How to create a folder with a MS-DOS command

To create a folder/directory using a DOS command, do the following :

Open up a command window i.e. Winkey + R and type cmd into the field and press Enter.
Type : md c:\Testfolder and press Enter

That's it, you will now have a folder called 'Testfolder' on your C drive !

How to merge multiple .csv files into one .txt file using command line

Create a folder on your c: drive called 'All csv files' and place all of your .csv files inside.
Open notepad and add the text below
cd C:\All csv files

copy *.csv Merged.txt

Save the text file and changed its extension to .bat 'merge.bat'.
Double click the file and you will see that a txt file is created in the C:\All csv files folder called 'Merged.txt' with all your consolidated information inside !.

Check if user account is active using command line

Access your domain contoller and type the following format to check if the user is active :

NET USER jbloggs /DOMAIN | FIND /I "Account active"

How to uninstall an application or program

To uninstall an application or program that is installed on Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Server, complete the following steps :

1. Go to Start menu
2. Control panel
3. Select Add or Remove programs
4.You will be shown a list of the programs that are installed on your machine. Find the application/program you wish to uninstall and select it.
5. A button titled 'Change/Remove' now be displayed.
6. Click the button and follow the 'Uninstall wizard' which will guide you through the removal process.

How to create and open the contents of a zip file

The steady increase in bandwidth over the last 10 years has brought about the ability to send larger and larger files. However, there are still limitations on most web based email systems which means that the smaller you can make a file the better. The quickest way of doing this on a Microsoft Windows based system is to compress the item to be transmitted using a 'zip file'.

Wikipedia and Austincc describe a zip file in the following way :

"The ZIP file format is a data compression and archival format. A ZIP file contains one or more files that have been compressed, to reduce their file size, or stored as-is. A number of compression algorithms are permitted in zip files but as of 2008 only DEFLATE is widely used and supported".

and

"A file that has been compressed, or reduced in size, to save storage space and allow faster transferring across a network over the Internet. To read the information, the file must be uncompressed into its original form."

The creation of zip file is incredibly easy and can be achieved in the following way :

1. Find the file you wish to send/compress.
2. Right click it once to display the menu
3. Go to the 'Send to' option to expand the list
4. Choose the 'Compressed (zipped) folder' option
5. You will now see that a new folder has been created in the same directory with a zip showing on the icon. The file will have a .zip extension at the end of the name.

To decompress a zip file to read the contents, do the following :

1. Find the file you wish to read/open/decompress
2. Right click it once to display the menu
3. Select 'Extract all' to produce the 'Extraction Wizard'.
4. Click 'Next' and then 'Next' again to have your uncompressed folder appear in the same directory as the zip folder.
5. Click finish and your uncompressed folder will be opened up automatically for you to read the contents.

Microsoft Windows version release dates

Windows 1.0 - November 1985

Windows 2.0 - December 1987

Windows 3.0 - May 1990

Windows 3.1 - April 1992

Windows for Workgroups 3.11 - February 1994

WinNT 3.51 - June 1995

Windows 95 - August 1995

Windows NT4 - August 1996

Windows 95 OSR2 - October 1996

Windows 98 - June 1998

Windows 98SE- May 1999

Windows 2000- February 2000

Windows Me - July 2000

Windows XP - October 2001

Windows Server 2003 - 2003

Windows XP 64-bit - 2003

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs - July 2006

Windows Vista (Business Customers) - November 2006

Windows Vista (Retail Customers) - January 2007

Windows 7 - October 2009