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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 ...
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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 ...
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'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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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....
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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....
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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 ...

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