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Command Line Utilities

4 years ago

by Mohib in Internet-News

Here are some command line utilities in Windows XP that you may find useful. Use the Command Prompt to access them.

bootcfg – Configures, queries, or changes Boot.ini file settings.

driverquery – Displays a list of all installed device drivers and their properties.

getmac – Returns the media access control (MAC) address and list of network protocols associated with each address for all network cards in each computer.

gpresult – Displays Group Policy settings and Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP) for a user or a computer.

netsh – You can use commands in the Netsh Interface IP context to configure the TCP/IP protocol.

schtasks – Schedules commands and programs to run periodically or at a specific time.

systeminfo – Displays detailed configuration information about a computer and its operating system.

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Recycle the ‘Recyle Bin’

4 years ago

by Mohib in Tutorials

Tired of the name “Recycle Bin” in Windows XP? Want to change it to “Waste Basket”, or something unique? This will help.

- Open Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

- Click on the ‘Default’ key, and change “Recycle Bin” to whatever name you want.

Happy Recycling

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Silence the ‘Desktop Cleanup’

4 years ago

by Mohib in Tutorials

Are you tired of that “helpful” Desktop Cleanup Wizard in Windows XP popping up again and again to ask you to clean up unused desktop icons?

Well then here’s a simple trick to silence it and ask it to go to sleep forever

- Right-click on the desktop and choose ‘Properties’.
- Click on the Desktop tab.
- Click on the “Customize Desktop…” button.
- Under “Desktop cleanup”, uncheck “Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days”.
- Click Ok.

Now you can do your work without being bothered. Enjoy.

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Diagnose your network

4 years ago

by Mohib in Tutorials

Have you every felt a lag in your browsing or webpages opening slowly or not opening at all.. and all this happening suddenly out of nowhere?

Well, it can be because of some problem in your network and how does it sound if I say.. You can diagnose it yourself without the need of any technician or without having to download any software for it.

Sound great na?

Well Microsoft Windows XP provides an inbuilt utility to diagnose your network and find where the errors are occuring. Here’s a simple way to analyze your Windows XP computer. The Network Diagnostics utility will scan your system to gather information about your hardware, software, and network connections.

- Open the Start menu and click ‘Run’.

- Type “netsh diag gui”

A window will open (it takes some time) and it will give you option to Start Scan and Customize Scan. Do as per what you want. If you are not sure, Customize the scan to include all and then view the results. The problems would be marked as “FAILED” and will appear in Red color.

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