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  1. The CMD Executable: A Legacy from 1987 Running on Windows 11

    It’s not every day you get to witness a piece of technology time travel—a relic from the past running flawlessly on one of the most modern operating systems. Yet, that’s exactly what’s happening with the CMD executable originally released by Microsoft in 1987. Despite over three decades of...
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    • backward compatibility cmd.exe legacy systems microsoft windows 11
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    Windows 7 Weird notice showing

    On my laptop, I run a program (can't think of the name) that warns me of all attempted changes to anything. I'm getting the following notice, which I deny, as I think it is asking to delete a vital Windows command. cmd.exe / o/D /c del c:/users/me/appdaata/local/temp/O.del in my temp...
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    • avg bloatware cmd.exe delta toolbar image editing malware notice permissions pop-up blocker popup remnants security sweet programs system scan temp files threats troubleshooting uninstall warning windows
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Administrator with full access still can't execute program

    Hi all! I'm having a problem with a Windows 7 Professional VM. I'm trying to "lock down" the permissions of some files (cmd.exe, ftp.exe, etc) For example, I modify the permissions for C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe so that only SYSTEM and Administrators have full access. I removed Users...
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    • access denied administrator cmd.exe executable file access permissions security system32 windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Security
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    Windows 7 wtf 200 processes

    OK, the last 2 weeks on my computer with win7 has been really slow. When i open up task manager i get over 200 processes runnign at once. 50 of them are cmd.exe and I cant remember the other 50. This makes my pc rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaalllllllllllyyyyyyyyy slow. And no its not my...
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    • cmd.exe cpu usage performance process ram slow pc system resources task manager troubleshooting windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support