Exporting Firewall settings in Windows 7
It is a good practice to keep a copy of your Windows Firewall settings together with other system-related documentation. Documentation of your system configuration may become handy during a disaster recovery exercise or when changes to your system cause undesirable results and you need to revert back to the previous settings! In order to document your Windows Firewall settings perform the following steps:
Categories: Backup & Restore, Security Tags: disaster recovery, documentation, Export, Firewall, recovery, windows firewall
Managing Services in Windows 7
Services are applications that run in the background. They can start up on boot or when required and can run independently of the logged on users. The main tools that you can use when managing services are the Services Console (Services.msc), the Task Manager, the Sc.exe command line utility, and Group Policies. To troubleshoot services during startup use the msconfig utility.
The services console lists all services and provides information about each service such as, logon details, state, etc. To start the Service consoles type services in the Start search text box and click the Services link under programs.
Categories: Troubleshooting, Utilities Tags: dependencies, Group Policies, logon, process, recovery, sc.exe, service, services, Services Console, Services.msc, Task Manager
Booting from the system repair disc
- Insert the system repair disc into your CD/DVD-ROM drive
- Restart your computer
- If prompted, press any key to start the computer from the system repair disc
- Make sure that your computer is configured to start from a CD or DVD – check the computer’s BIOS settings.
- Choose your language settings, and then click Next
Categories: Troubleshooting, Windows Recovery Tags: CD, disc, DVD, recovery, system repair, system repair disc
Advanced Recovery Methods
The Advanced Recovery Methods link found in Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Recovery will help you recover your system to a usable state. There are two methods:-
The first method recovers your system from a previously saved image. If your last image backup is old, then you need to perform a backup of your files prior to the recovery process. However, this utility allows you to do that during its execution. If you have never performed a backup image then, this option is useless.
The second method reinstalls windows from the original installation media. Again, the process allows you to back up your files before the actual installation. If you have opted for this option then you might use a pre-build system image from your hardware manufacturer that makes life easier and speeds up the installation. Read more…
Categories: Windows Recovery Tags: image restore, recovery, restore
System recovery options
This option in the Advanced Boot Options gives you further tools to diagnose and repair your system. To access this mode press F8 while booting either from the hard drive or the windows installation DVD media. Select Repair Your Computer option, select a keyboard input method and enter the administrator user password to load these options:
Startup Repair:- Fixes boot problems. Apart, from loading this feature manually, Windows may automatically boots to it if it had starting problems during a previous restart
System Restore:- It’s another option that leads you to a system restore process. It allows you to recover from incorrect system configuration changes that prevent your computer from booting up. In this case, you need to boot from the windows installation DVD media Read more…
Categories: Boot, Windows Recovery Tags: advanced boot option, Boot, recovery, repair your computer
