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Windows XP, 7, Vista Command Line & Prompt | All DOS Commands of Windows Networking
With the help of windows xp commands one can solve and troubleshoot many of the xp related problems. As a matter of fact all the commands used in XP are also applicable to other Windows based operation systems. In the early years of operating system actually command prompt was the only interface the user could use to interact with the computer. At the advent of graphical user interface based OS like Windows and Apple Mac, users no longer use command prompt to administer Windows. Yet, windows commands are still the heart of the OS, which are mainly running at the core level of the OS and Windows users are using these commands via graphical interface like copy, paste, move etc.
To learn an OS with ease and confidence the use of command prompt is essential for advanced users. Fortunately, these commands are so simple to memorize that even laymen can take the help of command prompt. Command prompt is where the commands are run.
For entering command prompt go to the start menu then click run and type “cmd “. You are now ready to run any commands to perform any OS related operation.
To see files in a directory or folder type "dir" and press enter
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Now to go to another drive from the current locaton C:\Users\Administrator>, just type "cd .." and press enter; againg type "cd .." and press enter. Now type the drive name(e.g drive D) and colon, press enter.you are in drive D. to see all files and folders of D drive just type dir. To exit the command promot type exit.
To enter a folder in D drive type cd and the name of the folder. Here,we see d drive has folder name cambridge. Entering camdridge the command format will be : cd cambridge
ADDUSERS
| For adding users
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ARP
| to resolve Mac address
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BOOTCFG
| editing windows boot settings
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CD
| for folder access
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CHKDSK
| for checking disk problems
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CHKNTFS
| NTFS checking
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CleanMgr
| cleanup recycle bin files
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CLS
| clear command prompt screen
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CONVERT
| coverting file system
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COPY
| to copy files
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DATE
| display date
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DEFRAG
| hard disk defragmentation
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DEL
| deleting files
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DIR
| displa files and folders
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DIRUSE
| disk usage
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ERASE
| deleting files
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FORMAT
| to format a disk
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FREEDISK
| freeing disk space
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FSUTIL
| file utility tool
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FTP
| file transfer
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IPCONFIG
| configure and troubleshoot IP
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KILL
| removal of program from memory
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MAPISEND
| sending email from command prompt
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MBSAcli
| securty analyser of the system
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MEM
| show memory usage
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MD
| create a new folder
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MOVE
| move files
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MSG
| send message
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NET
| managing network
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NETSH
| Network interface configuration
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NBTSTAT
| show network statistics(NetBIOS over TCP/IP)
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NETSTAT
| show network statistics(TCP/IP only)
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NSLOOKUP
| display DNS information
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NTBACKUP
| backup files to a specified location
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PATHPING
| show network latency and loss of packet
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PING
| test network connectivity
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RECOVER
| fix damage files
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REGEDIT
| registry data settings
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RD
| delete a folder
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ROUTE
| routint table add and show
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SHUTDOWN
| showdown computer
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START
| start program/command window
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SYSTEMINFO
| display siystem information
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TASKLIST
| display all the running services and application
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VOL
| show disk label
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WHERE
| locate files
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WHOAMI
| show user name and domain info
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XCOPY
| copying files and folders
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To see all the service running under each process of a computer use the following commands
tasklist /svc and tasklist /s
Systeminfo command shows the complete system information of a computer
