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Today I needed Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 for a project. After Install I had observed that my network connection disconnect without any reason and VPN client I use (SonicWall) couldn’ t connect anymore. After some research I found that Adobe install Bonjour service from Apple (usualy you need this for iTunes if you have iPod). And another strange service:

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witch i didnt found any information about it.

Bonjour Service is a 0 config tool. Becouse I didnt see any use of this service I uninstalled (there is no uninstaller) using this steps:

• Start->Run and type :   C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe – remove
• Start->Run and type:   regsvr32 /u C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mdnsNSP.dll

After this everythink work as it should.

If you have iTunes for uploading music on your iPod do not uninstall Bonjour service.

Windows 95/98/Me/2000/2003/XP/Vista/Win7

1. Click on Start and then Run
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3. In the Run type “cmd”
4. In the new screen type “ipconfig /all”
5. You will find for every ethernet card all info like IP, Physical Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway .

In Linux all versions

1. Open Terminal Window
2. Type “ifconfig”

IE (Internet Explorer) like any other browser use some space from your hard drive for cache. This will speed loading pages that have been opened before. If you have a big hard drive this cache will grow very big with small files. Small files slow down your computer when you search something or when a antivirus start scan your computer.

Becouse of this it is recomanded that form time to timp to delete this cache manualy. This can be done like this.

1. Click on Start and then Control Panel
2. Now look for the Network and Internet Connections or just Internet Options and click it.
3. If you found and clicked on  Internet Options you will see a window like bellow:
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5. If you found Network and Internet Connections in the previus step click on Internet Options icon now.
6. On Internet Properties window click on Delete Files button and a dialog box will open like in the picture below.
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8. Check “Delete all offline content” and click OK button

If you need to change Serial Number (Product Key) for Windows XP for various reasons (maybe you find that your key is pirated and want to enter a new ok one) follow next steps:

1. Click on Start and then Run.
2. In the text box in the Run window, type regedit and click OK. This will open the Registry Editor program.
3. Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder under My Computer and click on the (+) sign next the folder name to expand the folder.
4. Continue to expand folders until you reach the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents registry key.
5. Click on the WPAEvents folder.
6. In the results that appear in the window on the right, locate OOBETimer.
7. Right-click on the OOBETimer entry and choose Modify from the resulting menu.
8. Change at least one digit in the Value data text box and click OK. This will deactivate Windows XP.
9. Click on Start and then Run.
10. In the text box in the Run window, type the following command and click OK.%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
11. When the Windows Product Activation window appears, choose Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows and then click Next.
12. Click Change Product Key.
13. Type your new, valid Windows XP product key in the New key text boxes and then click Update.
14. If you’re taken back to the previous screen and prompted, choose Remind me later.
15. Restart your PC.

This problem happend in most cases becouse of a invalid registry entry (usualy after a mallware/trojan). So there is 2 steps to rezolve it:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\netshell.dll, and then click OK.
3. In the RegSvr32 dialog box, click OK.

Now try to open properties of a network connection. If is open ok you are finished, if not go to next step:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\ole32.dll, and then click OK.
3. In the RegSvr32 dialog box, click OK.
4. Restart the computer.

Source: microsoft.com