Command Line Tools

Question 1

ipconfig

Answer 1

shows the current network configuration of the device that you are on, IP Address, Gateway address

Question 2

ipconfig /all

Answer 2

give us MAC address and DNS server

Question 3

ipconfig /all | findstr dns

Answer 3

the |findstr dns will search only for the DNS server IP address

Question 4

ipconfig /release

Answer 4

get new IP address, by releasing old

Question 5

ipconfig /renew

Answer 5

get new ip address after releasing old

Question 6

ipconfig /renew “wi-fi”

Answer 6

only get new wifi ip address

Question 7

ipconfig /displaydns

Answer 7

list all websites it knows about and their dns

Question 8

ipconfig /displaydns |clip

Answer 8

will copy the results of cammand to paste in word program

Question 9

ipconfig /flushdns

Answer 9

will delete dns resolver cache removing any old entries

Question 10

nslookup website.com

Answer 10

tell you IP address of a website

Question 11

cls

Answer 11

clear screen

Question 12

getmac /v

Answer 12

get mac address

Question 13

powercfg /energy

Answer 13

get report on power

Question 14

powercfg /batteryreport

Answer 14

get battery report, copy file location and paste into command prompt

Question 15

assoc

Answer 15

show which file types are associated with which programs

Question 16

assoc .mp4=VLC.vlc

Answer 16

change the association of a file type and what program to use

Question 17

chkdsk /f

Answer 17

check disk for errors

Question 18

chkdsk /r

Answer 18

check for sector issues, might need reboot

Question 19

sfc /scannow

Answer 19

check to make sure files are good and replace if necessary

Question 20

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

Answer 20

check health of system

Question 21

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Answer 21

scan system for health

Question 22

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Answer 22

Restores health

Question 23

tasklist |findstr script

Answer 23

see whats running

Question 24

taskkill /f /pid xxxxx

Answer 24

will kill task of the PID you entered

Question 25

netsh wlan show wlanreport

Answer 25

give you fancy report about wireless

Question 26

netsh firewall set allprofiles state off/on

Answer 26

turn off windows defender! or back on

Question 27

ping

Answer 27

to see if a network is responding

Question 28

ping -t

Answer 28

continuously ping

Question 29

tracert

Answer 29

to see roadmap of network connections

Question 30

tracert -d

Answer 30

faster tracert by not resolving domain names

Question 31

netstat

Answer 31

tell you whats connected to you

Question 32

netstat -af

Answer 32

tells you what ports you have open

Question 33

netstat -o

Answer 33

show you process ID for all connections, so you could delete will taskkill

Question 34

netstat -e -t 5

Answer 34

gives sent and received stats every 5 seconds

Question 35

route print

Answer 35

show you route to get to gateways

Question 36

route add or delete

Answer 36

add or delete ip addresses to route, useful for dockers

Question 37

shutdown /r /fw /f /t 0

Answer 37

shutdown and restart computer into system BIOS