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What are some Command Prompt tricks?

Parasyte: I'm going back to school next year, and I wanna screw up the computer. =D

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  • bobbonew
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Some really cool command prompt tricks are "msconfig". That one is really useful because it opens up a utility where you can control exactly what starts up on your computer in the "starup" section. To speed up a computer many times over, disable everything that doesn't say "microsoft" or relates directly to things you need to use your computer. Use caution. I turn off things like iTunes, adobe, and Limewire.

Another really cool one is "dxdiag". It'll show you pretty much anything you ever wanted to know about your computer. How much ram you have, the size of your video card etc. I always go there first when I'm on a new computer and want to know stuff about it.

 

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