Tips Flashcards

1
Q

Block sites on browser

A

open notepad as admin>open file>C drive>Windows>System32>drivers>etc>
Set to ‘All Files’ and select host file
type 127.0.0.1 website_name

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2
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Run windows sandbox or inbuilt VMware

A

run ‘optionalfeatures’ and enable ‘windows sandbox’

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3
Q

watch yt vdo on PC w/o ads

A

add a ‘-‘ b/n ‘t’ and ‘u’ of “youtube”
like: yout-ube

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4
Q

get a list of all apps including system apps on pc

A

run ‘shell:AppsFolder’

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5
Q

make a person running animation on cmd

A

color a
curl ascii.live/forrest
ctrl c to stop

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6
Q

rick roll using cmd

A

curl ascii.live/rick

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7
Q

list all directories in pc in cmd

A

dir/s

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8
Q

delete dump files via cmd

A

run as admin and type
del /f/s/q %systemroot%\minidump*.*
then del *.dmp/s to scan deeply

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9
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get windows performance score via powershell

A

Run as admin
Get-CimInstance Win32_Winsat

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10
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go to performance settings

A

run sysdm.cpl

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11
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send the current window behind all the other opened windows

A

alt esc

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12
Q

directly open the expanded context menu

A

shift right click

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13
Q

Display a file at the top without changing the name

A

add an ! in front

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14
Q

PC not turning on prank

A

open notepad
shutdown /s /f /t 0
save it as a .exe file
paste it in the startup files to create an shutdown error whenever the PC is turned ON. To remove the file if the PC is not turning ON, press f8 and go to Bios menu, safe boot, go to startup folder and remove it

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15
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Disable News and Interests widget

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go to policy editor Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\ then create a key called Dsh then open it, create a DWORD 32 Bit value called AllowNewsAndInterests and set it to 0

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16
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Disable Bing search and search box suggestions

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go to policy editor Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ create a key called “Explorer” then create a new DWORD 32 Bit value named DisableSearchBoxSuggestions and set it to 1

17
Q

Wifi FTP app

A

To transfer files wirelessly from PC by entering the IP address in the file explorer address bar

18
Q

view running processes on browser

19
Q

Take full page ss on pc

A

ctrl shift I
ctrl shift p
search for screenshot

20
Q

open inspect tab

A

ctrl shift i

21
Q

remove folder view/dlt permissions via cmd

A

go to the parent folder of the required folder
in cmd type ‘cacls “Foldername” /e /p everyone:n
to revert back, change everyone:n to everyone:f

22
Q

get cleaner search results everytime

A

Either change the mode to ‘Web’ by going to ‘More’ option or
Go to browser settings>search engine>site search and add a new one
Put ‘www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s’ in place of the URL with %s placeholder