Share printer with commnad on own or remote pc

We can use pstools to connect to remote pc command prompt,, download it from

https://download.sysinternals.com/files/PSTools.zip

extract pstools folder --> hold the shift key --> right click in the folder --> select command prompt
Start a CMD session on the remote machine using psexec by typing below commnad

psexec \\remote-pc cmd

After connecting, list the printers available on the machine:
c:\pstools\>wmic printer get name
printer1

1. If you want to make printer1above shared:

   > rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /Xs /n "printer1" Sharename "Printer1"
   > rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /q /Xs /n "printer1" Attributes Shared

2. Confirm the printer is available by going to \\remote-machine in Windows Explorer; you should see the printer available now.

To get printer shared or not or to know the sharename of the printer with command type the following : 

wmic /node:remote-pc printer get shared,sharename,caption,name,portname

To delete printer 
wmic printer where name='printer1' delete
wmic printer where local='false' delete

To list printer in brief

wmic printer list brief

wmic /node:steve-pc service list brief
wmic process where name="notepad.exe" call setpriority 64

Examples

WMIC OS 

WMIC OS LIST BRIEF

WMIC OS GET csname, locale, bootdevice

WMIC OS GET osarchitecture /value

WMIC OS GET localdatetime

WMIC LOGICALDISK where drivetype!=4 get deviceid, description

WMIC LOGICALDISK where description='Local Fixed Disk' get deviceid, volumename

WMIC NTEVENT where LogFile='system'

WMIC NTEVENT where "LogFile='system' and Type>'0'" 

WMIC SERVICE where (state=”running”) GET caption, name, state > services.tsv

WMIC SERVICE where caption='TELNET' CALL STARTSERVICE

WMIC PRINTER LIST STATUS

WMIC PRINTER where PortName="LPT1:" GET PortName, Name, ShareName
 
WMIC /INTERACTIVE:ON PRINTER where PortName="LPT1:" DELETE

WMIC PROCESS where name='evil.exe' delete

WMIC /output:"%computername%.txt" MEMORYCHIP where "memorytype=17" get Capacity

WMIC /node:remote_computer PROCESS call create "netstat.exe -ano > C:\output.txt"

WMIC /node:@workstns.txt /failfast:on PROCESS call create "\\server\share\installer.cmd"

Interactive mode:
C:> WMIC
wmic:root\cli> OS get csname
wmic:root\cli> quit

We can use pstools to connect to remote pc command prompt,, download it from

https://download.sysinternals.com/files/PSTools.zip

extract pstools folder --> hold the shift key --> right click in the folder --> select command prompt
Start a CMD session on the remote machine using psexec by typing below commnad

psexec \\remote-pc cmd

After connecting, list the printers available on the machine:
c:\pstools\>wmic printer get name
printer1

1. If you want to make printer1above shared:

   > rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /Xs /n "printer1" Sharename "Printer1"
   > rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /q /Xs /n "printer1" Attributes Shared

2. Confirm the printer is available by going to \\remote-machine in Windows Explorer; you should see the printer available now.

To get printer shared or not or to know the sharename of the printer with command type the following : 

wmic /node:remote-pc printer get shared,sharename,caption,name,portname

To delete printer according to crieteria 

wmic printer where name='printer1' delete

wmic printer where local='false' delete

Examples

WMIC OS 

WMIC OS LIST BRIEF

WMIC OS GET csname, locale, bootdevice

WMIC OS GET osarchitecture /value

WMIC OS GET localdatetime

WMIC LOGICALDISK where drivetype!=4 get deviceid, description

WMIC LOGICALDISK where description='Local Fixed Disk' get deviceid, volumename

WMIC NTEVENT where LogFile='system'

WMIC NTEVENT where "LogFile='system' and Type>'0'" 

WMIC SERVICE where (state=”running”) GET caption, name, state > services.tsv

WMIC SERVICE where caption='TELNET' CALL STARTSERVICE

WMIC PRINTER LIST STATUS

WMIC PRINTER where PortName="LPT1:" GET PortName, Name, ShareName
 
WMIC /INTERACTIVE:ON PRINTER where PortName="LPT1:" DELETE

WMIC PROCESS where name='evil.exe' delete

WMIC /output:"%computername%.txt" MEMORYCHIP where "memorytype=17" get Capacity

WMIC /node:remote_computer PROCESS call create "netstat.exe -ano > C:\output.txt"

WMIC /node:@workstns.txt /failfast:on PROCESS call create "\\server\share\installer.cmd"

Interactive mode:
C:> WMIC
wmic:root\cli> OS get csname
wmic:root\cli> quit

Computer Management open for remote system

Open run or cmd window and type the following

mmc c:\windows\system32\compmgmt.msc /computer:\\ComputerName

Useful Command-line Commands on Windows










The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving time on monitoring and troubleshooting Windows machines.

Answer entries need to specify

Application name
Commands
Screenshot (Optional)


Shortcut to commands

&& - Command Chaining
%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)
appwiz.cpl - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as "Add or Remove Programs")
appwiz.cpl @,2 - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)
arp - Displays and modifies the IP-to-Physical address translation tables used by address resolution protocol (ARP)
at - Schedule tasks either locally or remotely without using Scheduled Tasks
bootsect.exe - Updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions to switch between BOOTMGR and NTLDR
cacls - Change Access Control List (ACL) permissions on a directory, its subcontents, or files
calc - Calculator
chkdsk - Check/Fix the disk surface for physical errors or bad sectors
cipher - Displays or alters the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions
cleanmgr.exe - Disk Cleanup
clip - Redirects output of command line tools to the Windows clipboard
cls - clear the command line screen
cmd /k - Run command with command extensions enabled
color - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console
command.com - Default Operating System Shell
compmgmt.msc - Computer Management
control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter - Network and Sharing Center
control keyboard - Keyboard Properties
control mouse(or main.cpl) - Mouse Properties
control sysdm.cpl,@0,3 - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog
control userpasswords2 - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog
desk.cpl - opens the display properties
devmgmt.msc - Device Manager
diskmgmt.msc - Disk Management
diskpart - Disk management from the command line
dsa.msc - Opens active directory users and computers
dsquery - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria
dxdiag - DirectX Diagnostic Tool
eventvwr - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)
explorer . - Open explorer with the current folder selected.
explorer /e, . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.
F7 - View command history
find - Searches for a text string in a file or files
findstr - Find a string in a file
firewall.cpl - Opens the Windows Firewall settings
fsmgmt.msc - Shared Folders
fsutil - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems
ftp - Transfers files to and from a computer running an FTP server service
getmac - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)
gpedit.msc - Group Policy Editor
gpresult - Displays the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) information for a target user and computer
httpcfg.exe - HTTP Configuration Utility
iisreset - To restart IIS
InetMgr.exe - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7
InetMgr6.exe - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6
intl.cpl - Regional and Language Options
ipconfig - Internet protocol configuration
lusrmgr.msc - Local Users and Groups Administrator
msconfig - System Configuration
notepad - Notepad? ;)
mmsys.cpl - Sound/Recording/Playback properties
mode - Configure system devices
more - Displays one screen of output at a time
mrt - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
mstsc.exe - Remote Desktop Connection
nbstat - displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
ncpa.cpl - Network Connections
netsh - Display or modify the network configuration of a computer that is currently running
netstat - Network Statistics
net statistics - Check computer up time
net stop - Stops a running service.
net use - Connects a computer to or disconnects a computer from a shared resource, displays information about computer connections, or mounts a local share with different privileges(documentation)
odbcad32.exe - ODBC Data Source Administrator
pathping - A traceroute that collects detailed packet loss stats
perfmon - Opens Reliability and Performance Monitor
ping - Determine whether a remote computer is accessible over the network
powercfg.cpl - Power management control panel applet
qfecheck - Shows installed Hotfixes applied to the server/workstation.
quser - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server
qwinsta - See disconnected remote desktop sessions
reg.exe - Console Registry Tool for Windows
regedit - Registry Editor
rasdial - Connects to a VPN or a dialup network
robocopy - Backup/Restore/Copy large amounts of files reliably
rsop.msc - Resultant Set of Policy (shows the combined effect of all group policies active on the current system/login)
runas - Run specific tools and programs with different permissions than the user's current logon provides
sc - Manage anything you want to do with services.
schtasks - Enables an administrator to create, delete, query, change, run and end scheduled tasks on a local or remote system.
secpol.msc - Local Security Settings
services.msc - Services control panel
set - Displays, sets, or removes cmd.exe environment variables.
set DIRCMD - Preset dir parameter in cmd.exe
start - Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command
start. - opens the current directory in the Windows Explorer.
shutdown.exe - Shutdown or Reboot a local/remote machine
subst.exe - Associates a path with a drive letter, including local drives
systeminfo -Displays a comprehensive information about the system
taskkill - terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name
tasklist.exe - List Processes on local or a remote machine
taskmgr.exe - Task Manager
telephon.cpl - Telephone and Modem properties
timedate.cpl - Date and Time
title - Change the title of the CMD window you have open
tracert - Trace route
whoami /all - Display Current User/Group/Privilege Information
wmic - Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line
winver.exe - Find Windows Version
wscui.cpl - Windows Security Center
wuauclt.exe - Windows Update AutoUpdate Client

Restore point creation with command prompt

his method shows you how to open System Restore using Command Prompt

Please perform the following steps:
In the Command Prompt or in run windows type

systempropertiesprotection
Please press Enter to execute

OR

In the Command Prompt type the below command

wmic.exe /Namespace:\\root\default Path SystemRestore Call CreateRestorePoint "My Shortcut Restore Point", 100, 7

TIP : to view system icons if unable to see any icon in change icon settings then go to following path

C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll

ok

System Restore is implemented using the Volume Shadow Copy Service (Volume Snapshot Service, VSS). As such, you can use vssadmin in an elevated command prompt to list all of the restore points:

vssadmin List Shadows

Note that Windows Backup also uses VSS, with shadow copies stored on both the system and backup drives, so if your backup drive is connected, the shadow copies stored on the backup drive corresponding to these backups will be listed as well. Add /for=C: to specify the volume you want to list the shadow copies for, replacing C: with the volume letter of your choice if it is not C:.

While this isn't the easiest way to work with restore points, you can use the creation date and time and shadow copy ID listed in the output from the above command to delete specific restore points, using the vssadmin Delete Shadows command. You can also create restore points with vssadmin Create Shadow and change the amount of space available to restore points with vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage.

vssadmin list shadowstorage - This command lists all connected hard drives and their used, allocated and maximum shadow copy storage space.
vssadmin list shadows - This command lists all existing shadow copies on the system
vssadmin delete shadows /for=c: /oldest - This command deletes the oldest shadow copy on drive C
vssadmin delete shadows /for=d: /all - This command deletes all existing shadow copies on drive D
vssadmin delete shadows /for=c: /shadow=ID - Deletes the selected shadow copy. The IDs are listed when you use the list shadows command.
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /for=c: /maxsize=2GB - Sets the shadow storage for drive C to 2 Gigabyte. May delete existing restore points starting with the oldest if space is not sufficient to store all System Restore points


Run Powershell as an administrator. At the prompt:

Get-ComputerRestorePoint


This will list all the system restore points.

Powershell offers 4 Cmdlets to manage system restore and/or restore points:


Disable-ComputerRestore


Enable-ComputerRestore


Get-ComputerRestorePoint


Restore-Computer



For assistance with any of them, you can add get-help in front of the Cmdlet, i.e.
get-help Get-ComputerRestorePoint

How to install software with command prompt

Connect to internet
open command prompt with admin privileged and run below command as it is...

@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin

To install software

choco install chrome


choco install winrar


choco search java

choco update <package name>

To uninstall software with command

wmic product get name

wmic product where name="product name" call uninstall /nointeractive

or

for msi package

msiexec /q /x <product name>

msiexec /uninstall Application.msi /quiet

happy downloading brows

How To Find Wi-Fi Password Using CMD Of All Connected Networks

Whenever we connect to a WiFi network and enter the password to connect to that network, we actually make a WLAN profile of that WiFi network. That profile is stored inside our computer along with the other required details of the WiFi profile.

These steps work even when you are totally offline or you are not connected to the particular wifi you are looking the password for.

How to know the WiFi password using cmd:

• Open the command prompt and run it as administrator.

netsh wlan show profile

This command will list out all the WiFi profiles that you have ever connected to.

So, let’s go and find out the password for the WiFi 

• Type the following command to see the password of any WiFi network:

netsh wlan show profile WiFi-name key=clear

• Under the security settings, in the ‘key content’, you see the WiFi password of that particular network.

Besides knowing the password, you can also use this result to further optimize your WiFi. For example, Under the profile information, you can see mac randomization is disabled. You can turn on mac randomization feature to avoid your location tracking based on the device’s MAC address.

Here is how to turn on mac randomization on Windows 10:

• Go to settings and click on ‘Network & internet’
• Choose the ‘WiFi’ in the left pane and click on the advanced option.

• Turn on the ‘Random Hardware Address’ feature under this settings. If your wireless hardware does not support this feature, the “Random Hardware Addresses” section will not show up at all in the settings app.
• Once you have turned this on, you are done.

Also, under the connectivity settings, in radio type, you can see the whole list. Channel interference could be another reason for a slow WiFi. So, next time, you might also like to change the radio type settings for a better speed.

As far as radio type is concerned, you can also change that in your router for a better connection or connectivity. For this purpose, we have a dedicated article on to increase WiFi speed by choosing correct WiFi channel.

If you are also aware of some more tricks and tweaks like this, please put them in the comment below. We would be happy to feature some of those in our next articles.