Control panel applets (.CPL) is a shortcut to launch administrator tools quickly.
These are some that used frequently after new OS is setup.
At times people want to find out who owns a certain machine.
My Network places -> Search Active Directory -> Find: Computers, Enter Computer name: “FOOBAR”, Click “Find Now”, Select Result, Right Click “Manage” -> Local Users and Groups -> Groups -> Administrators -> (Find who is an admin on the box).
Another method is to open dsa.msc in MMC and Select “Advanced” View, then lookup computers and look at the Security tab.
The tool, srvinfo.exe, is also useful for learning info about a machine.
There’s a hidden, system, read-only file called boot.ini in system boot drive.
Here’s a sample to run 1 GB dual as a 128 MB uniprocessor:
[boot loader]
timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /fastdetect /numproc=1 /maxmem=128
Have you ever deleted an email, emptied your deleted items folder and then realized one day or two later that you need them? Well you can recover them in outlook using the following easy steps:
Select the ‘Delete Items’ folder
Go to Tools->Recover Deleted Items…
You will see a nice list of all the email that you have deleted. However, you’ll need to know either the sender or the subject since you can’t search or open the items but you could always recover everything and then re-empty the Deleted Items Folder.
Update: In Outlook 2010, its Folder –> Recover Deleted Items
powercfg.exe is a windows built in tool to config power management. powercfg.exe is a command line utility, it’s easy to integrate powercfg.exe into scripts.
powercfg -hibernate OFF
powercfg -setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c
powercfg.exe -setabsentia 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c
net user administrator /active:yes
net user administrator /active:no
Note: Must use an elevated command prompt for this command to work.
shutdown /s /t 0
shutdown /r /t 0
netdom.exe renamecomputer %computername% /NewName:<new name> /userd:domain\user /passwordd:*
wmic.exe computersystem where name="%computername%" rename name="<new name>"
control intl.cpl