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passwd. passwd is a command on Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and most Unix-like operating systems used to change a user's password. The password entered by the user is run through a key derivation function to create a hashed version of the new password, which is saved. Only the hashed version is stored; the entered password is not saved for security ...
powercfg. powercfg ( executable name powercfg.exe) is a command-line utility that is used from an elevated Windows Command Prompt to control all configurable power system settings, including hardware-specific configurations that are not configurable through the Control Panel, on a per-user basis.
Command Prompt, also known as cmd.exe or cmd, is the default command-line interpreter for the OS/2, [ 1] eComStation, ArcaOS, Microsoft Windows ( Windows NT family and Windows CE family ), and ReactOS [ 2] operating systems. On Windows CE .NET 4.2, [ 3] Windows CE 5.0 [ 4] and Windows Embedded CE 6.0 [ 5] it is referred to as the Command ...
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: Microsoft included a user interface to change User Account Control settings, and introduced one new notification mode: the default setting. By default, UAC does not prompt for consent when users make changes to Windows settings that require elevated permission through programs stored in %SystemRoot% and ...
Command-line interface. A command-line interface ( CLI) is a means of interacting with a computer program by inputting lines of text called command-lines. Command-line interfaces emerged in the mid-1960s, on computer terminals, as an interactive and more user-friendly alternative to the non-interactive interface available with punched cards ...
In computing, netsh, or network shell, is a command-line utility included in Microsoft 's Windows NT line of operating systems beginning with Windows 2000. [ 1] It allows local or remote configuration of network devices such as the interface. [ 2]
In computing, pushd and popd are a pair of commands which allow users to quickly switch between the current and previous directory when using the command line. When called, they use a directory stack to sequentially save and retrieve directories visited by the user. [ 1][ 2] They are widely available as builtin commands in many command-line ...
Security Account Manager. The Security Account Manager ( SAM) is a database file [ 1] in Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 that stores users' passwords. It can be used to authenticate local and remote users. Beginning with Windows 2000 SP4, Active Directory authenticates remote users. SAM uses cryptographic measures to ...