, you are allowed to connect only minimum number instances with various computers in a specific time frame.
If you are using the teamviewer to connect with various computers (your friends and relatives) in short span of time for educational or personal use, You might get pop-up warning such as “Commercial Use Suspected” and connectivity may slow down or connection will be terminated after some time.
Here is the quick steps about how to get rid of “Commercial Use Suspected” warning and continue to use the teamviewer as free version. The instructions specified here, intended for educational purpose only. Never use teamviewer for commercial purposes without proper license.
Teamviewer Commercial Use Suspected Warning Message
You might experience annoying warning as shown above when you are try to connect with your friends through teamviewer. Below specified instructions for advanced users only and we are not responsible for any data loss occurs when you follow the steps and always recommend you to take a whole registry backup before to proceed the steps.
Step 1 : Close and exit your teamviewer application if it is running
Step 2 : Click Windows Start > Run and search with %appdata% variable and find theteamviewer folder and delete it.
Step 3 : Beware, This step is very important and have to follow instructions with caution. Click Windows Start > Run and enter “regedit” and click OK. Find the registry entry located at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > teamviewer and remove the teamviewerregistry folder.
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Step 4 : Change the MAC address (ID) of your Ethernet card and restart your computer. If you doesn’t know about how to change your MAC ID, Follow this link to learn about it.
Once your restart the computer, run teamviewer and connect with anyone else remotely. There is no more pop-up of Commercial Use Suspected warning and its gone now. Enjoy your teamviewer session.
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