Create symbolic link from remote to local folder

To create  symbolic link to remote folder:

C:\Windows\system32>mklink /d "D:\DATA\IT\ISO" "\\SERVER_NAME\ISO"

To check does link already exists

if exist "D:\DATA\IT\ISO" (
goto next
)else (
ECHO Creating Symlcnc...
mklink /d "D:\DATA\IT\ISO" "\\SERVER_NAME\ISO"
)
:NEXT
PAUSE

When access a symbolic link on a file server, sometimes you may see the following error:
"The symbolic link cannot be followed because its type is disabled". This is because by default remote to remote symbolic links are disabled.

You can enable it with fsutil.

C:\Windows\system32>fsutil behavior query SymlinkEvaluation - check status
C:\Windows\system32>fsutil behavior set SymlinkEvaluation R2R:1 - enable from Remote to remote

Run phone activation in windows

Start-> Run slui 4 OK
And you get directly to the windows phone activation screen!

If cannot install .NET framework 3.5 from Windows Update under Windows 8

1. Insert Windows 8 installation DVD
2. Run cmd as administrators

3. Run the following command Dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:D:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess

Excel shortcuts to insert current date and time

Current date     Select a cell and press CTRL+;
Current time     Select a cell and press CTRL+SHIFT+;
Current date and time     Select a cell and press CTRL+; then SPACE then CTRL+SHIFT+;

Get users SID

Paste command in cmd
wmic useraccount get name,sid

Get Office 365 user list

To get active users list in excel or txt file at firs you need to install:
1. Windows Management Framework
2. Windows PowerShell 3.0
3. The Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant
4. Windows Azure AD Module

Then run Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell. Connect to Office 365 with cmdlet Connect-MsolService and enter the corresponding administrator credentials.
After that request active users with cmdlet:

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-MsolUser | Where-Object { $_.isLicensed -eq "TRUE" } | Select-Object UserPrincipalName, DisplayName, Country, City, Department, UsageLocation | Out-GridView
 
Source: Microsoft Support

Get Autodesk Inventor and Autocad serial nubers from windows.

Inventor Serial numbers  
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\AdLM\*_USRegInfo.html
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\Inventor\RegistryVersionX.Y\System\License

 AutoCAD serial numbers 
List the value of the *_PKSER variable (enter as a command on the AutoCAD commandline)
Use command ABOUT to display product information window
List the Registry key SerialNumber in a Registry hive corresponding to your application - e.g.: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R17.2\ACAD-7001:409