Many commands and applications depends on system time zone to perform various operations. In that case, it can be useful to check which time zone is currently set in the...
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When thinking about reinstalling Windows operating system, you may want to determine how long ago the system was installed. This tutorial provides 2 methods how to get Windows installation date...
MachineGuid is an identifier that is stored in the registry and generated during the installation of Windows. This tutorial provides 2 methods how to get MachineGuid from registry on Windows...
GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) is a 128-bit number, most of the time represented as a hexadecimal string. It can be used for uniquely identifying components within a system. The term...
A hostname is a unique identifier that is assigned to a device (host) which connected to the network. It provides a way to differentiate one device from another on a...
Certutil is a command line tool that allows to perform various operations related with digital certificates on Windows. Certutil also allows to generate hash of a file such as MD4...
Renaming a directory is one of the most basic operation which can be performed in the operating system. This tutorial provides 2 methods how to do that on Windows.
Method...
Log files are dynamic and their content changes frequently in time. To monitor log files, their content should be watched when it changes. This tutorial demonstrates how to watch a...
When processing files via command line on Windows, may need to insert a text at the beginning of a file. This tutorial demonstrates how to do that on Windows.
Create...
The echo command allows to print text in the terminal on Windows. By default, echo command adds a new line character to output. In some cases, it can be undesirable...