Sunday, August 16, 2015

How To Check Wifi Strength

Below are some tools that will assist in checking wifi strength.



Desktop Software

WifiInfoView by NirSoft 
"WifiInfoView scans the wireless networks in your area and displays extensive information about them, including: Network Name (SSID), MAC Address, ...."

"Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, ...."


Smartphone Apps
Wifi Analyzer for Android
The advantage of having such smartphone app is that it is easier to carry the smartphone around the premises and analyse the wifi signal strength instead of carrying the laptop around. 

Wifi Solver FDTD
$0.99 to buy (as of 17 Aug 2015)
This app is supposed to be based on some seriously advanced computational solver on electromagnetics signal. The downside is that the app is not free.

Sunday, August 09, 2015

News - Windows 10

Windows 10

Here are some articles and links to things associated with Windows 10


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How to remove the Windows 10 GWX upgrade nonsense

Basically it is a 2 step process, it involves going to c:\windows\system32\GWX
1. Right click on Properties of GWX and change ownership to a local admin user
2. Right click on Properties of GWX and change permissions of the folder
3. Then rename the GWX and its exe into something else.
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// CRN

Not so fond of the new OS? 

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// CRN

And how to avoid them. 


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// Lifehacker

With Windows 10, settings are split between the Control Panel and the Settings app. If you’d like an all-inclusive starting point for Windows commands, enable God Mode.
, and it’s alive and well with Windows 10.

To enable it, you do the same thing as previously: Create a new folder on your Windows desktop (New > Folder) and save it with the text below:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
When you open that folder, you’ll have god-like access to 260+ functions and tools, some of them different from previous Windows versions. You can also drag and drop any of the commands to your desktop to create a shortcut for the command, which is especially helpful since the settings that have moved to the Settings app, while pinnable to the Start screen, aren’t able to be drag-and-dropped into shortcuts.
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