127.

How to restart Windows without restarting your computer

This one is again is. When you click on the SHUTDOWN button, make sure to
simultaneous press SHIFT Button. If you hold the Shift key down while clicking on
SHUTDOWN button, you computer would restart without restarting the Computer. This
is equivalent to term"HOT REBOOT".

130. Speedup boot time by improving NTFS check

CHKNTFS is the command used to set the AUTOCHK initiation count down time. You
can reduce it from default 9 seconds to a much lower value say 4 seconds. Go to
command prompt and type CHKNTFS/T:4 This command would set the AUTOCHK
initiation count time down to 4.

138. Windows XP Command Line Reference

You would be surprised to know what you can do from command line of Windows XP
Pro. Windows XP Pro comes equipped with a powerful set of command line utilities. If
you want to know what they are and how to run them and a good decription of each of
them...go no futher.. Its available right in your computer. This is again not a tip or trick or
tweak of any kind but information that is as powerful as any of the tips/tricks.

Open START-RUN window and type C:\WINDOWS\Help\ntcmds.chm

Also you may not know that .chm is the windows help file extension. I find the Windows
Help to be a very good starting point to learn all the power and resources of Windows
environment. I like section of NETSH and Windows scripting host among other things.
You can read most of it in the reference but here I am doing a cut/paste of the new
command line tools.

The following table lists the new Windows XP Professional command-line tools.

Comma
Features
nd

bootcfg Configures, queries, or changes Boot.ini file settings.

defrag Locates and consolidates fragmented boot files, data files, and folders on local volumes.
diskpart Manages disks, partitions, or volumes.
driverqu
Queries for a list of drivers and driver properties.
ery
eventcre
Enables an administrator to create a custom event in a specified event log.
ate
eventqu
Lists the events and event properties from one or more event logs.
ery
eventtri
Displays and configures event triggers on local or remote machines.
ggers
Manages reparse points, managing sparse files, dismounting a volume, or extending a
fsutil
volume.
getmac Obtains the media access control (MAC) address and list of network protocols
helpctr Starts Help and Support Center.
Configures Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) policies in the directory service, or in a
ipseccm
local or remote registry. Ipseccmd is a command-line version of the IP Security Policies
d
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.
Manages and schedules performance counter and event trace log collections on local
logman
and remote systems.
openfile
Queries, displays, or disconnects open files.
s
pagefile
Displays and configures the paging file Virtual Memory settings of a system.
config
Enables you to open a Performance console configured with settings files from
perfmon
Windows NT 4.0 version of Performance Monitor.
prncnfg Configures or displays configuration information about a printer.
prndrvr Adds, deletes, and lists printer drivers from local or remote print servers.
prnjobs Pauses, resumes, cancels, and lists print jobs.
prnmng Adds, deletes, and lists printers or printer connections, in addition to setting and
r displaying the default printer.
Creates, deletes, and lists standard TCP/IP printer ports, in addition to displaying and
prnport
changing port configuration.
prnqctl Prints a test page, pauses or resumes a printer, and clears a printer queue.
relog Extracts performance counters from performance counter logs into other formats, such
as text-TSV (for tab-delimited text), text-CSV (for comma-delimited text), binary-BIN,
 or SQL.
sc Retrieves and sets information about services. Tests and debugs service programs.
Schedules commands and programs to run periodically or at a specific time. Adds and
schtasks removes tasks from the schedule, starts and stops tasks on demand, and displays and
changes scheduled tasks.
shutdow
Shuts down or restarts a local or remote computer.
n
systemi
Queries the system for basic system configuration information.
nfo
taskkill Ends one or more tasks or processes.
Displays a list of applications, services, and the Process ID (PID) currently running on
tasklist
either a local or a remote computer.
Processes event trace logs or real-time data from instrumented event trace providers and
tracerpt allows you to generate trace analysis reports and CSV (comma-delimited) files for the
events generated.
Writes performance counter data to the command window or to a supported log file
typeperf
format.
Eases the use of Windows Management Insturmentation (WMI) and systems managed
WMIC
through WMI.