cmd

The first thing you'll want to do is Start, Run, cmd.exe, then right click the window menu and choose properties. Be sure to enable the following quality of life improvements:

• Options | Command History | Buffer Size | 500

• Options | Command History | Discard Old Duplicates | True

• Options | Edit Options | QuickEdit Mode | True

• Layout | Screen buffer size | Height | 999

• Layout | Window size | Height | 50

Pressing F7 pops up your command history list.

C:\> tasklist /fo list /fi "imagename eq cmd.exe" /v

C:\> net user

C:\>rasdial /?

USAGE:

rasdial entryname [username [password|*]] [/DOMAIN:domain]

[/PHONE:phonenumber] [/CALLBACK:callbacknumber]

[/PHONEBOOK:phonebookfile] [/PREFIXSUFFIX]

rasdial [entryname] /DISCONNECT

To generate a beep, open a CMD prompt and CD to a folder in your path. Then type:

edit bell.bat

@echo<space><CTRL+P><CTRL+G><ENTER>

<ALT+S> (Saves bell.bat)

<ALT+X> (Exits edit)

C:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC4>winvnc4.exe /?

commands that work on XP because they're programs in System32

giving the screensaver name in a CMD windows opens the GUI configuration. Running the same filenames from Start > Run activates the screensaver

ssmarque.scr

ssmyst.scr

ssstars.scr

Display properties

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