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* compmgmt.msc | * compmgmt.msc | ||
| − | * richcopy | + | * richcopy/robocopy |
* wireshark | * wireshark | ||
* the user | * the user | ||
| + | * eventvwr | ||
* ncpa.cpl - network connnections | * ncpa.cpl - network connnections | ||
* cmd + r then shell:startup | * cmd + r then shell:startup | ||
* msinfo32 | * msinfo32 | ||
* the users business secrets | * the users business secrets | ||
| + | * msconfig, services, hide windows, disable any that aren't needed | ||
* Control Panel, Security and Maintenance, Reliability History | * Control Panel, Security and Maintenance, Reliability History | ||
* command to enable ping: netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ICMP Allow incoming V4 echo request" protocol=icmpv4:8,any dir=in action=allow | * command to enable ping: netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ICMP Allow incoming V4 echo request" protocol=icmpv4:8,any dir=in action=allow | ||
* systempropertiesadvanced | * systempropertiesadvanced | ||
| − | * powercfg \Q (query sleep settings) | + | * powercfg \Q (query sleep settings) (make sure fast startup is off) |
| − | * sysinternals autoruns - tells you where startup programs are (more than task manager) | + | * sysinternals autoruns - tells you where startup programs are (more than task manager) (idea: take a autoruns snapshot of the computer when you start managing it, and then if it becomes slow, compare / contrast the old & the new.)(there is a book on sysinternals, as well as a number of similar books on powershell, cmd prompt, and basic windows management of the same series of books). (you can also export to text and then do a diff before / after ref: youtube G_YlltkI2mA) |
| − | * ansible (haven't actually bothered to use this. i manage small networks, not large.) | + | * ansible (haven't actually bothered to use this. i manage small networks, not large.) And there is an old joke that bash (cygwin if necessary) is more future proof anyway. Docker however, is good. |
ref: https://superuser.com/questions/1600186/why-is-it-that-a-tool-like-sysinternals-autoruns-might-not-know-the-location-of | ref: https://superuser.com/questions/1600186/why-is-it-that-a-tool-like-sysinternals-autoruns-might-not-know-the-location-of | ||
WIP | WIP | ||
Latest revision as of 06:24, 19 July 2023
ms tool list
- compmgmt.msc
- richcopy/robocopy
- wireshark
- the user
- eventvwr
- ncpa.cpl - network connnections
- cmd + r then shell:startup
- msinfo32
- the users business secrets
- msconfig, services, hide windows, disable any that aren't needed
- Control Panel, Security and Maintenance, Reliability History
- command to enable ping: netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ICMP Allow incoming V4 echo request" protocol=icmpv4:8,any dir=in action=allow
- systempropertiesadvanced
- powercfg \Q (query sleep settings) (make sure fast startup is off)
- sysinternals autoruns - tells you where startup programs are (more than task manager) (idea: take a autoruns snapshot of the computer when you start managing it, and then if it becomes slow, compare / contrast the old & the new.)(there is a book on sysinternals, as well as a number of similar books on powershell, cmd prompt, and basic windows management of the same series of books). (you can also export to text and then do a diff before / after ref: youtube G_YlltkI2mA)
- ansible (haven't actually bothered to use this. i manage small networks, not large.) And there is an old joke that bash (cygwin if necessary) is more future proof anyway. Docker however, is good.
WIP
