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How to Test a Website Through Command Prompt

The information that is exchanged through our internet browsers travels over standard communication protocols. Most of these protocols are compatible with basic keystrokes (ASCII) characters and can be accessed in their raw format through a few keystrokes in command prompt. 1) Prepare a notepad window with the HTTP request codes that you want to run; GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: www.google.com 2) Copy the commands to the clipboard; 3) Open command prompt and telnet; telnet www.google.com 80 4) Paste the HTTP code by right-clicking; then hit enter a couple times; Note that you will get a blank screen (unless you have full duplex connection) and will not see the keystrokes that you enter. At this point you will see a stream of text fill the screen. You should be able to scroll back in the command prompt window; you may need to change the command prompt properties to scroll all the way back. Reference Debug Browser Requests Your browser will pass many headers in each request it makes. In the

Windows 7 God Mode

Godmode in windows 7 lets you have a single place to configure most windows settings: Make a folder called: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Or from cmd (command prompt) run: cd \ mkdir "GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}"