PowerShell has taken the Windows command line to the next level. It’s not just for automating admin tasks, but also for ...

Maybe it’s out of habit, but while there is an abundance of free PC repair tools, I still fire up Windows' Command Prompt first when my PC isn’t running well. IT pros and power users seem to agree on ...

If you can’t run Command Prompt as administrator on Windows 111/0, then one of these suggestions is sure to help you: Create a Shortcut for the Command Prompt Create a new user account Try using Safe ...

Command Prompt is one of the most valuable tools in Windows as it allows developers to test their codes, allows users to flash custom ROMs, pings their WiFi networks, changes a number of hidden ...

Much to the chagrin of those who would like to malign the Linux operating system, it's actually quite easy to use. Thanks to modern GUI desktop environments and applications, anyone can jump into the ...

Modern network connectivity is light years ahead of what it once was. Even though it's much more reliable than it was in the 1990s, issues still come up -- which is why I'm glad that Linux includes a ...

Problems with iMac SuperDrive Update? MacFixIt reader Marnik reports that the recently release iMac SuperDrive firmware update disabled Toast 5.2's functionality, and ceased his drive's ability to ...

In the beginning days of Unix and later Linux, disks were physically large, but very small in terms of storage capacity. A 300 megabyte disk in the mid-90’s was the size of a shoebox. Today, you can ...

Apple crippling command line functions Mac OS X 10.2.2? A Tenon Intersystems Engineer told MacFixIt that Apple has inexplicably removed a valuable feature (for some users), in Mac OS X 10.2.2 - the ...

In the beginning, all we had was the command line. Then as Windows matured, the need to access that throwback interface waned. That doesn’t mean the Command Prompt is completely useless. In fact, ...

In this post, we will learn how to open the Command Prompt window at the Login screen or Boot on your Windows PC. Command Prompt (cmd.exe) is the default command line interpreter for Windows. It is ...