F1Com
December 27th 03, 10:26 AM
Richard White wrote:
>
> > "Richard White" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I'm looking for a utility that will back up the {Networking Connections}
> > > 'folder' in WindowsXP.
> > >
> > > I want to transfer a series of dial-up networking configurations from
> one PC
> > > to another.
> > >
> > > Is there a program which will enable these configurations alone (ie. not
> all
> > > the other Windows settings) to be copied via a backup from one PC to
> > > another?
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Deploy.cab on the XP setup CD has this sample in 'ref.chm'
> [...snipped...]
>
> HUH???
>
> I asked for a network configuration backup/restore utility program - not an
> example of a .INS file.
>
> I fail to see how your reference to {deploy.cab} is of any relevance to my
> question?
>
> If I wanted to code my own .INS files I would have done so, but that would
> be error prone and seems ridiculous when there must be a way of backing up
> and restoring the configurations.
Usually that means there isn't an easy answer.
The registry keys
HKCU\RemoteAccess
and
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet
Settings\Connections
are where your network connection folder info resides.
You can export these keys from one machine and import them to another
machine.
Terry
>
> > "Richard White" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I'm looking for a utility that will back up the {Networking Connections}
> > > 'folder' in WindowsXP.
> > >
> > > I want to transfer a series of dial-up networking configurations from
> one PC
> > > to another.
> > >
> > > Is there a program which will enable these configurations alone (ie. not
> all
> > > the other Windows settings) to be copied via a backup from one PC to
> > > another?
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Deploy.cab on the XP setup CD has this sample in 'ref.chm'
> [...snipped...]
>
> HUH???
>
> I asked for a network configuration backup/restore utility program - not an
> example of a .INS file.
>
> I fail to see how your reference to {deploy.cab} is of any relevance to my
> question?
>
> If I wanted to code my own .INS files I would have done so, but that would
> be error prone and seems ridiculous when there must be a way of backing up
> and restoring the configurations.
Usually that means there isn't an easy answer.
The registry keys
HKCU\RemoteAccess
and
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet
Settings\Connections
are where your network connection folder info resides.
You can export these keys from one machine and import them to another
machine.
Terry