Block Advetisements On Chrome

Do You suffer from annoying Ads while you are browsing Internet or watching your favorite YouTube channel.

Here is a great extension  for that purpose ; it`s AdBlock.
Just download it and It`s OK . Yes everything is under-controlled.
Now you can enjoy free internet with no Ads.

Chrome Web Store

Play Flash Videos in Any Android Device Without Adobe Flash Player

If you want to play live streams on ANDROID which requires flash player pre-installed on device.
Here is a great application which can help you.


It`s Puffin Web Browser which can perfectly play live streams and flash sites.

Download Puffin Web Browser  from Google Play...

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How To Flash A Custom ROM To Your Android Phone With ROM Manager + Full Backup & Restore

[Complete Guide] How To Flash A Custom ROM To Your Android Phone With ROM Manager + Full Backup & Restore

1- Get Root rights by installing GingerBreak from here...  

2- Install ROM Manager App from  here...

3- Click Install ROM from SD Card

4-Choose the "file".zip where is ROM located.

5-Reboot and Install

It`s done....

* If step 3 does  not work , Choose Flash ClockworkMod Recovery then choose U8160 then It`ll load by itself.Then go to step 3.
* Another method is to download two files from here and fellow steps.


[Complete Guide] How To Flash A Custom ROM To Your Android Phone With ROM Manager + Full Backup & Restore:



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Easily Set Default OS in a Windows 7 / Vista and XP Dual-boot Setup


Easily Set Default OS in a Windows 7 / Vista and XP

 Dual-boot Setup

If you are running a dual-boot setup with more than one Windows operating system, It’s pretty easy to configure the default boot operating system with the GUI interface. Note that if you are using Windows 7 or Vista as one of the operating systems, you will need to make this change from 7/Vista, not XP.
First, you’ll need to right click on Computer and select Properties:
Next, click Advanced System Settings
Now click on the Settings button under Startup and Recovery
And just select the operating system you want to use:
Easy stuff. You could also use the bcdedit command to do the same thing from the command line, but it’s probably easier this way.

احصائية مخيفة

نتكلم اليوم عن عادة القراءة التي للأسف هجرها الكثير منا،ونسمع عن كثير من الأصدقاء أنه لم يقرأ شيئاً منذ أن أنهى دراسته الجامعية !! بينما يتفوق علينا الغرب بسبب أنهم يعلمون أطفالهم القراءة ومتعتها منذ الصغر،ويحببونهم في الكتاب ليكون رفيقهم في كل مكان،فترى الغربي يقرأ في محطة الباصات ويقرأ في القطار،ويقرأ في الطائرة، وحتى أنني سمعت ان البعض منهم يقرأ حتى في الحمام!! بينما يتحجج الطلاب العرب بكثرة الكتب المنهجية في الجامعة فلا يطالعون كتباً خارجية !! ثم يصبح الطالب منهم موظفاً فيتحجج بالعمل وأكل العيش !! ثم يتزوج ويصبح عنده أبناء وبنات ويتحجج بتربيتهم وتوفير إحتياجاتهم !! وأخيراً يكبر هؤلاء الأبناء ويصبحون فاشلون مثل آبائهم تماماً لأنهم تركوا عادة القراءة!!

يقول د.إبراهيم الفقي رحمه الله (مهما بلغت درجة إنشغالك فلا بد أن تجد وقتاً للقراءة،وإن لم تفعل فقد سلمت نفسك للجهل بمحض إرادتك )،نعم هو الجهل الذي يقودنا إليه عدم المطالعة،فتجد الطبيب المختص الشاطر في تخصصه،ولكنه جاهل بأمور دينه وجاهل بأمور دنيوية أخرى لأنه لا يقرأ ولا يطالع أي كتب أخرى في غير إختصاصه،وعلى نفس النسق يمكن أن تجد مهندساً جاهلاً وأستاذاً جاهلاً وصيدلانياً جاهلاً وهكذا.

ولدينا في العالم العربي إحصائيات مخزية أوردها د.ساجد العبدلي في كتابه القيم ( القراءة الذكية )،حيث ذكر أن معدل ما يخصصه المواطن العربي للقراءة هو عشر دقائق سنوياً !! في حين أن المواطن الغربي يخصص لها سنوياً 36 ساعة !! تصوروا أن كل 20 عربي يقرأ كتاب واحد سنوياً !! بينما يقرأ البريطاني 7 كتب واليهودي الإسرائيلي 7 كتب وأما الأمريكي فهو الأميز فيقرأ 11 كتاباً سنوياً !! فلا عجب أن يقول أحد مفكريهم وهو جلبرت هايت ( الكتب ليست أكوام من الورق الميت ! إنها عقول تعيش على الأرفف ).

كنت قد قرأت قبل عدة سنوات عن عادة طورها أحد مدربي التنمية البشرية ويدعى دارين هاردي (وهو بالمناسبة رئيس تحرير مجلة النجاح الأمريكية)،وهذه العادة يسميها عشرة ونصف ،ولا تعني الوقت كما يتبادر إلى ذهنك،ولكنها تعني كل يوم إقرأ بمقدار 10 صفحات وإستمع إلى شريط في التنمية البشرية لمدة نصف ساعة ،وقد أعجبتني وطبقتها منذ ذلك الحين، واليوم أشعر أنني كالمهندس في كل يوم أضيف طابوقة إلى عمارة معلوماتي ومعرفتي !!

top panel missing! in SliTaz 4.0

Top panel missing!

Q: Hi :)
My top panel went missing in SliTaz 4.0. How do i get it back? This has happened ebfore but then it was a fairly ancient machine so i was expecting problems. This machine is only old not quite ancient yet.
I found how to get the bottom one back if that went missing but the top one doesn't seem to work the same way.
Thanks and regards from
Tom :)
A:To bring back both panels:
rm ~/.config/lxpanel/slitaz/panels/*
For user tux:
rm /home/tux/.config/lxpanel/slitaz/panels/*
Logout/in X session

Run Windows XP from USB -Portable

The main reason pushed me to try variety of Linux distro. was the very light size and the ability to use all hardware without  any drivers definitions and using internet easily.

So I have just found a portable version of Windows XP which can run from USB , it runs fully from ram so there is no need to have hard disk installed.
The most amazing thing is size, I remember the smallest Linux distro I used  was SLITAZ with only 35 MegaBytes,but this Portable version of Windows is only 24 MegaBytes.

So if Windows failed to boot or you have faced any trouble booting your OS you can use this Portable Version.
The main advantage that is supports both of FAT and NTFS file systems.

It also support installing programs very easy as you were on Original Windows installed to your hd.

Steps:
1- download the file below and extract it to any location in your hd.
2- run file "PeToUSB" and fellow steps to finish
3- boot your PC from USB HDD OR Kingston Data traveler ( the media you installed windows to  by PeToUSB)

NOTE this version I found it  does n `t support net , may be I am still trying it.

enjoyyy ..........

Ziddu site

OR
Google Drive

Clear Run history in XP


Clear Recent Commands From the Run Dialog in Windows XP

Has it ever bothered you that there isn’t an obvious way to remove the previous items in the Run box in Windows? It’s often very useful, of course… but if you are just a little bit paranoid you might want to clean out that list on occasion.
Of course there are many cleaner applications that will do this for you, but we’ll explain how to do it manually.
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Clear Recent Run Dialog Entries Through Regedit
Open up regedit.exe through the start menu run box, and then navigate down to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU
You’ll see all your recent commands on the right, and you can delete any of the keys that contain your commands. You’ll have to logoff and then back on, but the list should be clean.
Note that this will also work for Windows Vista’s Run dialog, although most people have switched to using the search box instead.
Completely Clear Recent Run Dialog Entries The Easier Way
Reader Ayush pointed out a much more easy solution that this registry hack-happy geek overlooked.
Right-click on the taskbar and choose Properties, then choose Start Menu.
Select the “Classic Start menu” option, and choose the Customize button. (Don’t worry, we’ll cancel out of the dialogs so you can keep the XP menu style)
Now just click the Clear button to remove all of the recent documents and applications from the start menu.
Once you’ve done that, hit Cancel and then Cancel again to make sure you don’t switch to the Classic Start menu.
Note that this method will clear out everything… so if you just want to remove a single entry you need to use the registry hack method.


Clear Recent Commands From the Run Dialog in Windows XP - How-To Geek:


بنوك سويسرا ....ما السر؟


ما قصة الحياد السويسري ..؟ بقلم: فهد عامر الأحمدي

 
[7/25/2012 8:41:46 PM]

قامت في أوروبا عشرات الحروب الطاحنة، وغزا (نابليون) و(هتلر) معظم بلدان القارة، وأحرقت الحربان العالميتان معظم الدول... ومع ذلك لم يعتدِ أحد على سويسرا وظلّت لخمسمائة عام واحة سلام وسط جحيم ملتهب... وهذه الأيام يتكتل العالم في أحلاف اقتصادية وسياسية وعسكرية ومع هذا ترفض سويسرا الانضمام لأي حلف أو منظمة عالمية بما في ذلك الإتحاد الأوربي ومنظمة الأمم المتحدة..!!؟؟

هذه العُزلـة والحياديـة الصارمـة تُذكرنا مباشـرة بـ "بروتوكولات حكماء صهيون" التي تتحدث عن "مكان آمن" يحمي ثرواتهم من الحروب التي يُشـعلونها بأنفسـهم... "مكان آمن" ويعمل في نفـس الوقت على اسـتقطاب ثروات العالم بحيث يصبح لقمـة سـائغـة في فم اليهود متى ما قامت ثورتهم العالميـة!!

في كتاب "أحجار على رقعة الشطرنج" يتحدث (وليام جاي) عن دور اليهود في ظهور (نابليون) و(هتلر)... وفي نفس الوقت سعيهم لعدم الاعتداء على سويسرا، وفي كتاب "حكومة العالم الخفية" يشرح (شيريب فيتش) كيف أن يهود العالم استثنوا سويسرا من مخططهم لإثارة الفوضى والحروب لحماية أموالهم داخلها
وإكسابها سمعة "الملاذ الآمن" لاستقطاب أموال (الجوييم) ـ وهو الاسم الذي يُطلق على كل من هو غير يهودي..!!

ورغم اعترافي بأن الفرضيـة تبدو خياليـة إلا أن الواقع يتوافق معها على الدوام؛ فسـويسـرا كانت ومازالت الوجهـة المفضلـة للثروات المهربـة منذ القرن السـادس عشـر... ومنذ 400 عام والثروات تتراكم فيها ـ ما بين أرصدة مجهولـة ـ وأموال مسـروقـة ـ وثروات لم يعد يُطالب بها أحد...!!

وعامل الجذب الأسـاسـي في سـويسـرا هو الحياد والسـريـة؛ فالسـويسـريون اتخذوا مبدأ الحياد منذ عام 1515 بعد هزيمتهم النكراء من الجيـش الفرنسـي، وحينها وضعوا دسـتوراً للحياد يرفض الميل مع هذا الجانب أو ذاك ولا حتى بإبداء الرأي أو التعاطف مع أحد...!!! هل سـمعت مثلاً عن رأي سـويسـرا بخصوص احتلال العراق.. أو حصار غزة.. أو حتى تفجيرات نيويورك..!!؟؟

وحتى اليوم ماتزال سويسرا ترفض الانضمام إلى منظمة الأمم المتحدة والإتحاد الأوروبي وحلف شمال الأطلسي (ناتو)... أضف لهذا فسويسرا لم توقع أي معاهدة لتسليم المجرمين أو تبادل المعلومات الأمنية مع أي دولة... وهو ما يجعلها بمثابة "جنة" لطُغاة العالم الثالث..!!

أما الأغرب من هذا كله فهو أن سويسرا لا تملك حتى جيشاً من شأنه استفزاز الآخرين، بل تملك فقط قوة دفاع مدنية وعدداً هائلاً من إتفاقيات عدم الاعتداء... أما عامل الجذب الاقتصادي الذي ساهم بالفعل في بناء سمعة سويسرا "كملاذٍ آمنٍ" فهو قانون السرية المصرفية الذي يصعب اختراقه؛ فالقانون السويسري يمنع الإطلاع أو إفشاء أي معلومات مصرفية لأي سبب وحجة... أضف لهذا أن البنوك هناك تتعامل بنظام مشفر يزيد عمره الآن عن مئتي عام لا يُتيح حتى للموظفين معرفة أصحاب الحسابات التي يتعاملون معها... وفوق هذا كله يملك العميل حرية إيداع ثرواته بأسماء مستعارة او استبدال الاسماء بارقام سرية لا يعرفها غيره...!!!

وإذا أضفنا لكل هذا خمسمائة عام من المصداقية والحرفية المصرفية نفهم كيف أصبحت سويسرا "ملاذاً آمناً" للأثرياء والطُغاة واللصوص من شتى أنحاء العالم..!!

والآن حاولوا أن تحسـبوا معي نتائج كل هذا على مدى خمسـة قرون: فرغم أن الحياد والسـريـة هما ما يُميزان النظام السـويسـري إلا أنهما أيضاً قد يعملان على حجز الثروات في سـويسـرا إلى الأبد..؛ فحين يموت أحد العُملاء ـ مثل صدام حسـين أو شـاه إيران مثلاً ـ قد تمنع السـريـة المصرفيـة والحياديـة الصارمـة من عودة الأرصدة إلى مصادرها الأصليـة...!!!

فبعد هزيمة ألمانيا مثلاً بقيت فيها الى اليوم ثروات منسية لقادة المان قُتلوا خلال الحرب العالمية الثانية حتى يومنا هذا...! كما تُعيق الميزة السويسرية في الحياد والسرية إعادة الملايين التي نهبها (ماركوس) من الفيليبين و(سيسيسيكو) من زائير و(أباشا) من نيجيريا وزعماء الإنقلابات العسكرية في العالم العربي وأمريكا اللاتينية، وفي المحصلـة.. تُشـكل اليوم الثروات المجهولـة والمنسـيـة جزءً كبيراً من رصيد سـويسـرا العام، الأمر الذي انعكـس على المواطن السـويسـري الذي يتمتع بأعلى مسـتوى من الرفاهيـة ورغد العيـش على حسـاب الآخرين..!!

ولا بد من الإشـارة هنا إلى حادثـة إسـتثنائيـة وحيدة قد تُفسـر علاقـة المنظمات الصهيونيـة بالجهاز المصرفي في سـويسـرا؛ فبضغطٍ من اللوبي اليهودي الأمريكي اعترفت سـويسـرا ولأول مرة بوجود أرصدة مجهولـة تخص يهود قُتلوا في الحرب العالميـة الثانيـة، وقبل عشـرة أعوام وافقت، ليـس فقط على إعادة تلك الأموال، بل والفوائد المتراكمـة عليها منذ 1940...!!!

السؤال الموازي هو:

كم يبلغ حالياً حجم الثروات المنسية لغير اليهود في البنوك السويسرية.. وكم وصلت فوائدها حتى اليوم..!!؟؟

الجواب تجدونه في (البروتوكول) السادس والخامس عشر لحكماء صهيون..!!




ما قصة الحياد السويسري ..؟ بقلم: فهد عامر الأحمدي | كتاب عمون | وكالة عمون الاخبارية:

Customized RUN dialog Shortcuts ~ Electronic Gurudev


Customized RUN dialog Shortcuts


Many of us including me feel it very easy and comfortable to open Microsoft Word by just typing "WINWORD" in the RUN dialog box and press enter.
It happens in three steps
·         WINDOWS Button + R
·         Type "WINWORD" into the Run dialog Box
·         And press ENTER
But as for PowerPoint you cannot open it by just typing "PPT" into the dialog box. Haven’t you ever wondered of customized RUN dialog shortcuts? If yes, then I am here for with a boon for you.
  • Right click “My Computer” icon
  • Choose “Properties” from context menu 
  • Click “Advanced” tab  

















  • Click “Environment Variables” tab







  









  
  • Under System Variables, find PATH, and double click on it.

  •  In the Edit windows, modifyPATH by adding the location of the Folder “My Shortcuts” you have created at location “C:\Windows” to the value forPATH. 
Note: If you do not have the itemPATH, you may select to add a new variable and add PATH as the name and the location of the class as the value.  

Now you may need to place the shortcuts of any program on desktop and then move their shortcuts from desktop into this folder i.e. “C:\Windows\My Shortcuts”
Rename them according your need. For e.g.  I am using GM as shortcut to open GOD MODEtherefore I have rename the shortcut of GOD MODE as GM and placed it My Shortcuts, similarly I am using PPT for PowerPoint.


Command Prompt Tricks& Hacks


The Windows Command Prompt tool, and many of its commands, might seem boring or even relatively useless at first glance, but as anyone who has ever used the Command Prompt very often can tell you, there's much to love!
Below are several Command Prompt tricks and other Command Prompt hacks that I guarantee will get you excited about many of the mundane sounding Command Prompt commands like telnet, tree, or robocopy... okay, robocopy sounds pretty cool.
Some of these Command Prompt tricks and hacks are special features or uses of the Command Prompt itself, while others are just neat or relatively unknown things you can do with certain commands. Enjoy!

1. Use Ctrl-C to Abort a Command

Ctrl-C - Command Prompt Tricks
Just about any command can be stopped in its tracks with the abort command: Ctrl-C.
If you haven't actually executed a command, you can just backspace and erase what you've typed, but if you've already executed it then you can do a Ctrl-C to stop it.
Warning: Ctrl-C isn't a magic wand and it can't undo things that aren't undoable, like a partially complete format command. However, for things like the dir command that seem to go on forever or questions you're asked at the prompt that you don't know the answer to, the abort command is an excellent Command Prompt trick to know.


3. Run Command Prompt as an Administrator Automatically
2. View a Command's Results One Page (or Line) at a Time

More Command - Command Prompt Tricks
Ever run a command, like the dir command, that produces so much information on the screen that it's almost useless? You're not alone.
One way around this is to execute the command in a special way so whatever information is generated is shown to you one page, or one line, at a time.
To do this, just type the command, the dir command for example, and then follow it with the pipe redirection operator and then the more command.
For example, executing dir /s | more will generate the thousands of lines of results that you expect from the dir command, but the more command will pause each page of results with -- More -- at the bottom of the page, indicating that the command is not done running.
Just press the space bar to advance by page or press the Enter key to advance one line at a time.
See Command Prompt Trick #7 below for a different solution to this problem.
Command Prompt Admin Shortcut - Command Prompt Tricks
Many commands require that you execute them from an elevated Command Prompt in Windows - in other words, execute them from a Command Prompt that's run as an administrator.
You can always right-click on any Command Prompt shortcut and chooseRun as administrator but creating a shortcut to do the same thing can be a huge time saver if you're a frequent Command Prompt power user.
To complete this Command Prompt trick, just create a Command Prompt shortcut on the desktop, enter the shortcut's properties and then select the Run as administrator box located in the Advanced button on theShortcut tab.

4. Become a Command Prompt Power User with Function Keys

Command Prompt Function Keys - Command Prompt Tricks
The fact that the function keys actually do something in the Command Prompt is maybe one of the best kept secrets about the tool:
F1: Pastes the last executed command (character by character)
F2: Pastes the last executed command (up to the entered character)
F3: Pastes the last executed command
F4: Deletes current prompt text up to the entered character
F5: Pastes recently executed commands (does not cycle)
F6: Pastes ^Z to the prompt
F7: Displays a selectable list of previously executed commands
F8: Pastes recently executed commands (cycles)
F9: Asks for the number of the command from the F7 list to paste
Command Prompt Trick #17 is full of arrow key shortcuts, a few of which are similar to these function key tricks.

5. Hack the Prompt Text

Prompt Command - Command Prompt Tricks
Did you know that the prompt itself in the Command Prompt is completely customizable thanks to the prompt command? It is, and when I say customizable, I mean really customizable.
Instead of C:\>, you can set the prompt to any text you want, have it include the time, the current drive, the Windows version number, you name it.
One useful example is prompt $m$p$g which will show the full path of a mapped drive in the prompt, alongside the drive letter.
You can always execute prompt alone, without options, to return it to its sometimes boring default.

6. Get Help for Any Command

Help Switch - Command Prompt Tricks
Believe it or not, the help command does not provide help for every Command Prompt command. However, any command can be suffixed with the /? option, usually called the help switch, to display detailed information about the command's syntax and often times even some examples.
I doubt that the help switch is the coolest Command Prompt trick you've ever heard of, but it's hard to disagree that it's one of the more useful.
Unfortunately, neither the help command nor the help switch offer much in the way of explaining how to interpret the syntax. See How To Read Command Syntax if you need help with that.

7. Save a Command's Output to a File

Command Output - Command Prompt Tricks
An incredibly useful Command Prompt trick is the use of redirection operators, specifically the > and >> operators.
These little characters let you redirect the output of a command to a file, giving you a saved version of whatever data the command produced in the Command Prompt window.
Let's say you're about to post a computer problem to an online forum, like my computer support forum for example, and you want to provide really accurate information about your computer. An easy way to do that would be to use the systeminfo command with a redirection operator.
For example, you might execute systeminfo > c:\mycomputerinfo.txtto save the information provided by the systeminfo command to a file. You could then attach the file to your forum post.
See How To Redirect Command Output to a File for more examples and a better explanation of how to use redirection operators.

8. View Your Hard Drive's Entire Directory Structure

Directory Structure with Tree Command - Command Prompt Tricks
I think one of the neatest little commands is the tree command. With tree, you can create a kind of map of your computer's directories.
Execute tree from any directory to see the folder structure under that directory.
Tip: With so much information, it's probably a good idea to export the results of the tree command to a file. For example, tree /a > c:\treeresults.txt, just as explained in Command Prompt Trick #7.


10. Copy From the Command Prompt
9. Customize the Command Prompt Title Bar Text

Command Prompt Title Bar - Command Prompt Tricks
Tired of that Command Prompt title bar text? No problem, just use the title command to change it to whatever you like.
For example, let's say your name is Maria Smith, and you want to express your ownership of the Command Prompt: execute title Property of Maria Smith and the Command Prompt's title bar will change immediately.
The change won't stick, so the next time you open Command Prompt the title bar will be back to normal.
The title command is usually used to help give a custom appearance in script files and batch files... not that I'm saying titling it with your name isn't a good idea!
Mark Feature in Command Prompt - Command Prompt Tricks
As you may or may not know, copying from the Command Prompt is not as easy as copying from other programs, which is part of the reason why saving a command's output to a file, Command Prompt Trick #7, is so handy.
But what if you do just want to copy a short section of text to the clipboard? It's not too hard but it's not very intuitive either.
Right-click anywhere in the Command Prompt window and choose Mark. Now, highlight with your left mouse button whatever you'd like to copy. Once your selection is made, press Enter.

Now you can paste that information into whatever program you'd like.


11. Open the Command Prompt From Any Location

Open Command Window Here - Command Prompt Tricks
If you've ever worked in the Command Prompt for very long, you know that it can be really frustrating executing the cd/chdir command over and over again to get to the right directory you want to work from.
Luckily, there's a super easy Command Prompt trick that will let you open a Command Prompt window from whatever folder you're viewing in Windows.
All you have to do is navigate, in Windows, to the folder you want to start working from in the Command Prompt. Once there, hold down yourShift key while you right-click anywhere in the folder. Once the menu pops up, you'll notice an entry that's not usually there: Open command window here.
Click it and you'll start a new instance of the Command Prompt, ready and waiting at the right location!
If you're a Command Prompt power user, you'll immediately recognize the value in this little trick.

12. Drag and Drop For Easy Path Name Entry

Command Prompt Drag and Drop - Command Prompt Tricks
Most Command Prompt commands require you, or have options, to specify full paths to files or folders but typing out a long path can be frustrating, especially when you miss a character and have to start over.
For example, in Windows 7, the path to the Accessories group in my Start Menu isC:\Users\Tim\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories. Who wants to type that all in manually? Not me.
Luckily there's a Command Prompt trick that makes this much easier: drag and drop.
Just navigate to the folder you want the path for in Windows Explorer. Once there, drag the folder or file to the Command Prompt window and let go. Like magic, the full path is inserted, saving you a considerable amount of typing depending on the length and complexity of the path name.
Note: Unfortunately, the drag and drop feature does not work in an elevated Command Prompt.

13. Shut Down or Restart Another Computer

Remote Shutdown Dialog - Command Prompt Tricks
System administrators in a business environment do this all the time for lots of reasons, but you can also shut down or restart another computer on your network, all from your computer's Command Prompt.
The easiest way to shut down a computer remotely is to executeshutdown /i from the Command Prompt which will open the Remote Shutdown Dialog, shown here. Just enter the name of the remote computer (which you can get by running the hostname command on the other PC), choose what you want to do (restart or shutdown), select some other options and then click OK.
So whether you're brushing up on your command skills or just scaring a family member, this Command Prompt trick is a fun one.
You can also shut down or restart another computer strictly from the Command Prompt with the shutdown command, without using the Remote Shutdown Dialog.

14. Use Robocopy as a Backup Solution

Robocopy Command Backup - Command Prompt Tricks
Thanks to the robocopy command, you don't need to use Window's backup software or install a third party program to manage your backups.
Just execute robocopy c:\users\tim\documents f:\backup\documents /copyall /e /r:0 /dcopy:t /mir, obviously replacing the source and destination folders with whatever you'd like to backup and where. The robocopy command with these options functions identically to an incremental backup software tool, keeping both locations in sync.
You don't have the robocopy command if you're using Windows XP or earlier. However, you do have the xcopy command, which can be used to do something very similar: xcopy c:\users\tim\documents f:\backup\documents /c /d /e /h /i /k /q /r /s /x /y.
No matter which command you choose to use, just create a script file containing the command and schedule it to run in Task Scheduler and you'll have your own custom made backup solution.
I've chosen to use the robocopy command on my personal computers as my only local backup solution because I like the level of control it gives me. Hopefully you take that as a vote of confidence in this incredibly useful Command Prompt trick.

15. View Your Computer's Important Network Information

Ipconfig Command - Command Prompt Tricks
Maybe just for your own information, but certainly when you're troubleshooting a network or Internet problem, you'll probably at some point need to know details about your computer's network connection.
Everything you'd want to know about your network connection is available somewhere in the Control Panel in Windows, but it's much easier to find, and much better organized, in the results from the ipconfig command.
Open Command Prompt and execute ipconfig /all. What displays on screen next is everything important about your network connection: your IP addresshostnameDHCP server, DNS information, and much, much more.
Combine this hack with Command Prompt Trick #7 and you've got a very easy way to get information about your connection to someone helping you with a problem.

16. Map a Local Folder Just Like a Network Drive

Subst Command - Command Prompt Tricks
The net use command is used to assign shared drives on a network to your own computer as a drive letter, but did you know there's another command that can be used to do the same thing to any folder on any of your local hard drives?
There is and it's called the subst command. Just execute the subst command, followed by the path of the folder you wish to appear as a drive. For example, let's say you want your C:\Windows\Fonts folder to appear as the Q: drive. Just execute subst q: c:\windows\fonts and you're set!
This Command Prompt trick makes accessing a particular location from the Command Prompt much easier.

17. Access Previously Used Command with the Arrow Keys

Arrow Keys - Command Prompt Tricks
Another great Command Prompt trick has to be the use of the keyboard arrow keys to cycle through previously executed commands. The up and down arrow keys cycle through the commands you've entered and the right arrow automatically enters, character by character, the last command you executed.
This might not sound that interesting, but there are several situations where the arrow keys become huge time savers.
Consider this example: You've typed out 75 characters of a command and then try to execute it, only to find that you forgot to add an option at the very end. No problem, just hit the up arrow and the entire command is automatically entered in the Command Prompt window, ready for you to edit to make it work.

18. Automatically Complete Commands with Tab Completion

Tab Completion - Command Prompt Tricks
Tab completion is another Command Prompt trick that can save you lots of time, especially if your command has a file or folder name in it that you're not completely sure of.
To use tab completion in the Command Prompt, just enter the command and then the portion of the path that you do know, if at all. Then press the tab key over and over to cycle through all of the available possibilities.
For example, let's say you want to change directories to some folder in the Windows directory but you're not sure what it's named. Type cd c:\windows\ and then press tab until you see the folder you're looking for. The results cycle or you can use Shift+Tab to step through the results in reverse.

19. Find a Website's IP Address

Website IP Address - Command Prompt Tricks
Like to know the IP address of a website? There are a few different commands you can use to find it.
Let's use the nslookup command to find the IP address of About.com. Just execute nslookup about.com and view the result. Make sure you don't confuse any private IP addresses that also show up in the nslookup results alongside About.com's public IP address.
Another way to find a site's IP address is to use the ping command. Execute ping about.com and then look at the IP address between the brackets in the results shown.
Using either Command Prompt trick, the result is 207.241.148.80.

20. Copy & Paste Easier with QuickEdit Mode

QuickEdit Mode - Command Prompt Tricks
How about an even easier way to copy from the Command Prompt? And a secret way to easily paste?
Just right-click on the Command Prompt title bar and select Properties. On the Options tab, in the Edit Options section, check the QuickEdit Mode box and then click OK.
Enabling QuickEdit Mode is like having Mark enabled all the time so selecting text to copy is really easy.
But it also enables an easy way to paste into the Command Prompt: just right click once and whatever is in the clipboard is pasted in the Command Prompt window. Normally, pasting involves right-clicking and selecting Paste.

21. Watch Star Wars Episode IV

ASCII Star Wars - Command Prompt Tricks
Yes, you read that correctly, you can watch an ASCII version of the full Star Wars Episode IV movie right in the Command Prompt window!
Just open Command Prompt and execute telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl. The movie will start immediately. This isn't a terribly productive use of the Command Prompt, nor is it really a trick of the Command Prompt or any command, but it sure is fun!
Note: The telnet command is not enabled by default in Windows 7 or Windows Vista but can be turned on by enabling Telnet Client from Windows Features in the Programs and Features applet in Control Panel. If you'd rather not enable Telnet but would like to see the movie, you can also watch it in your browser here.