That is why Linux will never become mainstream or even get close to compete with Windows.
In the good old days I can distinctly remember that I did a lot of scripting in Windows and it was particularly useful for changing the Admin password after a bunch of idiots had gotten access to them over a beer after work hours or during Lunch etc... etc.... Or it could be that I simply needed to have the same password on all computers or a group of computers.
I made a text file with all the PC's to change the admin password on and just ran it from my location. Like we do here in our backup script.
And it was all CLI.
In those days there was this independent site called Sysinternals.com and the guru was Mark Russinovich. And the tools were good.
Guess what happened? The site was sold to Microsoft and that is where MR is working today. The tools are getting less powerful and some goodies are removed but they are still there - and quite good!
Remember if you use some of those commands without a bit of studying first they will eat your hamster (Or someone else's hamster).
And here they are:
http://live.sysinternals.com/
Now make a folder on C: called skript and download the skripts there.
goto c:\skript and try out a command like rammap
(Please tell me that I do not have to tell you to download rammap.exe first
)With psexec you can start programs locally but also externally (If I remember this correctly) so it is quite powerful.
To test it you can simply write psexec notepad in the cmd terminal.
But being a window user it is only a matter of short time before you forget where you keep your scripts so we have to do better than that:
So to execute the commands from everywhere (in Win7) just put the file psexec.exe in the C:\Windows folder.
Now it will always work as a part of Windows.
It might be a good idea to put psinfo there too. Or psloggedon etc etc.
If you really want a powerful tool you put procexp.exe and procexp.chm in C:\windows then you have a brilliant process explorer.
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Ah.... it is almost as good as w or du or... Get it?
So what am I doing here, giving Window tips?
Eh ... where did that Whiskey bottle go.... Ah I just remembered
If you actually do master your Windows you will be using the CLI!!!
So this is a prophylactic action so that Hairyfeet (actually blogging quite good about the shortcomings of Linux even if he is dead wrong) and other Windows fans do not spend so much time explaining to Linux users how good Windows is.
The likelyhood of the Linux user knowing more about Windows than the Windows fanboy, is well above 80% IMO.
And the Sysinternals.com site was a haven for me back in the day.
Even today it is quite good (yes it is Microsoft ..... where is that Whiskey bottle ).
(PS: the very observant techs amongst you might have noticed that it would be a good idea to have all those scripts on a USB-pen.)
