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Windows XP\/2000 Commands & Tools<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Here’s the ultimate Windows XP\/2000 command list that will make any Linux user feel at home at the command prompt. A lot of these commands are intended for administrating a network, but they are great for savvy home users as well.\u00a0 We even listed which OS you need for these commands.<\/p>\n www.scmGalaxy.com<\/a><\/span><\/b> Windows Script and Tricks <\/span><\/p>\n Apache Ant, Python Script, Windows Script<\/span><\/p>\n Many thanks to the digg<\/a> users who ‘dugg’ our site and care to leave comments of helpful commands that we have left out!<\/b><\/p>\n Windows XP\/2000 Commands & Tools Here’s the ultimate Windows XP\/2000 command list that will make any Linux user feel at home at the command prompt. A lot of these commands… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13996,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions\/13996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n<\/b>Scheduling utility. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nThis utility allows you to set up your boot options, such as your default OS and other loading options. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nChanges the ACLs (security Settings) of files and folders. Very similar to chmod in Linux.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n
\nThis utility is very similar to diff<\/a> in Linux.\u00a0 Use the \/? switch to get examples of command usage. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nA great defrag utility for NTFS partitions. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nAllows you to launch control panel applets from the command line.\u00a0 <\/span>control userpasswords2<\/span>, for example will launch a helpful local user admin utility. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nYes, XP comes with a command line disk defrag utility. If you are running Win2k or NT4.0 there is still hope. Contig is a free defrag program that I describe on the defrag page. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nUse this command to manage your disk partitions.\u00a0 This is the text version for the GUI Disk Manager. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nProduces a list of drivers, their properties, and their versions. Great for computer documentation. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nPrivate Character editor.\u00a0 Yes with this program built into Windows XP you can create your own font! <\/span><\/li>\n
\nThis is a utility with a lot of capability.\u00a0 Come back soon for great examples. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nThis command gets the Media Access Control (MAC) address of your network cards. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nThis generates a summary of the user settings and computer group policy settings. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nUse this utility to manually apply computer and user policy from your windows 2000 (or newer) domain. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nThis handy tool displays IP settings of the current computer and much more. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nThis is the master tool for Windows, it is the main interface in which all other tools use starting primarily in Windows 2000 and newer systems. <\/span><\/li>\n
\n<\/span><\/b>Utility used to display text output one screen at a time. Ex. more c:\\windows\\win.ini <\/span><\/li>\n
\nThe ultimate tool to change the services and utilities that start when your Windows machine boots up. You can also copy the executable from XP and use it in Win2k. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nAn awesome diagnostic tool. With it you can get a list of running processes, including the residing path of the executable (great for manually removing malware) and get detailed information about hardware and system diagnostics. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nTurns on the system narrator (can also be found in accessibility options in control panel).\u00a0 Will will allow your computer to dictate text to you. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nA network configuration tool console.\u00a0 At the ‘netsh>’ prompt, use the ‘?’ to list the available commands and type “exit” to get back to a command prompt. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nA DNS name resolution tool. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nAllows an administrator to display or disconnect open files in XP professional. Type “openfiles \/?” for a list of possible parameters. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nA cross between the ping and traceroute utilities.\u00a0Who needs Neotrace when you can use this? Type “pathping <ip address>” and watch it go. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nThis command can recover readable information from a damaged disk and is very easy to use. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nA console registry tool, great for scripting Registry edits. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nA command line utility called the Service Controller.\u00a0 A power tool to make service changes via a logon\/logoff or startup\/shutdown script. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nA newer version of the AT command.\u00a0 This allows an administrator to schedule and manage scheduled tasks on a local and remote machines. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nUse this utility to manually apply computer and user policy from your windows 2000 (or newer) domain.\u00a0 Example to update the machine policy: secedit \/refreshpolicy machine_policy \/enforce
\nTo view help on this, just type secedit.
\nNOTE: In Windows XP SP1 and news, this command is superceded by: gpupdate \/force <\/span><\/li>\n
\nThe system file checker scans important system files and replaces the ones you (or your applications) hacked beyond repair with the real, official Microsoft versions. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nWith this tool, You can shut down or restart your own computer, or an administrator can shut down or restart a remote computer. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nMicrosoft has created driver signatures. A signed driver is Microsoft tested and approved. With the sigverif tool you can have all driver files analyzed to verify that they are digitally signed. Just type ‘sigverif’ at the command prompt. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nBasic system configuration information, such as the system type, the processor type, time zone, virtual memory settings, system uptime, and much more.\u00a0 This program is great for creating an inventory of computers on your network. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nSystem Configuration File Editor.\u00a0 An old tool that was very handy for the Windows 9X days.\u00a0 msconfig is what you want to use now. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nTasklist is the command console equivalent to the task manager in windows. It is a must have when fighting scumware and viruses. Try the command:
\ntasklist \/svc
\nto view the memory resources your services take up. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nTaskkill contains the rest of the task manager functionality.\u00a0 It allows you to kill those unneeded or locked up applications. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nAn amazing experience everyone should try!\u00a0 This command will provide a ‘family tree’ style display of the drive\/folder you specify. <\/span><\/li>\n
\nWindows Management Instrumentation Command tool.\u00a0 This allows you to pull an amazing amount of low-level system information from a command line scripting interface. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"