Being able to troubleshoot a home network is an important skill that everyone should learn about. To get started, you should get familiar with several Windows commands that let you diagnose common ...

If you've used networking commands on Windows, such as ping and tracert, you might wonder if you can use them on Linux, whether on its own or part of WSL. Fortunately, you can. I remember sitting in a ...

Linux offers a couple of easy ways to record commands you type so that you can review or rerun them. Recording the commands that you run on the Linux command line can be useful for two important ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: Awhile back, you answered a DOSBox question for me (Geek Note: IGTM #723, May 30, 2021 and IGTM #779, Jun 26, ...

Wireless networks have now mostly replaced wired LAN and you will find an abundance of wireless networks everywhere. Windows 11/10 offers various ways to manage your wireless networks using the ...

ForFiles command lets you manage or delete folders, complying with some criteria on Windows 11/10. If you want to use ForFiles command on a shared network folder or a mapped network drive, here is how ...

Here are some warm-up exercises for anyone just starting to use the Linux command line. Warning: It can be addictive. If you’re new to Linux or have simply never bothered to explore the command line, ...

Sometimes when something breaks in Windows, I skip the Settings app and go straight to Command Prompt. Five built-in commands handle the bulk of common problems - repairing corrupted system files, ...