Sunday, August 28, 2011

Windows Administrative Tools

Question
What are the kinds of administrative tools i can use in windows?

Answer
Click Start -> Run.
Enter one of the following as desired and wala....

Command

Description

%windir%\system32\comexp.msc

Component Services

%windir%\system32\compmgmt.msc

Computer Management

%windir%\system32\odbcad32.exe

Data Sources (ODBC)

%windir%\system32\eventvwr.msc

Event Viewer

%windir%\system32\iscsicpl.exe

iSCSI Initiator

%windir%\system32\secpol.msc

Local Security Policy

%windir%\system32\perfmon.msc

Performance Monitor

%systemroot%\system32\printmanagement.msc

Print Management

%windir%\system32\nfsmgmt.msc

Services for (NFS)

%windir%\system32\services.msc

Services

%windir%\system32\msconfig.exe

System Configuration

%windir%\system32\taskschd.msc

Task Scheduler

%windir%\system32\WF.msc

Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

%windir%\system32\MdSched.exe

Windows Memory Diagnostic

%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoExit -ImportSystemModules

Windows PowerShell Modules


HP computers show bad performance with Flash Player 10.x

Problem:
Some HP computers show very bad visualization performance with any flash enabled applications, especially from Flash 10 onwards.

Cause?
This is an inherent problem with several HP computers i have tried on. I have no idea why this is so.

Solution:
Follow this link to the solutions. It may not be for your series of desktops but it works.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c02509418&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

Altering BIOS setting

There's a specific issue with HP Desktops which happens with Flash Player 10.x, lots of users solve their FlashPlayer problem with this

"In order to have the issue resolved, the value "Idle Power Savings" from the system BIOS menu has to be modified (Press F10 at the time of reboot to access to the BIOS Menu, Power, OS Power Mgmt) from the default value "Extended" to the value "Normal". Then savings the changes into the BIOS menu and rebooting the machine. As soon as the unit is rebooted and the OS loaded, access the websites that are equipped with Adobe's Shockwave Flash plugin's, the issue will not be shown anymore."