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Open command prompt on a remote computer

The PsExec tool which is one of the SysInternals tools provides a way to open a remote command window without needing to install anything on the remote computer. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx With psExec installed you can open a remote command prompt by … Continue reading

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Create large file from command prompt

A quick way to create a file of a specific size from command prompt: fsutil file createnew C:\bigfile.txt 5000000000 The above command will create bigfile.txt with size 4,65GB.

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