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