Simple Command to show the date when the program was created

I would like to share a simple command using the WMIC components in windows operating systems. First, we define WMIC. WMIC stands for Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line. It is a powerful tool which uses the power of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to enable systems management from the command line.

Here is a sample command in checking the running internet explorer process:

wmic process get Caption,ProcessID,CreationDate | findstr "iexplorer.exe"

Result:






For the creation Date Breakdown:

 20141013064922.361940+480
      |-> Date the program executed

064922.361940
     |            |-> Milliseconds
     |->Time (hour,minute and seconds)

+480
    |->represents the difference, in minutes, between the local time zone and Greenwich Mean Time


            

How to Get the Serial Number of a Computer

A serial number is a unique code assigned for an identification of a single unit. It is a combination of a Letters and numeric characters. I would like to show you a simple command from the Command Prompt to check  for the serial number of your computer. Here are the steps on how to do it.

1. Open your command prompt by going to Start > Run , then type CMD
2. Input the command below:
 
    C:\> wmic bios get SerialNumber

See screenshot below.

WMIC stands for Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line. According to Microsoft, The Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) is a command-line and scripting interface that simplifies the use of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and systems managed through WMI.

For more information on how to manage WMI, you can refer to the link below.

https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/wmic.mspx?mfr=true

How to transfer result of command in CMD to a txt file

Command prompt is a windows based tool that is used to interpret command -lines in windows operationg system. For Linux or Unix based Operating systems, they are same called as Terminal.
Here i will show you a simple command that will transfer results from command line inputted on the Command Prompt or simply called CMD. This is command is a simple one, easily learned and very usefull especially when displaying a long result from the CMD. As we all know, the command prompt has a break when displaying a result, so you will not able to view all the result as one. Example of a long report is the systeminfo command executed in CMD. This will display all the systems information of your machine including the Windows Updates installed. Here is the syntax.

C:\> <command> >> <destination>


To save the result of ipconfig /all command in CMD to a text file, just simply type:

C:\>ipconfig /all >> C:\result.txt

To save the result of systeminfo command in CMD to a text file, just simply type

C:\>systeminfo >> C:\Result.txt

Hope this will help. :})

How to fix issues on stuck Keyboards

Another day has come,lot of works etc. While you were working and typing,suddenly the keyboard keys, for example you press E and all another window will appear, maybe explorer window. This means that your keyboard keys,or some of it, are hang which is like pressing a shortcut key. I will share you a simple troubleshooting to fix this issue.

Just keep pressing the CTRL,Shift,ALT and the Windows Button simultaneously and if that doesn't work. Try to see if there is a keyboard key that was stuck or you can also press Windows+D twice to minimize all open windows and maximize it again.

Hoping It will help on your part. :)

How to Fix Issue/Error Encountered when performing System Restore

One morning, you check on your PC and found out that it was corrupted by malwares,etc. Now you need to perform the System Restore but it's prompting you an error. I am sharing you this troubleshooting I've done in order to fix the issue on System Restore. I know that there is a lot of fix for the System Restore issue and i'm sharing you one of them.

1. First, Go to Run > RUN and type CMD, the command prompt will show but remember that you should be logged in as local administrator of the machine

2. We will check first if the system files of your computer was previously changed or manipulated.

Type this command to the command prompt.

sfc /scannow

 This command will examine or check the system integrity of your computer's system files.

How to Access Command Prompt in different ways.

Command prompt is a windows utility that is simply a command line interpreter. It can found on Windows Operating System. For MacOSx and Linux based Operating system their command line interpreter is called terminal.

Sharing you the ways that i know on how to open or access the command prompt.

1. Go to Start > Run, and simply type CMD or command

2. Go to C:\Windows\system32 directory and look for CMD

3. Open the task manager and simply go to File > New task then type CMD

 

4. Open task manager and simply go to file > New task while holding the CTRL key on your keyboard

How to fix issue on MS Outlook 2010, email is staying in the Outbox

Another issue i encountered for today is about the user encountering an error with her outlook. The version of her outlook is MS Outlook 2010. Her outlook is connected to the exchange server. Sharing you the troubleshooting i have done to fix the issue.

1. I checked the error encountered by the user by clicking the Send / Receive tab then Show Progress on her MS Outlook I have seen an error pertaining to Mailbox reached his limit...

2. So what i did is I checked the folder size by right clicking her mailbox (user@company.com) located at the left pane of her outlook, then choose Data File Properties. Click the Folder Size Button and it will display you the total size of the mailbox

Note: That image above is not the actual size of the users mailbox, i just showed you the folder size properties.

3. As per checking the folder size, the size has not yet reached the maximum allowed which is contradicting with error received. Therefore, what i did is that, i go the File Menu, then click the Account Settings > Account Settings

An email account setting will be displayed.

4. Double Click the email address under the email Tab and a Server Setting Window will appear.As seen below

5.Remove the check on the "Use Cached Exchange Mode" checkbox.
6.After removing the check, close the Microsoft Outlook to apply the changes.
7. The Open Again the MS Outlook 2010 and Do Number 4. But this time, return the check on the "Use Cached Exchange Mode"
8. After doing that, close again the MS Outlook and re-open.

How to disable Policy on the machine remotely

Sharing you this simple command to disable computer local and user policy over the network. There are many ways to do this but i will give you one of it. This is only applicable for windows operating system such as windows XP, windows 7, Windows Server 2003.

1. Go to Start > Run and type gpedit.msc /gpcomputer: "computer_name" (without the quote").
2. After that a gpedit.msc applet will prompt you connected to the machine you are accessing.
Click the Local Computer Policy, then click Action and choose properties.
3. A local computer Policy Properties will open, then just put a check mark on the following
    -Disable Computer Configuration settings
    -Disable User Configuration settings
4. After that click Apply then OK.

Please note that in order the changes to take effect, you need to either restart the computer remotely or you can force apply the changes without restarting. Just simply type this in the command prompt of the machine you are remotely connected.

gpupdate /force

SCCM Client not Reporting to the SCCM Server

Another day for an IT guy. Lots of monitoring, checking and troubleshooting issues related to computer. One issue i encountered for this day is the issue of a sccm client not reporting to the sccm server. I did some troubleshooting and here are the list of what i have done to fix the issue.

Option 1:
1. check for the sccm logs located in \\machine_name\c$\windows\system32\ccm\logs
2. Restart the PC
3. Access the machine via SCCM Client Center
4. Navigate to Agent Actions Tab located in the lower right portion of the SCCM Client Center
5.Among the tabs, click the Delete root\ccm button. Deleting the root\ccm will let the sccm client go back to the provisioning mode and will redownload all policies for the machine. It will look look you were reinstalling the client itself.
6.Monitor untill the configuration manager applet located in Control Panel will be completed and all tabs are available.
7. Lastly, Access the configuration Manager Applet and don't forget to trigger all the actions content in the Actions Tab

Option 2:
You can try another option for your to have this work. You can also try another option by uninstalling the client itself and then reinstalling. You can uninstall the client in just 1, 2, 3
1.Go to Start > Run and type CMD
2.Access the location of the ccmsetup.exe by going to this folder location C:\Windows\System32\ccmsetup then type ccmsetup.exe /uninstall
3. Wait until the ccmsetup.exe disappear from the processes in the task manager,then restart your computer.


After Restarting, you can now proceed in installing the sccm client. Reinstalling is also easy as 1 2 3.
1. Go to Start > Run then type CMD for command prompt
2. Navigate to the location of the installer, for example below, the installer is locate in the C:\windows\temp\ccm folder.I have also inputted the SMSSITECODE=test below to directly connect to the server.
C:\Windows\Temp\CCM\ccmsetup.exe /source:%windir%\temp\ccm SMSSITECODE=test
3. Check for the configuration manager located in Control Panel, if the tabs and all informations are already complete.


That's all for now. Happy troubleshooting :)

How to setup a computer connection to DHCP via Command prompt

First, We define DHCP. DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is a network protocol that let the devices communicate with each other via Internet Protocol(IP). This is implemented in the server to easily distribute IP address on the computers connected to the network. The computer will have their IP address automatically If the computers Local Area Connection Internet Protocol is configured to Obtain an IP address automatically.

In order for us to configured a Local Area connection of a computer ti have it DHCP enabled is by the following command below.

netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" dhcp
netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" dhcp

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /registerdns

You can create a batch file or run it in command prompt whichever you preferred.

How to reset firewall settings via CMD

From the previous post, here is another way how to enable/reset firewall settings.


1. Open Run and type the following
CMD /K NETSH FIREWALL RESET

Launch firewall applet from Control Panel, and see if you're able to configure the Windows Firewall settings.

If the above steps do not help, as a last resort solution (before attempting to reinstall the Service Pack), give the following commands a try:

2. Click Start, Run and type:

rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132 %windir%\inf\netrass.inf

The above command repaired most of the Windows Firewall settings. After running the above command, restart Windows and then run the following:

Cannot Open drive Automatically

One problem i encountered from my workstation at home is that my drive D doesn't open automatically when clicking it. I have done some investigation and found out that my machine was affected by a malware. Here are the actions I've done to restore the default functionality when opening any drives that was infected of such malware.

Problem:

When I double click on the D:\ drive on my
workstation, it doesn't open automatically,
rather it starts the OPEN WITH menu and asks
Choose the program you want to use to open this
file: D:\ and gives a list of programs. I have to access the D: hard disk using windows explorer.





Solution:

How to enable/reset Firewall settings via Registry

            There was this problem i have encountered with the firewall setting of one pc i am supporting. It is a Microsoft Windows XP machine. The problem of the PC is that, it cannot print to the network printer and cannot access shared drives. Upon checking the services, the windows firewall services has been disabled and i tried to enable it but it gives me an error. I would like to share the registry file i use to resolve this issue and enabled the firewall setting and hope it will help.

1. Open a notepad, and paste the the following command.

How to fix logging in with a TEMP profile

A user in a domain is complaining of missing files after logged off and having always remapping his/her shared drive when logging in. I checked that issue and found out that there is a problem with the profile. Upon checking, the user is logging in as a temporary profile. This is mostly happening in windows 7 when renaming your profile to "profilename.old". In order to fix this kind of issue, you will need to login as a local/domain admin to his PC and perform the actions done below.

1. Right Click on the my computer icon then choose properties

2. Click on the Advanced system settings

3. Under the tab Advanced, click on the Users Profile

4. The profiles will be shown to you and the profile with a Temporary status should be deleted.

5. After deletion, delete also the "Temp" profile located on the C:\Users\ directory

If you will be able to notice that there is a lot of profiles with "Temp.(domain)" profile in C:\Users directory, It is your discretion if your want to delete it but i suggest it should be deleted since it will be useless for it because that is just a temporary profile.

To continue troubleshooting the issue, you will need to continue the following steps below.

A Computer will not work without Peripherals

  

A peripheral is a device connected to a computer but is not a part of it. It is often, but not always, partially or completely dependent on the host.

Let me give you the three categories for it.

Brief History of Computer

The first use of the word “computer” was recorded in 1613 in a book called “The young mans gleanings” by English writer Richard Braithwait. It referred to a person who carried out calculations, or computations, and the word continued with the same meaning until the middle of the 20th century. From the end of the 19th century the word began to take on its more familiar meaning, a machine that carries out computations.

                        The Zuse Z3, 1941, considered the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computing machine.