Management Console Flashcards
Understand the different applets and programs in Windows
What is the purpose of lusrmgr.msc?
Local Users and Groups (lusrmrg.msc) is used to manage users and security groups on a pc
what is gpedit.msc?
gpedit.msc is group policy edit. Here you can set password policies and edit security controls.
what is devmgmt.msc
Device management gives you a complete list of all the devices hooked up to the pc and allows you to see if they are functioning properly. Good for BSOD trouble shooting.
what is dfrgui.exe
Defrag allows the user to optimize both a HDD and SSD hard drive.
What is regedit.exe?
this is a list of all the registry files. You can directly customize your operating system by manipulating these registry states.
What is an MMC
Microsoft Management Center is an applet that allows you to customize shortcuts to applets. This way you can trouble shoot faster.
what is eventvwr.msc
This is your task manager. This allows you to troubleshoot things like computer lag.
What is msinfo.eve
Microsoft info will give you general information about the current version of windows you are running.
What are the most common processor performance counters?
Processor time - should be below 85%
Privileged time - shoule be below 85%
% user time -
What are the most useful memory performance counters
Available Bytes - should not be below 10%
Pages /sec Average is 50
what are common physical disk performance counters
Disk Time - hoe busy the disk is
Average disk que length
What is the command line command for listing the current directory
dir
what is the command line command for changing directory
cd
how do you make a directory from the command line
mkdir
how do you remove a directory
rmdir
how do you check for disk errors on the command line
chkdsk
how do you check for disk partition information
diskpart
how can you enable disk inspection after boot up
autochk
what is SFC?
System file checker is a built-in program that checks for the malformation of basic files and repairs them if necessary.
dir / a
Allows you to specify the attributes of files you are seeking (hidden, system, and so on)
dir / o
Allows you to specify a different display order (alphabetical is the default)
dir / l
Lowercase and unordered
dir/s
Recursively search through subdirectories
dir/t
Sorts files according to time order
dir/p
Display one page at a time
dir/q
Shows file ownership.
cd ..
Changes to the directory that is one level up.
cd \
Change to the root directory of the drive.
md [drive:] [path]
Makes a directory in the specific path. If no path then the directory will be made in the current directory.
rmdir [drive:] [path]
Remove the specified directory.
rmdir /s
Removes all files in directory including itself.
rmdir /q
Removes directory quietly, will not ask if you are sure.
Ipconfig
Displays basic networking information.
IP address, subnet mask, default gateway DNS suffix.
ipconfig /all
List all adapters and each ones assigned ip address.
ipconfig /displaydns
Display local dns cache
ipconfig /flushdns
Flush the local dns cache
ping
Tool to verify network connectivity through ICMP
tracert
Verify the path that a network packet takes to get to the destination.
pathping
A tool used to diagnose packet loss or suspected packet loss or bottlenecks in some parts of the network.
netstat
Allows you to view listening and established network connections for the operating system.
netstat -b
Displays the current application and the connection it is using.
netstat -a
List all listening and established connections.
nslookup www.website.com
This will return the ip address associated with the fqdn.
hostname
For admins it displays the name of the host computer you are on or are connected to remotely.
gpupdate
It refreshes the AD policies
gpupdate /force
gpresult
Let’s you see the RSoP (resultant set of policy) for a remote user or computer.
Format
Used to wipe data off disks and prepare them for new use.
diskpart
A partition of the disk must be made before it is wiped this command does that.
copy
It copies.
xcopy
Copies folders and files
robocopy
Robust file copy. Copy but better
diskpart.exe
Same as diskpart command but has a gui
chkdsk
Displays a status report of your hard disk and also scans and attempts to repair disk errors.
shutdown /s
Shut down computer
shutdown /r
Do a full shutdown and restart computer.
help or /?
List of parameters of tool you are using
Ipconfig /renew
Renews the DHCP ip lease getting a new ip address
Ipconfig /release
Discards the current DHCP ip lease.
