How to know the current session of a particular machine inside a network.

1. Go to "Start" then "Run"
2. Type "cmd" then hit Enter.
3. Type “net session” to view the machines connected to your machine
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Sample:
C:\Documents and Settings\libertyb>net session
Computer User name Client Type Opens Idle time
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\\202.138.161.4 PH-PRINTER$ Windows 2000 2195 1 01:32:27
The command completed successfully.
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4. To delete the session, just type “net session /delete”
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C:\Documents and Settings\libertyb>net session /delete
These workstations have sessions on this server:

202.138.161.4
Do you want to continue this operation? (Y/N) [Y]: y
These workstations have sessions with open files on this server:

202.138.161.4
Do you want to continue this operation? (Y/N) [N]: y
The command completed successfully.
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5. For a particular machine, just type in “NET SESSION [\\computername] [/DELETE]”

How to locate a shared folder.

Sometimes, we forgot the location a shared folder.
To be able to find the location of that shared folder, here's how:

1. Right Click the My Computer
2. Click "Manage"
3. On the left pane, Click the "Shared Folders" then "Shares"
4. On the Right Pane, you'll see the Shared Folder Path.

How to add a computer to a Domain or Workgroup

1. On the “My Computer” icon, right click to view the menu and click properties.
2. On the Network Identification Tab, Click the “Network ID” button to start the wizard.
3. Input the desire computer name and the domain or workgroup name. Then click Ok.
4. You will be prompted for a username and password with privileges to add a computer to the domain or workgroup.
5.Then Click Ok. A message box will pop up, indicating the successful result.

How to edit computer registry

1. Go to Start
2. Click Run
3. In the input box, Type REGEDIT then click OK
4. The Registry Editor will now open
Browse to the key containing the value you want to modify. Click once to highlight the key. You can view the values of eack key in the right pane menu. Right-click to view the options: Modify; Modify Binary Data; Delete; or Rename.

How to use the nslookup

To get the A record using nslookup



C:\>nslookup

Default Server: libay.org
Address: 10.5.1.11
> set q=a ->Setting the A record
> yahoo.com
Server: libay.org
Address: 10.5.1.11
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: yahoo.com
Addresses: 216.109.112.135, 66.94.234.13

How to defragement your files

Disk Defragmenter is a Microsoft Windows computer program that rearrange files stored in your computer hard disk to accupy contiguous storage locations. It increase the size of usable hard disk space.

Here's how:

1. Go to "Start" -> "Programs" -> "Accessories" -> "System Tools" then "Disk Defragmenter"
2. Select the disk that you want to Analyze or Defragment.
3. Click the Analyse button or the Defragment button.
3. The time to finish the defragmentation depends on how many files are stored in your disk.

How to adjust the motion of your mouse pointer.

1. Go to "Start" -> "Settings'' -> "ControlPanel"
2. Click the icon for the mouse
3. Select the "Motion" Tab
4. Set the desire motion of your mouse by moving the indicator.
5. Click "Apply" then the "OK" button.