Legacy Command Line

Question 1

Open server configurator.

Answer 1

sconfig

Question 2

Start powershell in a new shell/window.

Answer 2

start powershell

Question 3

Start powershell in current command prompt window.

Answer 3

powershell

Question 4

Set IP address, subnet mask, and gateway.

Answer 4

netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”Ethernet” static 192.168.1.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1

Question 5

Set DNS server.

Answer 5

netsh interface ipv4 set dns name=”Ethernet” static 8.8.8.8

Question 6

Set secondary DNS server.

Answer 6

netsh interface ipv4 set dns name=”Ethernet” static 8.8.8.8 index=2

Question 7

Rename a domain joined computer.

Answer 7

netdom renamecomputer %computername% /newname:computername

Question 8

Add computer to domain.

Answer 8

netdom join %compputername% /domain:domainname.com /userd:administrator /passwordd:password

Question 9

Rename a non-domain joined computer.

Answer 9

WMIC COMPUTERSYSTEM WHERE NAME=%COMPUTERNAME% RENAME NAME=”COMPUTER-NAME”

Question 10

Turn on firewall.

Answer 10

netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state on

Question 11

View computer name.

Answer 11

hostname

Question 12

What are the available shutdown options?

Answer 12

shutdown computer, /r is to restart, /t 5 is to add a timer of 5 seconds (default is 30), /c “comment” to add a comment