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Old June 19th, 2007, 07:27 PM
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Default What can you do with Command Prompt?

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Does anybody know cool tricks and stuff that you can do using command prompt
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Old June 19th, 2007, 07:54 PM
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When you open a prank-virus, you can disable the virus using this:
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  1. shutdown -a
When you end a system process, your pc shows to you an alert messagebox.
The messagebox gives you 1min to shutdown the pc, and warns you to save your work.
The prank-virus is like this messagebox. so the virus comes to shutdown your pc for no reason.
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Old June 19th, 2007, 08:11 PM
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Windows, Mac or *n?x?
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Old June 19th, 2007, 08:18 PM
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Windows, Mac or *n?x?
Windows XP is what I'm reffering to
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Old June 19th, 2007, 08:20 PM
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Windows XP is what I'm reffering to
Hmph. Well I guess I'm out, then.
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Old June 19th, 2007, 10:39 PM
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Try typing
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  1. CMD /?
at the command prompt. There's a whole lot of tips and tricks you can use.
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Old June 20th, 2007, 09:27 PM
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Is there anything you can do with somebody's IP address?
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Old June 21st, 2007, 01:08 PM
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What sort of thing are you talking about?
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Old June 21st, 2007, 11:05 PM
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Is there anything you can do with somebody's IP address?
You can try to ping them, or trace root the IP.

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  1. ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
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Will tell you if there is a computer at that address and how many milliseconds it takes for packets to transfer between them.

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  1. tracert xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
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  1. tracert randomdomainname.tld
Will tell you the names of the computers/servers a packet travels through to get to the specified location. These days, however, most firewalls are stealthed to both pings and trace roots.

The WinXP command prompt pales to the old DOS prompts (and both are egregious if you're used to unix-derived shells). You'd have a lot more cool toys if you were to install and use Cygwin or another terminal emulator.
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Old June 22nd, 2007, 12:49 PM
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The WinXP command prompt pales to the old DOS prompts (and both are egregious if you're used to unix-derived shells). You'd have a lot more cool toys if you were to install and use Cygwin or another terminal emulator.
Do you mean the XP version is lots better or lots worse than the DOS equivalent. As it's a far enhanced superset of the earlier version I can't think why anyone would think the latter.

These IP related tools (very interesting - thank you) are indeed not restricted to the command line, any more than any other tools are. Any shell should be able to run any executable program (as these tools are).
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Old June 22nd, 2007, 10:10 PM
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Do you mean the XP version is lots better or lots worse than the DOS equivalent. As it's a far enhanced superset of the earlier version I can't think why anyone would think the latter.

These IP related tools (very interesting - thank you) are indeed not restricted to the command line, any more than any other tools are. Any shell should be able to run any executable program (as these tools are).
That's true and I apologize for the inflamatory nature with which my previous statement was worded. Thinking about it (while fully awake this time) I do concede the point that cmd can be more efficacious than DOS. Please don't misunderstand, I use cmd on XP often (especially ipconfig), but in regard to "cool" toys for the CLI, I think that the better experience is with GNU IP/NIS tools (which can be used in Windows).
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Old June 22nd, 2007, 11:42 PM
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That's true and I apologize for the inflamatory nature with which my previous statement was worded.
Not required (I didn't notice any problem). I was just clarifying what you were saying. If that's what you were saying I simply disagree, that's all. I'm not offended & I doubt anyone else would be.
Your opinions are respected, and would be even if you hadn't suggested some helpful info about IP related tools.
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