Category Archives: Utility Software

Tips & Tricks Utility Software Windows Commands

Using OpenSSH and SSH on Windows

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Secure Shell software allowing connections between clients and servers for remote administration.

Related Powershell Commands:
Check the installation status
Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object Name -like 'OpenSSH*'

Start the service
Start-Service sshd

Change the service startup behaviour
Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic'

Add/Install the service
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0
Local Tunneling allows a port on your local client machine to act as a port on the remote server.
Jump to remote tunnel at 7m 43 secs
Useful Commands to show the logged in user account etc:

tasklist /s <pcname> /fi "imagename eq explorer.exe" /v

wmic /node: <pcname> computersystem get username

wmic /node: <pcname> computersystem get manufacturer, model, username

Or locally:
wmic computersystem get manufacturer, model, username

Change the Network Hostname (Requires Admin account)
Using CMD
wmic computersystem where name="%COMPUTERNAME%" rename "NewName"

Use Powershell and CMD to switch between sessions on either command line  

Using Powershell
Rename-Computer "NewName" -Restart
Third Party Products & Services Utility Software

LAN Device Analyser

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O&O Lanytix is ​​a portable application that enables quick and easy analysis of the local network (LAN = Local Area Network) at the push of a button. This not only enables devices in the network to be recognized, but also their properties such as IP address, MAC or the manufacturer of the network card.

Features

  • Search and detection of devices in the local network (LAN)
  • Determination of name, IP address, MAC, operating system, manufacturer of the network card, response times
  • Logging of search results
  • Possibility to export search results
  • Free

System requirements

  • Windows 8 or higher
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 or higher
  • Portable, therefore no installation necessary
  • Available in German, English and French
Third Party Products & Services Utility Software

AnyBurn Software

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  • Burn all CD / DVD / Blu-ray disc image files.
  • Backup or add files and folders to CD, DVD, or Bluray disc
  • Burn Audio CD which can be played in regular CD player from mp3, m4a, ape, flac, wma files…
  • Rip Audio CD to MP3, FLAC, APE, WMA, WAV files. 
  • Copy disc using sector by sector method. 
  • Create image files from hard disk files or CD / DVD / BD discs. 
  • Convert disc image files between various formats.
  • Create bootable USB drive for Windows 7, 8, 10, or Linux.
  • Test disc sectors.
  • Support both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
  • Link to Website