Tag Archives: windows

Windows Scheduler website automation

If you need to automate the requesting of a web site on windows as there is no “wget” like in linux you can use the powershell… So to call it from a scheduled task or command simply use:powershell.exe “Invoke-Webrequest ‘https://somesite.com/?someaction=somevalue’”Then … Continue reading

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Dump saved WIFI password from CMD

To dump some saved WIFI password on Windows just type: netsh wlan show profile name=[ssid] key=clear This will need a elevated command prompt and will also show other details that can be usefully on scripts, or similar… AC.

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Heartbleed

Hello, For “one time” is safer to be on Windows… Disease checker: http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/ AC.

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Change the default traffic route on Windows

Hello, If you have multiple network cards, multiple connections to internet or you are using a VPN and you want that some of your traffic goes out by  using  a specific interface; then you will need the “route” command! As … Continue reading

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Find a String on Windows – FINDSTR

Hello, If you are a Windows user and need to find a string on a very long txt file, welcome to findstring! I have years working with dos/windows and never heard about it… but is there! findstr “some string” bigfile.txt>filteredfile.txt … Continue reading

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Burning one file on Vista/2008

Hello, I just found one error of Windows: If you want to burn just one file on a CD/DVD using the included Vista/2008 burning feature, it is just impossible… You have to include at least 2 files!!! (even if the … Continue reading

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