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Thread ID: 139306	2015-04-10 11:10:00	Command Prompt	AppleFan (17097)	PC World Chat

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1398375	2015-04-11 03:57:00	Can u please explain what u mean >>>> If you were to boot from a DVD Win8/8.1 or a WinPE you can do even more Not a problem :) When you boot from a windows DVD if you go to repair Computer you navigate through and get to the command prompt option. WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment ) boots directly to a command prompt only, no GUI interface so all actions are commands. BUT you can open Windows programs from the command, Eg: notepad, taskmanager, regedit. The bootable commands allows you to do tasks that cant be done while the OS is running. The example command I post before -- What it does in simple terms is makes a image of the Operating system to another drive in the form of a .wim file. Here's another example ( had to do this yesterday - was posted as well a couple of days ago) -- Lets say you have a computer, you don't know the password and cant get hold of the owner, its a win8.1 using a email password, so you enable the hidden admin account and bypass it. Boot from a Windows DVD /Winpe type in the right commands, and you can show the hidden administrator account and carry on. You can also do a lot of other tasks, some of the commands are quite complicated, and its a real PITA when you type a few lines of commands and its wrong someplace ( been there done that) When booting from a DVD to command its not usually locking anything, where as within windows you cant do it. Okay -- WARNING -- The following DONT TRY IT unless you are using a spare drive to "play" If you booted from a DVD and type in <press enter> after each command diskpart select disk 0 clean Guess what you have just done ? (AGAIN don't blame me if you did it) :nerd: Theres lots of hidden gems as well -- Wanna watch star Wars ? Make sure telnet is enabled in programs and features, then in a command type telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl. On your other question: command to show up how many wireless devices are connected to the router Try netstat -a Some other reading relating to netstat technet.microsoft.com	wainuitech (129)
1398376	2015-04-11 04:23:00	Not a problem :) When you boot from a windows DVD if you go to repair Computer you navigate through and get to the command prompt option. WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment ) boots directly to a command prompt only, no GUI interface so all actions are commands. BUT you can open Windows programs from the command, Eg: notepad, taskmanager, regedit. The bootable commands allows you to do tasks that cant be done while the OS is running. The example command I post before -- What it does in simple terms is makes a image of the Operating system to another drive in the form of a .wim file. Here's another example ( had to do this yesterday - was posted as well a couple of days ago) -- Lets say you have a computer, you don't know the password and cant get hold of the owner, its a win8.1 using a email password, so you enable the hidden admin account and bypass it. Boot from a Windows DVD /Winpe type in the right commands, and you can show the hidden administrator account and carry on. You can also do a lot of other tasks, some of the commands are quite complicated, and its a real PITA when you type a few lines of commands and its wrong someplace ( been there done that) When booting from a DVD to command its not usually locking anything, where as within windows you cant do it. Okay -- WARNING -- The following DONT TRY IT unless you are using a spare drive to "play" If you booted from a DVD and type in <press enter> after each command diskpart select disk 0 clean Guess what you have just done ? (AGAIN don't blame me if you did it) :nerd: Theres lots of hidden gems as well -- Wanna watch star Wars ? Make sure telnet is enabled in programs and features, then in a command type telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl. On your other question: Try netstat -a Some other reading relating to netstat technet.microsoft.com Thanks so much for letting me know . Now before this message you said you were going to send me some commands which i can try , can you send me that . Thanks	AppleFan (17097)
1398377	2015-04-11 05:14:00	try help - it lists available commands and some syntax	dugimodo (138)
1398378	2015-04-11 05:26:00	Thanks so much for letting me know . Now before this message you said you were going to send me some commands which i can try , can you send me that . Thanks Shoot -- theres lots to play about with But I'll give a couple: heres short list ss64.com :p open a command prompt ewww heres one that is very helpful. (type the following <press enter after each command>) help It displays a list of commands and what they do. The help is also available in any command by adding /? after the command Eg: chkdsk /? One that is used a lot to enter PC's when required. ( theres another command from a DVD/Winpe that's needed first if you cant get into windows, but if in windows you can simply type) from the admin cmd net user administrator /active:yes On reboot you'll have the hidden real admin account to log into. Some basics that cant really do any harm ( famous last words ;) ) pays to get to know them first. Advise: NO ONE knows all the commands off the top of their head, theres simply to many and to complicated -- drifting off a bit, you will have seen me mention WinPE a few times heres the quick basic way ??? of making the ISO / CD technet.microsoft.com Anyway, back to basics: lets make a directory or three (folders) with several sub folders on the C drive - Open a command prompt type the following. cd C:\ md Test cd test md one cd one md two cd two md Saturday md Sunday Now if you go to your C drive, you'll find a folder there called Test, open that folder and you'll find One, open that and you'll have two, open that and you'll have Saturday and Sunday. What those commands mean: cd = change directory md = Make Directory Numbers and names as you want. Screen shot of commands: 6368 Basically with Command prompt you have to tell it exactly what you are wanting to do, and where to do it. Then you add in switches and other options. I have my command prompt to always run as the administrator as some commands need admin rights some don't, so easier to simply have it run as admin all the time. As PCTek posted -- Slight oops on the persons part.	wainuitech (129)
1398379	2015-04-11 10:01:00	ok thanks will look into it later	AppleFan (17097)
1398380	2015-04-11 22:31:00	I like the netplwiz command myself. Why MS hide some GUI based functions away and make them easiest to access by knowing the command line is beyond me. That one for example is where you can set windows 8 to not require your password on boot up.	dugimodo (138)
1398381	2015-04-12 00:17:00	I like the netplwiz command myself. Why MS hide some GUI based functions away and make them easiest to access by knowing the command line is beyond me. That one for example is where you can set windows 8 to not require your password on boot up. Maybe because its in the system32 folder ? You can make a shortcut, but to some users it will be dangerous -- You know "no one touched anything" :D 6374 Had to play in system32 :D One I didn't know existed and could be useful credwiz Now what else can be found hehe :) fsmgnt	wainuitech (129)
1398382	2015-04-12 00:35:00	oops should be fsmgmt Helpful if a person has brain fade	wainuitech (129)
1398383	2015-04-12 08:08:00	I remember around 1983 - 86 we used DOS/Command prompts quite a bit at work. - Copy and XCopy (support.microsoft.com) (had a few switches) commands -The echo and @echo command to output text on screen or not (on/off) - Autoexec. bat with command.com, and config.sys. We played around with these commands, I think to boot up. But I recall a dongle had to be attached at the back of the PC sometimes (can't remember why) - Print commands to print on ribbon printer, e.g. print /d:LPT2: C:\autoexec.bat Also there were DOS programs, e.g, Edlin Editor, MSDOS editor and the early versions of Norton Utilities (with the useful undelete/unerase) then Norton Commander. Hard drive capacity were only about 0.5MB to1MB then. Then Wordperfect and 1-2-3 came out. Dramatically sped up work.	kahawai chaser (3545)
1398384	2015-04-12 22:02:00	On your other question: Try netstat -a netstat cannot do what the OP is asking for. The only place he can get a list of current wireless clients is from his AP; there is no command available in a standard Windows install which can achieve this.	Erayd (23)
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