Any user, group or computer in Windows has a unique SID (security identifier) assigned. The SIDs are used to control access to various Windows resources like files, registry keys, network shares, etc. Below i will show you how to get the user’s SID and how to do the reverse SID lookup (get the user name […]
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Windows: Migrate Domain User Profile To Local
If you are leaving a company and keep your corporate laptop, that is in a company’s AD domain (e.g. AzureAD), with you, you may wonder how to keep your user’s profile settings and data before removing it from the domain. Unfortunately, by the moment, Microsoft doesn’t propose any official tool to migrate the domain user […]
Change Computer Name – Windows CMD & PowerShell
To show a computer’s name in Windows, simply execute the hostname command from a Windows command prompt (CMD) or PowerShell. There may be multiple reasons to rename the computer. In this article, i will show you how to change your computer’s name in Windows using the CMD and PowerShell.
Git Bash: Clear History
The history -cw command is used to clear a Bash history on Linux, but for some reason it doesn’t work for a Git Bash on Windows. If you try to clear the commands history in the Git Bash using this command, it won’t work – you will still see the history of the executed commands […]
Windows: `lsusb` Equivalent – PowerShell
The lsusb command in Linux, known as the “List USB” command, is widely used to list the connected USB devices and display the information about them. One of the quickest ways to list the connected USB devices in Windows is by using the “Device Manger”: simply press the ⊞ Win key to open the “Start […]
Windows: Startup Folder – Add Program to Startup
A program in Windows can be configured to automatically start on boot by placing its shortcut in a Windows startup folder. There are two types of the startup folders in Windows – a user startup folder used to autostart applications for the particular user only and a system startup folder to configure the startup of […]
QR Code Generator – Windows, Linux, MacOS
A QR code generator is an application which creates and stores different types of data in a QR code image file. A qrencode is a free command line tool for encoding string data in the QR code and saving it as a PNG or an EPS image. In this note i will show how to […]
Windows: Restart Explorer
Windows Explorer or explorer.exe is a process in Windows that is responsible for starting and displaying the most of the graphical user interfaces (GUI), including the Desktop, Taskbar, “Start” menu and File Explorer. If any of the components the Windows Explorer is responsible of are freezing, hanging and not responding, before restarting the whole computer […]
CMD: Delete Folder (Force `RMDIR`) – Windows
The rm -rf command in Linux is used to force the deletion of folders and their contents recursively. The rmdir command is a Windows rm equivalent in a Windows command prompt (CMD), that also can be used to force the folders deletion with all their contents. In this note i will show how to force […]
How to Check How Much RAM Do I Have
There could be numerous reasons behind a computer running slow but the most common is a lack of RAM (memory) caused by too many programs running simultaneously, and you may wonder how much RAM do i have and how to check the RAM usage. This note shows how to check the total amount of RAM […]