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		<title>How to change user accounts using MS DOS commands</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 02:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MS DOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[add new user]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change passwords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change user accounts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using MS DOS commands you can create new users account, delete them, change the passwords or add a new user to a group. You can even add or delete an administrator account using MS DOS commands. The MS DOS commands are listed below: net user &#8211; displaying all users accounts net user HERE_THE_NAME /add &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Using MS DOS commands you can create new users account, delete them, change  the passwords or add a new user to a group. You can even add or delete an administrator account using MS DOS commands. </p>
<p>The MS DOS commands are listed below:</p>
<p>net user &#8211; displaying all users accounts<br />
net user HERE_THE_NAME /add &#8211; to add a new user<br />
net user HERE_THE_NAME * &#8211; change / add a password<br />
net user HERE_THE_NAME /delete &#8211; to delete an account</p>
<p>net localgroup &#8211; displaying the local groups<br />
net localgroup power users &#8211; display all users belongs to this group<br />
net localgroup power users HERE_THE_NAME /add &#8211; adding a user into the power users group</p>
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<p>Every time when the command is ok after you press ENTER there will appear a new line telling you: &#8220;The command completed successfully&#8221;</p>
<p>Have fun! :)</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MS-DOS (abbreviation for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system created by Microsoft. It was based on the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors but you can run the MS-DOS _prompter on every operation system, even on Vista. The reason for using MS-DOS commands is to get quickly into the desired program or to make [...]]]></description>
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<p>(abbreviation for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system created by Microsoft. It was based on the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors but you can run the</p>
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<p>_prompter on every operation system, even on Vista. The reason for using</p>
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<p>commands is to get quickly into the desired program or to make changes on hard disks (copy, move, rename, delete, etc directories and files) in a very short time.  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.kensfi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ms-dos.jpg"><img src="http://www.kensfi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ms-dos-300x147.jpg" alt="" title="MS-DOS prompter" width="300" height="147" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-99" /></a></p>
<p>There are tons of</p>
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<p>commands most of them, unnecessarily. Here a list of common used</p>
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<p>commands:</p>
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<p>- you get inside the prompter console (START / run / type</p>
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<p>)</p>
<p>For all of these commands to get working you need all the time to get into the directory (cd dir_name) where do you want to make necessarily changes (moving, deleting, renaming, etc)</p>
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<p>- list all dir</p>
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<p>- get help</p>
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<p>- rename get help</p>
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<p>- make new dir help</p>
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<p>- split the entire content of the directory in multiple screens / pages</p>
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<p>- split the entire content of the directory in multiple pages</p>
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<p>- get help</p>
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<p>dir_name or</p>
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<p>dir_name &#8211; get to the desired dir</p>
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<p>windows [with space after cd] instead of</p>
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<p>dir_name  &#8211; get to the desired dir</p>
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<p>- up one level</p>
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<p>- get back to root of dir<br />
C: &#8211; get into C:/ partition<br />
A:</p>
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<p>DIR_NAME or</p>
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<p>DIR_NAME to make a new directory</p>
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<p>FILE_NAME to make a new file</p>
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<p>DIR_NAME or</p>
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<p>DIR_NAME &#8211; RD = Removing Directory (delete)</p>
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<p>FILE_NAME &#8211; removing file (delete)</p>
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<p>DIR_NAME or RD /S FILE_NAME to delete dir with files and subdir<br />
&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8221;</p>
<p>to run a program: cmd &#8211; PHOTOSHOP or any program I need&#8230;</p>
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<p>FILE_x.TXT FILE_xy.TXT  or</p>
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<p>FILE_x.TXT FILE_xy.TXT</p>
<p>REN FILE_x.txt  TICKS AND TRIPS IN COMPUTERS WORLD.TXT  &#8211; not working</p>
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<p>- DONE!</p>
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<p>FILENAME.TXT to see de attribute (value) of a file</p>
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<p>FILENAME.TXT add R (read only) attribute</p>
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<p>FILENAME.TXT remove R (read only) attribute</p>
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<p>FILENAME.TXT</p>
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<p>add read only attribute for all mp3 files of the dir</p>
<p>attributes could be: A (archive), R, H (hidden), S (system file)</p>
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<p>- shows  up all the files with txt extension</p>
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<p>- shows up all the files that starts with &#8220;a&#8221;</p>
<p>DEL FILENAME.TXT OR ERASE FILENAME.TXT<br />
DEL *.TXT &#8211; delete all the txt files<br />
DEL *.* &#8211; delete all files in that dir</p>
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<p>FILENAME.TXT and RN DIRNAME or RD FILENAME</p>
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<p>- list the proprieties of your network (IP, MAC, DNS, etc)</p>
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<p>watched movies &#8211; will copy sherk.avi file from D:\movies to E:\ watched movies</p>
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<p>watched movies &#8211; will move sherk.avi file from D:\movies to E:\ watched movies<br />
Suppose you have 150 mp3 files in E:\ disco music and you want to moves these files in D:\ all music.<br />
Get your prompter in E:\ disco music (cd disco music) and type</p>
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<p>Done!</p>
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<p>- change the name during the copy process</p>
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<p>- change the name and the extension of file during the moving process</p>
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<p>- change the extension of all files during the moving process</p>
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<p>- copy all files and directories from D:\all music to E:\recent music except the empty directories (because of /s)</p>
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<p>- copy all files and directories from D:\all music to E:\recent music including the empty directories (because of /e)</p>
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