Run Commands for Windows 7 and 8

These commands allows to quickly access features and applications to customize operative system environment. These run commands are available for almost all settings available in Windows control panel. Function in Windows Common Command Open Documents Folder documents Open Videos folder videos Open Downloads Folder downloads Open Favorites Folder favorites Open Recent Folder recent Open Recent Folder logoff Open Pictures Folder pictures Windows Sideshow control.exe /name Microsoft.WindowsSideshow Windows CardSpace control.exe /name Microsoft.cardspace Windows Anytime Upgrade WindowsAnytimeUpgradeui Taskbar and Start Menu control.exe…

Read More

Common System Administrator Command Lines – msc Commands

These commands allows to quickly access features and applications to customize operative system environment. Here is a quick list of them. Admin Program Command AD Domains and Trusts domain.msc Active Directory Management admgmt.msc AD Sites and Services dssite.msc AD Users and Computers dsa.msc ADSI Edit adsiedit.msc Authorization manager azman.msc Certification Authority Management certsrv.msc Certificate Templates certtmpl.msc Cluster Administrator cluadmin.exe Computer Management compmgmt.msc Component Services comexp.msc Configure Your Server cys.exe Device Manager devmgmt.msc DHCP Management dhcpmgmt.msc Disk Defragmenter dfrg.msc Disk…

Read More

Prevent Skype using port 80 and causing IIS to throw a HRESULT: 0x80070020 Exception

If you run NETSTAT -ano in the command prompt you should be able to see the process ids and its port been used. If you trace it back port 80 will be used by Skype Desktop. Option one: Closed completely Skype or  unchecking Tools > Options… > Advanced > Connection > “Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections Option 2: Go into IIS website bindings and change the IIS port to something different. I my case this…

Read More

Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) in Windows Server 2008 R2

This article explains how to disable Internet Explorer enhanced security in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 by turning off IE ESC in Server Manager. One of the first things I usually do when I install a new Windows Server in a test environment, is to turn off Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC). I am talking about this little prompts that get on your nerves whenever you open a website in Internet Explorer on a…

Read More