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What useful Commands can you type into your computer run window?

June 1, 2010

Applies to Windows Vista and Windows XP The Windows Run command dialog box is an extremely useful tool as it can open just about anything you want. You just have to know the special commands to type in. If you are “in to” computers you will become attached to these commands as they access files [...]

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Change your user password without knowing the password

June 1, 2010

Here’s a little trick to change a user password on a computer. However to do this you must be logged in as an Administrator. For example I am an administrator on my computer which allows me to change anyone else’s password, including mine, even without knowing the password in the first place. Sometimes  I like [...]

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Change drive letters or directories in the dos command (cmd) window

May 29, 2010

Writing commands into a dos command window is not a secret, because before Windows was invented, you needed to be able to navigate around the computer somehow and therefore we had to learn how to change drive letters. When I say change drive letters, I mean in a Dos window, not change drive letters of [...]

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Where did the dos command window go when I typed a command into the run box?

May 26, 2010

Computer Tips – By Mitz Sometimes when you put a command into the run window the Windows cmd window flashes and closes before you can see it. Why does it disappear like that? It is very annoying and it leaves you unsure whether the cmd you typed in was actually completed or not? How to [...]

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