#system

82 solutions

Force-Close a Frozen Program with taskkill
WindowsProcessessystemcmd

End an unresponsive application from Command Prompt using taskkill by image name or PID.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Update and upgrade packages on Debian/Ubuntu with apt
LinuxsystemTerminal

Refresh the package index from all configured repositories, then install newer versions of every upgradable package.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-17
Scan and repair Windows system files with SFC
WindowssystemTerminalDiagnostics

Use the System File Checker to verify every protected Windows system file against known-good copies and automatically replace the damaged ones.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-17
Change Your Mac's Computer Name with scutil
macOSsystemnamingscutil

Rename your Mac the reliable way using scutil --set so AirDrop, sharing, and Find My show the name you want.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-18
Find a Running Process and Its PID with tasklist
WindowsProcessessystemcmd

Check if a program is running and get its process ID using tasklist with findstr or the /FI filter.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Uninstall an App from the Command Line with winget
Windowscleanupwingetsystem

Remove installed programs by ID or name with winget uninstall — scriptable, exact and faster than hunting through Settings.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Install any app from the command line with winget
WindowssystemTerminaldeveloper

Use Windows Package Manager to install, search, and upgrade thousands of applications from the community repository in one command.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-17
Kill Whatever Is Holding a Port on Windows
WindowsProcessesnetworksystem

Find the process listening on a TCP port with Get-NetTCPConnection, then stop it with Stop-Process.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Cancel a Pending Windows Shutdown with shutdown /a
Windowssystemrebootcmd

Abort an accidental shutdown or restart countdown before the timer runs out.

Medium risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Add a Shared Network Printer from PowerShell (Add-Printer)
Windowshardwaresystempowershell

Connect to a shared network printer with one Add-Printer command instead of clicking through the Add Printer wizard.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-19
Watch live CPU and memory usage per process with htop
LinuxProcessessystemDiagnostics

Launch an interactive process viewer with color meters for CPU cores, memory, and swap, plus search, sort, and kill controls.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-17
Check a drive for file system errors with chkdsk
WindowsFilessystemDiagnostics

Diagnose NTFS file system errors and bad sectors on any volume — including the system drive while Windows is running — before committing to a repair.

Low risk ✓ 2026-09-17