One of the new features to manage network and Internet connections in Windows 7 is the ability to backup and restore wireless network settings. This can be very useful for computer users who operate with multiple computer systems, families with several family laptops and businesses with employees who connect with laptops to the network. The process of backing up and restoring wireless network settings takes less than a minute to perform. Lets get started.
Start by opening the Network and Sharing Center. This can be done by clicking on the Windows start menu, then on Control Panel and in the Control Panel on Network and Internet.
Locate Manage Wireless Networks on the upper left side of the screen and click on it. This will open the following screen that will show all configured wireless network connections.
A double-click on any network connection will open the Wireless Network Properties.
The link to copy the network profile to a USB flash drive is provided at the bottom of the screen. A click on that link will open the copy network settings screen.
A USB drive needs to be connected to the computer system to proceed. A click on the next button will backup the network settings to a connected USB flash drive. The process itself takes only a few seconds to complete.
The process will save the file setupSNK.exe to the USB flash drive. This file can be used to restore the wireless network settings to another computer system. This will work not only for computer systems running Windows 7 but also those that run Windows XP or Windows Vista.
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