Let's face it, Windows machines get hacked, and in some environments it happens a lot. Fortunately, Microsoft has built numerous tools into Windows so administrators and power users can analyse a ...

If you are a system administrator, IT professional, or a power user it is common to find yourself using the command prompt to perform administrative tasks in Windows. Whether it be copying files, ...

The script command not only makes a record of what commands you run but also allows you to save the output generated so that you can examine it later or easily turn your command sequences into scripts ...

Linux tricks can help you get work done faster, especially when they're easy. Here are some ways to find files, reuse prior commands, stop processes and more. In this post, we’ll take a look at a ...

Although Windows settings provide easy access for configuring most things, the Command Prompt – elevated or otherwise – can be indispensable in a number of scenarios, especially when you know how to ...

Microsoft is working on a new built-in command-line 'Disk Usage' utility that reports how much disk space a folder uses. Over time it is common to run out of storage and not know what programs or ...

The Swish-e program is controlled by command line arguments (called switches). Often, it is run manually from a shell (command prompt), or from a program such as a CGI script that passes the command ...