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Hi, I'd to make my cmd open as an administrator by default. I know I can hit Win+X->'a', but I want to open the admin-cmd anywhere. Normally I open cmd in a folder either by: 1. Typing 'cmd' into Windows Explorer url bar [preferred method] 2. shift+right-click -> open cmd as administrator So...

I'm stuck working on a lab assignment. I'm trying to install ServerMigrationToon on a 2008R2 machine. I've done all the procedures on my 2012 machine. On the 2008R2 I open cmd prompt with admin, type net use Z:\\Servera\wsmt\SMT_ws08R2_amd64 (enter) I then change to Z: directory and here is...

Greetings! I recently bought an old Toshiba Sattelite C870-17U, so i decided to throw a new SSD into it and wanted to install Win 7 with an USB-stick i have. But when i booted with the USB and went to install it, there was an message saying "setup was unable to create a new system partition or...

So I had Linux mint installed on my Laptop, dual booting with Windows 10, and decided I wanted to get rid of it. So without research I just deleted the partition and extended the windows partition. I was then left with GRUB, the Ubuntu bootloader. I spend some time trying to get rid of this: I...

Hi All, Good Day. I have a windows xp pc in factory for machine use, some issue and I formatted and I need CNC controller card driver to be install. I had tried update it from device manager and it couldn't find any driver, I also try to add Hardware wizard also didn't work, can't remember...

My other half turned off computer while it was downloading 10 updates, long story short, black screen. Live microsoft helped me get it up and running again, downloads all eventuall successfully installed, little did I know, the wireless connection to the net was knocked out. This laptop...

Am creating a batch script to install ruby gems along with some other automation. But when "gem install <gemname>" command triggered its opened new command prompt to install and its not closing it as soon as gem installation completed. I tried below things as well which didn't help me, START...

Hi , Can anyone advise on this. I was running a command as below using cmd batch file typeperf "\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time" >> Memory.txt However, I could not display the output to the text file and it shows error : Error: No valid counters. Please kindly advice. Regards Wang

I am playing around with windows server 2008 and learning how to use it. Just a hobby on weekends. I was able to successfully install: php, mysql & phpmyadmin Now the problem is i'm trying to import a database into phpmyadmin, the database is 42.6mb therefore i am unable to import...

Hi There, I have recently upgraded a machine from windows 8 to windows 10, when I try to upgrade the windows 10 home to pro I kept getting the same error. While searching for solutions I came across how to check version of windows and used slmgr/dlv in cmd prompt. The result I got was surprising...

Hi there! I have forgotten my admin password to my sons computer (i have the UAC so he cant install things without my password) i have heard something about cmd and net user but i cant use cmd with admin rights without the password. What should i do?

Hello. When I create a simple .bat file (to run calculator for example), it will give me an error saying that "filename" is not recognized as an internal or external command. I am 100% sure this happens because there are some symbols before the command "calc". When I right click my .bat file and...

How can users check from commandline (!!!) if hibernation is currently on or off? When I search through the Internet then thousands of articles describe how to turn it e.g. on e.g. by powercfg -H on But what if I just want to let Win just show the current state WITHOUT to change it? Is there...

Hi, I'm also having problems in this case and i would like to ask for some advise. Tipically the same issue - "unexpected store exception" BSOD, the info collecting percentage stucks at 0%, need hard reset, rebooting is not smooth, only once i got error message in with bootable device was not...

I have Windows 7 Home Premium and I cannot get the print spooler to start or stay started. I have tried the regedit, cmd. , Services.msc, Msconfig. to no avail. It's bizarre. I tried installing a new printer and it printed the text page ok but refuses to communicate or recognize the printer. It...

Old management company left us with public PCs with Steady State type of setup. After a reboot PCs restore back to preconfigured state, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. However, Old IT did not leave admin passwords or ability to customize new settings. New IT guy is overwhelmed with other...

Although connected to the wifi, the access to internet is limited (none). I have tried everything people suggest on the forums. I'm on Windows 8 (lenovo yoga notebook) when typing ipconfig it looks like this: Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Link-local IPv6 Address...

Hi, I have already learnt to use (dir /b >direct.txt) in CMD prompt to copy all the file names in a folder to a txt file but was wondering if i'st possible to also get all the file details such as Year, Genre, Writer, Director, Contributing Artist & Comments etc. Regards Wyldbear

For a command prompt, if I set the 'Start in:' setting to a particular path to try to get the command prompt to open in a particular folder, it is ignored and the command prompt always opens in the folder of cmd.exe, which is c:\windows/system32. In Windows7 if I use the 'Start in:' setting the...

Hi. I'm trying to wake my win 7 pc from sleep (not from hibernation) using task scheduler but I'm having some problems. The pc does not wake up. I have set a task that has an action to starts cmd.exe and argument is "/c "exit"". Windows runs as a shell and apparently running windows as a shell...