Find And Terminate Process Using Specific Port in Windows

First, find out which process is using the port number. To do this, we can use the netstat utility available in windows. Run command line (cmd) and enter the following command, replace <port_number> with the port number that you are trying to find: netstat -aon | findstr :<port_number> The command above will pipe the output from netstat to the findstr command to filter out the result, because by default netstat will return a list of all TCP/IP network connections being used, but in this case we are only interested to find out connections for a specific port number. ...

October 13, 2020 · svenbit

Restart Copy and Paste (Clipboard) functionality in RDP

I was using remote desktop connection the other day to copy some files over to one of the server, however I noticed that the paste button is not available (it was greyed out) even after I have copied some files from my local computer, copying text does not work either. I did a quick check on the remote desktop option to make sure that the clipboard option was enabled, and apparently it was enabled however the clipboard still does not work . ...

November 11, 2014 · svenbit

Disable OneDrive in Windows 8.1

By default Microsoft’s OneDrive (Formerly SkyDrive) is now built into Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT, hence whether you are using it or not it will automatically loaded during start up and the shortcut to your OneDrive folder will be displayed in the Explorer’s Navigation Pane. And since it is now integrated into Windows 8.1 there is no way to uninstall OneDrive, which is rather annoying as I’m not using OneDrive for my cloud storage. However, thankfully you can easily disable OneDrive in Windows 8.1. ...

August 12, 2014 · svenbit

Disable Windows Key with this Small Utility - DisableWinKey

I was always annoyed when I accidentally pressed the Windows Key when I was playing games, hence I decided to create this small utility using AutoHotkey that will disable the Windows Key. Usage is very simple, just run the program and your Windows key will be disabled. To enable Windows key again just exit the script from the system tray or just suspend the script. The utility filesize is around ~320kb. ...

August 15, 2012 · svenbit

Create your own Windows 7 USB Installation Disk

If you’re using netbook and want to install Windows 7 into it, you’ll most likely need to use a USB Installation Disk since Netbook doesn’t has a CD/DVD Drive (unless of course you have an external CD/DVD Drive). This guide will guide you on creating your own Windows 7 Installation USB. Note: If you’re too lazy to do it manually, you can use the tool that is provided by the Microsoft to get the job done . Grab it from here: http://emea.microsoftstore.com/UK/en-GB/Help/Windows-7-USB-DVD-Download-Tool ...

July 15, 2011 · svenbit