Knowing your way around a prompt in Windows does have it’s advantages.
The Command Prompt can be accessed by (for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista):
- Click Start
- Click Run
- Type cmd
- Click OK
The Command Prompt can be accessed by (for Windows 95/98/ME):
- Click Start
- Click Run
- Type command
- Click OK
Getting a listing of every single file on your C drive in one text file
C:
CD \
DIR C:\*.* /S > ALLFILES.TXT
This will create a file ALLFILES.TXT in the root of C (as in C:\ALLFILES.TXT) containing a listing of every single file on your C drive.
To note: This may take a long time to complete and the text file may be very large depending on how many files are present in your system.
Additional note: This will work in all versions of Windows
Quickly identifying the MAC address of your network card
From anywhere in a Command Prompt (Windows XP):
- Type GETMAC
- Press Enter
Your network MAC will be returned. This is useful if configuring MAC filtering in your router or wireless router and need to know this information.
Note: To find the MAC of another computer on your network, simply follow GETMAC with the computer’s workgroup name, such as GETMAC COMPUTERNAME.
Viewing all applications currently accessing the network (internet)
As mentioned in a recent video, the command is NETSTAT.
From anywhere in a Command Prompt (Windows NT/2000/XP):
- Type NETSTAT -B
- Press Enter
All applications currently accessing the network will be displayed. For any app not accessing the network, it will not be displayed.
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