Some DOS Commands for Beginners

INTRODUCTION

DOS(Disk Operation System) allows you to control the operation of the PC.

Here you can see the DOS working by your own eyes just Do As same Below written ok!

FIRST Go to start menu and open/click Run option and type cmd there or
Go to start menu-->all programs-->accessories-->command prompt. ok!!

you will see that the new window will open of cmd.exe in black screen yes that is command prompt window.

you will see like c:\Documents and Settings\Admin Name> and blinking cursor yes that cursor is your battle Field Everything

you have to type on that blinking cursor

THESE COMMANDS WORKS FINE BASICALLY IN WINDOWS XP AND WINDOWS 2000

Now Commands>>>>

1.) To Change the Default Drive

C:> A: [Press enter] (result-change drive c: to A:)

A:> C: [Press enter] (result-change drive A: to C:)

2.) Change Directory Command (CD)

C:> Dir [Press Enter] (result- shows all files and folder of that Drive)

C:> dir /w [Enter] (result-Shows directory in wide format, as opposed to a vertical listing)

C:> dir \agis [Enter] (result-Shows files in a subdirectory on drive C (default))

C:> cd movie[Enter] (result-Moves you to the directory called 'movie')

C:> cd \movie\horror[Enter] (result-Moves you to the directory called 'horror' under the directory called 'movie').

C:> cd .. [Enter] (result-Moves you up one level)

C:> cd \ [Enter] (result-Takes you to the root directory (c: in this case)

3.) COPY Command

C:> copy c:wmp.exe a: [Enter] (result-Copies the file 'wmp.exe' from the C drive to the A drive and gives it the same name)

C:> copy a:jack.dat b:\south\king.dat [Enter] (result-Creates a copy of 'jack.dat' from drive A on drive B, putting it in

the 'SOUTH' subdirectory and renaming it 'king.dat')

4.) DIR Options

C:> dir a:*.mov [Enter] (result-Lists all files on the A drive with an extension of 'mov')

C:> dir b:movie.* [Enter] (result-Lists all files on the B drive with a filename of 'movie')

C:> dir a:movi?.com [Enter] (result-Lists all five-letter files with the first four letters 'movi' and an extension of

'COM'

C:> dir b:jet.b?? [Enter] (result-Lists all files with a filename of 'jet' and an extension beginning with 'b')

5.) ERASE Command

C:> erase d:jack.pdf [Enter] (result-Erases the file jack.pdf from the diskette in the D drive. If no drive specification

is entered, the system looks to delete the specified file form drive C)

6.) FORMAT Command

C:> format c: [Enter] (result-Formats the diskette in the C drive)

C:> format d: [Enter] (result-Formats the diskette in the D drive)

c:> format c: /q [Enter] (result- format fastly)

(Follow the screen instruction of Yes/ No in Formatting drive.)

7.) Make Directory Command (MD)

C:> mkdir Music [Enter] (result-Creates a directory called 'Music')

8.) RENAME Command (REN)

C:> ren c:spoon.wmv plate.wmv [Enter] (result-Changes the name of 'spoon.wmv' on the A drive to 'plate.wmv')

9.) Remove Directory Command RMDIR (RD)

C:> rd Mega [Enter] (result-Removes directory called 'Mega')

10.) Change the Command Prompt color

c:> color 24 [Enter] (result- first digit changes background color and second digit changes text color)

0 = Black 8 = Gray
1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue
2 = Green A = Light Green
3 = Aqua B = Light Aqua
4 = Red C = Light Red
5 = Purple D = Light Purple
6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow
7 = White F = Bright White

{works in only windows 2000,windows xp}

11.) View or Change Computer Date

c:> date [Enter] (result- shows pc date and you can change it)

12.) Del command

del jack.txt -- Deletes the jack.txt in the directory that you currently are in, if the file exists.

del c:\windows\jack.txt -- Delete the c:\windows\jack.txt in the windows directory if it exists.

del c:\windows\temp\*.* -- (* is for wild character(s)) *.* indicates that you would like to delete all files in the
c:\windows\temp directory.

del c:\windows\temp\?jack.txt -- (? is a single wild character for one letter) This command would delete any file

ending with jack.txt such as mov.txt or tod.txt.

13.) memory info

c: mem [Enter] (results- show memory of hard drive)

14.) Doskey command

c:> doskey [Enter] (result- shows all used command in blinking cursor by up and down arrow key in keyboard)
{By this command you can retrieve previous long commands on cursor}

For more options just right click on top black bar of the command prompt and click properties or close cmd.

You can also type at c:>exit to close cmd.

Good Luck!!!

Block Websites in XP Without Any Software

Here is The Steps Follow it !!

1] Browse C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

2] Find the file named "HOSTS"

3] Open it in notepad

4] Under "127.0.0.1 localhost" Add 127.0.0.2 www.sitenameyouwantblocked.com , and that site will no longer be accessable.

5] Done!

-So-

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.0.2 www.blockedsite.com

-->www.blockedsite.com is now unaccessable<--

For every site after that you want to add, just add "1" to the last number in the internal ip (127.0.0.2) and then the addy like before.

IE: 127.0.0.7 www.rto.com

127.0.0.8 www.rto.com

127.0.0.9 www.rto.com 

THATS ALL ENJOY!!!!

#How to Back Up the Registry#

Before Doin Research With your Installed XP, it is Must that You Take A Backup of Whole Registry So Finally Here Is the Way to do Backup of Whole Registry....

Before you edit the registry, export the keys in the registry that you plan to edit, or back up the whole registry. If a problem occurs, you can then follow the steps how-to restore the registry to its previous state.

How to Export Registry Keys

Click Start, and then click Run.

In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.

On the File menu, click Export.

In the Save in box, select the boxs at the bottom the bottom according to weather you want to export all or only selected branches of the registry.

Next select a location in which to save the backup .reg file. In the File name box, type a file name, and then click Save.

How to Restore the Registry

To restore registry keys that you exported, double-click the .reg file that you saved. 

#How to Add an Option to Print the Contents of a Folder#

So want to print all contents of folder at a time Here is theSolution How to Add an Option to Print the Contents of a Folder

Would you like to be able to right click any folder in Explorer and print its contents? You can add this option to the context menu by following these steps:

First, you need to create a batch file called Printdir.bat. Open Notepad or another text editor and type (or cut and paste) this text:

@echo off

dir %1 /-p /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing"

start /w notepad /p "%temp%\Listing"

del "%temp%\Listing"

exit

Now, in the Save As dialog box, type "%windir%\Printdir.bat" (without the quotation marks) and click the Save button.

Click Start, Control Panel, Folder Options.

Click the File Types tab, and then click File Folder.

Click the Advanced button.

Click the New button.

In the Action box, type "Print Directory Listing" (without the quotation marks).

In the Application used to perform action box, type "Printdir.bat" (without the quotation marks).

Click OK in all three dialog boxes to close the dialog boxes.

You're not quite finished yet! Now you need to edit the Registry, so open your favorite Registry Editor.

Navigate to HKEY CLASSES ROOT\Directory\shell.

Right click on "default" and select Modify.

In the File Data box, type "none" (without the quotation marks).

Click OK and close the Registry Editor.

Now when you right click a folder, you'll see the option to Print Directory Listing. Selecting it will print the contents of the folder.

Thats it !!!!!!!!

#How To Access Your Folders From Your Taskbar#

This is an easy way to get to the folders on your system without having to open a Windows Explorer Window every time you want to access files. I find it very useful to have this feature as it allows me to access my Folders and Drives immediately and saves me a lot of time.

This works in Windows XP:

1. Right Click an empty spot on your Taskbar (Between your Start Button and your System Tray).

2. Click Toolbars.

3. Click New Toolbar.

4. A Small Window will Open that allows you to pick the folder you wish to make a Toolbar. If you want to access your Desktop Without having to minimize all your windows. Just Pick Desktop. If you want to access ONLY your My Documents Folder, Select that. Any folder will work for this.

5. Click OK.

The New Tool bar will appear at the bottom of your screen next to your System Tray.

If you find this to be not useful, Repeat Steps 1 and 2 and then check click the Toolbar you created that has a check mark next to it. And it will disappear.

#Legal way Password Recovery in Windows XP#

XP @ XP

You have several options to try and get around this problem.

If you have access to another user account with administrator rights, you can use that account to change the password

of the account that is locked out. You can also use the default Administrator account that is built into Windows XP.

First you need to boot the system into Safe Mode.

1.Restart your system.

2.When you see the blue Dell globe or screen, press the ( F8 ) key about 3 times a second.

3.You should get the Windows startup menu. Use the (Up or Down) arrow keys to highlight (SafeMode)

4.Press (Enter) on (Safe Mode), then press (Enter) on (Windows XP).

5.The system should boot to Safe Mode.

Once you are at the Account Log on Screen, click on the icon

for the user account with administrator rights, or click on the icon

for the administrators account.

Note: For Home the Administrator account isn't normally shown & in Safe Mode you have to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys twice to show.

For PRO you can do this in normal mode

When the system has booted to the desktop, use the following steps to change the accounts password.

1.Click Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools.

2.Click Computer Management.

3.Double click Local Users and Groups, double click the folder Users.

4.Right click on the account name that is locked out, and click on Set Password.

5.You may get a warning message about changing the password, simply click proceed.

6.Leave the New Password box blank, also leave the Confirm Password box blank.

7.Click OK, and OK again.

8.Then close all Windows, reboot the system and try to log in.

There are also applications that can recover password... Search for it...

If the above information does not help in recovering the password, the only option left is to

format the hard drive then reinstall Windows and the 

#Ho to Bypass Secure Sites#

Cant See Secure Sites

Fix the problem with seeing them secrue sites (banks or online stores) i found this very usefull to me.

Any way... what u need to do is make a new notepad file and write in it the followng DLL's.. just copy-paste these

regsvr32 SOFTPUB.DLL

regsvr32 WINTRUST.DLL

regsvr32 INITPKI.DLL

regsvr32 dssenh.dll

regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll

regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll

regsvr32 sccbase.dll

regsvr32 slbcsp.dll

regsvr32 Cryptdlg.dll

and save it as > all file types, and make it something like securefix.bat.

then just run the file and ur problem shuld be gone.

#How to Search Google Effectively#

20 Great Google Search Secrets

Refrence:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1306756,00.asp

http://www.pcmag.com

great site please do visit there...

Google is clearly the best general-purpose search engine on the Web (see

www.pcmag.com/searchengines

But most people don't use it to its best advantage. Do you just plug in a keyword or two and hope for the best? That may be the quickest way to search, but with more than 3 billion pages in Google's index, it's still a struggle to pare results to a manageable number.

But Google is an remarkably powerful tool that can ease and enhance your Internet exploration. Google's search options go beyond simple keywords, the Web, and even its own programmers. Let's look at some of Google's lesser-known options.

Syntax Search Tricks

Using a special syntax is a way to tell Google that you want to restrict your searches to certain elements or characteristics of Web pages. Google has a fairly complete list of its syntax elements at

www.google.com/help/operators.html

. Here are some advanced operators that can help narrow down your search results.

Intitle: at the beginning of a query word or phrase (intitle:"Three Blind Mice") restricts your search results to just the titles of Web pages.

Intext: does the opposite of intitle:, searching only the body text, ignoring titles, links, and so forth. Intext: is perfect when what you're searching for might commonly appear in URLs. If you're looking for the term HTML, for example, and you don't want to get results such as

www.mysite.com/index.html

, you can enter intext:html.

Link: lets you see which pages are linking to your Web page or to another page you're interested in. For example, try typing in

link:http://www.pcmag.com

Try using site: (which restricts results to top-level domains) with intitle: to find certain types of pages. For example, get scholarly pages about Mark Twain by searching for intitle:"Mark Twain"site:edu. Experiment with mixing various elements; you'll develop several strategies for finding the stuff you want more effectively. The site: command is very helpful as an alternative to the mediocre search engines built into many sites.

Swiss Army Google

Google has a number of services that can help you accomplish tasks you may never have thought to use Google for. For example, the new calculator feature

(www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator)

lets you do both math and a variety of conversions from the search box. For extra fun, try the query "Answer to life the universe and everything."

Let Google help you figure out whether you've got the right spelling—and the right word—for your search. Enter a misspelled word or phrase into the query box (try "thre blund mise") and Google may suggest a proper spelling. This doesn't always succeed; it works best when the word you're searching for can be found in a dictionary. Once you search for a properly spelled word, look at the results page, which repeats your query. (If you're searching for "three blind mice," underneath the search window will appear a statement such as Searched the web for "three blind mice.") You'll discover that you can click on each word in your search phrase and get a definition from a dictionary.

Suppose you want to contact someone and don't have his phone number handy. Google can help you with that, too. Just enter a name, city, and state. (The city is optional, but you must enter a state.) If a phone number matches the listing, you'll see it at the top of the search results along with a map link to the address. If you'd rather restrict your results, use rphonebook: for residential listings or bphonebook: for business listings. If you'd rather use a search form for business phone listings, try Yellow Search

(www.buzztoolbox.com/google/yellowsearch.shtml).

Extended Googling

Google offers several services that give you a head start in focusing your search. Google Groups

(http://groups.google.com)

indexes literally millions of messages from decades of discussion on Usenet. Google even helps you with your shopping via two tools: Froogle

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(http://froogle.google.com),

which indexes products from online stores, and Google Catalogs

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(http://catalogs.google.com),

which features products from more 6,000 paper catalogs in a searchable index. And this only scratches the surface. You can get a complete list of Google's tools and services at

www.google.com/options/index.html

You're probably used to using Google in your browser. But have you ever thought of using Google outside your browser?

Google Alert

(www.googlealert.com)

monitors your search terms and e-mails you information about new additions to Google's Web index. (Google Alert is not affiliated with Google; it uses Google's Web services API to perform its searches.) If you're more interested in news stories than general Web content, check out the beta version of Google News Alerts

(www.google.com/newsalerts).

This service (which is affiliated with Google) will monitor up to 50 news queries per e-mail address and send you information about news stories that match your query. (Hint: Use the intitle: and source: syntax elements with Google News to limit the number of alerts you get.)

Google on the telephone? Yup. This service is brought to you by the folks at Google Labs

(http://labs.google.com),

a place for experimental Google ideas and features (which may come and go, so what's there at this writing might not be there when you decide to check it out). With Google Voice Search

(http://labs1.google.com/gvs.html),

you dial the Voice Search phone number, speak your keywords, and then click on the indicated link. Every time you say a new search term, the results page will refresh with your new query (you must have JavaScript enabled for this to work). Remember, this service is still in an experimental phase, so don't expect 100 percent success.

In 2002, Google released the Google API (application programming interface), a way for programmers to access Google's search engine results without violating the Google Terms of Service. A lot of people have created useful (and occasionally not-so-useful but interesting) applications not available from Google itself, such as Google Alert. For many applications, you'll need an API key, which is available free from

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www.google.com/apis

. See the figures for two more examples, and visit

www.pcmag.com/solutions

for more.

Thanks to its many different search properties, Google goes far beyond a regular search engine. Give the tricks in this article a try. You'll be amazed at how many different ways Google can improve your Internet searching.

Online Extra: More Google Tips

Here are a few more clever ways to tweak your Google searches.

Search Within a Timeframe

Daterange: (start date–end date). You can restrict your searches to pages that were indexed within a certain time period. Daterange: searches by when Google indexed a page, not when the page itself was created. This operator can help you ensure that results will have fresh content (by using recent dates), or you can use it to avoid a topic's current-news blizzard and concentrate only on older results. Daterange: is actually more useful if you go elsewhere to take advantage of it, because daterange: requires Julian dates, not standard Gregorian dates. You can find converters on the Web (such as

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), but an easier way is to do a Google daterange: search by filling in a form at

www.researchbuzz.com/toolbox/goofresh.shtml or www.faganfinder.com/engines/google.shtml

. If one special syntax element is good, two must be better, right? Sometimes. Though some operators can't be mixed (you can't use the link: operator with anything else) many can be, quickly narrowing your results to a less overwhelming number.

More Google API Applications

Staggernation.com offers three tools based on the Google API. The Google API Web Search by Host (GAWSH) lists the Web hosts of the results for a given query

(www.staggernation.com/gawsh/).

When you click on the triangle next to each host, you get a list of results for that host. The Google API Relation Browsing Outliner (GARBO) is a little more complicated: You enter a URL and choose whether you want pages that related to the URL or linked to the URL

(www.staggernation.com/garbo/).

Click on the triangle next to an URL to get a list of pages linked or related to that particular URL. CapeMail is an e-mail search application that allows you to send an e-mail to google@capeclear.com with the text of your query in the subject line and get the first ten results for that query back. Maybe it's not something you'd do every day, but if your cell phone does e-mail and doesn't do Web browsing, this is a very handy address to know.