Useful Windows tips, tricks and secrets for end-user and administrator

This article describes some cool Windows key tricks to get you started. Here are some of the best tips and tricks for Windows that may help you support/guide/coach the end user. Calculate more     Explore the Mode menu and you'll see powerful new Statistics and Programmer views. And if you're clueless about bitwise manipulation, then try the Options menu instead. This offers many different unit conversions (length, weight, volume...

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Net Accounts, Net Accounts /Domain Command Details and Examples

You must access a command prompt and be logged on to an account with network administration permissions. Net accounts command allows administrators to control user account logon settings from command line. Below you can find the syntax of net accounts command explained with examples. C:\>net accountsForce user logoff how long after time expires?:       NeverMinimum password age (days):                         ...

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Details and Examples net user /domain user info from the command line

Use the command "net user accountname /domain" to display user information Running that command gives you something like this: net user thinnawutp /domain (2 domain output sample)   To obtain a list of domain users and groups you can query the domain controller as follows:net user /domain > users.txt net group /domain > groups.txt ...

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How to logoff remote desktop via Terminal Server Commands "Query session | Reset session"

This is just a quick guide to check the error message "The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections" that you can use this command to figure out what sessions are connected to the server. Use this command to display information about administrative and client node sessions: query session /server:yourcomputer To reset the session of user1 by using the session name:reset session rdp-tcp#1 To reset the session of user1...

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How to enable ping response in Windows Server with commandline

This is just a quick guide to enabling a server to respond to ping, the default setting in Windows Server is to disable. I would like to recommend this command "Netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8". While running this command, just wait since it takes a little time and this is the result:, Once enabled you can also simply disable the ping utility also by repeating the same above steps the only difference would be the command name. Open the command...

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How to find MAC address... either locally or across a network

Getmac | I would like to recommend this parameter "getmac /s \\remotecomputer", it helps you can remote to other PCs easily. While running this command, just wait since it takes a little time and this is the result:, Returns the media access control (MAC) address and list of network protocols associated with each address for all network cards in each computer, either locally or across a network. getmac getmac /v Note: export the output by using...

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Commands Every Administrator Should Know "Driverquery"

Driverquery = Displays a list of all installed device drivers and their properties. I would like to recommend this parameter "driverquery /s \\remotecomputer" , it helps you can remote to other PCs easily Incorrect device drivers can lead to any number of system problems. If you want to see which drivers are installed on a Windows system, you can do so by running the driverquery tool. This simple command-line tool provides information about...

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How to Copy Path of a File to the Clipboard in Windows 7 or Vista

Windows Vista and 7 provides a very useful option "Copy as Path" which appears whenever you right-click on a file/folder. All you have to do is hold down the shift key, and right-click the file... Choose the Copy as Path from the menu. This option automatically copies the full path of selected file/folder which can be used anywhere else. Here’s an example of what’s on the clipboard after clicking that: “"E:\CVX Mail\Mail 2007.pst"” Note:...

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SQL Server: Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 On Windows 2008R2 (SP1) System

   This is a simple step-by-step guide to installing Microsoft's newest version of SQL Server with Reporting Services in stand-alone mode (the alternative is SharePoint Integrated, I'll deal with all the steps necessary to do that installation separately in a few days/weeks time).    The first step is to install your Windows 2008R2 box and get it fully upgraded to the latest patch levels (SP1). Then you can run the setup.exe...

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Windows 2008R2: Installing .NET Framework (Enabling the Feature)

     2008R2 includes the .NET Framework as a feature that needs to be turned on when required. Numerous installation programs (for example SQL Server 2012) require it and will mostly just error and tell you to turn the feature on.      The blog post is intended as a step-by-step guide to switching the feature on.      Go to the start menu and type "Feature" into the search box, choose...

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