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The Netsh Shell/Scripting Tool in Windows

Post Views: 4,659 What is Netsh? Netsh is a Microsoft Windows command-line shell/scripting utility originally introduced in Windows 2000 that allows you to, either locally or remotely, display or modify the network configuration of a computer that is currently running. Netsh also provides a scripting feature that allows you to run a group of commands […]

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Keeping your Windows PC Software Up to Date

Post Views: 1,378 Hi everyone!   [Wow – this was a long time ago!  As of 2020 I have updated a little.] One of the challenges to any computer user is keeping software up to date with the latest features, bug fixes, and security patches.  Often this tedious process requires opening applications and seeing if the

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IPv6 Windows Command Line Examples

Post Views: 3,659 Check out these additional IPv6 Resources: Our IPv6 overview course at Udemy Our IPv6 Custom Profiles for Wireshark Our IPv6 classes at the Online School Here are some great Windows command line entries you can make to examine and configure IPv6 (assuming your version of Windows does so).  We will discuss use

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Access Multiple Computers on a LAN (or VM) via Remote Desktop Connection

Post Views: 1,430 PLEASE READ THE COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE YOU START. One of the best features of Windows (XP Professional, Vista and Windows 7, 8, 10) is the Remote Desktop Connection feature. This feature allows you to connect to another computer as if you are using that computer.  Some examples would be: In some cases

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Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

Post Views: 1,868 Remember Word Perfect with its function key template that listed all the keyboard shortcuts? Okay, maybe not! Below are all the handy Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts.  You can find a complete list here.   Ease of Access keyboard shortcuts The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that can help make your computer easier

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Shutting down a computer that appears unresponsive

Post Views: 1,134 Sometimes Microsoft Windows will do something crazy and you can no longer get the Start > Shutdown process to work.  Most will push and hold the power button until the system halts, then restart.  There may be two other things you can do: Hope this is helpful. Comments are welcomed below from

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Dive Deep into Task Management for Windows

Post Views: 1,560 For most of us, Task Manager is enough information when we are running Windows, especially when an application freezes.  But what if you want to know more about how much CPU usage is being used by each of your open tabs in Explorer or Firefox?  How about finding what DLLs or handles

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Clean Up the Startup Folder with Autoruns Tool

Post Views: 1,136 Malware sometimes likes to invade the startup folder and other locations on infected systems. Seems that these are the hardest things to find and get rid of when trying to clean up spyware/malware/ infections. Autoruns can help with that. It looks through all possible locations where applications can be listed to automatically

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Some Basic Troubleshooting Tips for the PC/Networking

Post Views: 1,200 Here are some fundamental PC Troubleshooting Tips.  We cant cover everything here, but if something below helps, great! PC Won’t Boot Into Windows Try “Safe Mode” FirstWhen your PC just won’t boot into Windows at all, you’ll probably want to start off with Safe Mode—use the F8 key right when the system

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Our First Experiences with Windows SharePoint 2007

Post Views: 1,634 As those of you close to us know, we have been big fans of Microsoft’s SharePoint concept since initial release several years ago.  We have, in fact, recommended it to every small/medium business owner that will listen to us!  The entire CellStream back office became converted to this online database system.  Was

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Troubleshooting Device Drivers

Post Views: 1,599 Device drivers: which ones are running on your Windows System?? Here is how you find out: you can find detailed information about specific drivers being used in a Windows system by going to Device Manager, selecting the device from the list, and drilling down to the device’s properties sheet. While this technique

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Removing unused Device Drivers

Post Views: 1,157 When you install a device driver on a Windows machine, the operating system loads that driver each time the computer boots regardless of whether the device is present—unless you specifically uninstall the driver. This means that drivers from devices that you have long since removed from your system may be wasting valuable

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Faster Booting by cleaning out Windows Pre-Fetch Folder

Post Views: 1,019 One of Microsoft’s big selling points for Windows XP was that it loads applications much faster than its predecessors. To accomplish this feat, Windows XP uses what is called the “Prefetch technique,” in which the operating system gathers information about each program that you launch and stores that information in the \Windows\Prefetch

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