Windows XP Oneliners

• Configure NTP Server

net time /setsntp:pool.ntp.org

This will make your system run on time within the millisecond

• Diagnose Network Problems

netsh diag gui

• Flush the ARP cache

netsh interface ip delete arpcache

ARP is the Address Resolution Protocol which caters for the coupling between ip-address and ethernet address

• Flush the DNS cache

ipconfig /flushdns

DNS is the Domain Name System which caters for the coupling between an internet computer name (e.g. www.linux.com) and the corresponding ip-address.

• Open up the Windows-XP SP2 firewall voor remote desktop

netsh firewall add portopening TCP 3389 RDP enable custom 10.10.0.0/16
netsh firewall add allowedprogram C:\WINDOWS\system32\mstsc.exe mstsc.exe enable

Of course adapte the network specification (10.10.0.0/16 in the example) to your own
network of choice, or (and this is not recommended from a security perspective) define
"any" instead of the network.

• Patch Windows without Internet

Heise Offline Update
AutoPatcher
Microsoft monthly ISO

The Heise tool supports Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 and automatically incorporates the newly released patches
from every Patch Tuesday.

last edit: 20070618
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