Windows Misc

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:

1. Type netsh winsock reset and press Enter.
2. Type netsh int ip reset and press Enter.
3. Type ipconfig /release and press Enter.
4. Type ipconfig /renew and press Enter.
5. 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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