Windows XP/7/8

This page will involve all problems/solution, Quick Tips, and handy programs dealing with Microsoft Windows XP/7/8.

XP/Vista/7/8 Shortcuts
Run prompt - Windows Key + R

Explorer window - Windows Key + E

Copy

Paste

All Things Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Run Commands

. - Home Directory

.. - Open C:\Users

\ - Opens C:\

calc - Calculator

cmd - Command Prompt

control appwiz.cpl - Programs & Features

compmgmt.msc - Computer Management

control userpasswords2 - User Accounts

devmgmt.msc - Device Manager

dfrg.msc - Disk Defragmenter

diskmgmt.msc - Disk Management

fsmgmt.msc - Shared Folders

gpedit.msc - Group Policy Editor

lusrmgr.msc - Local Users and Groups

mailto: Default Mail Client

mmc - Microsoft Management Console

msconfig - System Configuration Utility

msinfo32 - System Information Utility

mspaint - Paint

mstsc - Remote Desktop Connection

perfmon.msc - Performance Moniter

regedit - Registry Editor

rsop.msc - Resultant Set of Policy

secpol.msc - Local Security Settings

services.msc - Services

system.ini - Windows Loading Information

win.ini - Windows Loading Information

winver - Shows Current Version

Control Panel Access Commands

appwiz.cpl - Add/Remove Programs

timedate.cpl - Date/Time Properties

desk.cpl - Display Properties

fonts - Fonts folder

inetcpl.cpl - Internet Properties

main.cpl keyboard - Keyboard properties

main.cpl - Mouse Properties

mmsys.cpl - Multimedia Properties

netcpl.cpl - Network Properties

mmsys.cpl - Sound Properties

sysdm.cpl - System Properties

Quick Tips
Customize Windows 7 SendTo Menu

You’ve seen the SendTo folder in action any time you right-click a file and select the Send To folder from the context menu. What you might be unaware of is that you can customize the items in this menu.

Go ahead, right click a file. You should see something that looks like this:



To get to the SendTo folder, you’ll need to open up an Explorer window, and then paste in the following to the windows explorer (not IE) address bar:

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

%APPDATA% is an environment variable that actually maps to something like C:\users\ \AppData\Roaming.

You should now see a bunch of shortcuts

Let’s say you wanted to add an item to the Send To menu to open files in Notepad. You could just drag a shortcut to Notepad into this folder, or create a new shortcut. Now you can see the new Notepad item in the menu:

This method should work for any application that allows you to open a file by using a command line argument.

Command Prompt/Batch Files
Adding Firewall rules

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Rule Name" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP/UDP localport="Port number"

MX Records with nslookup.exe

1. nslookup 2. set type=mx 3. google.com

Copy folder contents into text in text file 

D to target directory

DIR /B /O:N > list.txt

Batch File to Delete Recycle Bin

Win7

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\$RECYCLE.BIN

XP

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\RECYCLER

Viewing Interface Index - Shows Interface list, IPv4 Routes, and IPv6 routes on local computer

Start > run > cmd

Type "route print"

Handy Programs
ComboFixis a program, created by sUBs, that scans your computer for known malware, and when found, attempts to clean these infections automatically. In addition to being able to remove a large amount of the most common and current malware, ComboFix also displays a report that can be used by trained helpers to remove malware that is not automatically removed by the program. ProduKeyis a small utility that displays the ProductID and the CD-Key of Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007), Windows (Including Windows 7 and Windows Vista), Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your computer. You can view this information for your current running operating system, or for another operating system/computer - by using command-line options. This utility can be useful if you lost the product key of your Windows/Office, and you want to reinstall it on your computer.