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Enable IPv6 On Windows XP
Windows Vista and Windows 7 users do not need to enable or configure their operating system for IPv6 usage as it is enabled by default. The situation is different for Windows XP users who need to install the IPv6 protocol to add support for it to the operating system.
How to test if IPv6 is available on the operating system:
An easy option to find out is the ipconfig command which displays network information in a command line window. To run the command press Windows-R, type cmd and hit enter. This opens the Windows command prompt. Now use the command ipconfig to find out if IPv6 is available on the computer. Please note that the following screenshot is showing ipconfig on Windows 7.
If you do not see an entry IPv6 Address in the listing it is not enabled and needs to be installed. The easiest way to install the IPv6 protocol under Windows XP is from the command prompt. Enter the following commands separately and press return after each of them:
- netsh
- interface
- ipv6
- install
This installs IPv6 under Windows XP. It is also possible to install the protocol under the network settings options of the Control Panel. Right-click on the appropriate network adapter and select Preferences from the selection. Now select Install on the screen and then Protocol from the available options. Locate Microsoft TCP/IP Version 6, a click on OK installs the selected protocol.
1. Open Network Connections
2. Right-click any local area connection, and then click Properties.
3. Click Install.
4. In the Select Network Component Type dialog box, click Protocol, and then click Add.
5. In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, click Microsoft TCP/IP version 6, and then click OK.
6. Click Close to save changes to your network connection.
You can check again with the ipconfig command to make sure that the IPv6 protocol was installed successfully on the operating system.
How to Create 3D Desktops in Windows
Did you ever picture yourself using a 3D desktop on Windows? Aximion is the application available for converting our Windows desktop in a very cool 3D environment.
Windows desktops are indeed one of the most common places where we feel very comfortable, the simplicity and the fact that it did not have significant changes through the years are one of the reasons. But also, among the years, other possibilities appeared with other operating systems, making some interesting tweaks in user’s desktops.
Aximion makes our desktop look really cool, but it could take us a while to get used to it. One of the disadvantages is that the “Start” button is not available, so we must find our applications browsing around.
Requirements to use it:
- Windows XP 32/64 bit, Home/Pro, Service Pack 1/2/3
- DirectX 9.0 installed
- A video card that supports: •DirectX 9.0
o Vertex Shaders 1.4 and Pixel Shaders 2.0
o At least 128 Mb of on-board video memory
Direct download from here.
Windows XP SP2 Starts to Say Goodbye
Windows XP SP2 starts the final countdown and will reach the end of Windows life cycle by July 13th of this year. The end of life cycle translates in Microsoft removing the “supported operating system” tag; and even more around that date will also be the end of Windows Vista RTM (no service pack) and Windows 2000 SP4.
Don’t worry, reaching the end of support life cycle it does not mean that the operating system will stop working or it will continuously starts rebooting; but the actual inconvenience will be that you won’t have any Windows Update released for that version, except for downloading the latest service pack. This is actually something important, because if you decide to not install SP3 for Windows XP, if there’s vulnerability with the SP2 version you will not get any fix from Microsoft unless you install the latest service pack.
July 13th will be the end of Windows 2000 in Microsoft, meaning if you’ve been living in the moon for the last 8 years and you are still using Windows 2000, you will not have other choice to install a new operating system. April 13th will also be the end of Windows Vista RTM, no service pack version.
