Category: Windows

How to use net use command

Net use is available within the command prompt in windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11. at the dos prompt type net use /? Examples of Net Use Temporary Map Drive the example above will connect to the folder My Folder located on a computer named server. the * […]

The end of Windows 7

Intuit and Windows 7 – End of Life As of January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or support for PCs running Windows 7. This means that computers running on Windows 7 will be more vulnerable to security risks and viruses. To avoid these risks, Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 10. –Read […]

How to list Windows 10 Upgrades

Do you need to know when a particular upgrade for windows 10 was done? Open Powershell Open Windows PowerShell and run the following two cmdlets PS > $AllBuilds = $(gci “HKLM:\System\Setup” | ? {$_.Name -match “\Source\s”}) | % { $_ | Select @{n=”UpdateTime”;e={if ($_.Name -match “Updated\son\s(\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}\s\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}))$”) {[dateTime]::Parse($Matches[1],([Globalization.CultureInfo]::CreateSpecificCulture(‘en-US’)))}}}, @{n=”ReleaseID”;e={$_.GetValue(“ReleaseID”)}},@{n=”Branch”;e={$_.GetValue(“BuildBranch”)}},@{n=”Build”;e={$_.GetValue(“CurrentBuild”)}},@{n=”ProductName”;e={$_.GetValue(“ProductName”)}},@{n=”InstallTime”;e={[datetime]::FromFileTime($_.GetValue(“InstallTime”))}} }; PS > $AllBuilds | Sort UpdateTime […]

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