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Problems with iMac SuperDrive Update? MacFixIt reader Marnik reports that the recently release iMac SuperDrive firmware update disabled Toast 5.2's functionality, and ceased his drive's ability to ...

Maybe it’s out of habit, but while there is an abundance of free PC repair tools, I still fire up Windows' Command Prompt first when my PC isn’t running well. IT pros and power users seem to agree on ...

In the beginning, all we had was the command line. Then as Windows matured, the need to access that throwback interface waned. That doesn’t mean the Command Prompt is completely useless. In fact, ...

Click for a PDF with this and four other essential Linux articles. And, if you’ve ever heard anyone say that for Unix, everything is a file, you might not be too surprised to learn that lsof works ...

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Modern network connectivity is light years ahead of what it once was. Even though it's much more reliable than it was in the 1990s, issues still come up -- which is why I'm glad that Linux includes a ...

In this post, we will learn how to open the Command Prompt window at the Login screen or Boot on your Windows PC. Command Prompt (cmd.exe) is the default command line interpreter for Windows. It is ...

Apple crippling command line functions Mac OS X 10.2.2? A Tenon Intersystems Engineer told MacFixIt that Apple has inexplicably removed a valuable feature (for some users), in Mac OS X 10.2.2 - the ...

I pulled up the microsoft help file on it but am unfamiliar with some of the terms.<BR><BR>Oh yeah,the network, W2K server with domain and windows 2000 pro workstations.<BR><BR>The net time command ...

If you can’t run Command Prompt as administrator on Windows 111/0, then one of these suggestions is sure to help you: Create a Shortcut for the Command Prompt Create a new user account Try using Safe ...