Often, even if you are logged on as a user which belongs to the local Administrators group, you may have to open a command prompt (or other program) as “administrator.” Simply right-click the shortcut (Start, All Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt) and select Run As Administrator. Applies to: Windows 7 Windows 2008 Windows Vista
Category: Windows Vista
Keyboard Shortcut to open Windows Task Manager in Windows 7 and Vista
Microsoft changed things up again. Back in the day (Windows 2000, 2003, XP, etc.) you could easily open Windows Task Manager using Ctrl + Alt + Del, then pressing T. Now in Windows 7 and Windows Vista you can still use Ctrl + Alt + Del which displays a screen whith options like Lock this Computer, Switch User, Log Off, Change Password, […]
Restarting IIS using the command-line
You can restart IIS and disable Reliable Restart using the command prompt and Iisreset.exe. See the following command-line usage and parameters. iisreset [computername] /RESTART Stop and then restart all Internet services./START Start all Internet services./STOP Stop all Internet services./REBOOT Reboot the computer./REBOOTONERROR Reboot the computer if an error occurs when starting, stopping, or restarting Internet […]
Find Last Reboot Time in Windows 7, Vista and Windows 2008
Have you ever wanted a quick and easy way to know how long your Windows 7 (or Vista or Windows 2008 server) system has been running? When it was last restarted or rebooted? There are a few easy ways this can be done, most from the Windows command line. So open a Windows command prompt […]
How To: Create A Show Desktop Shortcut on Windows 7 and Vista
While Windows 7 (and Vista, if I remember right) does have a “Show Desktop” shortcut – it’s in the system tray, to the right of the clock – you may long for the days when it was in the Quick Launch toolbar like in XP or Windows 2003. Not to fear. You can easily create […]
Securely delete files in Windows
The only way to ensure that deleted files, as well as files that you encrypt with EFS, are safe from recovery is to use a secure delete application. Secure delete applications overwrite a deleted file’s on-disk data using techiques that are shown to make disk data unrecoverable, even using recovery technology that can read patterns […]
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 […]
Create Windows Shortcuts With a Script at the Command Line
If you are like me you 1) access numerous Windows computers, in my case mainly servers through Remote Desktop; and 2) like to have your Windows desktop setup a certain way. Here are some examples of a quick and easy way to create shortcuts with a script. These examples are Visual Basic Scripts (.vbs) and […]
Alternatives to HyperTerminal in Windows 7 and Vista
Beginning with Windows Vista Microsoft removed HyperTerminal (aka HyperTerm & Hyper Terminal). Of course, this means it isn’t in Windows 7 either. There are several options you can use to replace its functionality. PuTTY – My Recommendation PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm […]
RichCopy – RoboCopy GUI (sort of) by Microsoft
RichCopy is a free utility from Ken Tamaru of Microsoft. The tool was first developed in 2001 and has been updated regularly to keep pace with evolving needs. Worthy of note is that RichCopy is a multithreaded copying tool. That means that rather than copying one file at a time in serial order, RichCopy can […]