Command Line Prompts Windows

Question 1

cmd

Answer 1

typed in the taskbar search box to open the command line tool, not Windows PowerShell

Question 2

chkdsk

Answer 2

The chkdsk scans the file system and/or disk sectors for faults and attempts to repair any problems detected.

Question 3

diskpart

Question 4

winver

Answer 4

The winver command reports version information. Users will often need to use this for support.

Question 5

format

Question 6

dfrgui.exe

Answer 6

The Defragment and Optimize Drives tool runs various operations to speed up hard disk drives (HDDs) and SSDs

Question 7

devmgmt.msc

Answer 7

Device Manager allows users to view and edit the properties of installed hardware. Users can change hardware configuration settings, update drivers, or remove/disable devices.

Question 8

resmon.exe

Answer 8

The resource monitor snapshot of task manager on steroids. View and log performance statistics.

Shows utilization data for CPU, system Memory, disk/file system, and network.

Question 9

secpol.msc

Answer 9

The Local Security Policy views and edits the security settings.

Question 10

services.msc

Answer 10

This can disable non-essential services to improve performance or security. Starts, stops, and pauses processes running in the background

From Task Manager, go to the Open Services button, which links to the services console (services.msc)

Question 11

msinfo32.exe

Answer 11

The System Information tool (msinfo32.exe) produces a comprehensive report about the system’s hardware and software components.

Question 12

eventvwr.msc

Answer 12

This is the Event Viewer. It’s a management console snap-in for viewing and managing logs on a windows host.

Question 13

gpedit.msc

Answer 13

This is the Group Policy Editor. It’s also a management console snap-in. It provides a more robust means of configuring many of Windows settings than editing the registry directly.

It configures detailed user and registry settings via policies.

Question 14

certmgr.msc

Answer 14

This is the Certificate Manager.
It provides a console for managing digital certificates for the current user and trusted root certification authority certificates.

Question 15

taskschd.msc

Answer 15

This is the Task Scheduler.
It’s an administrative tool that runs software and scripts according to calendar or event triggers.

Question 16

regedit.exe

Answer 16

This is the Registry Editor.
It makes manual edits to the database of Windows configuration settings.

Question 17

lusrmgr.msc

Answer 17

This is the Local Users and Groups Console.

provides an advanced interface for creating, modifying, disabling, and deleting user accounts.

Question 18

msconfig.exe

Answer 18

This is the System Configuration Utility.

Modifies various settings and files that affect the way the computer boots and loads Windows.

Question 19

sfc

Answer 19

The System File Checker utility provides a manual interface for verifying system files and restoring them from the cache if found corrupt or damaged.

Question 20

shutdown

Answer 20

The shutdown command can safely halt the system or log out.

Question 21

cd

Answer 21

The Change Directory command sets the focus to a different working directory

Question 22

dir

Answer 22

The Directory command lists the files and subdirectories from either the working drive and directory or from a specified path.

e.g running dir C:\Users\User\Desktop will display the contents of Desktop.

Question 23

mmc

Answer 23

Command that allows the operator to perform Microsoft Management Console (MMC) customizations and create a console with a personal selection of snap-ins