online-tech-tips.com post a very useful tip on how to change your mac-address. Yes, I too taught it not possile to change a pc’s mac address. Definitely a useful trick.

Step 1: Click on Start, then Control Panel, then Network Connections, and right-click on the network connection you want to change the MAC address for and selectProperties. It will normally either be Local Area Connection or Wireless Network Connection.

local area connection

If you are using Windows Vista, you have to go to Control Panel, then Network and Internet, then Network and Sharing Center, and then Manage Network Connections.

Step 2: On the General tab, click the Configure button

configure network

Step 3: Now click on the Advanced tab and click on the “Locally Administered Address” property or the “Network Address” property.

locally administered address

By default, the “Not Present” value is selected. Go ahead and click on the Valueradio button and enter in a new MAC address. The MAC address is a combination of 6 pairs of numbers and characters, i.e. 40-A2-D9-82-9F-F2. You should enter the MAC address without the dashes.

new mac address

You can check that the MAC address has been changed by going to the command prompt and typing in IPCONFIG /ALL. Go ahead and restart the computer in order for the changes to take effect.

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