1. Click on the network icon in the taskbar and right click on the network profile and select properties.

2. Select the connection tab in the properties window and below you can see the copy settings to USB option.

3. This will open a new window and ask you to insert the USB flash drive.

4. Click Next and this will copy the network settings to the USB drive.

5. If you want to install this settings on another machine, double click the setupSNK file in the USB drive and it will automatically configure the settings.

This setting might differ in different versions of Windows (XP or Vista).

1. Insert the Windows 7 upgrade CD and double click the set up file. Click on Install Now when the set up loads.

2. In the next step, you can either chose to download all the latest updates if you are connected to internet or install without getting the updates.

3. Accept the license terms and click next.

4. In the type of installation, select upgrade. This will allow you to upgrade from Windows Vista.

5. Now the set up will check for compatibility and if it finds any issues, it saves the report to the desktop.

6. In case there are no compatibility issues, the set up will continue with the installation. You can follow the steps on the screen to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7.

You can check the Windows 7 upgrade advisor to see if your PC is compatible for upgrade and also check out the upgrade chart while upgrading from Windows Vista.

To use the Program Compatibility troubleshooter, click the Start button and then click the Control Panel. In the search box, type troubleshooter, and then click Troubleshooting. Under Programs, click Run programs made for previous versions of Windows.

This will start the Program Compatibility checker, click next.

The tool will check for any issue and list out all the programs installed on Windows 7, select the program which is not working currently and then click next.

In the next step, you can either select recommended settings or still troubleshoot the problem.

In the next step, the tool will apply the recommended settings and you can try starting the application to check if it is working fine with the new settings.

If the application is working fine, click next and save the settings so that application will use the selected settings all the time.

Alternatively you can also do this job by right clicking on the exe file of the program and then making it compatible with previous version of Windows it was designed for. More details available here.

To start System File Checker (SFC.exe), follow the steps below.

1. Open an elevated command prompt, i.e command prompt run as an administrator. To do this, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.

2. Now type the command sfc /scannow and press enter. The System File Checker will start checking the system.

This process might take some time as it has to scan all the system files for errors.

3. Once the scan is complete it will display the result to inform whether there are any issues with the system files.

The sfc /scannow command scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions. In case the tool is not able to fix the error, it is better to restore the system to a previous state using System restore.

So if you want to create an account with name ‘administrator’, then its better to rename the default admin account using the following steps;

1. Open the Local Security Policy editor using the command secpol.msc in the start menu or typing it in the run command.
2. In the left panel, expand Local Policies, and click on Security Options.

3. In the right panel, right click or double click on Accounts: Rename administrator account and click on Properties.

4. Type in a name you want instead that has not ever been used by any other user account on the computer, and click on OK.
5. If you have enabled the built-in Administrator account, then you can log off or switch users to see the change or try creating a new admin account with the name ‘administrator’.

This happens because of the following reasons;

1. You have got a upgrade product key and you have tried to activate it from a clean install.
2. You tried to upgrade the OS from Vista, but ended up performing a clean install.

If you receive error “0xC004F061″ when trying to activate Windows 7, it means you’re using a product key for an upgrade version of Windows 7 and a previous version of Windows wasn’t on your computer when Windows 7 was installed. To install an upgrade version of Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP must be installed on your computer. If you formatted the drive before starting the installation process, you won’t be able to use the upgrade product key to activate Windows 7.

To fix this issue, you will need make sure that Windows Vista or Windows XP must is installed on your computer. If you formatted the drive before starting the installation process, you won’t be able to use the upgrade product key to activate Windows 7.

If have already performed a clean install by formatting the partition of previous OS, the you will need to install the previous version first and then upgrade to Windows 7.

You can also trying getting help from Microsoft Support available here.

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When the system reboots, Windows 7 will run the memory diagnostic tool before starting up the OS.

Advanced options for running the Memory Diagnostics Tool

It is recommended that you let the Memory Diagnostics Tool run automatically. However, advanced users might want to adjust the tool’s settings. Here’s how:

1. When the Memory Diagnostics Tool starts, press F1.
2. You can adjust the following settings:
   • Test mix. Choose what type of test you want to run: Basic, Standard, or Extended. The choices are described in the tool.
   • Cache. Choose the cache setting you want for each test: Default, On, or Off.
   • Pass count. Type the number of times you want to repeat the test.
3. Press F10 to start the test.

Once the tool does the diagnostics, it boots the OS and informs you about any issues regarding the memory.

Here you can see all the fonts are available as icon view. When you select a font, you get the options on the top panel to preview, delete or hide the fonts from the system. This task is also available in the right click menu of the fonts. When you double click a font, it opens the font viewer.

When you select a font in the font control panel, in the bottom portion, you can see the details on the font like category, style, designed by information etc.

If you are looking for a third party font viewer, sFont is a decent free application for it.

1. Click on the start button and click Run (Win +R). Type regedit and press enter. This will open up the registry editor.

2. You can see Computer on the left panel, click on it. You can right click and then select Export.

3. Alternately you can select export from the file menu by selecting Computer on the left panel.

The back up will be stored as .reg files.

You can also take a back up of registry with third party tools like Regbak or Regshot.