Windows

Repair network Errors

In the search box on the taskbar, type Command prompt, press and hold (or right-click) Command prompt, and then select Run as administrator > Yes. At the command prompt, run the following commands in the listed order, and then check to see if that fixes your connection problem: Type netsh winsock reset and press Enter. Type netsh int ip reset and press Enter. Type ipconfig /release and press Enter. Type ipconfig /renew and press Enter. Type ipconfig /flushdns and press Enter.

To turn off all firewalls

In the search box on the taskbar, type Command prompt, press and hold (or right-click) Command prompt, and then select Run as administrator > Yes. At the command prompt, type netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off, and then press Enter. Open your web browser and visit a website you trust and see if you can connect to it. To turn on all firewalls you might have installed, at the command prompt, type netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state on, and then press Enter.

Batch File Copy Command

 @echo off
  echo -open (open Download Folder)
  echo -copyps (copy ps recovery file to desktop)
  echo -tv (copy a single file)
  echo -quit
  echo.
  set /p PROGRAM= What do want to do:
  goto %PROGRAM%
  
  :open
  cls
  start \\192.168.20.xx
  pause
  goto start
  
  :copyps
  cls
    
  REM E switch copies dir and sub dir I switch assumes dir
  xcopy /E/I "\\192.168.20.xx\dir\dir" destinationdir
  pause
  goto start
  
  REM the %CD% directive will copy file to where the batch file was executed
  xcopy /E/I "\\192.168.20.xx\dir\filename.txt" %CD%
  pause
  goto start
  :quit
  cls
  exit

Windows Command Line Goodies

**Ping with varying payload

This works on Mac

Ping -s 6000 ipaddress

This works on windows

ping -i 6000 ipaddress

***See list of computers in your workgroup

Windows:

net view

find out MAC address

Windows and Mac

arp -a

sc command (command prompt)sililar to the services.svc (windows run)

nslookup www.website.com // this will give you the ipaddress

**** mapping drives at the command prompt

net use driveletter: \\server-name\sharename
net use driveletter: /deletenet use /? for options
you can create a batch file to map drives also
in notepad
net use x: /delete # delete mapped drive
net use x: \\servername\share # will map drive
save file with the .bat extension, then you can doubble click on it to map the drive

Changing the color of the command prompt

color help

a bunch of color codes will appear

color followed by the color code: color 02

Create a Wifi Hotspot

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=HotSpotName key=password

To Start:

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Pipe output from the command line to the clipboard

ipconfig | clip

Get a list of installed programs

wmic product get name

Uninstall a program from the command line

wmic product where "name like iTunes" call uninstall /noninteractive

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