Category: Microsoft

The default Command Prompt (CMD.exe) directory is usually your Documents and Settings \ Username directory. Most of the time you navigate away from it because you need to access files that cannot be accessed from there. If you wish to change the default startup directory for Command Prompt, use the steps listed below To change the default Command Prompt directory: 1- Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe 2- Navigate to the path HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Command Processor 3- In the right-pane, double-click Autorun and set the startup folder path, for example by " CD /d C:\ " without quotes. If Autorun value is missing, you need to create one, of type REG_SZ (String Value) in the above location. Example1: To set the startup directory to C:\Windows, set the Autorun…

If Windows DNS client gets a negative response from its DNS server, then the client caches this NAK responses for 15 minutes (negative responses) by default. You can use the Ipconfig tool to view and to flush the DNS resolver cache. After you flush the cache, the computer must query DNS servers again for records. To delete the entries in the DNS resolver cache, type ipconfig /flushdns at a command prompt. Sometimes you need to disable negative caching especially if you use unreliable Service Provider DNS Servers. Warning: Edit the Registry at your own risk. Steps to Disable Negative DNS Caching Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Locate and then click the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters On the Edit menu, point to New , click DWORD (32-bit) Value, and then add the following registry…

Internet Explorer 9 will not navigate directly to an intranet site for a one-word entry in the Address bar. When you attempt to browse to this site using Internet Explorer 9, it responds by taking you to your default search engine to look for that word. Cause: Internet Explorer 9 combines the address bar and the search box. The default behavior is to use a single word entry as search criteria. This can be changed by Users or Group Policy Settings as described in the Solution section. Solution 1  - Using Tools Menu in IE9 : 1-  Click Internet Options 2- click the Advanced tab, check the option Go to an intranet site for a single word entry in the Address bar. Solution 2 - Using Group Policy : 1- Expand User Configuration,…