windows tips and utilities     
control userpasswords2 - Manage users and change passwords systeminfo | less - Displays system uptime, along with other information about your system msinfo32.exe - Displays hardware, software and other settings perfmon - Monitor processes and threads tracert - Trace the network route to a given destination (traceroute equiv) netstat - Display network connections net <option> - List network shares (view), users (user), password management (accounts), mounted drives (use) procexp - utility to view details of processes If clipboard stops working, try disconnecting Remote Desktop connections TCPView - show the TCP and UDP ports of processes To open User Policy Editor: %SystemRoot%\system32\secpol.msc /s To open Group Policy Editor: %SystemRoot%\system32\gpedit.msc /s WMI - run wbemtest.exe, namespace: root\cimv2, then enum classes (leave the field blank and select recursive radio button shutdown -i produces a built-in shutdown GUI to shut down remote machines sfc /scannow - Run this command with XP CD in drive and it will compare core Windows files on CD with what's installed and replace any altered files with the original. findstr (search for strings in files) In excel, to keep a cell from being incremented during autofill, add a $ between the letter and number (e.g. A$1) msconfig (from run menu) to manage services, startup apps and .ini files If deleting a file is slow, empty the recycle bin If Windows Explorer seems sluggish, turn off network shortcuts: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoRecentDocsNetHood = 1 or Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > View > Files and Folders > Automatically search for network folders and printers Command prompt tips * F7 to show command history * Drag paths instead of typing/copying them * To enable paste with right-click, Edit Properties, enable QuickEdit Mode on Options tab. * To enable tab completion, edit registry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Command Processor and set CompletionChar to REG_DWORD of 9 %~dp0 - Current path (useful in batch files running from a flash drive) Disable "Open File - Security Warning dialog" - Create environment variable SEE_MASK_NOZONECHECKS = 1, or run gpedit.msc, User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Attachment Manager, enable Default risk level for file attachments and Do not preserve zone information in file attachments Restart explorer - Go to shutdown dialog and hold down Ctrl-Alt-Shift while clicking Cancel button. To start it, Ctrl-Alt-Delete, Task Manager, File, New Task, "Explorer.exe" Create sparse file - fsutil file createNew <filename> <size>

Updated Mar 18, 2010

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