List of useful and frequently used DOS Commands

This list of DOS commands is very useful when repairing Windows after a system crash when Windows doesn’t load and the only option you have is a Dos command prompt. Use the “help” command to find the usage and details of any particular command e.g. C:\>help copy

* CHDIR – Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
* CHKDSK – Checks a disk and displays a status report.
* CLS – Clears the screen.
* COMP – Compares two groups of files to find information that does not match.
* COPY – Copies and appends files.
* DATE – Displays and/or sets the system date.
* DEFRAG – Optimizes disk performance by reorganizing the files on the disk.
* DEL – Deletes files from disk.
* DELTREE – Deletes a directory including all files and subdirectories that are in it.
* DIR – Displays directory of files and directories stored on disk.
* DISKCOMP – Compares the contents of two diskettes.
* ECHO – Displays messages or turns on or off the display of commands in a batch file.
* EDIT – Starts the MS-DOS editor, a text editor used to create and edit ASCII text files.
* EXIT – Exits a secondary command processor.
* EXPAND – Expands a compressed file.
* FASTHELP – Displays a list of DOS commands with a brief explanation of each.
* FIND – Finds and reports the location of a specific string of text characters in one or more files.
* FOR – Performs repeated execution of commands (for both batch processing and interactive processing).
* FORMAT – Formats a disk to accept DOS files.
* GRAPHICS – Provides a way to print contents of a graphics screen display.
* IF – Allows for conditional operations in batch processing.
* LABEL – Creates or changes or deletes a volume label for a disk.
* MEM – Displays amount of installed and available memory, including extended, expanded, and upper memory.
* MKDIR – Creates a new subdirectory.
* MORE – Sends output to console, one screen at a time.
* MOVE – Moves one or more files to the location you specify. Can also be used to rename directories.
* PATH – Sets or displays directories that will be searched for programs not in the current directory.
* RENAME – Changes the filename under which a file is stored.
* RMDIR – Removes a subdirectory.
* SORT – Sorts input and sends it to the screen or to a file.
* XCOPY – Copies directories, subdirectories, and files.

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Backup a Whole Computer

Step1
The first step is to figure out where you will be backing up the computer to. You need an external hard drive with enough space to store a full backup. To determine how much space you need on a Windows PC, go to My Computer, right-click the drive, and click on "Properties". From there, click on the "General" tab, and look at the size of the drive. If there are multiple drives on the computer, figure out the total size of all the hard drives. Buy an external (USB) hard drive that's at least twice the size of your computer's hard drives.

Step2
Once you have the hard drive, you must acquire backup software. There are several options available, like Norton Ghost and Macrium Reflect. Each piece of software is similar, but Macrium Reflect has a free edition, which will be used for this article. A download link is in the "Resources" section, located near the bottom of the page. Follow the instructions on screen to install the software.

Step3
Plug in the USB drive, following the manufacturer's instructions, and then load the backup software. Once you have the software loaded, you must create a new backup. In Macrium Reflect Free Edition, click on the "Create a backup image of an entire disk or selected partition(s)" button. Read the instructions on screen and select the disks to backup. You will need to select the backup location as well; make sure you select the USB hard drive!

Step4
Run the backup. The backup will take a long time, depending on the size of the hard drive. Once the whole backup has been completed, exit the backup program.

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Clean Your Computer's Desktop

Having a desktop on your computer with a million icons in random places not only looks bad, but makes it very hard to find things. Here are some steps to declutter your computer's desktop.

Step1
Delete unused shortcut icons. Think of all the shortcuts that you created when installing various programs. Do you really use those applications enough to warrant a shortcut? Probably not. Shortcuts should be reserved for the programs you use the most -- most likely your preferred browser and favorite games!

Step2
Create new folders and label them with categories such as "Office Documents" and "Family Photos" and then move those files into their respective folders. This helps declutter your desktop, and also organizes all your files in the process.

Step3
Use a higher resolution. Bigger screen resolutions gives you more screen real estate, and allows you to work with your files in an easier and more convenient manner. When you use smaller screen resolutions, you can only show so many files on your desktop at once.

Step4
Move any personal photos and documents into your Documents folder. There is generally no reason why you should have personal files on your desktop, especially if you are sharing this computer with someone else. Keep them organized in appropriate folders off the desktop, and leave your screen real estate for the most important applications only.

Step5
When you've forgotten what your wallpaper looks like because of all your icons and you are too lazy to do the steps above, simply right click on the desktop and choose the View option. Then, disable the "Show Desktop Icons" feature, and all your icons will disappear until you turn this option back on!

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Make your computer to perform run better and faster

As someone who's taught computers and business, I'll give you some great advice to making your computer run even better and faster.


Step1
Clean out temporary files

Whenever you surf the Internet, there are tons of files that are downloaded behind the scenes onto your computer. These can really mount up and slow things down! So I suggest you clean these files out and remove them. Fortunately, Windows has a neat little utility program that will do this for you.

a) Click on the Start menu
b) Click on Programs
c) Click on Accessories
d) Click on System Tools
e) Click on Disk Cleanup

A dialog box will open with several boxes that will be checked. Make sure the one that says Temporary Internet Files is checked! If not, click your mouse in that box until you see a checkmark. Then click OK.

FYI: The dialog screen will show you how much space you'll regain after those files are removed. And depending upon what you've been doing, it can be quite a lot!

I suggest you run this every time you surf the Internet and are done. That's when most of those "hidden" files will download and take up space on your machine.
Step2
** Organize desktop icons **

One thing I used to tell my computer students is this. When you have tons and tons of icons all over your desktop, Windows will eventually begin to lose track. And this can slow down your machine! Most are shocked and amazed when they hear this because they didn't know. Now you do!

So try to minimize how many icons you have on your desktop. For example, with my dad's computer, I moved some into folders on the desktop. This way, he stll had access to what he wanted. And the number of icons on the actual desktop was reduced.

A good suggestion is this. Any icons you don't or rarely use can be put into a folder called Misc or Miscellaneous. This way, you're not deleting them. You're merely moving them into a folder that you can access whenever you need to.

TIP: A good way to know when you really need to do this is when you see icons changing their appearance when Windows loads or shuts down. That's because Windows is beginning to lose track of them and eventually will.
Step3
Watch hard drive space

One of the most common ways people get their computers to slow down is when you begin to run low on hard drive space. So what's the problem? The problem is Windows really needs more available space in order to run more efficiently. And when that extra space isn't there, performance suffers!

FYI: This also applies to removable drives like flashdrives!

For example, if you have a 2 gig flashdrive and there's only 3 megs left, you may see it taking longer to load and access files. That's because Windows says there's not a lot of room left.

I suggest you remove files and programs you really don't need or rarely use. You can also compress various files and folders in order to conserve space.

FYI: In general, games can very easily fill up space! Many people have lots of games on their machines. And these games today can be very large in terms of how much space they require. So if you have a lot of games on there, make sure you have enough room left to keep your machine running faster and better.

TIP: A general rule I like to suggest is this. Whenever your free space gets to 10% or less of your total hard drive size, that's when performance will often really begin to suffer.

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Your Computer will be 100% F A S T E R

Frustrated of computer slowdown?

Is your computer testing your patient by as-usual irritation of hanging and slowing while doing out the vital jobs. If so, don't kick your computer. Just kick your brain. Here is some tips what we use often and also advice others to do so to rescue their system. After following up of our steps make sure that your RAM vb script script file appears like this. If you think you had done it then go ahead save it on your desired location and just double click on that file whenever you feel that you need some rescue to your system.


Following the steps:


step1: open notepad and type.


step2: FREEMEM=SPACE(640-00000)


step3: save it as ram.vbs.


step4: now run the script.


Result: Your computer will be 100% F A S T E R

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Play Radio Mirchi

Windows Media Player...

Play radio mirchi on Media Player. You can do it in minutes but you need an internet connection. If its Broadband or any high speed internet you can feel it better.

Step1: goto media player

Step2: Select option OPEN URL

Step3: Copy and paste this link & Type this Link:

http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/asx/radiomirchi.asx

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Chat Between Computers

Using CMD (Dos)
to sending messages from computer A to computer B through the command cmd (dos) can be done in the following ways:



copy this script:

    @echo off

    :A

    Cls

    echo MESSENGER

    set /p n=User:

    set /p m=Message:


    net send %n% %m%

    Pause

    Goto A

save with the name chat.bat

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Microsoft Office for Mac

Microsoft Office for Mac Will Include Updated Tools, Web Apps
Microsoft announced that the upcoming Office for Mac 2011 will emulate many of the features of Office 2011, including the ribbon interface and the ability to access documents online via Microsoft Office Web Apps. Microsoft will also replace Entourage for Mac with a new version of Outlook for Mac, which will allow .PST files to be imported from Outlook for Windows. Microsoft recently offered the Release Candidate of Office 2010 to a small group of testers enrolled in its Technology Adoption Program.

The upcoming Office for Mac 2011 will include many of the features present in Office 2010, according to a Feb. 11 statement from Microsoft, and will roll out to consumers and businesses at an undefined point later this year.

As with Microsoft Office 2010, Office 2011 will allow Mac users to access their documents online through Microsoft Office Web Apps. Considered Microsoft’s entrant into the growing world of cloud-based productivity applications, and a competitor to offerings such as Google Apps, Web Apps features stripped-down versions of OneNote, PowerPoint, Excel and Word. Users will need to access the service through a Windows Live account, and certain functions will only be present in the full, purchasable version of Office.

On the collaboration front, Office 2011 will allow co-workers to co-author documents from different locations, with features designed to prevent lost edits and other productivity issues. A Presence Everywhere feature lets users see who’s working on a document at that particular moment.

Microsoft also made the decision to integrate the ribbon, its interface tool for the most recent versions of Office for PC, into this newest Mac edition. According to a statement released by Microsoft on Feb. 11 to coincide with Macworld, "The ribbon delivers a modern and fluid experience and also gives you a more consistent experience across platforms, which is key to productivity as 75 percent of Mac users also use a PC."

As previously announced in August 2009, Microsoft also plans on replacing Entourage for Mac with a new version of Outlook for Mac as part of the Office 2011 rollout. Eric Wilfrid, general manager for Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit, said in an Aug. 13 statement that Outlook for Mac would include features such as a "high-speed file-based database with support for backing up files with Time Machine and Spotlight searching," as well as information rights management to help "prevent sensitive information from being [disrupted] or read by people who do not have permission."

Outlook for Mac will also import .PST files from Outlook for Windows. Built using Cocoa, the platform will utilize the Exchange Web Services protocol.

Microsoft is currently offering the Release Candidate of Office 2010 for PC to a small group of testers enrolled in its Technology Adoption Program, although a Microsoft spokesperson told eWEEK that there are no plans at this time to make that new code set available broadly.

Having slated the final version of the program for a June release, Microsoft opened Office 2010 to general public beta testing late in 2009, hoping to utilize millions of testers to ferret out any bugs or issues. By the beginning of January, some 2 million people had downloaded that beta. Microsoft had used a similar technique in the months before the release of Windows 7 to correct errors throughout the software.

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