Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

You’d think the Command Prompt would be long-gone after 30 years of Windows’ graphical interface, but it’s not, and there’s a good reason why. Though many of its duties have been replaced by icons or ...

Buried deep within Windows’ bosom is a carbon-crusted fossil from the ancient days of computing. This aged wart on Windows’ soul harkens back to a more primitive time, when computers lacked the oomph ...

Improve the performance of XP and Vista--at least a little bit--by running its built-in disk defragmenter with your choice of command switches. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology ...

Today, you might be accustomed to using the Windows 11 Settings app more often. Or the Task Manager to do tasks like checking your computer's disks and stopping apps that aren't responding. But in the ...

Windows 11 quietly fixed Start. You just have to unlock it.

Command Prompt is one of the most valuable tools in Windows as it allows developers to test their codes, allows users to flash custom ROMs, pings their WiFi networks, changes a number of hidden ...

The following is a guest post by J. Peter Bruzzese, Infoworld blogger and author of Microsoft Subnet’s February book giveaway Exchange Server 2007 How-To (enter to win a free copy here or read an ...

You can use the command prompt in Windows to run lower-level operating system commands in a text-based MS-DOS-type interface. This is useful when you need to troubleshoot and repair your system, run ...

You must get hold of the program name when the Command Prompt appears. If it appears multiple times, then you should have a chance to notice it. If you can note the ...