defragmentation using command prompt

I want to perform a full defragmentation using the command prompt and I want to defrag every single file and folder in ...

Commando Prompt shutdown order

Okay... I've for quite some time now, tried to figure out the Vista shutdown order through CMD in hope to expand the ti...

Delete mail w/out prompt

When I delete mail from my deleted items folder, I am always asked "are you sure...." Is there a way to turn...

UAC prompt for some app only

Hi all,Trying to get my vb6 app to run on vista.The program has an option to get an update. When the user clicks the u...

Connected on LAN but keep getting dial-up prompt

I have a dial-up connection in my list of Network Connections. I can't even remember that last time that I used it, bec...

imap.gmail.com server login window prompt

Windows Mail Version 6.0.6000.16386 Vistathe window prompt : ""Your IMAP server wishes to alert you to the fo...

Security Prompt Issue

Hi,Is there a way to bypass the security prompt under windows vista? Every time when I run the setup.exe I got a securi...

How to activate (again) the prompt prior of opening an attac

Hello, At one stage I did disable this prompt for a specific file extension, so that nowadays those attachments will ope...

Vista stalls and reboots at expanding files prompt

I have a customer's machine on the slab that had a corrupted copy of Vista installed on it and tried every rescue techni...

Password change prompt

Every three weeks or so my wife has a prompt come up to say, 'consider changing your password'. It drives her mad and me...

MS-DOS Command Prompt for Vista

I don't see any way to get a DOS command line for VISTA. Is itg possible using VISTA?...

Disable UAC prompt for specific applications

My kids use a game called Flyff on my Windows Vista Ultimate system. My kids run under User account privelages. Unfor...

Command prompt error

I have modified my 'PATH' environment variable from:PATH=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;c:\Prog...

gpedit.msc won't prompt

I was able to disable QoS bandwidth in Vista but I then I decided to return to default. When I typed in *gpedit.msc* and...

Bug or Not? Cmd Prompt/Switching Issue

Hi,When using vista i realise that sometims when i switch between certain programs, there is a quick flash of 2 command...

Change directory for Command prompt

Can't figure out how to change directory for command prompt. I open it it says "C:\Windows\System 32" I want ...

Can see files in command prompt but not in windows explorer

My friends HD crashed. Before I reformatted it, I went into the Command prompt option from the Windows RE and copied al...

privileges from install disk command prompt

My week-old Dell laptop running Vista Home Premium has suddenly presented me with the not unfamiliar boot-to-blank-scre...

Adminstrative Command Prompt (Vista Ultimate)

Somehow I have deleted the "Administrative Command prompt". Does anyone know how to get it back?Thanks, Mike...

Rescue documents using Repair disk and command prompt

Hello!I have a Dell Latitude D630 with 64-bit Vista Business installed. When I start the computer wants to make chkdsk o...

how to allow drag and drop from explorer to dos prompt

for a regualr user's dos prompt (c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe), how could one enable receive of drag and drop from ex...

Remote Control Standard User Account - Elevation Prompt issu

I've got several laptops running Vista Business that I'd like to remotely administer. All the users have Standard User...

UAC Prompt Very slow to display

Hi,I have been having this problem for a number of weeks, and it started about the second day after installing Vista. My...

How do I disable UNSIGNED DRIVER PROMPT in Vista

How do I disable UNSIGNED DRIVER prompt in Vista?...

CMD Prompt Issue

Hey, Guys, I'm new to these forums so im sorry if this is in the wrong spot, but eveytime I type a command into my CMD P...

Problems starting command prompt on cygwin on vista ultimate

Hi Vista gurusWe're using CYGWIN_NT-6.0 1.5.25(0.156/4/2)We were successfully using it on Win2k3SP2 but on Vista ultimat...

Where is the dos prompt?

I know there's a dos prompt somewhere in Vista Home Edition, can someone tell me how to access it? TIACheri...

Command Prompt Auto Complete and path Completion

Hi, I have been using Vista now for almost an year. Today when i tried to auto complete the path on my command prompt b...

recovery from command prompt starting from install dvd

In case of problems, I can use the vista installation dvd and select the "recovery"options at the dvd startup...

Control panel from cmd prompt

How can I launch Control Panel from a system prompt...

shuts down by itself/restarts with safe mode prompt

Hi, in the last week or so, my Dell laptop has been shutting down at night by itself, and when I turn it back on, I get ...

iTunes authorization prompt

This is the first time that I have used iTunes on my new computer with Vista. The music downloads and plays ok but when...