What you need to know for windows

diroga

New Member
I was thinking that there is really not much you need to know and do to maintain, configure and fix windows. Bellow are some of the programs/commands/ideas that are used the most. Are there some more I should know about?

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Windows OS apps
msconfig	turn on/off serivces and start up apps. see what is starting up
regedit 	check info on programs, change app settings. more?
device manager	see hardware, install/uninstall. drivers list
event viewer	see warnning errors. helps to find the source of the issue
safe mode	get into windows when normal mode doesnt work.
task manager	see CPU, mem usage. see process info and kill em.
right click my computer	see version, SP #, memory, cpu,

Command line programs
cmd	where to run commands in shell
ipconfig	netwroking info
ping	see if you are connected. see if other computers are up
tracert	view routing path. where slow points are
dir * /s /p	search hardrive. can be better than windows search
start .	open explorer in current directory

Helper programs
ccCleaner	remove tmp files, clean registry.
spacemonger	visually see usage for storage device
rootkit revealer	check for rootkits
hijackthis	see every thing that loads and runs.
AVG Free	very good free A/V
spybot search and destroy	does a good job on malware
malware bytes	an other good one.
 
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