Windows Commands

Question 1

/?

Answer 1

View help info about a command

Ex:
ping /?

Question 2

ping -l

Answer 2

Specifies a packet size

Question 3

ping -a

Answer 3

Reverse PTR record lookup - provides IP address of a domain name

Question 4

PTR record lookup

Answer 4

DNS pointer record provides domain name of an IP address

Question 5

ping -t

Answer 5

Continuous ping

Question 6

ipconfig

Answer 6

Display a a computer’s TCP/IP configuration

Question 7

ipconfig /all

Answer 7

Display info for all network cards

Question 8

nslookup

Answer 8

Check DNS records and troubleshoot DNS

Question 9

tracert

Answer 9

Track the pathway a packet takes from source IP to the destination address

Display each hop (router) that the packet passes through

Ex:
tracert google.com

Question 10

shutdown

Answer 10

Shuts down computer

Question 11

shutdown /r /m \pc2

Answer 11

Restart computer pc2

Question 12

shutdown /s /m \pc2

Answer 12

Shut down remote computer

Question 13

shutdown /d

Answer 13

Previous shutdown/restart logs

Question 14

gpupdate

Answer 14

Apply group policies on a computer in a windows domain

Question 15

netstat

Answer 15

Display network connections

Question 16

netstat -a

Answer 16

Display all active and listening ports

Question 17

dcdiag

Answer 17

Analyze the state of your domain controllers

Question 18

Domain controllers

Answer 18

A server that provides critical services like authentication and authorization for an Active Directory domain

Question 19

net stop and net start

Answer 19

Start and stop windows services

Question 20

systeminfo

Answer 20

Displays configuration details on a computer

Question 21

systeminfo /s

Answer 21

Remote computers

Question 22

getmac

Answer 22

Get MAC address from all network cards on a system

Use /s for remote computers

Question 23

gpresult

Answer 23

Reports on what group policies and settings are applied to a user or computer

Question 24

whoami

Answer 24

Display current user

Question 25

set

Answer 25

Displays environment variable information

Question 26

cd

Answer 26

Change directory

Question 27

mkdir

Answer 27

Make directory

Question 28

sfc

Answer 28

System file checker

Question 29

sfc /scannow

Answer 29

Scan all protected operating system files and repair if needed

Question 30

sfc /verifyonly

Answer 30

Runs test without repairing

Question 31

chkdsk

Answer 31

Scans the file system on the disk and checks the integrity of the files and metadata

Question 32

chkdsk /f

Answer 32

Fox any errors found on the disk

Question 33

route print

Answer 33

View local computers routing table Useful when the computer has multiple network interface cards and you need to determine the route network traffic is taking

Question 34

powercfg /list

Answer 34

List all power schemes

Question 35

tasklist

Answer 35

Display the running processes

Question 36

taskkill

Answer 36

Terminate a process by the PID Force with /f Ex: taskkill /pid 1808 /f

Question 37

format

Answer 37

Format a partition on a hard drive or flash drive Wipes all data from the partition Example formatting the E drive to the NTFS file system format e: /fs:NTFS

Question 38

cls

Answer 38

Clear screen

Question 39

diskpart

Answer 39

Manage disks, partitions, volumes on your local computer

Question 40

robocopy

Answer 40

Robust copy, copy files and directories from one location to another

Question 41

xcopy

Answer 41

Copy all files and folders to a new location Ex: xcopy c:\myfolder e:myholder

Question 42

del

Answer 42

Delete files and folders

Question 43

del c:\it\*.exe

Answer 43

Delete all exe files

Question 44

del c:\it\*.*

Answer 44

Delete files and sub folders

Question 45

schtasks

Answer 45

Lets you add, remove, change and view scheduled tasks

Question 46

net user

Answer 46

Displays user account information on a local computer

Question 47

net user /domain

Answer 47

Displays user account information on a domain

Question 48

arp

Answer 48

Displays and modified the address resolution protocol cache on the local computer

Question 49

hostname

Answer 49

Displays the host name of the computer

Question 50

cipher

Answer 50

Overwriting deleted data in windows Makes it unrecoverable Ex: cipher /w:c:\it\private

Question 51

fc

Answer 51

File compare Compares two files and displays the difference

Question 52

psexec

Answer 52

Allows you to execute commands on remote computers

Question 53

rspop

Answer 53

Creates a report of the policies applied to a computer and user

Question 54

mmc

Answer 54

Opens Microsoft management console

Question 55

dir

Answer 55

Lists all files and directories in a specific directory

Question 56

dir /p

Answer 56

Pause the directory listing

Question 57

runas

Answer 57

Run a tool or program as a different user

Question 58

rmdir

Answer 58

Remove empty directories

Question 59

rmdir c:\it\private /s

Answer 59

Delete a directory and the files inside it

Question 60

ver

Answer 60

Displays windows version

Question 61

findstr

Answer 61

Searches for patterns of text in files