Microsoft commands

Question 1

dir

Answer 1

show you all the files and folders in the directory

Question 2

cd

Answer 2

change directory, getting into the next directory down the frame

Question 3

..

Answer 3

go back a level

Question 4

ipconfig

Answer 4

allows you to see network settings

Question 5

netstat

Answer 5

allows you to see all the TCP and UDP connections

Question 6

nslookup

Answer 6

Lookup info from DNS servers, lets you know IP address from domain name and vice versa

Question 7

shutdown

Answer 7

shuts down system /s /t nn (in nn seconds)
restarts system /r /t nn
/a abort countdown

Question 8

dism

Answer 8

deployment image servicing and management. Can mount image files (.wim) and edit or repair them

Question 9

sfc

Answer 9

allows users to scan for and restore corruptions in Windows system files

Question 10

taskkill

Answer 10

ends one or more tasks, we need PID from Tasklist

Question 11

chkdsk

Answer 11

Checks file system of a volume for logical and physical errors.
/f Fixes logical file system errors
/r Checks for logical file system errors and locates bad sectors and recovers readable info from that bad sector and writes it to a known good sector

Question 12

diskpart

Answer 12

manages the PC’s drives (disks, partitions, volumes or virtual hard disks)

Question 13

gpupdate

Answer 13

retrieves the latest group policy updates from a domain controller, need to be a part of a domain for this

Question 14

gpresult

Answer 14

shows the resultant set of policies for a user based on applied Group policy settings

Question 15

format

Answer 15

applies a file system to the drive (will delete anything that’s on the disk)

Question 16

copy

Answer 16

copying data from one destination to another
/v Verifies that new files are written correctly.
/y Suppresses prompting to confirm that you want to overwrite an existing destination file.

Question 17

xcopy

Answer 17

copies files and directories, including subdirectories

Question 18

robocopy

Answer 18

xcopy with more options
/s Copies a subdirectory excludes empty directories
/e Copies a subdirectory including empty direcories

Question 19

netuse

Answer 19

used to connect to, remove and configure connections to shared resources, like mapped drives or network printers

Question 20

netuser

Answer 20

is used to add, remove, and make changes to the user accounts