Encrypting File Systems(EFS) service can be started from command line using the below command.
net start efs
Example:
Network connections window can be opened by opening propertes of 'My Network Places'. There is also a more straightforward way to open network connections. Just run ncpa.cpl from run window.
We can open task manager by running the command taskmgr from command prompt.
If you don't see the 'Hibernate' option in the shutdown menu then you can add it by enabling hibernation using the below command.
powercfg /hibernate on
Note that this should be run from elevated administrator command prompt. Otherwise you will get the error 'You do not have permission to enable or disable the Hibernate feature'.
We can launch acrobat reader application from Run window by executing the command acrord32. Note that this does not work from command prompt.
We can swap mouse buttons by editing the registry value SwapMouseButtons under the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse. To swap mouse buttons we need to set its value to 1.
Same thing can be done from command line using the below command.
We can shutdown a Windows 7 computer from command line using shutdown command. The exact command is given below.
We can enable kernel debugging on a Windows XP machine by editing the boot entry in C:\boot.ini file. For this we need to add /debug switch along with com port number and baud rate. Same thing can be done from command line with the help of bootcfg, Windows in-built tool to configure system boot information.
To enable kernel debugging with com port 1 and baudrate - 115200 the command we need to run would be as follows.
We can find the current active power scheme info using powercfg command line utility.
C:\>powercfg /query
Field Description Value
----------------- -----
Name Maximum Performance
Numerical ID 6
Turn off monitor (AC) Never
Turn off monitor (DC) Never
Turn off hard disks (AC) Never
Turn off hard disks (DC) Never
System standby (AC) Never
System standby (DC) Never
System hibernates (AC) Never
System hibernates (DC) Never
Processor Throttle (AC) NONE
Processor Throttle (DC) NONE
C:\>
Windows OS provides a command line tool for configuring system power schemes, This tool is called powercfg.
Using this tool we can find what are the power schemes available on the system as well as switch on one of these configurations. See below to know how to use this tool.
To list the available power schemes you can run the below command.
We can stop Lanman server service from command line using the below command.
net stop lanmanserver
This stops the server service for current session, but when the system is rebooted it will start again. To not restart the service we need to disable it. We can do that from command line using the below command.
sc config lanmanserver start= diabled
To change windows desktop wallpaper what we normally do is right click on the desktop and go properties and so... But we can do the same by just running a command from command line. The command is given below.
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We can launch Microsoft Office Power point application from Run window using the command 'powerpnt'.
Just open Run from start button or by pressing Win+R key combination and then type powerpnt and press Enter. Power point application will be opened for you,
In command prompt we can switch from one drive to another drive by just typing the drive letter name suffixed with the character ':'
For example if you are working in C: drive and if you want to switch to E: drive just type 'E:' at command prompt and press 'Enter'.
Example:
We can find system locale using systeminfo command as shown below.
systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"System Locale"
Example:
