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With our connected lifestyle, there are many times when you need to access a pc (home or work) while you are at another location. There are many options to be able to do this. The way I find to be one of the easiest is using Hamachi from Logmein (LINK: https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi2/). Hamachi comes in 2 versions, one is FREE for Non-Commercial use and the other is a paid version for those using it for commercial purposes.
From the Hamachi site
LogMeIn Hamachi² is a hosted VPN service that securely connects devices and networks, extending LAN-like network connectivity to mobile users, distributed teams and business applications. You can easily create secure virtual networks on demand, across public and private networks.
With that being said, one of the questions about Hamachi that I seem to get from Hamachi users is how to back up your Hamachi account in case you need to reinstall.
The following steps will allow you to backup Hamachi -
If you are on Windows 7
Backup the LogMeIn Hamachi folder@ C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\LogMeIn Hamachi
If you are on Windows XP
Backup the LogMeIn Hamachi folder@ C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Application Data\LogMeIn Hamachi
**Correction on XP location provided by Xantes (Thank you)
To restore from your backup of Hamachi – After you install your new copy of Hamachi
1 – Open (The Windows) Control Panel – Administrative Tools – Services and the find LogMeIn Hamachi service
- The click to highlight and the select stop (See example below).
- Once you stop it, minimize this window as you will need it again shortly
2 – Copy your backup data and paste it to the location of the install (you will replace any duplicate files)
Windows 7
C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\LogMeIn Hamachi
Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Application Data\LogMeIn Hamachi
3 – Once you have copied the backup data go back to the services window and now highlight LogMeIn Hamachi and then select start.
That will do it, you will now have your existing account back up and running.
