Disable ‘Set Network Location’ prompt in Windows 7

<p>&&num;8216&semi;Set Network Location&&num;8217&semi; prompt is practically a Windows Firewall prompt so your firewall would be configured according to your location&period; For instance&comma; if you select <strong>&&num;8216&semi;Public&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong> location&comma; file and print sharing would be disabled for your security&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;01&sol;network&lowbar;locations&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you have the reason to disable the &&num;8216&semi;Set Network Location&&num;8217&semi; prompt in Windows 7 please do the following&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Open registry editor and navigate to the following key&colon; <&excl;--more--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>HKLM&bsol;SYSTEM&bsol;CurrentControlSet&bsol;Control&bsol;Network<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the left pane right click on the Network key and click <strong>New &&num;8211&semi;&gt&semi; Key<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>NewNetworkWindowOff<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;01&sol;newnetworkoff&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Regardless of the value in this key&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Set Network Location&&num;8217&semi; prompt should now be set to <strong>Off<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;