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Change MAC Address Of Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260

Answer : Although Intel doesn't support it anymore, it still does work for me with the AC 7260 and driver version 17.15.0.5. Only thing that took me some tries and searching was the fact that Microsoft restricts spoofing for wireless cards in Windows, so that you have to use 2,6,A or E for the second character. So your MAC has to follow one of these patterns: X2-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX X6-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX XA-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX XE-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX If you add the following to your registry you should even be able to edit it again in the advanced configuration options. BUT BEWARE to find the correct ID number for your wireless adapter. So please change the key name "0002" in the following code to the correct number for your card. To find that go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} in the registry and look through the keys named "0000", "0001" etc. and look for their "DriverDesc" val...

Avoiding The Pesky Windows 7 System Reserved Partition

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Answer : Apply the following steps when the Windows partitioning window apeares: Create a partition on the blank hard. Select the partition drive as the partition to install the Windows. Click "Next". The 100MB partition will be created. Delete the partition which you created in step 1. Extend the 100MB partition to the desired size. Select the partition which you extended in step 5 and select 'Format' After formatting the 'system reserved partition' will now become normal 'system' partition In fact you install the Windows on the 100MB partition created by windows and you cheat the Windows. This solution is tested on Windows 7 and 8.1. You've got to partition the hard drive first. You can do this from the Windows 7 setup screen that appears after you boot from the Windows 7 DVD. On the First setup screen, that asks you for language settings, Press Shift + F10 . This will open a Command Prompt window. Type diskpart and press Ent...