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Hello. I have windows 7 ultimate 32 I got problem when i downloaded Spyhunter and after i did what it asked me and restarted my pc. My computer came to a place call "grub>" . Every time i reboot my pc i came. To the same place. After some serching i did something real STUPID. when i came to...

If I open a CmdPrompt and type set myvar=foobar then this environment variable is set only for the time the CmdPrompt exists and is only visible INSIDE the CmdPrompt. How do I set such an environemnt variable from CmdPrompt (!) but permanently (forever) for - a certain user - whole...

In the past I setup a network share for a local folder by right-clicking on that folder in WinExp click "Properties" click "Sharing" tab click "Advanced Sharing" activate checkbox "Share this folder" assigning my user account to the list of permissions removing "Everyone" access. This works...

Hi I have created two files and they don't work. One gives a menu and the other flashes :Installs Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.3.133 application set install=\\mgtutils01\Window7apps\Testing Apps\sw_lic_full_installer\admin_install msiexec /i %install%\sw_lic_full_installer.msi /qn! EXIT /B 0...

How can I find out if Hibernation is currently turn on or off WITHOUT changing the on/off state? I prefer a cmdline command.

Hello All - Trying to activate my legit copy of win7, having incredible amounts of frustration/difficulty Upon entering my product key, i get the 0x80070005 "Access is denied" error After some detective work, it appears that this problem is related to administrator/permission levels on the...

Hello, I have a batch file that I am using to change the various items on my computer. I put the changes in the registry and then use the following command to implement the change %SystemRoot%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll, UpdatePerUserSystemParameters This approach worked great in...

Hi, I mostly use another OS, and need to rewrite following script into one which works in windows. OK, here's the command: curl -s -x 127.0.0.1:8888 -b ./cookies.txt -X GET Link Removed 2>&1 | tr -d '[]' | sed "s/,/\n/g" | head -n 1 | sed "s/.\(.*\)./\1/" here's what it does: loads content of...

The following code doesnt set the value of a to user input..why? Can anyone help plz... set /p a ="sdff " pause echo %a% pause

plz how to i use telnet? when i try it says 'telnet' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. thx

Please do not suggest I contact Mcafee on this, I could have backed up and reinstalled Windows 7 in the time I have already wasted dealing with them. I only have one word for them and it is USELESS. I have a Mcafee vaults folder on my desktop I cannot get rid of. The folder was not installed...

I have created a batch file to run three programs. However it doesn't run the first two just the last one. Whenever the batch file is running I see a window open and quickly close when each of the first two programs are requested to run. The window is only open for a second so I cannot see...

I was trying to get the 'CD' (change directory) DOS command to work with input redirection (left arrow), but could not do so, tho, thank goodness, I found PUSHD&POPD so I no longer need CD in my .BAT now. However, I could not get any of these commands to work either: TYPE, MORE, and especially...

What I am wanting to do is when I right click on a file have an option to run a command. for example: -filebot -rename "filename" This command would execute if I clicked on the option in the right click menu

Win7Pro Only I'm looking for a scripted solution, or a command line that I can ultimately script. The reason being that I'm supporting 1200 users in remote locations, and I automate as much as I can in batch and VB scripts. I'm not intimately familiar with PowerShell, but I'm not opposed to it...

Hi Using Windows 8 Enterprise 64 bit, I have noticed that the full name of a local account (set with the net users "<username>" /fullname:"<full name>" command) is deleted whenever I switch from a Microsoft account to the local account associated with it. So, how do I have to prevent this...

Futuremark has released patch 1.1.2 which brings Windows 8 compatibility: Ref: http://community.futuremark.com/forum/showthread.php?174193-3DMark-Vantage-patch- v1-1-2 Download: 3DMark - test your video card with this popular graphics benchmark

In Windows Vista, 7 & 8, there is a little be known defrag function that can drastically improve boot times under certain circumstances. If you open cmd and type defrag /?, you will see a list if available commands. However, there is a hidden one which is not shown and that is -b. This command...

I use my Lenovo twist for work. From time to time I have to assign a static IP address to my network card based on the customer premise. What I have found is that if I do a ipconfig from the command line, these static ip addresses are not released. If I assign ip1, then customer site ip2...

I'm attempting to install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.50709 via an MDT task sequence and can't get this to run silently for some reason. I'm using the following Quiet install command "dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe /q /norestart" and that didn't work so I added the /qb switch as shown here...