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How can I monitor an EXE file when it is running to see what URL it is connecting to? I assume there must be free software out there that can do this fairly easily? Solution: For in depth analysis, Wireshark is your best bet as Phoshi has already mentioned. For a quick look at the…
I’m having some issues with my hosts file. 127.0.0.1 localhost127.0.0.1 whatever127.0.0.1 sub.localhost127.0.0.1 example.com localhost and whatever both work. However the others have weird behaviour. Ping sub.localhost c:>ping sub.localhostPinging sub.localhost [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data: Ping example.com C:>ping example.comPinging example.com [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data: All seems ok, but browsing example.com will open the…
When I right click anywhere I get an option to add a new file with a specified extension. I would like to add some custom files into this menu, so I can right click and create a new PHP file for instance. How can I do this? Solution: To add extensions of your choice to…
Any idea how the ability to “drag” the desktop app can be turned off? I’m talking about the area in the top-middle of the screen that changes the mouse cursor when you hover over it. On metro apps it makes sense, but on the desktop more often than not I end up inadvertently dragging the…
I understand that there are 8 NTFS timestamps http://www.governmentsecurity.org/forum/topic/30896-frustrating-ntfs-time-stamp-forensics/ NTFS MACE (Modified, Accessed, Created and MFT Entry modified ) values . NTFS comes with 8 time-stamp values 4 of which resides in $Standard_Information attribute (SI) and the other 4 in $FILE_NAME (FN) attribute of MFT entry. How can I display all 8? Solution: This…
How can I display the time stamp of a file with seconds, (creation date/time, modified date/time, and access date/time. All, with seconds). from the command line? Solution: You could use PowerShell to get that information. Start PowerShell from the startmenu Use: Get-ChildItem <<File or Folder>> -Force | Select-Object FullName, CreationTime, LastAccessTime, LastWriteTime, Mode, Length It…
I received this PDF file and need to make some changes in the document, is there any great free software available for me to do this? Solution: I use PDF X-Change Viewer. Don’t be fooled by the name, it’s a viewer and and editor and very good for a free product. Related question: Is there…
As an administrator on Windows Vista, when I do Start -> Run, there is no history of the commands I typed previously (MRU). I suppose it’s disabled for administrators because of security reasons but it’s also very annoying. Can it be enabled? Solution: Right-click on taskbar, go to Properties, Start Menu – check “Store and…
Apparently my google-fu sucks… I know these from other StackExchange posts: –cd-to-home # Change directory to home–cd=<path> # Change directory to <path>-i # ?-c # Run command, but –command doesn’t work/exist Where can I find a complete list of options for git-bash.exe (the therminal emulator)? I found them for mintty [1], but they don’t seem…
I need to get a history of which processes have run on my Windows machine, and when they were run. However, I cannot use any third-party software, as I cannot guarantee that it will always be running. Is there any way to get this information only using Windows built-in functionality? Solution: Sure. You can use…
