1.2 – Administrative Commands

Question 1

Administration Commands

1. SFC = System File Checker

Answer 1

a. Used to repair system files [WINDOWS]

b. sfc/SCANNOW = scan integrity of all protected system files & repair files (any corruptions)

c. sfc/VERIFYONLY = scans system files but DOES NOT repair them

d. takes a long time to run

Question 2

sfc/SCANNOW

Answer 2

scan integrity of all protected system files & repair files (any corruptions)

Question 3

sfc/VERIFYONLY

Answer 3

scans system files but DOES NOT repair them

Question 4

Administration Commands

2. Shutdown = will send a signal to turn off system

Answer 4

a. shutdown/p = turn off the local computer with NO time-out/warning

b. shutdown/r = full shutdown & restart computer

c. batch shutdown = turn off many PCs at the same time

Question 5

shutdown/p

Answer 5

turn off the local computer with NO time-out/warning

Question 6

shutdown/r

Answer 6

full shutdown & restart computer

Question 7

batch shutdown

Answer 7

turn off many PCs at the same time

Question 8

Domains

Answer 8

• generally in an organization / Windows Server Box that manages & sends out policies (group policies) to all of the computers on a network
• Management & administration done from a server that’s pushing group policies

Question 9

Group Policies

Answer 9

can – hide command prompt, hide control panel, restrict apps, install apps

Question 10

Gpupdate

Answer 10

updates latest group policy settings

—Use /force if it doesn’t work

Question 11

Gpresult

Answer 11

shows what group policy is applied to the computer

Question 12

Gpresult/r

Answer 12

Displays RSoP Summary data

—Shows all GP applied to the machine