Poll :: What Operating System Do You Use?

Saturday, September 19, 2009

COMMAND PROMPT

ANSI.SYS = Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys.
APPEND = Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
ARP = Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices. ASSIGN Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.
ASSOC = View the file associations.
AT = Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
ATMADM = Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
ATTRIB = Display and change file attributes.
BATCH = Recovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
BOOTCFG = Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
BREAK = Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
CACLS = View and modify file ACL's.
CALL = Calls a batch file from another batch file.
CD = Changes directories.
CHCP = Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
CHDIR = Changes directories.
CHKDSK = Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.
CHKNTFS = Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
CHOICE = Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
CLS = Clears the screen.
CMD = Opens the command interpreter.
COLOR = Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
COMP = Compares files.
COMPACT = Compresses and uncompress files.
CONTROL = Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
CONVERT = Convert FAT to NTFS.
COPY = Copyone or more files to an alternate location.
CTTY = Change the computers input/output devices.
DATE = View or change the systems date.
DEBUG = Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
DEFRAG = Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
DEL = Deletes one or more files.
DELETE = Recovery console command that deletes a file.
DELTREE = Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
DIR = List the contents of one or more directory.
DISABLE = Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers. DISKCOMP = Compare a disk with another disk.
DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
DOSKEY = Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
DOSSHELL A = GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
DRIVPARM = Enables overwrite of original device drivers.
ECHO = Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
EDIT = View and edit files.
EDLIN = View and edit files.
EMM386 = Load extended Memory Manager.
ENABLE = Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.
ENDLOCAL = Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.
ERASE = Erase files from computer.
EXIT = Exit from the command interpreter.
EXPAND = Expand a M*cros*ft Windows file back to it's original format.
EXTRACT = Extract files from the M*cros*ft Windows cabinets.

WINDOWS SHORTCUTS FOR RUN COMMANDS TO ACCESS THE CONTROL PANEL

Add/Remove Programs control = appwiz.cpl

Date/Time Properties control = timedate.cpl

Display Properties control = desk.cpl

FindFast control = findfast.cpl

Fonts Folder control = fonts

Internet Properties control = inetcpl.cpl

Keyboard Properties control = main.cpl

keyboard Mouse Properties control = main.cpl

Multimedia Properties control = mmsys.cpl

Network Properties control = netcpl.cpl

Password Properties control = password.cpl

Printers Folder control = printers.cpl

Sound Properties control = mmsys.cpl

sounds System Properties control = sysdm.cpl

Saturday, September 12, 2009

WINDOWS SHORTCUTS FOR RUN COMMANDS



Compmgmt.msc --- Computer management

Devmgmt.msc --- Device manager

Diskmgmt.msc --- Disk management

Dfrg.msc --- Disk defrag

Eventvwr.msc --- Event viewer

Fsmgmt.msc --- Shared folders

Gpedit.msc --- Group policies

Lusrmgr.msc --- Local users and groups

Perfmon.msc --- Performance monitor

Rsop.msc --- Resultant set of policies

Secpol.msc --- Local security settings

Services.msc --- Various Services

Msconfig --- System Configuration Utility

Regedit --- Registry Editor

Msinfo32 --- System Information

Sysedit --- System Edit

Win.ini --- windows loading information(also system.ini)

Winver --- Shows current version of windows

Mailto --- Opens default email client

Command --- Opens command prompt