When you try to start CMD you get 'Command Prompt has been disabled by your administrator'. I got around it by hex-editing CMD.EXE and replacing the P in the unicode POLICIES string inside CMD to a D, ...

This is very odd, have a new Win 7 laptop and when I go to launch cmd I will normally use CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER and then I get a UAC prompt to launch as admin. Well on this laptop it won't work. Works on ...

Windows 11/10 has given easy access to the PowerShell or Command Prompt and PowerShell (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin) from the desktop. All you need to do is open the Win+X menu and select what you ...

A small tip on how to run your command prompt as an administrator or in other words, open an elevated command prompt, in Windows 11/10. We have seen how to launch Command Prompt, and carry out many ...

Lots of the Windows Vista tweaks that I’m going to talk about here require an elevated Command Prompt session. The easiest way to get yourself an elevated command line is to click Start, type command, ...