Articles tagged with “commands”
- Monitoring Internet Activity for Windows and Mac
- Monitoring your computer’s Internet activity is a powerful tool, enabling you to:
keep an eye on background processes
reveal viruses and other malware
expose unauthorized access
monitor running programs
log process activity
..and much more. The best part? It’s super-easy. Here’s how I do it on Windows XP:
Open the command prompt and type “netstat -n 5 > scan.txt”
After a minute or two (or any amount of time), press Ctrl+C to stop monitoring
Type “scan.txt” to open the log file and check the results
There are ...
- MySQL Magic: Find and Replace Data
- Recently, I needed to find and replace all instances of “http://website” in the wp_comments table of the WordPress database. Fortunately, SQL provides a simple way to find and replace data with its wonderful UPDATE function.
General Example
Using the SQL UPDATE command is straightforward. Here is the general syntax:
UPDATE table_name SET field_name = replace( field_name, 'string_to_find', 'string_to_replace' ) ;
Simply replace the table_name and both instances of field_name with ...
- Computer Flashback: Windows 98 Run Commands
- [ Keywords: windows, 98se, 98, run, commands, command, dos, ms-dos, msconfig, regedit ]
Even with all the fancy-pants new features found in Windows XP and now Vista, Microsoft Windows 98 (Second Edition) remains our favorite Windows-flavored operating system. We love it so much, we still use it on one of our trusty laptops. Over the years, we have discovered several very useful functions available via ...
- Basic DOS Commands
- DOS (Disk Operation System) is a tool which allows you to control the operation of the IBM PC. DOS is software which was written to control hardware. Here is a summary of some essential DOS commands.
Change Drive
To change the default drive indicated at the DOS prompt, type the letter of the drive followed by a colon (:). For example, to change the drive from "X" to "Y":
X:\> Y: [enter]
Change Directory
Use the CHDIR (CD) command to change the ...