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Wow! After installed I said to my collogue, this is one of the great tool that I needed, I already searched a-lot on internet to find out “how can share an dial up connection on a workplace” I read many articles and blog posts about it but never got satisfaction. Today our DSL internet (a 512kb/s internet) was not working properly then I thought to search about it in Google, after few minutes I reached on a website where a free software was available to download, I downloaded and installed and believe me It takes only 5 minutes to setup and our other laptops and computer had running via my data card (an internal data card 2mb/s) without any problem.

It helps me to share my internet connection with others; you can also share your dial up/DSL/3G/GPRS network with any number of peoples. It is a free software for windows 7.

Connectify be able to easily work as a repeater used for your home router, extend its range and providing Internet connectivity anywhere. Enter the similar Wi-Fi name and password, hit "Start Hotspot." Devices will without human intervention connect to the Internet through any your Connectify hotspot or home router depending on proximity. Before you know it you’ll be able to finally have Internet access in that impossible back room or basement. If you run Connectify away from home with same settings, any devices that require to be bound to a specific network (like Eye-Fi cards or wireless printers) will work perfectly with no extra configuration it doesn’t matter where you are.

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This guide works 100% for Vista & Windows 7 unlike most of the guides out there. I have seen many sites/blogs that have “Install Vista from USB guide” but either with incomplete steps or not working guide. I have also seen some guides that don’t’ use proper commands in this guide. After spending many hours I have come up with this 100% working guide.

I just did this method on one of my friends machine and installed the new Windows 7 BETA. The main advantage is that by using USB drive you will be able to install Windows 7/Vista in just 15 minutes. You can also use this bootable USB drive on friend’s computer who doesn’t have a DVD optical drive.

The method is very simple and you can use without any hassles. Needless to say that your motherboard should support USB Boot feature to make use of the bootable USB drive.

Requirements:

*USB Flash Drive (Minimum 4GB)|
*Windows 7 or Vista installation files.

Follow the below steps to create bootable Windows 7/Vista USB drive using which you can install Windows 7/Vista easily.

1. Plug-in your USB flash drive to USB port and move all the contents from USB drive to a safe location on your system.
2. Open Command Prompt with admin rights. Use any of the below methods to open Command Prompt with admin rights.

*Type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter.

Or

*Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

3. You need to know about the USB drive a little bit. Type in the following commands in the command prompt:

First type DISKPART and hit enter to see the below message.

Next type LIST DISK command and note down the Disk number (ex: Disk 1) of your USB flash drive. In the below screenshot my Flash Drive Disk no is Disk 1.

4. Next type all the below commands one by one. Here I assume that your disk drive no is “Disk 1”.If you have Disk 2 as your USB flash drive then use Disk 2.Refer the above step to confirm it. So below are the commands you need to type and execute one by one:

SELECT DISK 1

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS

(Format process may take few seconds)

ASSIGN

EXIT

Don’t close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the next step. Just minimize it.

5. Next insert your Windows7/Vista DVD into the optical drive and check the drive letter of the DVD drive. In this guide I will assume that your DVD drive letter is “D” and USB drive letter is “H” (open my computer to know about it).

6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th step.Type the following command now:

D: CD BOOT and hit enter.Where “D” is your DVD drive letter.

CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.

7. Type another command given below to update the USB drive with BOOTMGR compatible code.

BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:

Where “H” is your USB drive letter. Once you enter the above command you will see the below message.

8. Copy your Windows 7/Vista DVD contents to the USB flash drive.

9. Your USB drive is ready to boot and install Windows 7/Vista. Only thing you need to change the boot priority at the BIOS to USB from the HDD or CD ROM drive. I won’t explain it as it’s just the matter the changing the boot priority or enabling the USB boot option in the BIOS.

Note: If you are not able to boot after following this guide means you haven’t set the BIOS priority to USB. If you got any problem in following this guide feel free to ask questions by leaving comment.

Hi Everyone, yesterday I notice that my start menu search is not working properly, it was not showing the search results.
then I tried to search a lot on internet to fix the problem, after 1-2 hrs I got a solution by registry fix that I would like to share.