Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder

If you double-click a drive or folder, Search Companion may start and the drive or folder may not open. If you configure settings for other actions that are associated with drives or file folders (for example, Open Command Window Here or Print Directory Listing), Windows may perform one of these actions instead of [...]

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Open Command Prompt in Directory

Open up windows explorer

Tools -> Folder Options.
File Types Tab
Select the Folder file type
Click Advanced
Click New
For the Action type what ever you want the context menu to display, I used Command Prompt.
For the Application used to perform the action use c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe (note on win2k you will want to specify the [...]

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MSTSC - Terminal Server Connection

Creates connections to terminal servers or other remote computers, edits an existing Remote Desktop Connection (.rdp) configuration file, and migrates legacy connection files that were created with Client Connection Manager to new .rdp connection files.
How to connect to the windows console on a Win2k3 machine via remote desktop:mstsc -v:servername /F -console
mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [...]

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Run Belarc Advisor on remote computer

The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.
Belarc Advisor (Remote)
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe [...]

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Netsh - Configuring network settings from command line

Netsh is a command-line scripting utility that allows you to, either locally or remotely, display or modify the network configuration of a computer that is currently running. Netsh also provides a scripting feature that allows you to run a group of commands in batch mode against a specified computer. Netsh can also save a [...]

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Restore the operating system configuration to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista

The System File Checker tool
To determine whether the issue that you are experiencing is caused by one or more system files that are used by Windows Vista, run the System File Checker tool. The System File Checker tool scans system files and replaces incorrect versions of the system files by using the correct versions. To [...]

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Hide your last login

type regedit.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Create a new DWORD value named DontDisplayLastUsernameSet it to 1The next time you login the last username will be cleared

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Turn on Ctrl-Alt-Delete in Vista

This registry key does the trick:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

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Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server has reached maximum connections

Start -> Run -> type tscc.msc to launch this program.
click on the left item named “Server Settings”. On the right you will see a few options for the server:

“Restrict User to one session”. Double click on it, and check the item that says “Restrict each user to one session”
After you reboot, you will [...]

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Generate a report of installed drivers

From the command line you can type:
driverquery

DRIVERQUERY [/S system [/U username [/P [password]]]][/FO format] [/NH] [/SI] [/V]Description:Enables an administrator to enumerate and display the list ofinstalled device drivers as well as their properties.
Parameter List:/S system Specifies the remote system to connect to.
/U [domain\]user Specifies the user contextunder which the command should execute.
/P [password] [...]

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A 2007 Microsoft Office publisher 2007 problem with vista dell printer

This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:
•You are running the 2007 Office program on a Windows Vista-based computer.
•A printer device from Dell Inc. is configured as the default printer on the computer.
•You perform a task that causes the 2007 Office program to poll the printer driver.
Word or Publisher failed to start [...]

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EVENT VIEWER in Vista: Use to check your PC health

 You may need to go to “Classic View” for the option to be visible.
Control Panel > Performance Information and Tools > Advanced > Generate a System Health Report

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Windows Vista - Disable annoying "Need your permission to continue-" prompts

1. Open up Control Panel -> User Account . You’ll see the link for “Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off”. Click it. Uncheck the box, and reboot your computer.
In Control Panel, go to the Security Center. On the left hand side, click the “Change the way Security Center alerts me” and choose “Don’t [...]

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Learn how to edit the registry in a remote PC

Assuming you have network connectivity, for the registry just open Regedit. Then click “File” and then “Connect to Network Registry”.
Start ->Run -> Regedit

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PStools for remote dos command tips and trick

PsTools v2.43http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/PsTools.mspx
Remote restartD:\Tools\PsTools>psexec \\NetworkID cmdshutdown.exe -r
-l Log off (cannot be used with -m option)-s Shutdown the computer-r Shutdown and restart the computer-a Abort a system shutdown-m \\computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort-t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
psexec -i -u <domain>\administrator -p <password> \\remote01 calc.exe.
psexec \\%srv% -w “c:\temp\install_enav” Setup.exe /SILENT”
psshutdown \\target -r -c -t [...]

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