Sunday 5 June 2011

Windows 9x/me commands?

Why is it important not to edit Autoexec.bat wih word-processing software such as Microsoft Word or WordPefect?





Give two ways to acess a comand prompt from Windows 95/98.





What are the two wildcard characters that can be used in command lines?





What is the name of the single directory created when a floppy disk or logical drive is first formatted?





The ___ command erases files or groups of files.





The ___ command displays or changes the read-only, archive, system, and hidden characteristics of files.





What is the command to copy Myfile.dat from the root directory of drive A to the \Data folder on drive C?





What is the command to make the file Myfile.txt a hidden system file?





What is the purpose of the Ebd.cab file on the Windows 98 startup disk?





List the steps to add a shortcut to your Windows desktop to access a command prompt window.





When using real-mode command prompt, how will DOS display the filename Mydocument.doc?|||Why is it important not to edit Autoexec.bat wih word-processing software such as Microsoft Word or WordPefect? -- This is because Microsoft Word or WordPerfect may imbed their own formatting codes which DOS may not understand





Give two ways to acess a comand prompt from Windows 95/98.


1) Start-Run-Command.


2) Start-program-accessories-command prompt








What are the two wildcard characters that can be used in command lines?


* and ?





What is the name of the single directory created when a floppy disk or logical drive is first formatted?


a:\ (root directory)





The ___ command erases files or groups of files.


DELETE





The ___ command displays or changes the read-only, archive, system, and hidden characteristics of files.


ATTRIB





What is the command to copy Myfile.dat from the root directory of drive A to the \Data folder on drive C?


COPY A:\ C:\DATA (note that there%26#039;s a space between a:\ and C:\data)





What is the command to make the file Myfile.txt a hidden system file?


ATTRIB +H +S MYFILE.TXT





What is the purpose of the Ebd.cab file on the Windows 98 startup disk?


The Ebd.cab file is a compressed file whose contents are extracted to the Ramdrive during the startup process





List the steps to add a shortcut to your Windows desktop to access a command prompt window.


1) Right-click on the desktop.


2) left-click on new (you may be able to just click on shortcut)


3) Left-click on shortcut.


4) Enter the path and program name (for example C:\xxx.exe)


5) Click next.


6) Type in a name for this shortcut.


7) Click finish/ok.





When using real-mode command prompt, how will DOS display the filename Mydocument.doc?


mydocume~1 doc|||The ___ command erases files or groups of files.





The ___ command displays or changes the read-only, archive, system, and hidden characteristics of files.

How can I bypass a windows hard drive password?

My sister got a divorce from her husband and she gave me a hard drive with windows XP that she had with him. Thing is that her ex husband had changed the administrators password before the divorce. My sister wanted me to try to extract all the pictures on the drive before I reformatted it. I have tried to go through DOS Prompt and keep getting an access denied to any sub directories in the drive giving me access to only the root directory. Is there any way to bypass the password for the drive so I can move the personal files off of it before I format it. If not she says no big deal but she would love to have the many years of memories back.|||It is possible to recover or reset the Administrator password.Another option is to boot from a Linux distribution like Ubuntu or Knoppix and back up your files to another storage device.





Computer/Network Specialist


http://cdcomputerservices.com

How to fix USB HDD to Linksys WRT350N Router problem?

Pick a hard drive, any hard drive (tried 3). Connect it via the USB port to the Linksys WRT350N router. Any media files that are transferred to this hard drive will have the attributes changed to %26quot;System Files%26quot;. Then, when you scan your PC for media (media player library) or when you use the PS3 to scan for media (media sharing) it will not recognise the media files any more.


However, if you access the files via mapped network drive, and you double click the file it will open just fine. File extensions remain mp3, avi, jpeg etc... only the attributes change.


Also, in the router...when it indexes the hard drive it will not correctly name the directory. Select the MP3 folder for example, and it will display that the movie folder is indexed instead. WEIRD. Any file that is copied to the HDD connected to the router gets corrupted in this way. Of course, you can -S it in DOS but it reverts anyway. linksys is stumped too.|||well, this is interesting... i never thought an HDD drive can be directly connected to a router... better watch this thread....

To all who know about cmd.exe-how owuld i do this?

what commands would i replace with the originals listed, if i wanted to delete some files...n stuff





1.) First if you have another account other than the system administrator and you can bring up the Windows command Shell which is cmd.exe then your ready.





2.) To open cmd.exe just click on the Start button and click RUN


type cmd.exe once you%26#039;ve done that then your in.





3.) go to the system root directory by typing %26quot;cd\%26quot; without the quotes, next type %26quot;cd\windows\system32\%26quot; OR %26quot;cd\winnt\system32%26quot;


depending on where the Windows [stuff] are located.





4.) once you see system32 at the end of the command line. (warning! here comes the hard part).





5.) start by typing %26quot;mkdir tempdir%26quot; without the qoutes press enter


next type %26quot;copy logon.scr tempdir\logon.scr%26quot; also %26quot;copy cmd.exe tempdir\cmd.exe%26quot; again no quotes, press enter after each line


(type help to understand what you are doing)





6.) next %26quot;del logon.scr%26quot; deletes original logon.scr





7.) next %26quot;rename cmd.exe logon.scr%26quot; renames cmd.exe to logon.scr





8.)%26quot;exit%26quot; quits dos





9.)Now what you have just done is told the computer to backup the command program


and the screen saver file, then edits the settings so when the machine boots the


screen saver you will get an unprotected dos prompt with out logging into XP.


Once this happens if you enter this command minus the quotes


%26quot;net user %26lt;admin account name here%26gt; password%26quot;


If the Administrator Account is called Frank and you want the password *SHEET* enter this


%26quot;net user Frank SHEET%26quot;





10.) and this changes the password on franks machine to *SHEET* and your in.


p.s: dont forget to copy the contents of temphack back into the system32 dir to cover tracks





11.) Now log off the machine, logon.scr is the screen saver that will kick in after 15 minutes of not touching the keyboard/mouse at the logon screen. Wait 15-20 minutes and a DOS prompt with FULL SYSTEM rights will pop up, then just to


C:\%26gt; net user administrator %26lt;newpassword%26gt;


and then log in with the new account.


Try this, might work, as long as he didn%26#039;t change default permissions on C:\winnt and C:\winnt\system32 you should be golden.|||What exactly is it you are wanting to delete that you can%26#039;t do with good old windows explorer?|||you going to mess you computer up if you don%26#039;t know what your doing.

How can I uninstall a program called softkey smash Win95 100?

I just got this game (it%26#039;s a win 95 game) for my computer. I currently have windows vista, and now I cannot uninstall the game. I tried their telephone number and website, but both are no longer in service. I am just wanting to get rid of the thing, it was all these trial games, and nothing worth keeping.





Here is the README:





**************************************鈥?br>

SMASH100.EXE is not shareware or freeware. By purchasing


this CDROM, you have been granted a license to use the


program with this disk. This software is provided


on an %26quot;AS-IS%26quot; basis. Softkey will not make any


warranties or have any liabliity as to the software%26#039;s


operation or the results it produces or fails to produce.


**************************************鈥?br>







I.Installation Problems.


(All references to C: refer to the drive where windows


is installed. D: refers to your CDROM drive)








1) SMASH100 is written using Microsoft(R) Visual Basic(tm) v3.0.


Microsoft(R) and other Visual Basic(tm) custom control (VBX) makers


insist that to preserve the license of these controls


they be installed in the Windows\System directory. Many


shareware or other programs do not follow these guidelines


and hence are in violation of the distribution agreements for


these controls. In addition, they cause problems for those


who do follow the rules. In order to maintain the license


agreement, SMASH100 installs the Visual Basic controls from


each of the programs included on this CD ROM to the


Windows\System directory during the setup of SMASH100.





If during installation or operation of the SMASH100 program


you encounter %26quot;cannot copy%26quot;, %26quot;Invalid property%26quot;, or %26quot;Invalid


file format%26quot; messages or any other problems, please perform


the following steps.





1. Exit Windows


2. At the DOS prompt enter the following commands:





copy c:\windows\*.vbx c:\windows\system


erase c:\windows\*.vbx





3. (optional) type: dir c:\*.vbx /s /p


Locate all vbx files and copy them to the windows\system


directory then delete them from the original location.





4. Restart windows and reinstall the Softkey 100 Smash Windows


Games CDROM by choosing


file/run from Program Manager or File Manager and type d:\setup





In addition, some programs copy VBRUN300.DLL and other VBX files to


other areas besides Windows\System directory. It is advisable to


search your entire machine for VBRUN300.DLL and delete any occurance not


in your windows\system directory before installing Softkey 100 Smash


Windows Games.





This can be done by using the FileManager%26#039;s search under File\Search.








2) In the unlikely event that the setup routine fails, manual installation


can be done by the following instructions: [Remember, this is ONLY as


a last resort, and should not be done until ALL other options have


been tried and have failed.]








1. EXIT WINDOWS





2. At the dos prompt ( C:\%26gt; ) type:





C:\%26gt; CD \


C:\%26gt; MD \SMASH100


C:\%26gt; COPY D:\SMASH100\*.* C:\SMASH100


C:\%26gt; COPY D:\SMASH100\SYSTEM\*.* C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM


C:\%26gt; COPY D:\SMASH100\SMASH100.INI C:\WINDOWS


C:\%26gt; COPY D:\SMASH100\SMASH100.HLP C:\WINDOWS





3. If your CDROM drive is not %26quot;D:%26quot; then edit the SMASH100.INI and


change the line %26quot;Path=D:\%26quot; replacing D: with your drive


i.e. %26quot;Path=E:\%26quot;





C:\%26gt; EDIT C:\WINDOWS\SMASH100.INI





4. Restart Windows and create a Smash 100 group and


icon in Progam


Manager by following the instructions below:





1. From the Program Manager menu, select File then New


2. Select Program Group option and click Ok.


3. In the Group Name type: Smash 100


4. Click Ok to create the group.


5. From the Program Manager menu, select File then New


6. Select Program Item option and click Ok.


7. In Description, type: Softkey 100 Smash Windows Games


8. In Command Line, type: C:\SMASH100\SMASH100.EXE


9. In Working Directory, type: C:\SMASH100


10. Click OK to create the Icon.





5. If you have further problems, please read the notes above.





3) DISK SPACE - SMASH100 takes up less than 1 megabyte of hard disk when


installed on your computer. During installation, Setup.exe copies


about 500K of files to a temporary directory. These files are


required to install SMASH100 but are deleted after the setup is


finished. It can require 2.5 megabytes to install. If you get the


message that you do not have enough free space to install SMASH100,


move some files to a floppy or decrease the size of your swap file


until you have completed the installation then you can put them back.|||Too complicated, try Perfect Uninstaller and everything goes easy.





Files and registry all wiped out.





Perfect Uninstaller apply for both Windows and Vista.





http://www.perfectuninstaller.com/

Microsoft's Windows XP Spyware?

am hoping to start a discussion about the ntuser.dat file in XP. This would be located in the C:\Documents and Settings\username directory. It%26#039;s a file that is supposed to maintain the registry settings. However it can grow to tremendous sizes. It continues to grow even if you do not change the registry. Being the curious type, I had to find out what is in this file. I tried opening it using FileAlyzer (from the makers of Spybot) but it would not open as it was being used by another process.





What I had to do was create a new user account for myself with admin privileges. At this point I noticed the ntuser.dat file in the new account is only a few hundred kilobytes in size. Then I began the process of deleting my original user account. During the user account deletion process, you are prompted whether to delete all of the users files or to save them. I chose to save them. The user account was gone, but the subdirectory was still present in the C:\Documents and Settings folder. Directories such as Application Data, Cookies, User Data, WINDOWS, etc were still there. But more importantly, the ntuser.dat file was still present. It had grown to over 5MB. I tried opening the file with FileAlyzer but it wouldn%26#039;t open. Even though the user account was gone, the file was still locked by another process!!





To take care of this I had to restart my computer and enter %26quot;Safe Mode with Command Prompt%26quot; in the Administrator account. Using DOS commands I was able to unhide ntuser.dat and then rename it ntuser.txt. After restarting the computer I was able to open the file with FileAlyzer.





I found listings for such things as keys pressed, windows opened, window sizes, resizing of windows, scrolling positions, addresses, files opened, files saved, registry changes made, programs opened, links, etc. I am not sure if all keys pressed are retained in the file (such as typing an email or a notepad document). In FileAlyzer, strings are in a left frame and are very brief. Double-clicking on a string takes you to its location in the right frame, which shows both the hex dump and text. However, a good portion of the text was coded as if you opened an executable in Notepad. But program names and file names were easily read. I have read elsewhere that this file also stores such information as passwords, form data, etc. In essence, the file contains a complete account of what I had done on the computer since I started using Windows XP.





I%26#039;m just wondering how others feel about this type of recordkeeping being done by Microsoft without the knowledge of the user, and if anyone has any other information about how this file is used by the operating system.|||Wow. I don%26#039;t know much about the registry, but that was some good research. I%26#039;d like to hear what M$ has to say about that.





Edit to answerer #2...


a) paranoia is a moot point if your comp is keylogging every stroke since day 1.


b) it doesn%26#039;t look like a standard cleaner like CCleaner, Gould or ATF Cleaner cleans ntuser.dat (But as I said I don%26#039;t know a lot about the registry, so I could be wrong there.)


c) any mention of a firewall is irrelevant to this question. The point being that MS is making the user vulnerable by storing this info without our knowledge to begin with. If it wasn%26#039;t there (or if we could get rid of it) we wouldn%26#039;t need to worry about it getting out.





Edits 2 and 3 regarding fraudulent poster have been removed.|||you can buy programs that erase your history





and besides do you think your life is so important that microsoft has a file or you? [or anyone else for that matter]





or if your that paranoid just get a firewall [which monitors what programs send info online]

XP install w/out cd problems?

My CD-ROM is awful, so I%26#039;ve been trying to reinstall xp without using it, as it often flat out refuses to recognize discs, next to misreading data and being generally unreliable. After researching some, I%26#039;ve made a 2GB FAT32 partition on a smaller harddrive I have. I then copied the I386 folder over into that partition, as well as smartdrv.exe. I booted into DOS using an old WIN98 floppy, and ran smartdrv, and then navigated into the I386 folder and ran winnt, as per what my research found. It extracts/copies everything fine, and then tells me to reboot and take the floppy out. This is where my problem is.





I reboot, taking the floppy out, and then get an error telling me the boot failed. Something along the lines of %26quot;previous boot option failed, change the boot settings in BIOS, or press another key to try again etc etc etc%26quot; This happens on every single try. So I change the bios settings to boot first from the harddrive, then the floppy: same error. I try choosing the boot from harddrive option from the floppy, it fails. The files have been extracted as far as I%26#039;m aware, as I checked the harddrive%26#039;s directory from the boot, and it has several new folders.





So, how do I continue on with my xp installation? Do I need to somehow copy more files to make the harddrive bootable? Do I just need to run another program in the harddrive from DOS? I%26#039;ve looked and looked, and haven%26#039;t found anything useful for this part. What I%26#039;ve read suggests what I%26#039;m doing is possible, I just don%26#039;t know where I%26#039;m going wrong.





And please don%26#039;t tell me to get a new CDROM, that%26#039;s not what the question is about.|||Hi,Charles F.





There are 3 step to repair xp install error





If you got xp install error then there is a 94% chance that your computer has registry problems. I think your computer is already very dangerous, and you should fix it immediately. There are many ways to fix xp install error, according to my experience, I think the following method is very good, you can go and try it. I hope it can help you:





* Step 1 - Download a xp install error repair tool,install this error repair tool.


* Step 2 - Click the Repair All Button.It will scan you pc for Free.


* Step 3 - Then click the Repair All Button again and your done! Enjoy it.





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