The Windows Command Line

Question 1

Privileges

Answer 1

-Not all users can all commands

• Standard privileges
  
  • Run applications as normal user
• Administrative / elevated privileges
  
  • Must be a member of the Administrative group
  • Right-click Command Prompt, choose, Run as Admin
  • cmd , ctrl+shift+enter

Question 2

Command Line Troubleshooting

Answer 2

• Use “help” if you’re not sure
  
  • > help dir
  • > help chkdsk
• Also use
  
  • [command} /?

-Close the prompt with : EXIT

Question 3

DISKPART

Answer 3

• Troubleshooting storage devices

- Access to configure , format & make changes

Question 4

FORMAT

Answer 4

-Format a disk for use with Windows

Question 5

CHKDSK ( /f , /r )

Answer 5

• CHKDSK /f
  
  • Fixes errors on the disk
• CHKDSK /r
  
  • Locates bad sectors & recovers readable data
  • Implies /f

-If volume is locked , run during startup

Question 6

DIR / DEL

Answer 6

• DIR
  
  • List File Directories
• DEL
  
  • Remove a file from a directory or disk
  • Also called erase

Question 7

MD / CD / RD

Answer 7

• MD
  
  • Make Directory
• CD
  
  • Change Directory
• RD
  
  • Remove Directory

Question 8

Copy ( /a , /v , /y )

Answer 8

• /v - Verifies that new files are written correctly

- /y - Suppress prompting to confirm

Question 9

XCOPY

Answer 9

-Copies Files & Directory trees

Question 10

ROBOCOPY

Answer 10

• Robust copy
  
  • Better than XCOPY

-Included with Windows Vista , Windows 7 & Windows 8 / 8.1

Question 11

TASKLIST & TASKKILL

Answer 11

-Manage task from the command line

• TASKLIST
  
  • Display a list of currently running processes
  • Local or remote machine
• TASKKILL
  
  • Terminates tasks by process ID ( PID) or image name
  • TASKKILL /IM notepad,exe
  • TASKKILL / PID 1234 / T

Question 12

SFC

Answer 12

• Scan integrity of all protected system files
• /SCANNOW - Scans integrity & repair files when possible
• /VERIFYONLY - Scans integrity & no repair is done
• /SCANFILE - Scans integrity , repair if problem indentifies
• /VERIFYFILE - Verifies the integrity of the file with full path

Question 13

SHUTDOWN

Answer 13

• Shutdown a computer
  
  • Or optionally restart
• Shutdown = /s /t xx
  
  • Wait xx seconds , then shutdown
• Shutdown /r /t xx
  
  • Shutdown & restart after xx seconds
• Shutdown /a
  
  • Abort a shutdown

Question 14

EXPAND

Answer 14

• Windows stores files in a file cabinet
  
  • CAB files
  • The EXPAND command is used to remove files from the cabinet
• -d- Display files in a cabinet
  
  • > expand -d
• Extract a file
  
  • > expand f : filename

Question 15

Managing Group Policy

Answer 15

• Group Policy
  
  • Manage computers in a Active Directory Domain
  • Group Policy is usually updated at login
• GPUPDATE - Forces a Group Policy Update
  
  • gpupdate /target : {computer | user} / force
  • gpupdate /target : professor / force
• GPRESULT - Verify policy settings for computer / user
  
  • gpresult /r & gpreult / user