Very Useful Windows Run Commands

Getting to know your Run dialog box is like mastering your PC's applications and how to open them quickly as possible. In this list of run commands (partially complete), you may find this useful and very convenient to use. This guide also includes secret commands to open hidden applications.

Let us start on how to open your Run dialog box.

Here is the step using your mouse:
Go to, and click on the Start button, then select and click Run... while the keyboard technique is [Windows] - [R]. The [Windows] key is located between the [Ctrl] and [Alt] key.

This is your Run Dialog Box:



So here are the list of the Run commands. Just type it on the Run Dialog Box.

Accessibility Controls: access.cpl

Add Hardware Wizard: hdwwiz.cpl

Add/Remove Programs: appwiz.cpl

Administrative Tools: control.exe admintools

Automatic Updates: wuaucpl.cpl

Calculator: calc

Certificate Manager: certmgr.msc

Character Map: charmap

Check Disk Utility: chkdsk

Clipboard Viewer: clipbrd

Command Prompt: cmd

Component Services: dcomcnfg

Computer Management: compmgmt.msc

Date and Time Properties: timedate.cpl

DDE Shares: ddeshare

Device Manager: devmgmt.msc

Direct X Control Panel (if installed): directx.cpl

Direct X Troubleshooter: dxdiag

Disk Cleanup Utility: cleanmgr

Disk Defragment: dfrg.msc

Disk Management: diskmgmt.msc

Disk Partition Manager: diskpart

Display Properties: control.exe desktop

Display Properties: desk.cpl

Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected): control.exe color

Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility: drwtsn32

Driver Verifier Utility: verifier

Event Viewer: eventvwr.msc

File Signature Verification Tool: sigverif

Findfast: findfast.cpl

Folders Properties: control.exe folders

Fonts: control.exe fonts

Fonts Folder: fonts

Free Cell Card Game: freecell

Game Controllers: joy.cpl

Group Policy Editor (XP Prof): gpedit.msc

Hearts Card Game: mshearts

Iexpress Wizard: iexpress

Indexing Service: ciadv.msc

Internet Properties: inetcpl.cpl

Java Control Panel (if installed): jpicpl32.cpl

Java Control Panel (if installed): javaws

Keyboard Properties: control.exe keyboard

Local Security Settings: secpol.msc

Local Users and Groups: lusrmgr.msc

Logs You Out Of W*NDOW$: logoff

Mcft Chat: winchat

Minesweeper Game: winmine

Mouse Properties: control.exe mouse

Mouse Properties: main.cpl

Network Connections: control.exe netconnections

Network Connections: ncpa.cpl

Network Setup Wizard: netsetup.cpl

Nview Desktop Manager (if installed): nvtuicpl.cpl

Object Packager: packager

ODBC Data Source Administrator: odbccp32.cpl

On Screen Keyboard: osk

Opens AC3 Filter (if installed): ac3filter.cpl

Password Properties: password.cpl

Performance Monitor: perfmon.msc

Performance Monitor: perfmon

Phone and Modem Options: telephon.cpl

Power Configuration: powercfg.cpl

Printers and Faxes: control.exe printers

Printers Folder: printers

Private Character Editor: eudcedit

Quicktime (If Installed): QuickTime.cpl

Regional Settings: intl.cpl

Registry Editor: regedit

Registry Editor: regedit32

Removable Storage: ntmsmgr.msc

Removable Storage Operator Requests: ntmsoprq.msc

Resultant Set of Policy: rsop.msc

Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof): rsop.msc

Scanners and Cameras: sticpl.cpl

Scheduled Tasks: control.exe schedtasks

Security Center: wscui.cpl

Services: services.msc

Shared Folders: fsmgmt.msc

Shuts Down W*NDOW$: shutdown

Sounds and Audio: mmsys.cpl

Spider Solitare Card Game: spider

SQL Client Configuration: cliconfg

System Configuration Editor: sysedit

System Configuration Utility: msconfig

System File Checker Utility: sfc

System Properties: sysdm.cpl

Task Manager: taskmgr

Telnet Client: telnet

User Account Management: nusrmgr.cpl

User Passwords: Control userpasswords2

Utility Manager: utilman

W*NDOW$ Firewall: firewall.cpl

W*NDOW$ Magnifier: magnify

W*NDOW$ Management Infrastructure: wmimgmt.msc

W*NDOW$ System Security Tool: syskey

W*NDOW$ Update Launches: wupdmgr

W*NDOW$ XP Tour Wizard: tourstart

Wordpad: write

Direct X Diagnostics: dxdiag

Microsoft Notepad: notepad

Microsoft Paint: mspaint

Microsoft Word: msword

Microsoft Excel: excel

Microsoft PowerPoint: powerpnt

Microsoft FrontPage: frontpg

Microsoft Access: msaccess

Microsoft Outlook: outlook

Internet Explorer: iexplore, iexplore -k for kiosk mode (fullscreen mode) ,
iexplore -e to open Windows Explorer at the left pane

Windows Explorer: explore

Google Talk Gadget

ACCESS BLOCKED WEBSITES LIKE ORKUT,MYSPACE-SITES BLOCKED IN WORKPLACE OFFICE,SCHOOL-COLLEGES OR COUNTRY

In our work places like offices colleges schools most of the illegal sites are blocked and user can not access them. But in this way many legal sites brilliant sites communities are blocked from colleges offices schools and other places like libraries.The main sites blocked includes the most famous ORKUT SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE from google, YOUTUBE VIDEO SHARING SITE from the same google and many such sites just to save their overall bandwidth usage b’coz a people very very new to internet would be an old member of such sites.The current technique used for blocking is IP Filtering which is widely being used to block sites in countries like china,Saudi Arabia india for sexual and abusive contents. Blogger.com hosted blogs were banned in india & pakistan suspecting terrorism. Bellow are some steps to visit such blocked sites like orkut.com in workplaces.

1.ANONYMOUS BROWSING
These sites known as Websites Anonymizers offer proxy browsing where if you request for a webpage like orkut.com it’ll fetch the information from the site we requested for and display to us with in their own site. ISP gets an impression that we are accessing that Anonymizer site not the site which we really visited via that site.(here it’s orkut.com)But they may display their own ads on those pages that’ll become little tidy.They automatically use many inbuilt proxy servers for this. Examples of sites offering this are
ProxyBrowsing
Pruxy.com
kproxy.com(Kproxy.com-I use this to browse orkut & gmail in my college lab as they are blocked there-this is better than other proxy sites as there i could not login to orkut & gmail but this was possible here -one of my friends informed me about this.)

2.USE URL REDIRECTION TECHNIQUES
Use redirection services like TinyURL which give a unique link to any site. Just make blocked sites like orkut.com be pointed by such a unique URL like that aof tinyurl.This works b’coz such redirection sites make the adress bar blank while loading. For orkut.com i’ve just made a tiny url link http://tinyurl.com/3ndzn by clicking which you’ll land in orkut you can make any and many for any site you like by visiting Tinyurl.Com homepage.

3.GOOGLE PROXY-LANGUAGE TOOLS

Use language tools like Google Translator or Google LanguageTools to access restricted sites.Here’s what you need to do visit Google Translator and there you see under Translate 2 types of translations are mentioned in or. One is text translator which u ignore just after or there is a website translator. Just write the website name(obviously the blocked site you want to visit) at the text box just bellow the text ” Translate a web page:“. In the language selector box select “French to English” or any language to english or English to English if you still want the site to be in english and then click on translate. Now the intended page in english will appear as if inside google translator not the actual webpage so now we indirectly accesed blocked site as this translator site which is unblocked acts as a proxy. Trick here is that the site intended is in english but we need to translate it to english b’coz we need the translator site act as proxy so we used French 2 English in that translator.

The output link was like http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://dishadow.blogspot.com&langpair=fr|en which was from french to english as indicated by “langpair=fr|en” and the site mentioned after “u=” in the o/p link is the site intended which is http://dishadow.blogspot.com here. If we do from english to english we’ve to write “langpair=en|en” and if we intend to view blocked site orkut.com then u=http://orkut.com resulting in total link http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://orkut.com&langpair=en|en which can be used directly without visiting the translator sites. Due to this google translator is some times said as Google Proxy.

Other translator sites such as Babel Fish Translation Free translation Language Translation can be used to translate from english to english or from other language to english.

4.CACHED PAGES
Most search engines like Google search caches each site it indexes and such caches are pages with contents of website by deleting all stylesheets images etc. seach for site you want that’s blocked in google or yahoo.After a list oif results appear if u wanna see one then don’t click on the link directly.Just see some link “Cached pages” or like that near to the actual link. Click there to see cached pages.

5.BROWSE USING PROXY SERVERS
If a site blocks your IP and disallows you to visit that, then browse that link anonymously by hiding your IP to them in folowing way using proxy servers.Use a proxy server. You can get a list of available public proxy server easily by searching “proxy servers” at Google search. Such sites contain a huge list of IP adress and port number of the Proxy servers. Some examples of such sites are
http://proxy.6te.net/
http://proxy.org/lists.shtml
http://proxy-list.org/en/
Search for the string “free proxy lists” with & without quotes at search engines like Google, Yahoo and directories like Google Directory for more such proxy lists.

Choose a proxy server(out of above list) and note down its IP address and port number.Then you’ll use these to change u’r IP to this IP in the browser only by specifying the browser to use a proxy and in proxy information enter this proxy IP & port No.(Real IP is intact-no problem)

In Internet Explorer, go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings. Select (check) the option of Use a proxy server for your LAN. Then key in the proxy server IP address and port in respective box. Click OK. Do that in all other browsers too. In Mozilla Firefox, go to Tools -> Options ->Advanced(Tab)->Network(Tab)->Settings(under connection label). Then select (click) Manual proxy configuration and key in proxy server information. Click OK . In opera Tools-> preference-> Advanced(Tab)-> Network(in left pane)->Proxy Servers(buttons)-Check the HTTP-Write IP & Port No. in desired location there.Click OK.
(proxy server information means IP of the proxy server and port no.)

Here we are using the IP of the proxy server and the site that’s blocked from our IP is accesed by proxy server’s IP which bypasses our IP adress and we get access to blocked sites.

Powerscarp(new working)

http://www.powerscrap.com/ is a new proxy+value addition site which allows users to log in to social sites like orkut myspace and others even tough they are blocked. This is different from a proxy site. When you’ll login to orkut through it by visiting that site and providing orkut username and password it’ll add a special toolbar at top of each orkut page which will provide a set of tools for power orkutting. Tough it’s in portugese it’s not difficult to use. Also if your colleges are using proxy avoidance filter this may work as it’s not a real proxy site but has all functionalities provided by proxies. Also in comments we are updating the proxy lists.

These tricks will work for sites blocked by individual organisation colleges and also that’s blocked by the nation. Some tricks may or may not work for some body.If a trick works then stop and if not go for other trick.

Google takes care of your typing mistakes!

http://www.google.com is not the only that takes you to Google website.

Have a look on these

http://www.gooogle.com
http://www.ggoogle.com
http://www.googlee.com
http://www.googel.com
http://www.googele.com
http://www.gogle.com
http://www.igoogle.com
http://www.google.net
http://www.google.tv

All these urls get redirected to official Google Website. Or we can say Google own these domains!

PS: I found only these. Still there are lot in treasure. Comment it, you found any. Happy googling!

What is the difference between viruses, worms, and Trojans?

What is the difference between viruses, worms, and Trojans?

What is a virus?

A computer virus is a small program written to alter the way a computer operates, without the permission or knowledge of the user. A virus must meet two criteria:

· It must execute itself. It often places its own code in the path of execution of another program.

· It must replicate itself. For example, it may replace other executable files with a copy of the virus infected file. Viruses can infect desktop computers and network servers alike.

Some viruses are programmed to damage the computer by damaging programs, deleting files, or reformatting the hard disk. Others are not designed to do any damage, but simply to replicate themselves and make their presence known by presen\-ting text, video, and audio messages. Even these benign viruses can create problems for the computer user. They typically take up computer memory used by legitimate programs. As a result, they often cause erratic behavior and can result in system crashes. In addition, many viruses are bug-ridden, and these bugs may lead to system crashes and data loss.

Five recognized types of viruses

File infector viruses	File infector viruses infect program files. These viruses normally infect executable code, such as .com and .exe files. They can infect other files when an infected program is run from floppy, hard drive, or from the network. Many of these viruses are memory resident. After memory becomes infected, any noninfected executable that runs becomes infected. Examples of known file infector viruses include Jerusalem and Cascade.
Boot sector viruses	Boot sector viruses infect the system area of a disk; that is, the boot record on floppy disks and hard disks. All floppy disks and hard disks (including disks containing only data) contain a small program in the boot record that is run when the computer starts up. Boot sector viruses attach themselves to this part of the disk and activate when the user attempts to start up from the infected disk. These viruses are always memory resident in nature. Most were written for DOS, but, all PCs, regardless of the operating system, are potential targets of this type of virus. All that is required to become infected is to attempt to start up your computer with an infected floppy disk Thereafter, while the virus remains in memory, all floppy disks that are not write protected will become infected when the floppy disk is accessed. Examples of boot sector viruses are Form, Disk Killer, Michelangelo, and Stoned.
Master boot record viruses	Master boot record viruses are memory-resident viruses that infect disks in the same manner as boot sector viruses. The difference between these two virus types is where the viral code is located. Master boot record infectors normally save a legitimate copy of the master boot record in an different location. Windows NT computers that become infected by either boot sector viruses or master boot sector viruses will not boot. This is due to the difference in how the operating system accesses its boot information, as compared to Windows 98/Me. If your Windows NT systems is formatted with FAT partitions you can usually remove the virus by booting to DOS and using antivirus software. If the boot partition is NTFS, the system must be recovered by using the three Windows NT Setup disks. Examples of master boot record infectors are NYB, AntiExe, and Unashamed.
Multipartite viruses	Multipartite (also known as polypartite) viruses infect both boot records and program files. These are particularly difficult to repair. If the boot area is cleaned, but the files are not, the boot area will be reinfected. The same holds true for cleaning infected files. If the virus is not removed from the boot area, any files that you have cleaned will be reinfected. Examples of multipartite viruses include One_Half, Emperor, Anthrax and Tequilla.
Macro viruses	These types of viruses infect data files. They are the most common and have cost corporations the most money and time trying to repair. With the advent of Visual Basic in Microsoft's Office 97, a macro virus can be written that not only infects data files, but also can infect other files as well. Macro viruses infect Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access files. Newer strains are now turning up in other programs as well. All of these viruses use another program's internal programming language, which was created to allow users to automate certain tasks within that program. Because of the ease with which these viruses can be created, there are now thousands of them in circulation. Examples of macro viruses include W97M.Melissa, WM.NiceDay and W97M.Groov.

What is a Trojan horse?

Trojan horses are impostors—files that claim to be something desirable but, in fact, are malicious. A very important distinction between Trojan horse programs and true viruses is that they do not replicate themselves. Trojan horses contain malicious code that when triggered cause loss, or even theft, of data. For a Trojan horse to spread, you must invite these programs onto your computers; for example, by opening an email attachment or downloading and running a file from the Internet. Trojan.Vundo is a Trojan horse.

What is a worm?

Worms are programs that replicate themselves from system to system without the use of a host file. This is in contrast to viruses, which requires the spreading of an infected host file. Although worms generally exist inside of other files, often Word or Excel documents, there is a difference between how worms and viruses use the host file. Usually the worm will release a document that already has the "worm" macro inside the document. The entire document will travel from computer to computer, so the entire document should be considered the worm W32.Mydoom.AX@mm is an example of a worm

What is a virus hoax?

Virus hoaxes are messages, almost always sent by email, that amount to little more than chain letters. Following are some of the common phrases that are used in these hoaxes:

· If you receive an email titled [email virus hoax name here], do not open it!

· Delete it immediately!

· It contains the [hoax name] virus.

· It will delete everything on your hard drive and [extreme and improbable danger specified here].

· This virus was announced today by [reputable organization name here].

· Forward this warning to everyone you know!

Most virus hoax warnings do not deviate far from this pattern.

What is not a virus?

Because of the publicity that viruses have received, it is easy to blame any computer problem on a virus. The following are not likely to be caused by a virus or other malicious code:

Hardware problems	No viruses can physically damage computer hardware, such as chips, boards, and monitors.
The computer beeps at startup with no screen display	This is usually caused by a hardware problem during the boot process. Consult your computer documentation for the meaning of the beep codes.
The computer does not register 640 KB of conventional memory	This can be a sign of a virus, but it is not conclusive. Some hardware drivers such as those for the monitor or SCSI card can use some of this memory. Consult with your computer manufacturer or hardware vendor to determine if this is the case.
You have two antivirus programs installed and one of them reports a virus	This might be a virus, but it can also be caused by one antivirus program detect the other program's signatures in memory.
Microsoft Word warns you that a document contains a macro	This does not mean that the macro is a virus.
You cannot open a particular document	This is not necessarily an indication of a virus. Try opening another document or a backup of the document in question. If other documents open correctly, the document may be damaged.
The label on a hard drive has changed	Every disk is allowed to have a label. You can assign a label to a disk by using the DOS Label command of from within Windows.

What is safe computing?

With all the hype, it is easy to believe that viruses lurk in every file, every email, every Web site. However, a few basic precautions can minimize your risk of infection. Practice safe computing and encourage everyone you know to do so as well.

General precautions

· Do not leave a floppy disk in the floppy disk drive when you shut down or restart the computer.

· Write-protect your floppy disks after you have finished writing to them.

· Be suspicious of email attachments from unknown sources.

· Verify that attachments have been sent by the author of the email. Newer viruses can send email messages that appear to be from people you know.

· Do not set your email program to "auto-run" attachments.

· Obtain all Microsoft security updates.

· Back up your data frequently. Keep the write-protected media in a safe place—preferably in a different location than your computer.

Search these on Google and Check out the results!!

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SEARCH PATHS....... more to be added
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"Index of /admin"
"Index of /password"
"Index of /mail"
"Index of /" +passwd"
Index of /" +password.txt"
Index of /" +.htaccess
index of ftp +.mdb
allinurl:/cgi-bin/ +mailto
administrators.pwd.index
authors.pwd.indexservice.pwd.index
filetype:config webgobal.asax index
allintitle: "index of/admin"
allintitle: "index of/root"
allintitle: sensitive filetype:doc
allintitle: restricted filetype :mail
allintitle: restricted filetype:doc site:gov
inurl:passwd filetype:txt
inurl:admin filetype:dbinurl:iisadmin
inurl:"auth_user_file.txt"
inurl:"wwwroot/*."

Multi Google Talk

1)Right click on the Google Talk shortcut.
2)click on Properties.
3)Go to Shortcut tab on Google Talk Properties window.
4)On the Target textbox, add in the /nomutex to the end of the line so that it looks like below (or you can simply copy and paste the below syntax and replace the original).
“c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex
5)Click on OK.

Guide to Building a Basic Network

Building a home or small business network or LAN is one of the simplest tasks when working with PCs. So, do not make it more complicated than it needs. You can buy the few components you will need either separately or in a kit form. You will save money buy shopping around for the components separately. The kits will come with complete instructions for the first time network builder. This is a choice for you to make.

Let's discuss the few items you will need to start:

.

The Hub
Hubs are the basic connector for a network, as a junction for the computers to connect together. If all the cards are the same speed, 10Mbps vs 10/100Mbps cards, buying a simple hub to match their speed is ideal and most economical. If the cards pre-exited in the computers and were mismatched in speed, you should use a switch, a device that allows the faster cards to continue to communicate at the highest speed and not slowed by the slower card. Today, hubs are very inexpensive and the price of switches has fallen dramatically. (under $50 for a 5port hub and under $100 for a 5port switch).

The Network Adaptor cards
Although you will find older 10mb network cards around in the $15 price range, they are almost always ISA slot cards. I highly recommend you use 10/100Mbps network cards, now in the under $30 range and they are usually PCI cards, which dramatically increases data transfer speeds and performance.

The Cabling
Nearly all hubs and Network cards sold today are what is often called 10base-T or 100base-T. That simply means you use cables called Cat5, (sometimes called "twisted pair")... they have connector ends on them that resemble a telephone connector. The telephone connector is actually smaller, called a RJ-11 connector, while a 10base-T connector is an RJ-45. But, they are nearly alike, except for size.

Installation
All you do is install the network cards into each computer, along with required drivers for the operating system. The drivers will be included with the Network Adaptor card or they can be downloaded from the manufacturer's web site. Windows95/98 makes the installation of these drivers simple. Then, plug in an appropriate length cable to the hub, then cables out from the other two computers to the hub. Remember that if you are using a hub that you do not want a "cross-pin" or "cross-over" cable. These are special cables used to connect two computers without a hub. Typically the cable you require is a "patch" cable. This is all very simple, so do not make it too complicated.

Software
The only thing left to do is setup the software to let the computers communication. If you are using Windows95 or 98, this is real simple. On each computer, go to Start/Settings/Control Panel and double click on the Network icon. Click on the tab at the top that says: "Identification." In these boxes you distinguish each computer on the network. The top box, Computer name should be different on each computer, (for our purposes we will call each computer one, two and three, respectively). The Workgroup must be the same on each computer and you can use anything... "Workgroup" is default. The bottom box, computer description is not really important, but you must have something in the box.

Next, click on the "Configuration" tab at the top. You will need to click on the ADD button and then double click on Protocol. On the right side choose, "Microsoft" and then on the left side choose "NETBEUI." Now, the network driver has been installed. Now, click on the button in the middle of the window that says, "File and Print Sharing." Click on each one so that a check mark appears in front of each. Your network drivers are installed. Click the OKAY button. The computer will want to restart, allow this to occur by clicking on the Okay button that appeared.

Now, when the computer is restarted, double click on the MY Computer icon on the desktop. Right click on the "C" drive icon and click SHARING. Check the "Share As" button and check the share type as: FULL. Now click on OKAY. These steps are important on each computer. It is the same except for setting the Computer name, which is different for each computer.

The only thing left is to map the drives on each computer. This is done so each computer knows where to find the hard drives on the other systems. Open Windows Explorer. Click TOOLS on the upper toolbar, then map network drive. In the box provided, in the window listed as PATH, you need to describe the path to the hard drives on the other computers. Say that all computers have been setup now, you only need to type this in to the computer named "one": \\two\c This tells computer ONE that computer TWO "\\two" has a hard drive "C" at \c or: \\two\c

You repeat this on TWO to find the hard drive on ONE, with this line: \\one\c and of course it works the same on THREE.

How to easily speed up your BSNL BroadBand Connection

I just found this article which discusses 3 important tips to significantly speed up your internet access through BSNL

Dataone broadband connection / most other BroadBand connections like Reliance or Tata Indicom or Sify Broadband .

Tip 1: One of the major problems with BSNL Dataone Broadband connection is the DNS servers they provide by default. Most of

the time they are very slow and sometimes they fail to respond. I noticed that I am starting to spend a significant amount of

time in DNS resolution with Dataone connection, often it is larger than the time it takes to actually get the reponse. Here

is a simple solution to significantly speed up your DNS resolution.

Open up the network connection profile and edit TCP/IP settings. In the DNS server address fields, specify the following DNS

server addresses: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
Disconnect the connection and then connect again. You are done.

This specifies third party DNS servers which are significantly faster than BSNL Dataone’s DNS servers.

Note: The service is provided by OpenDNS.

Tip 2: Firefox users can use FlashBlock extension to prevent downloading of Flash content by default, thereby significantly

speeding up browsing experience. You can click on the placeholder icon to display the original Flash content any time. This

is more of a passive tip in that reduces data usage to improve your overall experience.

Tip 3: You can try to increase your broadband bandwidth tweaking the TCP/IP parameters. The process is simplified by using

TCPOptimizer, a free tool. It helped me a lot but your mileage may vary.


Also, there's nice little tweak for XP. Microsoft reserve 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes. This also

affects your Broadband peformance. You can get back this 20% as follows:

Click Start-->Run-->type "gpedit.msc" without the "
This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:
Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler-->
Limit Reservable Bandwidth
Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab :

"By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this
setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO.
This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.

I have tested the above procedure on Windows 2000 , XP Pro , XP SP-1 & XP SP-2 only. But not tested other o/s.
Awaiting for feedback about your results too!

Google exact time of any country

use this in google serach box[google.com]

time “india”

replace india with any country

you will get exact time of that country.

How to Get a New IP Address Even If You Have a Static IP

This is quite interesting, get it from a forum, and credits go to Mojojojojo. Just follow these simple steps below, to get a new IP address even you have a static/fixed IP!

This trick is very useful for those who cannot use this method because the have static IP address.

To start off, you need a direct connection to your modem and computer. If you have a router, disconnect it and directly hook up your modem to your computer.

1. Open up the command prompt by pressing Start->Run and typing in cmd

2. In the command prompt, type “Ipconfig/all”. This will tell you your current IP Address. After, type “ipconfig/release”. Keep the command prompt open for easy access.

3. Go to “Network Connections” (accessible through the control panel). Right click “Local Area Connection” and click “Properties”

4. With “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) selected, click the “Properties” button.

5. A new window will open. Under the “General” tab, select “Use the Following IP address”. Under “Ip Address”, put “10.0.0.1″. Press the “Tab” key on your keyboard.

6. Press Ok on both open windows.

7. Repeat steps 3-4. Under the “General” tab, press the radio button “Automatically Assign Me an Ip Address”. Press ok on both windows.

8. Go back to the command prompt and type in “Ipconfig/all”. You’ll now notice you have a new IP address.

So, this will be handy if you want to by-pass Rapidshare 1 hour download limit, provided that you have a static IP address.

Speedup Windows XP in Minutes!

It’s not always wise to upgrade your hardware every time you feel your computer is getting slow. Here are some easy tricks to get most out of your hardware (Originally posted in http://www.mobile-pedia.com)

1. Disable extra startup programs
Several items add up to the start up list when you install different software. Such programs are loaded when your system boots and remain in memory (RAM), they also consume processor power. Here are is what you have to do to make them go away:

Goto Start>Run
Type “msconfig”, without quotations
Hit enter key or click the OK button
A window will show up you have to click the startup tab, as shown in the figure
In the Startup tab you will see several boxes and some of them will selected (checked). All you have to do is to uncheck extra items that are of no use. If you run and antivirus program it is not recommended to uncheck it.
After making you choices press the OK button, you will be prompted to restart computer to apply changes.
After you restart you computer a dialogue will be displayed you can choose not to show this dialogue every time you restart.

2. Disable Extra Services
From the menu opened by msconfig command there is also another tab for Services. Click it and check “Hide All Microsoft Services” option. This option will display you list of third party services. Uncheck the services that are not undesirable. As usual you have to reboot to apply the changes on startup.

3. Adjust Display Settings
XP has a very cool looking user interface, but it consumes a certain amount of memory. To make it a little lightweight you have to:

Right click My Computer and select Properties
Click the Advanced tab
Go to Performance>Settings (have to click settings button in the performance section)
Uncheck all except:
Use visual styles on windows and buttons
Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
Show translucent selection rectangle
Show shadows under mouse pointer
Show shadows under menus
Finally click Apply and OK

4. Remove Widgets and Background
Different third party widgets and visual styles like for Vista like look and feel make your system slow. If you remove such packages you system will perform better on CPU and memory intensive tasks. Selecting default and no wallpaper as background also gives better performance than that of heavy wallpapers.

5. Folder Browsing
When you try to browse folder Windows XP automatically searches for printer and network files. This is a performance overhead. To fix this you have to follow following steps:

Open My Computer
Click Tools>Folder Options
Select the View tab and unselect the check box for Automatically search for network folders and printers
Click Apply then OK and finally reboot to apply the change.

Vote For Monument Taj Mahal To See It In The New Seven Wonders List

Tajmahal is voted as one of the 21 finalists for selection of final list of new seven wonders of the world. Just because the older list of seven wonders of the world is too out dated and many users want a change, a non profit company has initiated a brilliant procedure to select the new wonders.(it was started at 2000 and final list was sorted in 2006 and now there’s one month left for votings)
Indians and others who have a love for “love” & “peace” should vote the 300 year old indian monument Taj mahal for becoming one of the new seven wonders of the world.After sorting out the final list the organisers had a scheduled world tour to all these 21 monuments and have recoreded many videos, photos and many things. All the Tajmahal related world tour stuffs are available to view. PDF fact sheet for Tajmahal can be found there too.

To vote for tajmahal please visit Tajmahal in New 7 Wonders and vote after becoming a member of New 7 Wonders (get 7 free votes) and get a certificate relating that monument for US $2. The final list of new seven wonders of the world will be announced in a official ceremony in lisbon, portugal on 7th july this year.

Indians can sms TAJ to 4567 to cast vote for tajmahal. (please spread this among all)

Current results of vote till now
1.The Acropolis———–> Greece
2.Mayan ruinsat chichen Itza———->Mexico
3.The colloseum———>France
4.Eiffel tower———>France
5.The Great Wall———>China
6.Machu Pichchu——–>Peru
7.Petra——->Jordan
8.Statue of Easter Island——–>Chile
9.State Of christ Redeemer——–>Brazil
10.taj mahal——–>India

So conclusion is that tajmahal (now in 10th pos) can stay in top 7 if you don’t vote for monuments numbered from 1-9 in above list. As you have to cast vote for 7 monuments if u vote online- choose tajmahal and others excluding the number 1-9 from above list to help taj climb to top 7.

SEARCH RAPIDSHARE-COMPLETE GUIDE TO SEARCH FREE SOFTWARES MUSIC VIDEOS GAMES RINGTONES E-BOOKS SHARED AT RAPIDSHARE

Rapidshare filesharing service at rapidshare.de(now rapidshare.com) is one of the greatest site for sharing any type of files like softwares, games, videos, mobile softwares, ebooks and any format for free. People share such files by uploading them here and we all can download them for free.Rapidshare being the best of filesharing sites becomes the favourite destinations for uploaders who upload free fullversion softwares games music videos e-books and any file you want into it. The uploaded files are meant for users who download them for free from rapidshare servers where the uplaoded files stay for some time (it stays for the time it is downloaded by any user and it’s deleted from the server if any body does not download it for some particular no. of days which is now 30).

Even rapidshare has reached such a milestone and is becoming a standard for the file sharing because all the lates full version softwares games mobile-softwares e-books and all are alredy present in their server and can be downloaded free. But the uploaders won’t mail you and give them the link of the file uploaded by them so where you’ll get these files - these files are mostly available in communities forums boards and oviously blogs b’coz the uploaders upload it to share with and serve the community. But how many forums & blogs you’ll visit to get the links to free download from rp servers. Here are some tricks that would help you to find free files that are uploaded in rapidshare servers and are available for free download.

EFFECTIVELY SEARCH IN TOP SEARCH ENGINES LIKE GOOGLE
Trick here is that searchengines crawl all the blogs-forums where rapidshare download links are posted by the uploaders and others and if u search in search engine using appropriate search term you’ll be easily taken to such blogs-forums and get rapidshare link.
To search for all RapidShare download links that been posted on the blogs and forums, use the search string (including quote - quotes are necessary for getting exact match of search terms):

“rapidshare.de/files”
“rapidshare.com/files” (for new files as now rapidshare.de has changed to rapidshare.com)

This is so b’coz download links of all the files stored/shared in rapidshare are of the form http://rapidshare.de/files/1456/50softwarepack.zip.html or http://rapidshare.com/files/1656/50-top-pc-games-pack.zip
and they are mentioned or linked to in the sites-blogs & forums that we talked of.

(If you ask me what’s rapidshare.de and rapidshare.com - rapidshare.de has just changed to rapidshare.de but the files that are still on rapidshare.de domain will be downloaded via “rapidshare.de/files” and new files(latest games softwares) would be in rapidshare.com so they can be searched by writing “rapidshare.com/files” on google search)
But directly if you want to search for files(links) from from rapidshare.de or rapidshare.com domain which,includes all the download links (the search results will be lesser, as not all download links are been crawled and indexed) then in the search box of google search or others type the searchsite:rapidshare.de or site:rapidshare.com
(site:sitenameanddomain.com searches all the links or anything in the site-domain sitenameanddomain.com)

That’s not over b’coz you will not search and want to know all rapidshare.com b’coz you might be searching for mp3s or softwares.
Suppose you want to download free mp3s from rapidshare.com or rapidshare.de then you can broaden your search to get all rapidshare links to download mp3s from rapidshare server the file name mainly is like this filename[singer music name album].mp3 and hence link name is like http://rapidshare.com/files/2344/filename-mp3[singer music name album].mp3 (oviously .com is sometimes .de and link may end with .mp3.html or .rar.html .zip.html but the keyword mp3 is anyhow present in the filename and the link)
Search rapidshare by typing following search terms in google search

“rapidshare.de/files” mp3 or “rapidshare.de/files”+ mp3
“rapidshare.com/files” mp3
(any of these will search mp3 files or music uploaded in rapidshare and u’ll get links to blogs-sites where these links are present)

Second way is to try following search terms in google search

site:rapidshare.de mp3 or site:rapidshare.com mp3 (for new files )

(it’ll search for keyword mp3 in all rapidshare.de and .com links in that domain i.e all rapidshare links with mp3 as a word in it here rapidshare links will appear as search results but it doesn’t cover all links)

Third and best way to get links to all mp3 files of rapidshare is to try following search term in google saerch or others

inurl:mp3 site:rapidshare.de or
inurl:mp3 site:rapidshare.com (for files on new rapidshare.com)

Note: inurl will search for the URLs that contains the specified keywords(here in above example mp3 is keyword) only, while the other searches will search for all the keywords in that domain.

SO U CAN TRY ALL ABOVE 3 METHODS IN HIT-TRIAL WAY TO GET BEST RESULTS AND DOWNLOAD FREE MP3 AND ALSO ANOTHER THING IS THAT YOU CAN COMBINE ANY OF THOSE 3 METHODS TOGETHER AND TYPE IN SEARCH ENGINES

“rapidshare.com/files” mp3 + inurl:mp3 site:rapidshare.com
(u can use any combination first method+second, second+third so on and also don’t forget to tell us in comments which of these way worked best in your case)

+ sign is used in google search to concat or join two search strings as in programming languages like java if u search by typing fun4mobiles blog and fun4mobiles+blog both are same and’ll give u same result but + sign is recomended for better results

Google has a OR operator if i write “rapidshare.com/files” pdf OR prc

Another thing is that after you search for files,then a list of results apear there u can click on related sites similar pages to get more such links and also try to use search with ommited words included (such option appears in google search)

As the above tutorial is to get rapidshare links for music mp3s and other audio songs instead of mp3 u can use music wav audio mpeg etc. as keywords.

Suppose you want to search for free softwares then instead of mp3 as key word in above 3 processes use following keywords
(u can use one or combination of any) :-
softwares free full cracked zip rar exe for example “software name” “manufacturing company of d software”

search term “rapidshare.com/files” free full adobe photoshop cracked zip rar + site:rapidshare.com would give good results if you want to find download link to latest full cracked version of free photoshop from adobe.

Same thing is for games download from rapidshare.Use keywords like “game name” game full free etc. (u may include “” or not but including “” may n’t give maximum results)

For free e-books the best keywords to use instead of mp3 in above tutorial is free “book name” “book author name” free .pdf .zip .rar (most e-books are .pdf files ) etc.(try any combinations)

For videos use video fileformats like mpeg (oviously use rar zip) mpg vide name “album name” “movie name” “song title” video etc. and such terms are also applicable for music files.

Suppose you want to find files related to shakira(video and audio files)
search term for video files of shakira “rapidshare.com/files” mpeg mpg video shakira + inurl:shakira site:rapidshare.com (and here also use any combination and please don’t blame me if any combination doesn’t give perfect results)

Now like me and many others you’ll also say “google’s my best friend“.If you know any related things write in comments and also place a link to your website there. terms in it’s search box will search for documents pdf files or prc files i.e. if u want to search multiple file format stuff then use OR operator in google search term

Install A Web Server On My Home Computer?

You are running a Windows Operating System.

You have a high speed Internet connection at home.

You are well patched, have a firewall, and are prepared to accept the risk of running a web server on your home based PC (Note: This is something I never ever recommend, especially from a user who is new to the realm of web server set up and security).

With that being said, under the Windows operating system you have a few options. You can install Microsoft’s Personal Web Server if you are running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME or NT 4.0. It’s relatively easy to configure and use.

On Windows 2000 Pro and XP Pro you can install IIS (Internet Information Server) and I recommend that you purchase an “IIS for Dummies” book. The “Dummies” series of books are usually a safe bet when learning something new from scratch. Please note that if you are running Windows XP Home Edition you cannot install IIS on your home system.

Other alternatives are to install and run Apache, which is free (http://www.apache.org) which can run under pretty much any operating system out there (including XP Home Edition). Again, an “Apache for Dummies” book is essential for proper and secure configuration (or use the documentation on the Apache site directly for free).

Hopefully one of these options will do what you are looking for. I still recommend that you pay a hosting company for a web space, and let them worry about the backend configuration and security settings; otherwise you are putting your home PC at risk by having these ports wide open to anyone on the Internet.

A list of google sites…No wonder I’m a google Fan

I am a google fan….

I love google,because they are open to all…..
Google
Google Scholar
Google Ads
Google Adsense
Google Adwords
Google Earth
Google Tool Bar for Firefox
Google Tool Bar for IE
Google Local
Google Froogle
Google Submit your Site
Google Satellite Pictures
Google Base
Google News
Google Groups
Google Blog
Google Blogger
Google Blog Search
Google Desktop
Google Print
Google Book Search
Google Image
Google Search
Google Search Cheat Sheet
Google Advanced Search
Google Talk
Google Gmail
Google Video
Google Alert
Google Finance
Google US Government Search
Google Linux Search
Google BSD Search
Google Mac/Apple Search
Google Microsoft Search
Google Web Search
Google Picasa
Google Translator
Google Page Creator
Google Dashboard Widgets for Mac
Google Blogger Web Comments Extension
Google Send to Phone
Google Transit
Google Reader
Google Web Accelerator
Google Ride Finder
Google Suggest
Google Site-Flavored Search Box
Google Froogle Mobile US
Google Froogle Mobile UK
Google Compute
Google Sets
Google Personalized Search
Google Pesonalized Homepage
Google SMS US
Google SMS UK
Google Glossary
Google Research Publications
Google Mars
Google Analytics
Google Local Business Center
Google Frugal Seller Services
Google Sitemaps
Google Video Upload
Google Books Partner
Google Mobile Partner
Google Gulp
Google Mini
Google Desktop Enterprise Edition
Google Toolbar Enterprise
Google Search Appliance
Google Store
Google Press Center
Google Jobs
Google Inside Google
Google Holiday Logos
Google Official Logos
Google Fan Logos
Google Investor Relations
Contact Google
Google Security Issues
Google Orkut
Google Permissions
Google Webmaster Info
Google Cached Links
Google Calculator
Google Currency Converter
Google Definitions
Google File Types
Google I’m Feeling Lucky
Google Movies
Google Music Search
Google News Headlines
Google Phonebook
Google Q&A
Google Search by Number
Google Site Search
Google Spell Checker
Google Stock Quotes
Google Travel Info
Google Weather
Google Who Links to You?
Google Pack
Google Newsletter
Google-Friends Newsletter Archive
Google Mobile
Google Code
Google Goopy
Google Explorer Canvas
Google Kongulo
Google LibJingle
Google Blogger for Word
Google Writely
Google Sketchup
Google Moms
Google Moms 2
Google Calender
Google Gum
Google Video Top 100
Google Da Vinci Code Quest
Google Romance
Google Why Use (Hacker Edition)
Google Search for Hackers
Google 3 Billion Milestone
Google Lucky
Google Registry Files 1 / 2
Google Current Communications
Google ????
Google Small Search
Google for IE Research
Google Elements Stats
Google Translate (Simple)
Google Loading
Google Reset
Google MentalPlex
Google University Search
Google Media Room
Google Milestones
Google Executives
Google Sitemap

Hardware requirements for Windows Vista officially announced

Microsoft today revealed the minimum specifications for Windows Vista, in two tiers: "Vista Capable" and "Premium Ready." And as usual, the emphasis is on minimum.

From source:

Minimum Requirements (Vista-Capable PCs):

* 800 MHz Intel-compatible processor
* 512MB of RAM
* DirectX 9.0-Capable Graphics Processor
* 20GB HD

Recommended Requirements (Premium-Ready PCs):

* 1 GHz Intel-compatible processor
* 1GB RAM
* DirectX 9.0-Capable Graphics Processor, with 128MB graphics memory. (64MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor less than 1,310,720 pixels [no more than 1440x900]; 128MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions from 1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels [no more than 1920x1200]; 256MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions higher than 2,304,000 pixels [more than 1920x1200]).
* 40GB HD with at least 15GB "free space"

Rapidshare hacking for windows!

If you are looking for rapidshare cheats then we got some excellent rapidshare cheats for your pleasure.
In your windows Go to Start > Run and then type cmd
On Command prompt type as follows:type > ipconfig /flushdns < ---Entertype -----> ipconfig /release < ---Entertype -----> ipconfig /renew < ---Entertype -----> exit < Enter
If you Ip address as alloted by your ISp id dynamic then this cheat will work otherwise this rapid share cheat will not work. But you can always use a good and most of all private proxy...

100 Shortcut Methods : Very useful Windows Shortcuts

CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)

ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)

ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
F5 key (Update the active window)
BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
ESC (Cancel the current task)
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)
Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
TAB (Move forward through the options)
SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
F1 key (Display Help)
F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

m*cro$oft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)
Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)
Display Properties - desk.cpl
Display Properties - control color (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)
Dr. Watson - drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility - verifier
Event Viewer - eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool - sigverif
Findfast - findfast.cpl
Folders Properties - control folders
Fonts - control fonts
Fonts Folder - fonts
Free Cell Card Game - freecell
Game Controllers - joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) - gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game - mshearts
Iexpress Wizard - iexpress
Indexing Service - ciadv.msc
Internet Properties - inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel - jpicpl32.cpl
(If Installed)
Java Control Panel - javaws
(If Installed)
Keyboard Properties - control keyboard
Local Security Settings - secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff
Microsoft Chat - winchat
Minesweeper Game - winmine
Mouse Properties - control mouse
Mouse Properties - main.cpl
Network Connections - control netconnections
Network Connections - ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard - netsetup.cpl
Notepad - notepad
Nview Desktop Manager - nvtuicpl.cpl
(If Installed)
Object Packager - packager
ODBC Data Source Admin - odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard - osk
Opens AC3 Filter - ac3filter.cpl
(If Installed)
Password Properties - password.cpl
Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor - perfmon
Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl
Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes - control printers
Printers Folder - printers
Private Character Editor - eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed) - QuickTime.cpl
Regional Settings - intl.cpl
Registry Editor - regedit
Registry Editor - regedit32
Remote Desktop - mstsc
Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage - ntmsoprq.msc
Operator Requests
Resultant Set of Policy - rsop.msc
(XP Prof)
Scanners and Cameras - sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks - control schedtasks
Security Center - wscui.cpl
Services - services.msc
Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows - shutdown
Sounds and Audio - mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game - spider
SQL Client Configuration - cliconfg
System Configuration Editor - sysedit
System Configuration Utility - msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x) sfc /cachesize=x
System Properties - sysdm.cpl
Task Manager - taskmgr
Telnet Client - telnet
User Account Management - nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager - utilman
Windows Firewall - firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier - magnify
Windows Management - wmimgmt.msc
Infrastructure
Windows System - syskey
Security Tool
Windows Update - wupdmgr
Launches
Windows XP - tourstart
Tour Wizard
Wordpad - writ

Usefull Commands

1 ANSI.SYS -- Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys.

2 APPEND -- Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.

3 ARP -- Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices

4 ASSIGN -- Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter

5 ASSOC -- View the file associations

6 AT -- Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.

7 ATMADM -- Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.

8 ATTRIB -- Display and change file attributes.

9 BATCH -- NRecovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.

10 BOOTCFG -- Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini

11 BREAK -- Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.

12 CACLS -- View and modify file ACL's.

13 CALL -- Calls a batch file from another batch file.

14 CD -- Changes directories.

15 CHCP -- Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.

16 CHDIR -- Changes directories.

17 CHKDSK -- Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.

18 CHKNTFS -- Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.

19 CHOICE -- Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.

20 CLS -- Clears the screen.

21 CMD -- Opens the command interpreter.

22 COLOR -- Easily change the foreground and background color of the
MS-DOS window.

23 COMP -- Compares files.

24 COMPACT -- Compresses and uncompress files.

25 CONTROL -- Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.

26 CONVERT Convert FAT to NTFS.

27 COPY -- Copy one or more files to an alternate location.

28 CTTY -- Change the computers input/output devices.

29 DATE -- View or change the systems date.

30 DEBUG -- Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.

31 DEFRAG -- Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.

32 DEL -- Deletes one or more files.

33 DELETE -- Recovery console command that deletes a file.

34 DELTREE -- Deletes one or more files and/or directories.

35 DIR -- List the contents of one or more directory.

36 DISABLE -- Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.

37 DISKCOMP -- Compare a disk with another disk.

38 DISKCOPY -- Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.

39 DOSKEY -- Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.

40 DOSSHELL -- A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.

41 DRIVPARM -- Enables overwrite of original device drivers.

42 ECHO -- Displays messages and enables and disables echo.

43 EDIT -- View and edit files.

44 EDLIN -- View and edit files.

45 EMM386 -- Load extended Memory Manager.

46 ENABLE -- Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.

47 ENDLOCAL -- Stops the localization of the environment changes
enabled by the setlocal command.

48 ERASE -- Erase files from computer.

49 EXPAND -- Expand a Microsoft Windows file back to it's original format.

50 EXIT -- Exit from the command interpreter.

51 EXTRACT -- Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.

52 FASTHELP -- Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them

53 FC -- Compare files.

54 FDISK -- Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.

55 FIND -- Search for text within a file.

56 FINDSTR -- Searches for a string of text within a file.

57 FIXBOOT -- Writes a new boot sector.

59 FIXMBR -- Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.

60 FOR -- Boolean used in batch files.

61 FORMAT -- Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.

62 FTP -- Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.

63 FTYPE -- Displays or modifies file types used in file extension
associations.

64 GOTO -- Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.

65 GRAFTABL -- Show extended characters in graphics mode.

66 HELP -- Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.

67 IF -- Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.

68 IFSHLP.SYS -- 32-bit file manager.

69 IPCONFIG -- Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.

70 KEYB -- Change layout of keyboard.

71 LABEL -- Change the label of a disk drive.

72 LH -- Load a device driver in to high memory.

73 LISTSVC -- Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.

74 LOADFIX -- Load a program above the first 64k.

75 LOADHIGH -- Load a device driver in to high memory.

76 LOCK -- Lock the hard disk drive.

77 LOGON -- Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.

78 MAP -- Displays the device name of a drive.

79 MD -- Command to create a new directory.

80 MEM -- Display memory on system.

81 MKDIR -- Command to create a new directory.

82 MODE -- Modify the port or display settings.

83 MORE -- Display one page at a time.

84 MOVE -- Move one or more files from one directory to another DIRECTORY

85 MSAV -- Early Microsoft Virus scanner.

86 MSD -- Diagnostics utility.

87 MSCDEX -- Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.


88 NBTSTAT -- Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT


89 NET -- Update, fix, or view the network or network settings


90 NETSH -- Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.


91 NETSTAT -- Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.

92 NLSFUNC -- Load country specific information.

93 NSLOOKUP -- Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.

94 PATH -- View and modify the computers path location

95 PATHPING -- View and locate locations of network latency

96 PAUSE -- command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.

97 PING -- Test / send information to another network computer or network device .

98 POPD -- Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.

99 POWER -- Conserve power with computer portables.

100 PRINT -- Prints data to a printer port.

101 PROMPT -- View and change the MS-DOS prompt.

102 PUSHD -- Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.

103 QBASIC -- Open the QBasic.

104 RD -- Removes an empty directory.

105 REN -- Renames a file or directory.

106 RENAME -- Renames a file or directory.

107 RMDIR -- Removes an empty directory.

108 ROUTE -- View and configure windows network route tables.


109 RUNAS -- Enables a user to execute a program on another
computer.

110 SCANDISK -- Run the scandisk utility.

111 SCANREG -- Scan registry and recover registry from errors.

112 SET -- Change one variable or string to another.

113 SETLOCAL -- Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.

114 SHARE -- Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.


115 SETVER -- Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.


116 SHIFT -- Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.

117 SHUTDOWN -- Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.

118 SMARTDRV -- Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.

119 SORT -- Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.


120 START -- Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.

121 SUBST -- Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.

122 SWITCHES -- Remove add functions from MS-DOS.

123 SYS -- Transfer system files to disk drive.

124 TELNET -- Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.

125 TIME -- View or modify the system time.

126 TITLE -- Change the title of their MS-DOS window.

127 TRACERT -- Visually view a network packets route across a network.

128 TREE -- View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.


129 TYPE -- Display the contents of a file.

130 UNDELETE -- Undelete a file that has been deleted.

131 UNFORMAT -- Unformat a hard disk drive.

132 UNLOCK -- Unlock a disk drive.

133 VER -- Display the version information.

134 VERIFY -- Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.

135 VOL -- Displays the volume information about the designated drive.

136 XCOPY -- Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.

137 TRUENAME -- When placed before a file, will display the whole directory in which it exists

138 TASKKILL -- It allows you to kill those unneeded or locked up applications