See list of mac file servers on network

This is quick way to get a list of appletalk machines on your network when you only have access to the terminal.

atlookup

Set remote desktop from command line

reg add "\\computer\hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\terminal server" /v "fDenyTSConnections" /d 0 /t REG_DWORD /f

0 is off and 1 is on

Generate a command window for each iteration of a loop

rem This is good for those commands that take a lot of time.
rem Each iteration generates a new cmd window

for /l %a in (1,1,10) do start cmd /k psexec \\computer-%a time-consuming.exe

Force a live update from command line

This will perform a silent live update of Symantec Antivirus 10.2

"c:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\VPDN_LU.exe" /fUpdate /s

Adding a printer with vbscript from a network share

rem Add the connection
cscript prnmngr.vbs -ac -p \\server\printer_share


rem Set it as a default
cscript prnmngr.vbs -t -p "\\server\printer name"

rem If you don't know the name
cscript prnmngr.vbs -l

Keeping track of station numbers with a text file

rem Usually I keep track of the configurations associated with a station by its mac
rem Without the macs, one can keep track of what configuration to use by using a counter
rem
rem This works well with a network or a flash drive


for /f %%a in ('type \\server\share\count.txt') do SET temp=%%a
rem echo %temp%
SET /A temp+=1
echo %temp% > \\server\share\count.txt

rem The counts of count.txt is simply a number and can be used in a script

Adding an extension to a bunch of files

#I made a bunch of text files for Windows, but XP cannot open them without an extension
#This was a quick fix

find . -type f -exec mv {} {}.txt \;