> Double clicking on files that you don’t know in Windows is somewhat dangerous.The danger increases especially if the file makes some changes in the system registry which you had not intended at all. One such file is the .reg file.By default,on double clicking it will merge all the changes it has in the system …
>It is important that you should have the best possible visibility while reading as well as working with Windows XP,not only this reduces the eye strain but also increases efficiency. There is the ClearType technology that ships with XP but is not enabled by default. Enabling it on a laptop or a LCD desktop will …
A kernel is the core of any operating system,its something similar to a brain that can make decisions for the OS. Wouldn’t it be great if kernel performance can be optimised like making it make really fast decisions and make the applications launch faster and all other XP nirvana? There is a registry hack that …
>I admit I like netsh.This thing can show you show much of what you want to see without doing much and that too from the command prompt which is even cooler. What do you normally do when you want to see which DNS server you are using? You use nslookup most of the times from …
>”Privilege escalation” -the term in computer security world is often seen as something like a prisoner who has just got a weapon a.k.a “armed and dangerous”. It means getting the important super privileges from a normal user account to root in *nix and admin/system account in Windows world. Command prompt in Windows machines (especially XP) …
>There is the almighty root account in *nix and here in Windows world is the powerful and omnipotent Administrators group.Actually there can be different admin groups like domain admins,enterprise admins(ultimate account in a Microsoft Windows network) and of course the local administrator account on a standalone Windows box. Wouldn’t it be great if there is …
>Task manager in Windows is useful,but what about tasklist? Tasklist is a command line utility in Windows XP Professional(not in Home)onwards. Let’s say I want to see all the processes and their associated dlls which are running on my Windows box just by using a simple command prompt.I can use tasklist to accomplish that,here is …
>Maintaining and administering Windows machines (desktops and servers of Windows make) is a time intensive and often very challenging task [Think about the last time there was a virus outbreak on your LAN machines 🙂 ]. One task which is very time consuming is the configuration of network settings on individual machines.Visiting each box to …
Some time back,I tried putting in Tata USB modem (also known as plug2surf or Tata SXC 1080 here in India) on my Ubuntu desktop. The configuration is pretty much straight forward that involves editing a wvdial.conf file with the supporting parameters for making the modem work. Configuration steps: 1.From Ubuntu terminal,type sudo wvdial(Note that if …
Windows command prompt is like the old distant uncle you have,you dont speak much with him normally but whenever you go to him for help,help is guaranteed. Let’s take a look at a domain based scenario wherein I want to check connectivity from client system to any available domain controller. I call upon the Windows …