A truck driver used to amuse himself by running over lawyers he would see walking down the side of the road. Every time he would see a lawyer walking along the road, he would swerve to hit him, and there would be a loud "THUMP" and then he would swerve back on the road.

One day, as the truck driver was driving along he saw a priest hitch hiking so he stopped and asked the priest, "Where are you going, Father?".

"I'm going to the church 5 miles down the road!", replied the priest.

"No problem, Father! I'll give you a lift. Climb in the truck".

The happy priest climbed into the passenger seat and the truck driver continued down the road. Suddenly the truck driver saw a lawyer walking down the road and instinctively he swerved to hit him. At the last moment he remembered there was a priest in the truck with him, so he swerved back to the road, narrowly missing the lawyer.

However even though he missed the lawyer, he heard a loud "THUMP". Not sure where the noise came from he glanced in his mirrors but didn't see anything.

He turned to the priest and said, "I'm sorry Father. I almost hit that lawyer".

"That's okay", replied the priest. "I got him with the door!"

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WinXP Command Line Commands

2008-12-15

The following is a list of commands that can be used in Windows XP to bring up various administrative tools. It is sometimes helpful to do this without needing to click through the GUI.

win-cmds.txt

WinXP Command Line Commands
+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+
| To Access                                         | Run Command           |
+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+
| Accessibility Controls                            | access.cpl            |
: Add Hardware Wizard                               : hdwwiz.cpl            :
| Add/Remove Programs                               | appwiz.cpl            |
: Administrative Tools                              : control admintools    :
| Automatic Updates                                 | wuaucpl.cpl           |
: Bluetooth Transfer Wizard                         : fsquirt               :
| Calculator                                        | calc                  |
: Certificate Manager                               : certmgr.msc           :
| Character Map                                     | charmap               |
: Check Disk Utility                                : chkdsk                :
| Clipboard Viewer                                  | clipbrd               |
: Command Prompt                                    : cmd                   :
| Component Services                                | dcomcnfg              |
: Computer Management                               : compmgmt.msc          :
| Control Panel                                     | control               |
: Date and Time Properties                          : timedate.cpl          :
| DDE Shares                                        | ddeshare              |
: Device Manager                                    : devmgmt.msc           :
| Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)*            | directx.cpl           |
: Direct X Troubleshooter                           : dxdiag                :
| Disk Cleanup Utility                              | cleanmgr              |
: Disk Defragment                                   : dfrg.msc              :
| Disk Management                                   | diskmgmt.msc          |
: Disk Partition Manager (Console Based)            : diskpart              :
| Display Properties                                | control desktop       |
: Display Properties                                : desk.cpl              :
| Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected) | control color         |
: Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility         : drwtsn32              :
| Driver Verifier Utility                           | verifier              |
: Event Viewer                                      : eventvwr.msc          :
| File Signature Verification Tool                  | sigverif              |
: Folders Properties                                : control folders       :
| Fonts                                             | control fonts         |
: Game Controllers                                  : joy.cpl               :
| Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)                     | gpedit.msc            |
: Iexpress Wizard                                   : iexpress              :
| Indexing Service                                  | ciadv.msc             |
: Internet Properties                               : inetcpl.cpl           :
| IP Configuration (Display Connection Config)      | ipconfig /all         |
: IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)     : ipconfig /displaydns  :
| IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)      | ipconfig /flushdns    |
: IP Configuration (Release All Connections)        : ipconfig /release     :
| IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)          | ipconfig /renew       |
: IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers)  : ipconfig /registerdns :
| IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)          | ipconfig /showclassid |
: IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)         : ipconfig /setclassid  :
| Keyboard Properties                               | control keyboard      |
: Local Security Settings                           : secpol.msc            :
| Local Users and Groups                            | lusrmgr.msc           |
: Logs You Out Of Windows                           : logoff                :
| Microsoft Chat                                    | winchat               |
: Mouse Properties                                  : control mouse         :
| Mouse Properties                                  | main.cpl              |
: Network Connections                               : control netconnections:
| Network Connections                               | ncpa.cpl              |
: Network Setup Wizard                              : netsetup.cpl          :
| Notepad                                           | notepad               |
: Object Packager                                   : packager              :
| ODBC Data Source Administrator                    | odbccp32.cpl          |
: On Screen Keyboard                                : osk                   :
| Performance Monitor                               | perfmon               |
: Phone and Modem Options                           : telephon.cpl          :
| Power Configuration                               | powercfg.cpl          |
: Printers and Faxes                                : control printers      :
| Private Character Editor                          | eudcedit              |
: Quicktime (If Installed)                          : QuickTime.cpl         :
| Regional Settings                                 | intl.cpl              |
: Registry Editor                                   : regedit               :
| Remote Desktop                                    | mstsc                 |
: Removable Storage                                 : ntmsmgr.msc           :
| Removable Storage Operator Requests               | ntmsoprq.msc          |
: Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)                 : rsop.msc              :
| Scheduled Tasks                                   | control schedtasks    |
: Security Center                                   : wscui.cpl             :
| Services                                          | services.msc          |
: Shared Folders                                    : fsmgmt.msc            :
| Shuts Down Windows                                | shutdown              |
: Sounds and Audio                                  : mmsys.cpl             :
| SQL Client Configuration                          | cliconfg              |
: Symbol Character Editor                           : eudcedit              :
| System Configuration Editor                       | sysedit               |
: System Configuration Utility                      : msconfig              :
| System File Checker Utility                       | sfc                   |
: System Properties                                 : sysdm.cpl             :
| Task Manager                                      | taskmgr               |
: Telnet Client                                     : telnet                :
| User Account Management                           | nusrmgr.cpl           |
: Utility Manager (Accessibility)                   : utilman               :
| Windows Firewall                                  | firewall.cpl          |
: Windows Magnifier                                 : magnify               :
| Windows Management Infrastructure                 | wmimgmt.msc           |
: Windows System Security Tool                      : syskey                :
| Windows Update Launches                           | wupdmgr               |
: Windows XP Tour Wizard                            : tourstart             :
| Wordpad                                           | write                 |
+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+

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