How to make a computer faster: 6 ways to speed up your PC

By following a few simple guidelines, you can maintain your computer, help increase your PC speed, and help keep it running smoothly. This article discusses how to use the tools available in Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP Service Pack 3 to help make your computer faster, maintain your computer efficiently, and help safeguard your privacy when you're online.Note: Some of the tools mentioned in this article require you to be logged on as an administrator. If you aren't logged on as an administrator, you can only change settings that apply to your user account.


1. Remove spyware, and help protect your computer from virusesSpyware collects personal information without letting you know and without asking for permission. From the websites you visit to user names and passwords, spyware can put you and your confidential information at risk. In addition to privacy concerns, spyware can hamper your computer's performance. To combat spyware, you might want to consider using the PC safety scan from Windows Live OneCare. This scan is a free service that helps check for and remove viruses.
Download Microsoft Security Essentials for free to help guard your system in the future from viruses, spyware, adware, and other malicious software (also known as malware). Microsoft Security Essentials acts as a spyware removal tool and includes automatic updates to help keep your system protected from emerging threats.
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is another utility that checks computers running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software, including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom, and helps remove any infection found.


2. Free up disk spaceThe Disk Cleanup tool helps you to free up space on your hard disk to improve the performance of your computer. The tool identifies files that you can safely delete and then enables you to choose whether you want to delete some or all of the identified files.
Use Disk Cleanup to:

Remove temporary Internet files.
Delete downloaded program files, such as Microsoft ActiveX controls and Java applets.
Empty the Recycle Bin.
Remove Windows temporary files, such as error reports.
Delete optional Windows components that you don't use.
Delete installed programs that you no longer use.
Remove unused restore points and shadow copies from System Restore. Tip: Typically, temporary Internet files take the most amount of space because the browser caches each page you visit for faster access later.
To use Disk Cleanup:

Windows 7 users

Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. If several drives are available, you might be prompted to specify which drive you want to clean.
When Disk Cleanup has calculated how much space you can free up, in the Disk Cleanup for dialog box, scroll through the content of the Files to delete list.


Clear the check boxes for files that you don't want to delete, and then click OK.

For more options, such as cleaning up System Restore and Shadow copy files, under Description, click Clean up system files, and then click the More Options tab.
When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified files, click Yes. After a few minutes, the process completes and the Disk Cleanup dialog box closes, leaving your computer cleaner, performing better, and potentially increasing your PC speed.
Windows Vista users

In the Start menu, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup.
In the Disk Cleanup Options dialog box, choose whether you want to clean up your own files only or all of the files on the computer.
If the Disk Cleanup: Drive Selection dialog box appears, select the hard disk drive that you want to clean up, and then click OK.
Click the Disk Cleanup tab, and then select the check boxes for the files you want to delete.
When you finish selecting the files you want to delete, click OK, and then, to confirm the operation, click Delete files. Disk Cleanup then removes all unnecessary files from your computer. This may take a few minutes. The More Options tab is available when you choose to clean files from all users on the computer.
Windows XP users

Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. If several drives are available, you might be prompted to specify which drive you want to clean.


In the Disk Cleanup for dialog box, scroll through the content of the Files to delete list.


Clear the check boxes for files that you don't want to delete, and then click OK.
When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified files, click Yes. After a few minutes, the process completes and the Disk Cleanup dialog box closes, leaving your computer cleaner and potentially performing better.

3. Speed up access to dataDisk fragmentation slows the overall performance of your system. When files are fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk as a file is opened (to piece it back together). The response time can be significantly longer.
Disk Defragmenter (sometimes shortened to Defrag by users) is a Windows utility that consolidates fragmented files and folders on your computer's hard disk so that each occupies a single space on the disk. With your files stored neatly end to end, without fragmentation, reading and writing to the disk speeds up.
When to run Disk Defragmenter
In addition to running Disk Defragmenter at regular intervals (weekly is optimal), there are other times you should run it, too, such as when:

You add a large number of files.
Your free disk space totals 15 percent or less.
You install new programs or a new version of the Windows operating system. To use Disk Defragmenter:

Windows 7 users

Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter.


In the Disk Defragmenter dialog box, click the drives that you want to defragment, and then click the Analyze disk button. After the disk is analyzed, a dialog box appears, letting you know whether you should defragment the analyzed drives.

Tip: You should analyze a volume before defragmenting it to get an estimate of how long the defragmentation process will take.
To defragment the selected drive or drives, click the Defragment disk button. In the Current status area, under the Progress column, you can monitor the process as it happens. After the defragmentation is complete, Disk Defragmenter displays the results.
To display detailed information about the defragmented disk or partition, click View Report.
To close the View Report dialog box, click Close.
You can also schedule the Disk Defragmenter to run automatically. (Your computer might even be set up this way by default.) Under Schedule, it reads Scheduled defragmentation is turned on and then displays the time of day and frequency of defragmentation. If you want to turn off automatic defragmentation or to change the time or frequency, click Configure schedule (or Turn on Schedule, if it is not currently configured to run automatically). Change the settings, and then click OK.
To close the Disk Defragmenter utility, on the title bar of the window, click the Close button.
Windows Vista users

Open Disk Defragmenter: Click the Start button, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
In the Disk Defragmenter dialog box, click the drives that you want to defragment and then click the Analyze disk button. After the disk is analyzed, a dialog box appears letting you know whether you should defragment the analyzed drives.

Tip: You should analyze a volume before defragmenting it to get an estimate of how long the defragmentation process will take.
To defragment the selected drive or drives, click the Defragment disk button. In the Current status area, under the Progress column, you can monitor the process as it happens. After the defragmentation is complete, Disk Defragmenter displays the results.
To display detailed information about the defragmented disk or partition, click View Report.
To close the View Report dialog box, click Close.
You can also schedule the Disk Defragmenter to run automatically. (Your computer might be set up this way by default.) Click Modify schedule....
In the Disk Defragmenter: Modify Schedule dialog box, choose how often, which day, and at what time of day you want defragmentation to occur, and then click OK.
Click OK again.
Windows XP users

Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter.


In the Disk Defragmenter dialog box, click the drives that you want to defragment and then click the Analyze button. After the disk is analyzed, a dialog box appears, letting you know whether you should defragment the analyzed drives.

Tip: You should analyze a volume before defragmenting it to get an estimate of how long the defragmentation process will take.
To defragment the selected drive or drives, click the Defragment button. Note: In Windows Vista, there is no graphical user interface to demonstrate the progress—but your hard drive is still being defragmented.

After the defragmentation is complete, Disk Defragmenter displays the results.
To display detailed information about the defragmented disk or partition, click View Report.
To close the View Report dialog box, click Close.
To close the Disk Defragmenter utility, on the title bar of the window, click the Close button. Running Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter on a regular basis is a proven way to help keep your computer running quickly and efficiently. If you'd like to learn how to schedule these tools and others to run automatically, please read Speed up your PC: Automate your computer maintenance schedule.


4. Detect and repair disk errorsIn addition to running Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter to optimize the performance of your computer, you can check the integrity of the files stored on your hard disk by running the Error Checking utility.
As you use your hard drive, it can develop bad sectors. Bad sectors slow down hard disk performance and sometimes make data writing (such as file saving) difficult or even impossible. The Error Checking utility scans the hard drive for bad sectors and scans for file system errors to see whether certain files or folders are misplaced.
If you use your computer daily, you should run this utility once a week to help prevent data loss.

Run the Error Checking utility:

Close all open files.
Click Start, and then click Computer.
In the Computer window (My Computer in Windows XP), right-click the hard disk you want to search for bad sectors, and then click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Tools tab.
Click the Check Now button.
In the Check Disk dialog box (called Error-checking in Windows 7), select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start.


If bad sectors are found, choose to fix them. Tip: Only select the "Automatically fix file system errors" check box if you think that your disk contains bad sectors.

5. Learn about ReadyBoostIf you're using Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you can use ReadyBoost to speed up your system. A new concept in adding memory to a system, it allows you to use non-volatile flash memory—like a USB flash drive or a memory card—to improve performance without having to add additional memory.

Learn more about ReadyBoost in Windows 7.
Learn more about ReadyBoost in Windows Vista.
6. Upgrade to Windows 7If you try all the previous remedies and your computer still isn't as fast as you would like it to be, you may want to consider updating to Windows 7.

Find out if your computer can run Windows 7 using the Upgrade Advisor.
Compare Window 7 editions.
Read a third-party review of Wind

How to add & Create e-mail message signature for outlook 2007

Hope this helps you to create Signature in Microsoft Outlook, just follow these steps :


1) Open Microsoft Outlook, then click on the "Tools" menu. Click "Options".
2) Click on the tab "Mail Format."
3) In the "Message Format" section, at the "Compose in this message format", make sure you have "HTML" selected to include special formatting like colors and graphics in your signature.
4) Then click on the "Signatures" button near the bottom to add a new signature
5) Click on the button that says "New" to create a new signature.
6)Then enter a name for your new signature. Then choose to start with a blank signature, use an existing signature, or use another file as a template. Click "Next".
7) Another dialog box opens allowing you to edit the signature.
8) Click the "Finish" button.
9) Click "OK".


Creating Outlook 2007 Signature
Click on Tools, then Options.

This will open the Options dialog box. Click on Mail Format, then click on the Signature button.

This will open the Signatures and Stationery box. Click New and give your signature a name. In the text area, type your desired signature. You can change the font, font size, add bold or italics by using the buttons and the drop down menus found above the text area.

Note: you can setup more than one signature, click on New again and repeat the process above.
To make your signature appear when you create a new email or reply to an email.
On the Signatures and Stationery box, you can select your signature for new messsages or replies and forwards. Select the name of your signature for new messages or replies/forwards and click on OK.

Hope this helps.

How to Creating a Rule Microsoft Outlook 2007

1. In Outlook 2007, select Rules and Alerts from the Tools menu.
   
   
   
   
   
2. In the Rules and Alerts window, click on the New Rule button.
   
   
   
   
   The Rules Wizard is displayed.
   
   
3. In the top box (labeled "Step 1") of the Rules Wizard, select the rule that you want to create. You can also build your own rule by selecting one of the generic rules under the section Start from a blank rule. (In the example below, the rule Move messages with specific words in the subject to a folder has been selected.) A description of the rule you select will be displayed in the bottom box, which is labeled "Step 2."
   
   
   
   
   
4. Click on the Next button. A list of conditions will be displayed. (A condition is criteria for which you either select or enter a value.)
5. Select the condition(s) for your rule. To select a condition, click on the box next to that condition so that a check mark appears. Any conditions you select will be added automatically to the "Step 2" area at the bottom of the window. (Note: Your rule will be applied when the conditions you select are met.)
   
   
   
   
   
   Notice that the full description of your rule, in the rule description area at the bottom of the Rules Wizard, changes as you add (or remove) conditions. Text links will appear for some conditions.
   
6. In the rule description area, click on people or distribution list.
   
   
   
   
   Your Outlook 2007 address book is displayed.
   
   
   
7. In your address book, select the person whom you want Outlook to look out for by clicking on the person 's name, then clicking on the From button, and then clicking OK when you're done.
   
   
   
   
   
   The name(s) you selected (in this example, "Judy Smith") will be displayed in the rule description, as shown below.
   
   
   
   
   
8. In rule description area, click on specified words.
   
   
   
   
   
   In the above example, you can click on "specific words" to add a specific word or phrase for which you want Outlook to search in order for Outlook to perform the rule. In this case, Outlook will search for any words or phrases you add, and will perform the rule (in this example, move messages to a specific folder) once this condition is met (if it finds any of those words or phrases).
   
9. In the Search Text window, enter the desired word or phrase and then click on the Add button. (In the example, "registration deadline" will be added.)
   
   
   
   
   
10. Continue adding words or phrases by repeating step 9 until you're done. Click OK when you're done.
    
    
    
    
    
    Notice that Outlook has updated the rule description with your changes----the words or phrases you added now appear as part of the rule description. (In this example, "specified words" has been replaced with " 'registration deadline' or 'spring 2010 registration' ", as highlighted in the example below.)
    
    
    
    
    
    
11. Click on the underlined word specified that appears in move it to a specified folder.
    
    
    
    
    
12. Select the folder (or create a new folder) in which you want Outlook to move the mail messages, and then click OK.
    
    
    
    
    
    The folder will be displayed in your rule description.
    
    
    
    
    
13. After you're done setting values for all the conditions you've selected, click on the Next button.
    
    
    
    
14. In the next window, you'll be asked if you want to select any exceptions to your rule. In the example, except if the subject contains specific words has been selected. The exception you selected also appears in the rule description.
    
    
    
    
    
15. In the rule description, click on the underlined words specific words.
    
    
    
    
    
16. In the Search Text window, enter the desired words, and then click on the Add button. Continue doing this until you've added all the desired words, and then click OK.
    
    
    
    
    
    The words you added (in this example, "2009") will be displayed in the rule description.
    
    
    
    
    
17. In the next window:
    1. Enter a descriptive name for your rule. (In this example, the name of the rule that was entered is "Judy Smith Registration 2010 Mail Rule".)
    2. Make sure the option Turn on this rule is selected. (Note: If you do not select this option, you will have to run the rule manually.)
    3. Click Finish.
    
    
    
    
    Your rule will be listed in the Rules and Alerts window.
    
    
    
    
    
18. Click OK to close the Rules and Alerts window.

You have now successfully created a rule in Outlook 2007. You can now run your rule.

SNMP configuration for windows 7

Once you have installed IsItUp, you need to install and configure the Windows SNMP service on the target system. If you have already installed SNMP, please go to step 9 to setup monitoring a service. The steps to install Windows SNMP are similar for all versions of windows however, the following screen shots are for Windows 7.

1. Select “Control Panel” from the start menu.



2. Select “Programs” from the control panel.



3. Select the “Turn Windows features on or off” link from the control panel.






3. Check the “Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)” checkbox on the Windows Features Dialog box.



4. Once Windows completes the installation, you need to configure the service. Select the Start Menu and then enter “services.msc” in the search box and press return.



5. Select the SNMP services from the list and double click.



6. Select the “General” tab and make sure the service is set to “Automatic”.




7. Select the Security Tab and click the “Add” button to set a “READ-ONLY” community string. Record this string as you will need it when configuring IsItUp in Step 9. Then either select the “Accept SNMP packets from any host” or “Accept SNMP packets from these hosts” and specify the computer that IsItUp is running on.











8. Optional: If you need to change the default SNMP port, open the windows “Services” file located at “C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\Services.” with any editor such as Notepad. You can change the port to anything you like but the computer must be restarted for the change to take effect.

Master boot record

A master boot record (MBR) is a type of boot sector popularized by the IBM Personal Computer.It consists of a sequence of 512 bytes located at the first sector of a data storage device such as a hard disk. MBRs are usually placed on storage devices intended for use with IBM PC-compatible systems.

The MBR may be used for one or more of the following:

• Holding a partition table, which describes the partitions of a storage device. In this context the boot sector may also be called a partition sector.
• Bootstrapping an operating system. The BIOS built into a PC-compatible computer loads the MBR from the storage device and passes execution to machine code instructions at the beginning of the MBR.
• Uniquely identifying individual disk media, with a 32-bit disk signature, even though it may never be used by the operating system.

Structure of a master boot record

Address			Description		Size in bytes
Hex	Oct	Dec
0000	0000	0	code area		440 (max. 446)
01B8	0670	440	disk signature (optional)		4
01BC	0674	444	Usually nulls; 0x0000		2
01BE	0676	446	Table of primary partitions (Four 16-byte entries, IBM partition table scheme)		64
01FE	0776	510	55h	MBR signature	2
01FF	0777	511	AAh
MBR, total size: 446 + 64 + 2 =					512

Master Boot Record (MBR) / track 0

Master Boot Record (MBR):
The Master Boot Record (MBR) on x86-computers is the first sector of the hard disk. The MBR occupies exactly one sector (512 bytes). After starting the computer the BIOS automatically loads the first sector of the boot drive (C: or A:) and starts the code found on this sector. When the boot order is set to "C: , A:", then the BIOS tries to load the MBR from the first hard disk. When booting from A: comes first, then the BIOS tries to load the first sector of a diskette. When the sector has been read successfully (from C: or A:) it is executed. When the sector could not be read (e.g. booting from A: without diskette in drive A:) the BIOS tries to boot from the next boot drive.
On diskettes there is no MBR. Rather the first sector of the diskette contains the boot sector if the diskette is bootable, or a small program which asks the user to remove the diskette and press any key.
The MBR is a partition sector. All partition sectors have the same format (see format of partition sector), which is independent of the operating system. The MBR also contains a small boot loader program and the partition table. The partition table can contain up to four entries. Each entry describes a partition. The boot loader of the standard MBR searches in the partition table of the first hard disk for a primary partition marked as active. If such a partition is found, the boot sector of this partition is loaded and started. The boot sector finally loads the corresponding operating system.
Track 0:
The term "track" denotes a set of sectors all having the same head number and cylinder number. The "track 0" consists of all sectors with head and cylinder number 0. The first sector in the track 0 is the MBR. Since the sector number is restricted to the range 1 to 63, the track 0 contains at most 63 sectors. Usually the track 0 is empty (except for the MBR), hence this space can be used store small programs. This has the advantage that no additional partition must be created to store these data and furthermore there is no dependency on the file systems of existing partitions. The problem is that there is no indicator whether the track 0 contains some data or not. Therefore it could happen that other programs unintentionally overwrite the data stored in the track 0.

How to reset your BIOS password.

There are several method to reset your BIOS password. 

Remove CMOS battery :

The easiest way and work on most system is to remove CMOS battery. A computer will remember the time and keep the time up to date due the CMOS battery. Therefore if we take out this battery, the computer will forgets is different hardware setting including BIOS password. Put the battery back after 30 second.

Using MotherBoard Jumper :

You should know about your motherbroad band. if you don’t know about it read the manual. The jumper has been label as CLR, CLEAR, CLEAR CMOS etc by most of the manufacture. There are 3 pins in the jumper and the middle pin will be joining to either left or right pin. Now remove the jumper and join the left pin to the opposite pin. for example if the jumper join to the middle pin to the right pin, then remove it and join middle pin to the right pin. After few second again remove the jumper and join middle pin to the right pin. Restart your PC .

By Using MS DOS Command:


This method works only if you have access to the system when its turned on because this method requires MS DOS. Open Command Prompt from Programs menu and provide following commands one bye one:

debug
o 70 2E
o 71 FF
quit

NOTE: The first character in the above commands is English alphabet "o" and not the number 0.

After providing the above commands, restart your system and it should reset the CMOS Settings along with the BIOS password.

If you are curious to know how it works? then let me explain the above commands:

In this method we are using the Debug tool of MS DOS. The "o" character present at first in these commands, outputs the values to IO ports. The number 70 and 71 are port numbers which are used to access CMOS memory. By providing FF value we are telling CMOS that there is an invalid checksum and it resets the CMOS settings as well as BIOS password.

By Using Software:

There are a few software which can also reset CMOS settings or BIOS password or both within a few clicks. But as stated above you should have access to a system which is turned on and should have access to MS DOS or MS Windows:

CmosPwd


KillCMOS

How to Find Out BIOS, Motherboard and CPU info from Command Line

To find the serial number, open command prompt (cmd) and type the following command.

c:\>wmic bios get serial number

First, fire up command prompt (cmd) from start menu to show all information about motherboard, CPU and OS

If you want to get info about your system’s BIOS, then type this command 

wmic bios get name,serialnumber,version

This will tells you the name if your BIOS, current version and it’s serial number if there is any.
wmic csproduct get name,identifyingnumber,uuid

This command will tell you the system motherboard (that happen to be the name) and it’s UUID
wmic cpu get name,CurrentClockSpeed,MaxClockSpeed

If you want to quickly find out what’s the CPU clock speed, you can do the following, also if you have turbo boost CPUs you can find out what’s the Max Clock Speed your system is capable of for the current configuration. Of course you can always overclock your CPU and that will too reflect the change. 

wmic cpu get name,CurrentClockSpeed,MaxClockSpeed /every:1

If you do have dynamic clock speed running, then add this line, will refresh and monitor the Clock speed every 1 second. Or you can set to however you would like.

Example :
C:\Users\Administrator>    wmic csproduct get name, identifyingnumber
IdentifyingNumber Name
CND7258R3T HP Laptop 15-bs0xx
C:\Users\Administrator>    wmic bios get serialnumber
SerialNumber
CND7258R3T
C:\Users\Administrator>    wmic csproduct get name
Name
HP Laptop 15-bs0xx

Chat with friends using Command Prompt ( CMD )

Tools Required :-

1. IP Address of Friend with who you want to chat

2. MS Dos Command Prompt ( just go to Start >> Run >> Type "cmd" . .

Steps :-

1. Open the notepad and copy paste the below code into it ..

@echo off :A Cls echo MESSENGER set /p n=User: set /p m=Message: net send %n% %m% Pause Goto A

2. Save this as "Messenger.bat"
3. Now open the MS Dos Command Promp ( just go to Start >> Run >> Type "cmd" )
4. Drag this file ( Messenger.bat ) Command Prompt and then press Enter
5. Now type the IP Address of the Friend and press Enter
6. Now all you need it to type message and then press Enter to send Message

Note :- To chat with friend u have to enable Messanger
Click on Start >> Control Panel >> Administrator Tools >> Services >> Find for " Messanger " . Open it
Startup Type : Automatic . . Then Click Start . .

Apply and then lastly OK !!

Another Procedure for chatt from Command Prompt :

First of all you have to check if this service is enabled or not. To do that:
Step1 : start --> run --> (type) services.msc --> (press) ok
Step2 : find for 'messenger' services
Step3 : double click it ! change status form disabled to automatic if it is 'disabled'.
Step4 : and then press Start button & click finish.
Now, you need to open a Command Prompt Window (DOS), and use the NET command with Send parameter and to do that:
Step5: Click start --> run --> (type) cmd
Step6: To send a message please type: net send name_of_user or computer_name or IP Address and the_text_message


In the above pic, uptest is a computer name

How To Hide Drive In Windows Using Cmd Prompt

You can hide a system hard disk using command prompt. This trick works on following platform:

1. Windows xp,
2. Windows vista,
3. Windows seven.

Steps:
1. Open your command prompt,
2. Just type "Diskpart" and press enter,
3. Now another cmd prompt box will get open,
4. There just type "List Volume" and press enter,
5. It will show the list of disk. Like below.


6. If you want to hide the drive D then type "Select Volume 3",
    (Then you'll get the message "Volume 3 is the selected volume")
7. Now type "remove letter D",
    (Then you'll get the message "Diskpart removed the drive letter")
*Then Just open your my computer and see, You'll not find the drive D there.8. If not just restart your        computer. Then check it out.

9. If you want to access the drive again just repeat the steps 1 to 6 and in 7th step instead of remove             type "assign letter D". And restart your pc and check your my computer there you can find the drive     D now.


Example :


C:\Documents and Settings\support>diskpart
    Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3565
    Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Microsoft Corporation.
    On computer: X-33927C34CD3F4
    DISKPART> list volume
    Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- ----
Volume 0 C NTFS Partition 16 GB Healthy Syst
Volume 1 D NTFS Partition 9 GB Healthy
DISKPART> select volume 1
Volume 1 is the selected volume. DISKPART> remove letter D
DiskPart successfully removed the drive letter or mount point.
DISKPART> assign letter D
DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.

How to Internet Connection Sharing on a Windows Computer

For Windows XP :

1. Click Start.
2. Click Control Panel.
3. Double-click Network Connections (the icon circled in red in the following graphic).If your Control Panel window does not look similar to the following graphic, in the left-hand column of the window, click Switch to Classic View.

4. The following change only needs to be made if there is more than one network connection listed.

 

5. For each network connection, right-click the connection and click Properties.
6. Click the Advanced tab and verify that the checkbox in front of Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection is checked, as shown in the following graphic:

7. Click OK to save the setting.
   
   
8. You will see there is a hand supporting shared network connection,Close the Control Panel window.
   
   LAN Adapter configuration:
   
   When Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, your LAN adapter will be set to use IP
   address 192.168.0.1 subnet mask of 255.255.255.0

Other Computers on the LAN side:

The connection to the Internet is shared to other computers on the local area network (LAN). The network adapter that is connected to the LAN is configured with a static IP address range of( 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254)and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway is 1952.168.0.1 & DNS address will be ISP proprietary DNS

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For Windows Vista :

1. Click Start.
2. Click Control Panel. If your Control Panel window does not look similar to the following graphic, in the left-hand column of the window, click Classic View.

3. Double-click Network and Sharing Center.
4. In the left-hand column of the Network and Sharing Center window, select Manage network connections.

5. The following change only needs to be made if there is more than one network connection listed. For each network connection listed, right-click the connection and click Properties.

6. If you see the User Account Control dialog box at any point during the configuration process, click Continue.

7. Click the Sharing tab.
8. Under the Internet Connection Sharing section, make sure that the checkbox in front of Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection is checked, as shown in the following graphic:

9. Click OK to save the setting.
10. Close the Control Panel window.

 

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For Windows 7 :

1.  Click Start.     >    Click Control Panel.

2.  Double-click Network and Internet

3.   Click Network and Sharing Center 

4.  In the left-hand column of the Network and Sharing window, select Change adapter settings

5.  The following change only needs to be made if there is more than one network connection listed. For each network connection listed, right-click the connection and click Properties

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6.  If you see the User Account Control dialog box at any point during the configuration process, click Continue.
7.  Click the Sharing tab.   Under the Internet Connection Sharing, make sure that the checkbox in front of Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection is  checked, as shown in the following graphic: