Windows Vista – 10 New Executables and 20 Old Favorites

Windows Vista – 10 New Executables and 20 Old Favorites

10 New Executables in Vista

1. BcdEdit (Edit Boot.ini)

2. iCacls (Cacls i not L)

3. Powercfg  (Hibernate)

4. vssadmin (Shadow Copy)

5. Ctrl +Shift +Enter
   (Run as administrator)

6. DxConfig (Direct X)

7. MLink (Symbolic Link)

8. Net user administrator activate:yes

9. MSconfig (Changed rather than new)

10. Slmgr (Licence Manager)

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20 Old Favorites found in Vista, and also in XP

1. DiskPart

2. DriverQuery – Especially useful with Vista

3. FSUTIL

4. Ipconfig

5. Netsh – Zillions of sub commands

6. Nslookup

7. Openfiles

8. Ping

9. Path (Worth Checking)

10. Robocopy – Robust copy ex Reskit

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11. SC (sc query netlogon)

12. SFC /scannow – Check for file corruption (also /verfiyonly) IE Cures

13. Shell:sendto – Control the shortcut menu

14. Shutdown (also /r restart)

15. Taskkill

16. Tasklist

17. Tracert

18. Tree

19. Ver – Build 6.0.6000

20. whoami – PsychoUser!

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