by Roy Davis | May 31, 2014 | Windows |
Shell commands are one of those time savers that are fun to use but not many IT pros use them. See below for the more useful shell commands. In order to quickly open special folders in Windows, you can use shell:COMMAND as a shortcut to access these folders. You can...
by Roy Davis | May 31, 2014 | Windows |
To get a complete list of the environmental variables on your system, all you need to do is type set into a CMD prompt. Here are some of the most common, most useful environment variables for Windows: LocationNotesWin7 x64Vista x64Vista x86XPAll Users...
by Roy Davis | May 31, 2014 | Windows |
There are way more commands to run in Windows than you're currently using. Here's a list of useful run commands for Windows you can start using right now if you already aren't. Enjoy the speed! Office Shortcuts winword – Microsoft Word excel – Microsoft Excel powerpnt...
by Roy Davis | Feb 25, 2014 | Windows |
In Windows Vista and 7, you can't write to Program Files. There is a safety feature that prevents direct writing to the Program Files directory. Thus, if you play older games or use legacy programs, you might want to take a look in the following directories to...
by Roy Davis | Feb 25, 2014 | Windows |
If the Windows installer has stopped working or the service itself has stopped, one troubleshooting technique is to unregister, and then re-register the Windows installer. This is for Windows 2000 but see below for other versions covered. Open an elevated command...
by Roy Davis | Feb 25, 2014 | Windows |
Windows Vista and 7 have a safety feature to safely shutdown running programs, so if your sidebar is running you may see – Waiting for sidebar.exe. The rest of the annoying prompt is – This program is preventing Windows from shutting down. The best method...
by Roy Davis | Feb 25, 2014 | Windows |
This post shows how to manually apply Windows Vista DHCP fix to play nice with others on enterprise networks. This is for enterprise networks that use layer 3 switches or routers (mostly from Cisco) who have trouble getting their Vista connectivity rolling. Vista DHCP...
by Roy Davis | Feb 25, 2014 | Windows |
If you try to log on to a temporary profile in Windows Vista or later and you get the error message “The User Profile Service Failed The Logon. User Profile Cannot Be Loaded,” then this guide is for you. You can try to do a System Restore at boot to see if...
by Roy Davis | Feb 25, 2014 | Windows |
This post shows how to run a SFC scan from recovery environment for Windows Vista and later. If you're booting from the recovery partition, this is what you need: Use ‘F8' to boot into the recovery environment Click on ‘Command Prompt' in the list of...
by Roy Davis | Feb 25, 2014 | Windows |
Here are the recovery partition function keys necessary to boot a Windows laptop into the recovery partition on most models. Windows XP Recovery Partition Function Keys Acer: Alt+F10 or F10 Asus: F9 Dell: F8 or Shift+F8, older models: Ctrl+F11 Fujitsu: Alt+F11 or F12,...
by Roy Davis | Feb 25, 2014 | Windows |
This post shows how to check the Windows MAC address, or ethernet hardware address, on all major Windows systems. In a command prompt window, you'll see 2 headers: The Physical Address: The 12-digit hardware address. The Transport Name: The location of the network...
by Roy Davis | Feb 25, 2014 | Windows |
Windows 7 has been out for a while now so I'm sure you've run into a stubborn file or folder that refuses to delete. This post shows you how to delete locked files in Windows 7. If your file is constantly in use. Try out LockHunter. I've personally used and tested it....
Hi, I'm Roy, I created Best of Roy in college to blog about my interests and fun stuff on the Internet. From there, Best of Roy turned into a portfolio site and eventually turned into the collection of professional interests you see now. I'm originally an IT person by trade, but transitioned to Cyber Security in 2014. Stick around to see some helpful solutions for up and coming pros, all the way to enterprise level solutions. 