Useful Microsoft Windows terminal commands

When working on your home network, in order to troubleshoot or diagnose problems you will need to use specific tools. Luckily these tools are often included in Microsoft Windows, in the form of terminal commands. So in this selection of videos we have included any terminal commands that we think you might find useful. 


Test a Firewall port on your NAS using Windows

After configuring the firewall on your Synology NAS, you might want to test a specific port to see if it is open or closed. So in this video we demonstrate how from Windows 11, you can use a terminal command to test a firewall port. Note: When…

Use Windows terminal to quickly check if you have local administrator rights over a computer

It’s very important to regularly monitor all the accounts that have been created on your Windows computer. Particularly with regards to determining which user accounts have administrative privileges. The reason this is important, is that in…

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