Finding the Add Hardware Wizard might be difficult for some people.
1. Installing the Microsoft Loopback Adapter
Control Panel -> On the left Click on Classic View -> Click on the first
Icon "Add
Hardware" -> Click Next on the “Welcome to Add Hardware Wizard” On the page
that comes up click the “Install the hardware that I manually select from a
list” button then click Next -> Choose Network adapters click Next -> Under
manufacturer choose Microsoft Under Network Adapter choose Microsoft Loopback
Adapter. Click Next -> Click Next …
2. Assign a static IP Address to the Microsoft Loopback Adapter
Start -> Control Panel -> Manage Network Connections -> Network & Sharing
Center -> You see a new network registered with a name like “Local Area
Connection 2 Unidentified Network Microsoft Loopback Adapter” -> Click on
View Status -> Select Properties -> click on TCP/IPv4 -> click Properties ->
Click use the following IP address -> enter 192.168.1.10 (of course the two
first numbers are what is important but you need to use one that is not
currently active on other computers in your home network.) for the IP Address
and 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask -> Click OK.
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