Stop Internet Explorer From Loading Automatically

Stop Internet Explorer From Loading Automatically

Internet Explorer seemed to have a life of its own. No matter what I did, it kept loading automatically and trying to go to Bing. It was not in msconfig startup. It was not in the startup menu. It was not in the registry as run or run once, yet it kept popping up. It...
Command Line to Retrieve Serial Number from Bios

Command Line to Retrieve Serial Number from Bios

There is an easy way to retrieve the serial number from BIOS without having to reboot and go into the BIOS.  The WMIC command line will retrieve the serial number for you with no elevated rights required. Open a command prompt and run: wmic bios get serialnumber...

Shortcut to Windows Startup Folder

There are two startup folders in windows, which are fairly deep in the folder tree. The shortcut to get to them is shell:startup or shell:common startup You can execute this in the run menu, or from the Start Menu on Windows 8.x and Server 2012 or Server 2012 R2....