Useful Tools

• Link Shell Extension and Junction to create hardlinks, symbolic links, etc
• pushd and popd prompts
  

Reference

• Win Key Hot Keys
• command line commands
  
• netsh commands
• wmic commands

Using Netsh to Change Network Configuration

• see How can I configure TCP/IP settings from the Command Prompt 
• once you have the adapter setup correctly, export the configuration as a netsh script...

• you may edit the script as necessary
• to use the script, just use the -f option...

Create a Shortcut to avoid Vista UAC Prompts

• see: How to Geek.com blog entry