Simple batch scripts to manage Windows network devices

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This is a collection of scripts I use to manage Windows network adapters. They help me keep sane when using a Windows notebook. I work in several varied environments and am always moving and connecting in new locations. These scripts automate:

  • Flushing DNS – In a way that always works in every instance! Really! No rebooting ever again because ipconfig /flushdns only works half the time!
  • Disabling network adapters (useful for switching from LAN to WIFI and vice versa)
  • Enabling network adapters (ditto)
  • Recycling (disabling then enabling) network adapters

You can use a program like RunFast to pop off these scripts in just a couple keystrokes. Heck, I use RunFast to pop off just about anything I do in Windows at all, and I agonise over watching people scanning the screen to look for that menu item, the nested-menu item, that one icon somewhere in there, that file, bookmark or whatever. CLICK CLICK POP! I’m already there in three keystrokes. (I’m pimping RunFast here because it totally changed my Windows experience for the better). I can’t remember if it has an installer or not, but I can tell you that it doesn’t require installation. I just drag and drop it to new systems to get up and running, never needing to see the Start menu.