how to enable ip routing in windows 7

Question

it says in cmd 

ip routing enabled . . . . . . no

i want it to say

ip routing enabled . . . . . . yes

Answer 1

Go to Start and search on cmd or command. Right click on either cmd or command then select Run as administrator. At the command prompt type regedit. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Services\Tcpip\Parameters\IPEnableRouter setting, right click and select Modify. Change 0 to 1 and exit the editor.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Back-up-the-registry

When your back at the command prompt type services.msc and navigate to the Routing and Remote Access service. Right click and select Properties. Change to Automatic and click on Start to start the service.

Answer 2

I started the service and it's just sitting there saying the service has started how long is this supposed to take?

Answer 3

let me know, can i use this way to windows convert to router in my network or no?