Category » Windows

A collection of system administration hints and tips, tricks and articles on Microsoft Windows in all its variants.

Chatting from the Windows Command Prompt

The net send command is used to send messages on a network. Learn more about this command and see several examples.

April 14, 2015 Windows read time ~3 mins, 9 secs

If you have a server which is low on resources, having to wait for the server manager process to finish loading can be a little bit painful

July 19, 2016 Windows read time ~1 min, 21 secs

An assortment of miscellaneous Windows references and commands that are useful to both novice and experienced windows administrators alike.

March 11, 2014 Windows read time ~4 mins, 27 secs

A short article which provides sysadmins ands DBAs alike with common sql statements for generic information across multiple database environments.

March 11, 2014 Windows read time ~1 min, 24 secs

The WMI command-line (WMIC) utility provides a command-line interface for WMI. WMIC is compatible with existing shells and utility commands.

March 11, 2014 Windows read time ~1 min, 17 secs

cygwin has many utilities you can install to make life as a UNIX administrator more homely within a windows environment, except cron

January 11, 2014 Windows read time ~1 min, 19 secs