Ahmad Masri

Helpful RUN commands

The following are helpful run commands which are more often used in the IT field. Click on "Start" menu button then choose "Run". Use the following commands in the RUN command field to test their functionality. Some commands you might have to be in CMD prompt window in order to capture the logs (Type "CMD" in the RUN command prompt then type the other commands to test).

 

Command prompt

cmd

 

Network Diagnostics

hcp://system/netdiag/dglogs.htm

 

Group Policy setup

gpedit.msc

 

Microsoft configuration

msconfig

 

System Information and settings

msinfo32

 

Remote Desktop

mstsc

 

Windows update

wupdmgr

 

DNS info

pathping

 

Obtain media access control addresses of all network adapters

getmac

 

Status of website or local network

netstat

net

 

Hidden windows settings

tweakui

(Download: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx)

 

System files check for corruption

SFC /SCANNOW

 

Windows Malicious Software Removal tool

mrt

 

User password control

control userpasswords

control userpasswords2

 

Check you harddrisk for errors & repair

chkdsk -r

 

Flush Network cache

nbtstat -R

 

Flush DNS

ipconfig /flushdns

Internet Explorer slow?

Mostly users believe the slowness of their internet is due to their service provider. I will provide you some tips which i recommend to follow to speed up your Internet Explorer browser performance. The two main reasons for the slowness are:

1. PC software maintenance required. Check my Recommendation section:

http://ahmadmasri.typepad.com/blog/recommendation/

2. Internet Explorer components,activeX controls, toolbars, and add-ons running in background. Below are a list of tips to help accelerate your Internet Explorer brwoser performance:

To clean out the components and ActiveX controls: Open your Internet Explorer browser, click on "Tools" --> "Internet Options" --> "Settings" under Browser History section under "General tab --> click on "View Objects" --> click on each object in there and press the "Delete" key on your keyboard to remove them.

Toolbars, how many do you have installed? I recommend to only have one toolbar. The presence of having 2 or more toolbars causes slowness when opening up your internet browser. To remove the unnecessary toolbars, go to: "Start" menu --> "Control Panel" --> "Add/Remove Programs" --> remove the unwanted toolbars.

Disable plug-ins: Under Internet Explorer options, click on the "Programs" tab --> click on "Manage add-ons" button --> remove/disable accelerators if you have IE8, otherwise disable add-ons which you don't normally use. Don't disable all add-ons as some are Important for Internet Explorer to run webfunctions properly.

Once the above steps have been implemented, i recommend deleting your temp internet files by going to Internet options, under "General" tab click on "Delete..." or "Delete Temp files".

You should notice now a speed increase in the performance of your Internet Explorer browser when opening it up and browsing through web pages on-line. 

Feel free to respond with questions if not sure on whether to disable a certain add-on or not.

   

Recover deleted emails

This applies to emails you have deleted and cleared from the Deleted items folder

Very simple, inside Outlook, click on the "Deleted items" icon, the click on tool on your menu options above and choose: "Recover deleted items..."

A pop-up box will show up with your most recent deleted emails which got cleaned out from the recycle bin.

Click on the email you need to recover, or click on "Select all" icon(Which looks like two yellow dots inside a blue dotted square), then click on "Recover selected items" icon (Which looks like and yellow envelop).

Now you should see your emails recovered in the Deleted Items folder