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How To Find Laptop’s Model & Serial Number – CMD

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The laptop’s model and serial number usually can be found on the bottom case of the laptop as either a printed sticker or laser etched into the cover.

Also the model and the serial number of a laptop can easily be found using a Windows command prompt (CMD).

This “command prompt method” works for all the laptop vendors, including: HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer, Asus, etc.

In this show note i will show how to find the laptop’s model and serial number from the command prompt using the wmic command. (more…)

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CMD: Clear Screen – Clear Command Prompt

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The clear command in Linux is used to clear the terminal’s screen.

You can also use the clear command in a Windows PowerShell where it is an alias of the Clear-Host command, that does pretty match the same – removes all text from the current display, including commands and output that might have accumulated.

But if you try to execute the clear command in a Windows command-line prompt (CMD), expecting it to clear the screen, you will get an error as follows:

‘clear’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Below you will find how to clear the command prompt in Windows. (more…)

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Start Active Directory Users and Computers

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The Active Directory Users and Computers is a management console used to administer Active Directory (manage users, groups, computers, polices, etc.).

By default, it is deployed on a Windows Server host, when it’s promoted to the domain controller during the Active Directory Domain Services role installation.

In this short note i am showing how to start the Active Directory Users and Computers console from the “Run” dialog, from a command-line prompt (CMD) or from a Windows PowerShell. (more…)

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Change Local Account Password in Windows – CMD & PowerShell

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If you have forgotten a local user password in Windows but you can still log in to the computer with PIN, picture password or another administrator account, you can easily reset the forgotten password from a command-line prompt (CMD) or using a PowerShell.

In this note i will show how to change the forgotten local account password in Windows using the net user command. (more…)

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Check If User Is In Domain – CMD & PowerShell

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In Windows, a Local User is the user created in the local system, whose username and password are stored on the computer itself.

A Domain User is one whose username and password are stored on a domain controller (e.g. Active Directory) rather than the computer the user is logging into.

In this note i will show how to determine whether the current user is a Domain User account or a Local User account using the command-line prompt (CMD) or a Windows PowerShell. (more…)

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