Tuesday, December 27, 2011

How to Change The MAC Address of system

Steps:1
In Start menu or run, type regedit,  the system will automatically detect the option & display it.
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Step 2 :
Press Regedit option, system registry editor screen will appear, locate the path
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318]


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Step 3 :
On Key expand; you will see numbers 0000, 0001. Clicking on each number will show the device description matches with your network NIC, in any one of following tree numbers you will find network address option. In my case, it is 0009; click Network Address will open an Edit String screen. You can now insert new value for MAC address (12 digit number; with no space & ‘-‘)
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Note: If no key is found, right-click & select “New” – “String Value”. Enter the name as “Network Address”and the desired value then press OK button.

Steps 4:

Now find the registry key "NetworkAddress" (without quotes). If not found create the new one and choose type String key as shown below:


create new registry key to change mac address
Registry View for creating new key



6. Double click the entry "NetworkAddress" and enter the new network address. Note that the new network address should have exactly twelve digits as shown below:


Enter new mac address in network key
Entering value of Network address key.



Note :Right click the network connection you have just modified, and then click disable. After the device has been disabled, right-click the connection again and click Enable.

Change in MAC Address from Network Connections Properties :

Step 1
From Start -> Control Panel-> Network & Sharing ->Change Adaptor Settings.  Right click any of the listed connections & select Properties option

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Step 2
Connection properties screen will appear then Press Configure button. In Advanced tab, select MAC address option, enter desired address in the value field and press Ok button.

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