Shutdown Your Computer or a Remote PC via Command Prompt

Most of us shutdown our computers using the power button given in the Start menu. Some of us use the physical power button on our machines. Very few people actually use other means of shutting down a computer and even less is the number of people who use the command prompt to shutdown a computer.

• Press Windows Key + R.
• Enter CMD and press Enter. (This will start the command prompt)

Shutdown Your Machine
Type "shutdown -s" without the quotes in the command prompt and press Enter.

Restart your Computer 
Type "shutdown -r" in the command prompt and press Enter.

Log Off the Current User
Type "shutdown -l" in the command prompt and press Enter.

Shutdown a Remote Computer
Type "shutdown -s -m \\name of the computer"

Note: If you don't remember the name of the remote computer, you can look for it by opening a list of all the computers you are connected to by "net view" in command prompt.

Hibernate a Local Computer
Type in "Rundll32.exe Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState" in the command prompt and press Enter.

Shutdown your or a remote computer after a specific time
Type "shutdown -s -t 60" to shutdown your computer after 60 seconds.

Display a Message containing the reason for shutdown
Type shutdown -s  -t 500 -c "I am tired. I don't want to work anymore."  to shutdown with a Message

Stop a System Shutdown
Type "shutdown -a" and press Enter. This will stop the system from shutting down.

How to Improve Your Computer’s Performance

IF YOUR SYSTEM PERFORMANCE IS VERY SLOW.  TRY THE BELOW STEPS TO INCREASE ITS PERFORMANCE..

• Clean Your Computer’s Windows Registry
• Remove Unneeded Files
• Remove Unneeded Programs
• Empty the Recycle Bin
• Perform a Disk Defragmentation

Disabling Windows Vista and 7 Login at Startup

Don't want to put password every time you start the system ?

Follow the below steps 

• Go to Start, Control Panel.
• Click on the User Accounts and Family Safety link.
• Next, click on the User Accounts link.
• Under the “Make changes to your user account” section, click on the Remove Your Password link for your account.
• On the next screen that comes up, enter in your current password.
• Click on the Remove Password button to confirm everything.
• Close out of all the open windows and restart your computer. That will allow you to test the system to make sure your password was removed.

Download youtube videos without any software

This will allow you to download youtube videos without any software and in different formats such as mpeg4, 3gp, hd and many more

• First Go to Youtube webpage.

• Then go to video you want to download.

       Ex:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltm2aeOigbY

• Now add save before youtube and press enter.

       Ex:  http://www.saveyoutube.com/watch?v=Ltm2aeOigbY

• Now you will be redirected to a new page from where you can download video in any format of your choice

      

How to give a print to a network printer from an MS-DOS-based program in Windows XP

Use the net.exe command to establish a persistent connection. To do this, use the following syntax at a command prompt

net use lptx \\computername\sharename /persistent:yes

where x is the number of the printer port that you want to map, where computername is the network server name that is sharing the printer, and where share name is the name of the printer shared name.

For example, to map LPT2 to a printer shared as Laser on a print server that is named mytechbase, follow these steps:

• Click Start, and then click Run.
• In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
• Type net use lpt2 \\mytechbase\laser /persistent:yes, and then press ENTER.
• To quit the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER.

Note: In Windows XP, non-administrative users cannot map an LPT port to a network printer path when the LPT port exists on the computer as a physical parallel port.

How to make use of notepad as Personal dairy

Make a notepad as your a Personal dairy or LOG book

Well, if you don't know then follow the below mentioned steps to make one for yourself 

• First open up the Notepad.
• Then Type in .LOG (in capital letters) and press enter.
• Save it with any name and close it.
• Open the file again.

When you open the file again you will see the current date and time being inserted automatically after the .LOG. This will happen automatically every time when you open the notepad.