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10 questions linked to/from Useful Command-line Commands on Windows
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map a drive through NET USE command [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Useful Command-line Commands on Windows we need to mape a network folder on 2008server and client is XP; we want to use the command line on windows XP
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What are useful Command-line Commands on Mac OS X?
Per the Windows and Linux threads, what commands do you find most useful in Mac OS X Server (or Client)?
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What a beginner should know/learn for sysadmin job?
This is a Canonical Question about System Administration Careers When I start my job as System Administrator, what basics skills should I know/learn? Are there any key differences for Network, ...
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netstat tips and tricks
In the same vein as the "Useful Command-line" questions (for Windows, Linux, and Mac) , I think it would be handy to have "useful ways to use utility x" questions. Man pages tell you what parameters ...
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Useful Commandline Commands on Unix
As there is a windows version of this question, I decided to open a community wiki for the same question under unix, linux, and the like. I'll be updating this list with the answers: bash: exec 3<...
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Windows Vista /7 command line to launch the "Set up your microphone" wizard (or a mic test wizard)
I'm putting together instructions for our users to test their microphones. Vista and 7 changed the Sound Recorder so it doesn't play back sound. Hence it's not good for testing sound (they have to ...
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Windows command line "suspend"
On Windows, there's the shutdown cmd line, but is there a windows command line command to call a "standby"? What I'd really like is to call something like standby -force to force a system to enter ...
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How would one programmatically kill an application?
I'd like to write a little app to loop through a directory of powerpoint presentations. I figure a likely solution would perhaps require simply running powerpoint for say 30 mins and then killing it ...
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Rename an account from XP command prompt
How can I rename a local user account from the XP command prompt? Is there a NET.EXE personality that I've missed? (I also didn't see anything under Useful Commandline Commands on Windows.) Thanks.
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how to add run date on a .bat file without adding it in Task Scheduler
I created a .bat file to delete some files inside the installer folder. My question is how can I make it schedule without using task scheduler. is there any other way or script for this? example code: ...