Skip to main content

All Questions

1 vote
0 answers
228 views

How to change VPN properties using cmd in Windows 7

With all this virus stuff, my company sent me to work at home. But when I connect to my company's VPN, I lose the internet connection. I have read on the internet that I must disable the option "Use ...
BraveOtter's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
1k views

netsh advfirewall firewall dump gives no result

Props: Windows 7, Windows Firewall, my account is configured as administrator, CLI also as administrator Because some rules entered via GUI did not work as expected, I've tried to check the rules on ...
Kitana's user avatar
  • 111
0 votes
0 answers
720 views

a particular use of Route command in Windows (Local Route)

i have seen a co-worker set a command like route add 192.168.4.20 10.167.0.198 in his computer to access services provided by a server on my network without changing his IP address or passing ...
Matteo Ricci's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
117 views

How can you access shared network folders with cmd.exe on Windows 7/10 when the folder name contains a space?

I have no problem accessing shared folders on other computers on the network when the folder name consists of a single word, but I have not yet found a way to access folders whose name contains a ...
H French's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
736 views

In windows 7, how to check from command-line if the wifi hardware switch is on or off?

In windows 7, how to check from command-line if the wifi hardware switch is on or off ? I will show you what happens when you toggle the hardware switch so that you may understand what exactly I am ...
DannyBoi's user avatar
  • 242
7 votes
2 answers
24k views

What parameters do I need for the "netsh int ip set dns" Windows command?

This article calls for CMD commands to fix an issue with DNS lookup. All the commands were successful up to these last two: netsh int ip set dns netsh winsock reset When I try the first command, CMD ...
Bar Akiva's user avatar
  • 313
2 votes
1 answer
3k views

Netsh the filename directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect

I would like to change an IP address in a Wireless network connection with a cmd line. I have tried: Netsh -c "interface ipv4" set address name=”Wireless Network Connection” static 192.168.168.6 255....
Docfxit's user avatar
  • 37
2 votes
2 answers
3k views

Can't change network password from command line

I have a previous question relating to how one can change a password of the 'bottom' client when recursively logged in to multiple RDP clients: Change Windows password when in multiple RDP One ...
Mr. Boy's user avatar
  • 5,336
0 votes
1 answer
251 views

Cisco Router - Windows 7

I have never used a Cisco product and have hand my but handed to me trying to use set it up. We have a second hand Cisco router 1900 series(1941). I have connected the router via the light blue and ...
johanna's user avatar
9 votes
1 answer
86k views

How to send data to tcp server from command prompt [closed]

I am a java developer and quite aware of socket programming in java.I have a tcp server running my localmachine.I can write java codes for client and check communication between server and client.But ...
SpringLearner's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
21k views

How to access cmd of another computer from my computer's cmd?

How can I access the Command Prompt of another computer from my own computer's Command Prompt in Windows7? I am hoping that I can do something like that into a batch file: Enter \\ComputerA -u John -...
xenon's user avatar
  • 534
0 votes
0 answers
54 views

Network Permissions, Traversing Folders, Command Line

I am trying to delete a text file from my command line in a directory that exists in a Failover cluster in a Windows 2008 R2 server, to which I am connected over my corporate network. I have all ...
user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
2k views

Unable to access internet from Windows Command Processor

I am unable to access internet from the Windows Command Processor. Below is the output on doing a simple ping: C:\Users\vivekkumar>ping www.stackexchange.com Pinging www.stackexchange.com [198....
Vivek's user avatar
  • 123
1 vote
0 answers
2k views

Set Windows Commandline (or PowerShell) to connect to internet via Proxy

I work behind a very strict firewall but I am able to browse (most) of the internet just fine with FireFox and I.E., however there are specific proxy settings to have. Namely, an autoconfig *.pac link ...
E.S.'s user avatar
  • 231
14 votes
5 answers
114k views

PING cmd request timed out for all websites but sites are accessible through browsers

ping google.com is not working in my windows7 cmd prompt. but google is accessible via browsers below is the snap shot Note: None of the website in pinging.. all requests are timed out But the same ...
logan's user avatar
  • 283
1 vote
2 answers
14k views

tracert command is not working but able to access the same site through browsers

tracert [site name] is not working in cmd prompt. But the same site has been working in all of my browsers . Please find below output of command. I need to use this command in my batch file but there ...
logan's user avatar
  • 283
0 votes
1 answer
2k views

Robocopy causing network disconnects

PROBLEM: I am trying to copy a large folder (my music) from my Windows 7 machine to a Windows 8 machine via a LAN. Inevitably, once robocopy is run, the state of the network will start fluctuating ...
William Everett's user avatar
1 vote
3 answers
4k views

Windows 7 - Modify "advanced settings" tab of Device Manager from command line

I'm in a position where I need to enable Wake on LAN for roughly 50 machines. I don't want to have to go round every one and adjust the settings for it, but it's looking increasingly like I'll have to....
jackweirdy's user avatar
3 votes
2 answers
14k views

Need help creating advanced context menu command in Windows 7 (x64)

I found out about ForceBindIP and I really love it, so much that I am using it regularly enough to where spamming the same command prompt over and over again is getting painful. I'm on a 64-bit of ...
Craig's user avatar
  • 941
23 votes
2 answers
135k views

Tunnel adapters on ipconfig?

Hello I recently noticed unusual information in my IPCONFIG. Usually I only see Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection, but now I see Tunnel adapter isatap... and Tunnel adapter Teredo... I was ...
IMB's user avatar
  • 5,533
4 votes
3 answers
8k views

Mapped network drive unavailable on reboot until viewed in windows explorer (windows 7)

I have an ubuntu 11.04 machine with a samba share, which I access from a Windows 7 machine. Both have same username and password. The network drive is mapped and remembered on Windows. When I reboot ...
Andrew Beatty's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
7k views

MSG command in Windows 7

I am unable to send messages to other computers, which are connected through a TP link router. We can share files, but cannot send a message using the msg command. It just shows the message to my ...
Jehanzeb Gulzar's user avatar
6 votes
2 answers
18k views

How to connect a Bluetooth network connection using the command line

I can enable a Local Area Network interface for my machine with the command netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" ENABLED Is there an equivalent command to connect a ...
Ed Guiness's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
2k views

Windows 7 Command Prompt drives not available

I have the opposite problem compared to the author of this question: Hard drive access denied from Windows Explorer (but works from command prompt as Admin) I can see all the drive letters for a ...
J.Merrill's user avatar
  • 311
0 votes
1 answer
3k views

'Net Use' Command Works in Win 7 but not XP. Why?

I wrote a script to dynamically map drives for our users. The script it generates is a simple 'net use' command that looks like this: net use * https://oursite.com/bobs_stuff This works perfectly ...
Mike's user avatar
  • 273
2 votes
2 answers
620 views

Loads of fake network adapters?

When I run ipconfig I have 27 network adapters, but I only have 2 or 3. Why does this happen and how can I clean it up? I use a VPN connection and Remote Desktop.
t123's user avatar
  • 1,825