We encountered a peculiar issue where the user account did not exist in the User Accounts utility (netplwiz), but the account was visible in the Command Prompt. Various factors, including a corrupted ...

Although Windows settings provide easy access for configuring most things, the Command Prompt – elevated or otherwise – can be indispensable in a number of scenarios, especially when you know how to ...

If you set a password policy that forces users to change their passwords every few weeks, the computer will prompt the user for a new password when he or she logs on once the designated time has ...

Much of the time, opening the Command Prompt as a regular user is all you need. Sometimes, though, you'll need to open the Command Prompt as an administrator so that you can run commands that require ...

The command line may seem like an esoteric tool for developers and uber-hackers, but it has plenty of useful tricks up its sleeve. Here are a few easy things you can do from a terminal window that ...