A few years back I wrote, “Find Last Reboot Time in Windows 7, Vista and Windows 2008,” where you could find this info via command prompt. This is an update to that for later versions of Windows using PowerShell. This first way will display how long the network service has been running. Generally this will […]
Category: Windows
Configuring FTP in Isolation Mode in IIS 6
IIS FTP isolation mode enables you to have a separate directory per FTP user. For example if you had a dozen different users that all need access to your FTP server but you did not want them to see any directories but their own you could setup Isolation Mode. Isolation Mode supports users either on […]
Use Iperf to Measure Network Throughput (Bandwidth) on Windows or Linux
Iperf was developed by NLANR/DAST as a modern alternative for measuring maximum TCP and UDP bandwidth performance. Iperf allows the tuning of various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, datagram loss. Install iperf on Windows – just download, unzip and run iperf.exe. Install iperf on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install iperf Iperf […]
How To Use Wget – Includes Several Examples Using Wget
wget is a great command line utility that is natively available in Linux and can be downloaded for Windows (see also GNU WGet for Windows (Windows 7, Vista, XP, etc.)). wget can be used for many download situations including large files, recursive downloads, non-interactive downloads, multiple file downloads, etc. Note: options ARE case sensitive. 1. Download a […]
Installing EC2 Command Line Tools on Windows
UPDATE (12-2016): See HowTo: Install AWS CLI on Both Windows and Linux for updated information on installing, configuring and using the AWS CLI unified tools. NOTE: This tutorial contains information for both AMI and API command line tools along with ELB tools. Most users will need the API tools, some the ELB tools, and not many […]
Shortcut to Lock the Windows Desktop
Do you lock your Windows desktop every time you walk away? In Windows 7 (Vista, XP, 2008, 2003 too) you can do this by pressing Windows Key + L. However, to make it easier you should create a shortcut on your desktop, or better yet one in your Quick Launch toolbar. Start by creating a […]
Bypass Windows or Linux Logon With Kon-Boot
Kon-Boot is an prototype piece of software which allows to change contents of a linux kernel (and now Windows kernel also!!!) on the fly (while booting). In the current compilation state it allows to log into a linux system as ‘root’ user without typing the correct password or to elevate privileges from current user to […]
How to Create bootable Windows CD Easily with nLite
nLite is a deployment tool for the bootable unattended Windows ISO. With it you can remove components, integrate hotfixes, drivers and themes, tweaks, patches and more. . .Features nLite allows you to customize your installation of Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows 2003. You can integrate service packs and hotfixes from Microsoft directly into your windows […]
How to: Reverse DNS from Windows Command Line using Ping
Here’s a quick and easy way to do a Reverse DNS (RDNS) lookup using ping.exe from a Windows command prompt using the -a switch. ping -a <IP Address> Example ping -a 76.96.54.12 This example will resolve the address as follows: Pinging www4.comcast.net [76.96.54.12] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 76.96.54.12: bytes=32 time=66ms TTL=51Reply from […]
Getting the Most out of Windows Command Prompt
If you are like me you use the command prompt a lot. It seems each time I logon to a new system I have to setup the command prompt just the way I want. The first thing I do is create a shortcut in the Quick Launch toolbar. Next I modify that shortcut so it […]