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PowerShell Ping IP get status or reply

How to ping sweep a network? How to ping sweep a subnet? There’s a lot of ways to ping the whole subnet or do a sweep ping to the whole network, of course download any free software that can do this, or just manually ping the whole network by manually changing the IP address. Or do an old school method, using a batch file. This link shows how to ping the whole subnet via command line. http://quickbytesstuff.blogspot.sg/2015/11/how-to-ping-whole-subnet-using-batch.html Since PowerShell is readily available from Windows 7 up to the newer versions of Windows. Then PowerShell is the perfect choice to do this task. Open PowerShell ISE or the PowerShell command line, then type or copy the commands below: $ping = New-Object System.Net.Networkinformation.Ping 1..254 | % { $ping.send(“192.168.1.$_”) | select address, status | ft -auto } Change the IP Address (192.168.X.X) to the IP address range of your network. What the script does, is to Ping the whole

Remove startup files in Windows 10

How to delete, remove the files or program during startup in Windows 10? To disable the startup program in Windows 10, right click on the task bar choose the empty space and select task manager. On the Window tabs, Processes, Performance, etc. click on "Startup". Right click on the program you want to manage select "Disable" if you need to disable, or if you need to enable it again select "enable" of course. There's also an option "Open File location"|, if you need to check the  exact location of the program or file. If you need to add custom files to start-up folder, the path would be: C:\Users\ \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Or open run box, by pressing shortcut key Windows + R and on the run box type: shell:startup This will open the startup folder path location stated above. Till next time. Cheers! ================================ Free Android Apps:

Check PowerShell Version

How to check PowerShell version? Open PowerShell ISE or PowerShell command line and type:  get-host | select version Sample Output: Version: 2.0 Why need to check the PowerShell version? If some commands that you find online is not working, it's either the command is wrong or the command is available for specific versions only. New commands will work on new version of course, old commands may not work also on newer version if the command is obsolete or deprecated. As the odds say, "Change is the only permanent thing in this world." and this quote is quite applicable in today's digital world. Till next time. Cheers! ================================ Free Android Apps: Click on links below to find out more: Catholic Rosary Guide  for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myrosaryapp http://quickbytesstuff.blogspot.sg/2014/09/how-to