Y ou may assume the command line is only for system admins or developers; but for any power user, it's a great tool if you ...

The Command Prompt is the classic command-line interface for Windows. While it’s limited to basic commands compared to the ...

A cybersecurity researcher has developed FileFix, a variant of the ClickFix social engineering attack that tricks users into executing malicious commands via the File Explorer address bar in Windows.

Microsoft talked briefly about the new features in its upcoming Windows 10 operating system, but it glossed over one thing that will surely be of great interest to sysadmins and developers alike: the ...

In this post, we will learn how to open the Command Prompt window at the Login screen or Boot on your Windows PC. Command Prompt (cmd.exe) is the default command line interpreter for Windows. It is ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Brien takes a look at what's new with Microsoft's next Command Prompt and explains why you should be excited. The Command Prompt has been a part of Windows since the very beginning, and remains one of ...

Improve the performance of XP and Vista--at least a little bit--by running its built-in disk defragmenter with your choice of command switches. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology ...

One of the sore points of the Windows command-line environment is that the command-line windows themselves, the "console" windows, have always been a bit strange. Back in Windows XP, for example, ...

You can use the command prompt in Windows to run lower-level operating system commands in a text-based MS-DOS-type interface. This is useful when you need to troubleshoot and repair your system, run ...