How can I make Windows prefer my wired connection?

"Looks like Windows (XP, Vista, 7) are supposed to do this automatically. Windows uses the lowest 'metric' connection. You can manually alter these metrics if it isn't working correctly, but in most cases, wired should be preferred over wireless automatically. Check the source below for more how-to and explanation.

Source"

"As explained here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/how-make-win-7-to-prefer-wired-over-wireless/97ae998b-5743-e011-9767-d8d385dcbb12?tab=question&status=AllReplies#tabs

a. Open the Network Connections folder (Start > Run > ncpa.cpl)
b. Right click the desired connection.
c. Click Properties and then click on Internet Protocol Version 4.
d. Click Properties and then click on Advanced.
e. Un-check ""Automatic metric"".
f. Enter a number between 1 and 9999 for the ""Interface metric""."