Task: View system information
Msinfo32
Set
Systeminfo
Task: View user information
Whoami
Task: Manage users and groups
Net accounts
Net group
Net localgroup
Net user
Task: View or change computer name
Hostname
Netdom renamecomputer
Task: Join or leave a domain
Netdom join
Task: Log off or shut down
Logoff
Shutdown
Task: Configure networking
Ipconfig
Netsh interface
Netsh routing
Route
Task: Configure Windows Firewall
Netsh advfirewallTask: Configure Internet Protocol security (IPsec)
Netsh ipsec
Scregedit.wsf
Task: Activate Windows
Slmgr.vbs
Task: Manage services
Net continue
Net pause
Net start
Net stop
Sc
Tasklist
Task: Manage processes
Taskkill
Tasklist
Taskmgr
Task: Manage tasks
At
Schtasks
Task: Collect and analyze performance data
Logman
Relog
Typeperf
Task: View events and manage event logs
Wevtutil
Task: Manage disks and storage
Compact
Defrag
Diskpart
Diskraid
Mountvol
Task: Manage Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
Vssadmin
Cacl
Task: Manage file systems and file permissions
Convert
Fsutil
Icacls
Takeown
Task: Manage files
Openfiles
Sigverif
Task: Manage shares and share permissions
Net share
Task: Manage the registry
Reg
Regedit
Task: Install and manage drivers
Driverquery
Pnputil
Sc
Task: Install and manage updates
Pkgmgr
Scregedit.wsf
Systeminfo
Wuauclt
Wusa
Task: Install roles and features
Oclist
Ocsetup
Task: Install applications
Msiexec
Task: Manage Group Policy
Gpresult
Gpupdate
Secedit
Task: Manage certificates
Certreq
Certutil
Task: Manage Terminal Services (Remote Desktop for Administration)
Change
Logoff
Msg
Mstsc
Qappsrv
Qprocess
Query
Qwinsta
Reset session
Rwinsta
Shadow
Tscon
Tsdiscon
Tskill
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
WMI Asset Logger System Management Tool for remote controling the Windows systems
Intro
WMI Asset Logger is a multifaceted utility that has the ability to return a great deal of information about windows based computer systems on your network, all from the convenience of your Windows XP workstation. WMI Asset Logger is also much more than that too, it is an administrator’s friend. Once you have scanned your network the true power of WMI Asset Logger comes out. Using the right-click speed menu enables you to quickly perform many tasks. Simply right-click on the desired host and choose Remote Control (initiate RDP Session), Remote Management Console, Install Software, View/Browse/Delete Shares, View/Start/Stop Processes on remote systems, and more. If you have administrative rights to a XP workstation, but the firewall is preventing you from getting results, simply right-click on the system and disable the XP firewall. Wait one minute, and rescan the system.
Tired of having client/server based tools that blue-screen remote hosts? Or tired of dealing with messy Logon scripts to gather important information? WMI Asset Logger does not require any client-side installations and is a stand alone application. WMI Asset Logger uses all the tools that already exist on your XP Workstation to perform its duties. These utilities are native to windows and are much more stable than any add-on could hope to be. WMI Asset Logger also monitors its own progress too, if a client system hangs up WMI Asset Logger and you have to terminate it, it will automatically blacklist the computer system that was being scanning when it was terminated.
Just need a down dirty quick inventory of NetBIOS -> IP -> MAC -> FQDN relationships? Not a problem, simply perform an IP Inventory using WMI Asset Logger. WMI Asset logger will blaze through a list of 2000 computer with impressive speeds, and will even return the IP Address of systems that are currently off-line, allowing you to determine if a system’s account may need to be deleted. (No IP information typically means the PC hasn’t been seen in the duration of a DHCP lease cycle).
You can enumerate a list of hosts to scan using the master browser list, or through the use of ADSI (Active Directory Server Interface). WMI Asset logger can also import text files as well as directly import DSQUERY COMPUTER text dumps too. And as a last resort an IP Ping Sweeper that will ping every IP Address that exists between any two addresses. WMI Asset Logger has the ability to save scans to Tab delimited text files, Straight to Microsoft Excel, or directly to your default printer, and now as of version 5.7f, dump your scans straight to the included MS Access Database.
Features
- Microsoft Access Database Support - no limitations on number of clients.
- FREELY LICENSED FOR PERSONAL AND CORPORATE USE.
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Network Scanning.
- DNS Forward/Reverse look-up tool.
- InstallNow! Use WMI to remotely install software packages in real-time.
- Dump Advanced WMI report of any computer straight to HTML or XLS.
- View, Create, and Stop remote processes on any computer (requires necessary user rights).
- View, Explore, Map, and Delete remote shares, including hidden shares!
- Perform an IP Inventory. This generates a list of NetBIOS --> IP --> MAC --> FQDN for all your windows hosts. (amazingly fast too)
- NEW! Script Runner ! RUN YOUR OWN EXTERNAL VBS, BAT, or CMD FILES USING WMI Asset Logger!
- Remote software installation, this copies files to the remote computer and adds a RunOnce registry entry. This causes the installation to run silently in the background the next time the PC is re-booted.
- Remotely start/stop Windows XP Firewall Service! Sometimes the Windows XP Firewall will prevent the WMI interface from responding on the remote system. WMI Asset Logger can disable the firewall of the remote host so you can still get results.
- Use of Alternate User credentials for WMI scanning.
- Import DSQUERY COMPUTER text file dumps directly into WMIAL.
- Alternate user passwords are encrypted for security purposes.
- In-depth information on systems that return results via WMI.
- Right-click speed menu system and Hot-Key enabled menu systems.
- Dump straight to your default printer, from WMIAL, with out the need for any third-party software. No need to open results in Excel or Word to print.
- Dump directly to Microsoft Excel 97, 2000, XP, and 2003!
- Right-click management of scanned systems, and remote control(Remote Control requires Windows XP)
- Push software to large numbers of computers with a few simple clicks.
- Non-proprietary Information storage for flexibility and portability. (TAB Delimited Text file dumps).
- Text File importing, scan a specific list of systems with-out having to muddle through an expansive list of computers in the Network Neighborhood.
- Fall back Registry scanning in the event WMI is not present or errors out.
- Reboot or shutdown remote hosts.
- Result type filtering, great for finding systems that don’t have WMI, or for finding systems where your access is denied (which means you need to go add your global admin groups)
OS Filtering. You can use this to filter out NT, XP, or 2000 systems. - IP Ping utility, use PING to generate a list of scan candidates from just about any range of IP Addresses.
- Browse List Enumeration for faster scanning and ADSI Enumeration for pulling domain member list.
- You can dump multiple domains into the list for scanning, and then select systems across domains to scan in the even you have people spread out over a few locations or states.
- Automated E-Mailing of the results via. SMTP
TRUECRYPT Data Security Open Source Tool
TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume (data storage device). On-the-fly encryption means that data is automatically encrypted or decrypted right before it is loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys. Entire file system is encrypted (e.g., file names, folder names, contents of every file, free space, meta data, etc).
Files can be copied to and from a mounted TrueCrypt volume just like they are copied to/from any normal disk (for example, by simple drag-and-drop operations). Files are automatically being decrypted on the fly (in memory/RAM) while they are being read or copied from an encrypted TrueCrypt volume. Similarly, files that are being written or copied to the TrueCrypt volume are automatically being encrypted on the fly (right before they are written to the disk) in RAM. Note that this does not mean that the whole file that is to be encrypted/decrypted must be stored in RAM before it can be encrypted/decrypted. There are no extra memory (RAM) requirements for TrueCrypt. For an illustration of how this is accomplished, see the following paragraph.Let's suppose that there is an .avi video file stored on a TrueCrypt volume (therefore, the video file is entirely encrypted). The user provides the correct password (and/or keyfile) and mounts (opens) the TrueCrypt volume. When the user double clicks the icon of the video file, the operating system launches the application associated with the file type – typically a media player. The media player then begins loading a small initial portion of the video file from the TrueCrypt-encrypted volume to RAM (memory) in order to play it. While the portion is being loaded, TrueCrypt is automatically decrypting it (in RAM). The decrypted portion of the video (stored in RAM) is then played by the media player. While this portion is being played, the media player begins loading next small portion of the video file from the TrueCrypt-encrypted volume to RAM (memory) and the process repeats. This process is called on-the-fly encryption/decryption and it works for all file types, not only for video files.
Note that TrueCrypt never saves any decrypted data to a disk – it only stores them temporarily in RAM (memory). Even when the volume is mounted, data stored in the volume is still encrypted. When you restart Windows or turn off your computer, the volume will be dismounted and files stored in it will be inaccessible (and encrypted). Even when power supply is suddenly interrupted (without proper system shut down), files stored in the volume are inaccessible (and encrypted). To make them accessible again, you have to mount the volume (and provide the correct password and/or keyfile).
To Download the Truecrypt Link
Files can be copied to and from a mounted TrueCrypt volume just like they are copied to/from any normal disk (for example, by simple drag-and-drop operations). Files are automatically being decrypted on the fly (in memory/RAM) while they are being read or copied from an encrypted TrueCrypt volume. Similarly, files that are being written or copied to the TrueCrypt volume are automatically being encrypted on the fly (right before they are written to the disk) in RAM. Note that this does not mean that the whole file that is to be encrypted/decrypted must be stored in RAM before it can be encrypted/decrypted. There are no extra memory (RAM) requirements for TrueCrypt. For an illustration of how this is accomplished, see the following paragraph.Let's suppose that there is an .avi video file stored on a TrueCrypt volume (therefore, the video file is entirely encrypted). The user provides the correct password (and/or keyfile) and mounts (opens) the TrueCrypt volume. When the user double clicks the icon of the video file, the operating system launches the application associated with the file type – typically a media player. The media player then begins loading a small initial portion of the video file from the TrueCrypt-encrypted volume to RAM (memory) in order to play it. While the portion is being loaded, TrueCrypt is automatically decrypting it (in RAM). The decrypted portion of the video (stored in RAM) is then played by the media player. While this portion is being played, the media player begins loading next small portion of the video file from the TrueCrypt-encrypted volume to RAM (memory) and the process repeats. This process is called on-the-fly encryption/decryption and it works for all file types, not only for video files.
Note that TrueCrypt never saves any decrypted data to a disk – it only stores them temporarily in RAM (memory). Even when the volume is mounted, data stored in the volume is still encrypted. When you restart Windows or turn off your computer, the volume will be dismounted and files stored in it will be inaccessible (and encrypted). Even when power supply is suddenly interrupted (without proper system shut down), files stored in the volume are inaccessible (and encrypted). To make them accessible again, you have to mount the volume (and provide the correct password and/or keyfile).
To Download the Truecrypt Link
Expanding Virtual Disk of VMware Server in Windows
To expand an existing partition, the Virtual Machine must be shutdown and powered off. The vmware-vdiskmanager utility resides in the directory that VMWare server was installed. Open a command prompt and navigate to the VMWare server directory.
C:\Program Files>cd VMware
C:\Program Files\VMware>cd "VMware Server"
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server>vmware-vdiskmanager -x 25GB "d:\VM\ForumTest\ForumDB.vmdk"
Using log file C:\DOCUME~1\Jakki\LOCALS~1\Temp\vmware-jakki\vdiskmanager.log
Grow: 100% done.
The old geometry C/H/S of the disk is: 2610/255/63
The new geometry C/H/S of the disk is: 3263/255/63
Disk expansion completed successfully.
WARNING: If the virtual disk is partitioned, you must use a third-party
utility in the virtual machine to expand the size of the
partitions. For more information, see:
http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1647
You should now see the new size of the virtul disk. Also, notice the Warning message above. You will need to use a third party tool such as Partition Magic or Acronis Disk Director to resize the partition inside the Virtual Machine Operating System.
To list all available options for vmware-vdiskmanager, just enter the following at a command prompt:
vmware-vdiskmanager.exe /?
C:\Program Files>cd VMware
C:\Program Files\VMware>cd "VMware Server"
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server>vmware-vdiskmanager -x 25GB "d:\VM\ForumTest\ForumDB.vmdk"
Using log file C:\DOCUME~1\Jakki\LOCALS~1\Temp\vmware-jakki\vdiskmanager.log
Grow: 100% done.
The old geometry C/H/S of the disk is: 2610/255/63
The new geometry C/H/S of the disk is: 3263/255/63
Disk expansion completed successfully.
WARNING: If the virtual disk is partitioned, you must use a third-party
utility in the virtual machine to expand the size of the
partitions. For more information, see:
http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1647
You should now see the new size of the virtul disk. Also, notice the Warning message above. You will need to use a third party tool such as Partition Magic or Acronis Disk Director to resize the partition inside the Virtual Machine Operating System.
To list all available options for vmware-vdiskmanager, just enter the following at a command prompt:
vmware-vdiskmanager.exe /?
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Steps for installing server roles on a 2008 Server Core installation
To see the roles installed on the server, we should use oclist command.
DNS Server role
To install the DNS Server role
1. At a command prompt, type:
start /w ocsetup DNS-Server-Core-Role
After this by using dnscmd from the command prompt we can configure the configuration part like adding DNS zones & records, One more easy way is there by using remote management we can configure all these configurations from the remote server by using DNS management GUI console.
To uninstall the DNS server role
start /w ocsetup DNS-Server-Core-Role /uninstall
IMPORTANT: Server role should be mentioned with case sensitive.
DHCP Server role
To install the DHCP Server role
1. At a command prompt, type:
start /w ocsetup DHCPServerCore
2. Configure a DHCP scope at the command prompt by using netsh, or by remotely using the DHCP snap-in from Windows Server 2008.
3. If the DHCP server is installed in an Active Directory domain, you must authorize it in Active Directory. The DHCP Server service does not start automatically by default. Use the following procedure to configure it to start automatically and to start the service for the first time.
To configure and start the DHCP Server service
1. At a command prompt, type:
sc config dhcpserver start= auto
2. Start the service by typing:
net start dhcpserver
start /w ocsetup DHCPServerCore /uninstall at the command prompt will uninstall the DHCP Server role
To install File Services role features
For File Replication Service, type the following at a command prompt:
start /w ocsetup FRS-Infrastructure
For Distributed File System service, type:
start /w ocsetup DFSN-Server
For Distributed File System Replication, type:
start /w ocsetup DFSR-Infrastructure-ServerEdition
For Services for Network File System (NFS), type:
start /w ocsetup ServerForNFS-Base
start /w ocsetup ClientForNFS-Base
Hyper-V role
To install the Hyper-V role, at a command prompt, type:
start /w ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V
To manage Hyper-V on a Server Core installation, use the Hyper-V management tools to manage the server remotely. These tools are available for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
Print Services role
To install Print Services role features
For the Print Server feature, type the following at a command prompt:
start /w ocsetup Printing-ServerCore-Role
For the Line Printer Daemon (LPD) service, type:
start /w ocsetup Printing-LPDPrintService
To add a printer to the print server
1. Determine the IP address or host name of the printer. This may be on the printer's test or printer configuration page or you might need to refer to the manufacturer's documentation for instructions.
2. Verify that the print server can communicate with the printer through the network by pinging the printer from the print server.
3. On another computer running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, open the Print Management console and add the server running the Server Core installation.
4. Expand the entry for the print server running a Server Core installation, right-click Drivers, and then click Add Driver. The Add Printer Driver Wizard starts.
5. Complete the wizard to install the printer driver for your printer.
6. In the Print Management console, right-click Printers and then click Add Printer. The Network Printer Installation Wizard starts.
7. Click Add a TCP/IP or Web Services printer by IP address or hostname and then click Next.
8. Enter the printer's host name or IP address (the port name will be the same by default), and then click Next.
9. Make any necessary changes to the printer name, contact information, or sharing status, and then click Next.
Web Server (IIS) role
To install the Web Server role
For the default installation, type the following at a command prompt and press ENTER:
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel
For an installation that includes all of the options, type the following at a command prompt and press ENTER:
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-HttpRedirect;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASP;IIS-CGI;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-ServerSideIncludes;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-ODBCLogging;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-URLAuthorization;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-IPSecurity;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;IIS-LegacyScripts;IIS-FTPPublishingService;IIS-FTPServer;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel
Known issues for installing a server role on a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2
1)You cannot use the Active Directory Domain Controller Installation Wizard (Dcpromo.exe) on a server running Server Core installation. You must use an unattend file with Dcpromo.exe to install or remove the domain controller role. Alternately, you can run Dcpromo.exe on another computer running Windows Server 2008 R2 and use the wizard to save an unattend file that you can then use on the server running Server Core installation.
2)Dcpromo.exe will restart the computer immediately when the installation is complete or when Active Directory is removed unless RebootOnCompletion=No is included in the answer file.
3)The Web Server (IIS) role supports a subset of ASP.NET in Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 R2. The following IIS features are available in Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 R2, see the section “Web Server (IIS) role.”
DNS Server role
To install the DNS Server role
1. At a command prompt, type:
start /w ocsetup DNS-Server-Core-Role
After this by using dnscmd from the command prompt we can configure the configuration part like adding DNS zones & records, One more easy way is there by using remote management we can configure all these configurations from the remote server by using DNS management GUI console.
To uninstall the DNS server role
start /w ocsetup DNS-Server-Core-Role /uninstall
IMPORTANT: Server role should be mentioned with case sensitive.
DHCP Server role
To install the DHCP Server role
1. At a command prompt, type:
start /w ocsetup DHCPServerCore
2. Configure a DHCP scope at the command prompt by using netsh, or by remotely using the DHCP snap-in from Windows Server 2008.
3. If the DHCP server is installed in an Active Directory domain, you must authorize it in Active Directory. The DHCP Server service does not start automatically by default. Use the following procedure to configure it to start automatically and to start the service for the first time.
To configure and start the DHCP Server service
1. At a command prompt, type:
sc config dhcpserver start= auto
2. Start the service by typing:
net start dhcpserver
start /w ocsetup DHCPServerCore /uninstall at the command prompt will uninstall the DHCP Server role
To install File Services role features
For File Replication Service, type the following at a command prompt:
start /w ocsetup FRS-Infrastructure
For Distributed File System service, type:
start /w ocsetup DFSN-Server
For Distributed File System Replication, type:
start /w ocsetup DFSR-Infrastructure-ServerEdition
For Services for Network File System (NFS), type:
start /w ocsetup ServerForNFS-Base
start /w ocsetup ClientForNFS-Base
Hyper-V role
To install the Hyper-V role, at a command prompt, type:
start /w ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V
To manage Hyper-V on a Server Core installation, use the Hyper-V management tools to manage the server remotely. These tools are available for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
Print Services role
To install Print Services role features
For the Print Server feature, type the following at a command prompt:
start /w ocsetup Printing-ServerCore-Role
For the Line Printer Daemon (LPD) service, type:
start /w ocsetup Printing-LPDPrintService
To add a printer to the print server
1. Determine the IP address or host name of the printer. This may be on the printer's test or printer configuration page or you might need to refer to the manufacturer's documentation for instructions.
2. Verify that the print server can communicate with the printer through the network by pinging the printer from the print server.
3. On another computer running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, open the Print Management console and add the server running the Server Core installation.
4. Expand the entry for the print server running a Server Core installation, right-click Drivers, and then click Add Driver. The Add Printer Driver Wizard starts.
5. Complete the wizard to install the printer driver for your printer.
6. In the Print Management console, right-click Printers and then click Add Printer. The Network Printer Installation Wizard starts.
7. Click Add a TCP/IP or Web Services printer by IP address or hostname and then click Next.
8. Enter the printer's host name or IP address (the port name will be the same by default), and then click Next.
9. Make any necessary changes to the printer name, contact information, or sharing status, and then click Next.
Web Server (IIS) role
To install the Web Server role
For the default installation, type the following at a command prompt and press ENTER:
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel
For an installation that includes all of the options, type the following at a command prompt and press ENTER:
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-HttpRedirect;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASP;IIS-CGI;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-ServerSideIncludes;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-ODBCLogging;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-URLAuthorization;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-IPSecurity;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;IIS-LegacyScripts;IIS-FTPPublishingService;IIS-FTPServer;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel
Known issues for installing a server role on a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2
1)You cannot use the Active Directory Domain Controller Installation Wizard (Dcpromo.exe) on a server running Server Core installation. You must use an unattend file with Dcpromo.exe to install or remove the domain controller role. Alternately, you can run Dcpromo.exe on another computer running Windows Server 2008 R2 and use the wizard to save an unattend file that you can then use on the server running Server Core installation.
2)Dcpromo.exe will restart the computer immediately when the installation is complete or when Active Directory is removed unless RebootOnCompletion=No is included in the answer file.
3)The Web Server (IIS) role supports a subset of ASP.NET in Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 R2. The following IIS features are available in Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 R2, see the section “Web Server (IIS) role.”
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
How to create Automated installation Answer file for XP
Windows Setup Manager provides a straightforward wizard interface. To create an answer file for a fully automated installation by using Windows Setup Manager, use these steps:
1. In Windows Explorer, locate the folder where you extracted Windows Setup Manager (setupmgr.exe). Double-click setupmgr.exe. Windows XP Professional starts the Windows Setup Manager Wizard.
2. Click Next. The New Or Existing Answer File page appears.
3. Ensure that the Create A New Answer File is selected, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Product To Install page, which provides the following three options:
❑ Windows Unattended Installation
❑ Sysprep Install
❑ Remote Installation Services
4. Ensure that Windows Unattended Installation is selected, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Platform page.
5. Ensure that Windows XP Professional is selected, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the User Interaction Level page, shown in Figure 3-2, which has the following five options:
❑ Provide Defaults. The answers you provide in the answer file are the default answers that the user sees. The user can accept the default answers or change any of the answers supplied by the script.
❑ Fully Automated. The installation is fully automated. The user does not have the chance to review or change the answers supplied by the script.
❑ Hide Pages. The answers provided by the script are supplied during the installation. Any page for which the script supplies all answers is hidden from the user, so the user cannot review or change the answers supplied by the script.
❑ Read Only. The script provides the answers, and the user can view the answers on any page that is not hidden, but the user cannot change the answers.
❑ GUI Attended. The text-mode portion of the installation is automated, but the user must supply the answers for the graphical user interface (GUI) mode portion of the installation.
folder to further customize your installation.
7. Select No, This Answer File Will Be Used To Install From A CD, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the License Agreement page.
8. Select I Accept The Terms Of The License Agreement, and then click Next.
1. In Windows Explorer, locate the folder where you extracted Windows Setup Manager (setupmgr.exe). Double-click setupmgr.exe. Windows XP Professional starts the Windows Setup Manager Wizard.
2. Click Next. The New Or Existing Answer File page appears.
3. Ensure that the Create A New Answer File is selected, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Product To Install page, which provides the following three options:
❑ Windows Unattended Installation
❑ Sysprep Install
❑ Remote Installation Services
4. Ensure that Windows Unattended Installation is selected, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Platform page.
5. Ensure that Windows XP Professional is selected, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the User Interaction Level page, shown in Figure 3-2, which has the following five options:
❑ Provide Defaults. The answers you provide in the answer file are the default answers that the user sees. The user can accept the default answers or change any of the answers supplied by the script.
❑ Fully Automated. The installation is fully automated. The user does not have the chance to review or change the answers supplied by the script.
❑ Hide Pages. The answers provided by the script are supplied during the installation. Any page for which the script supplies all answers is hidden from the user, so the user cannot review or change the answers supplied by the script.
❑ Read Only. The script provides the answers, and the user can view the answers on any page that is not hidden, but the user cannot change the answers.
❑ GUI Attended. The text-mode portion of the installation is automated, but the user must supply the answers for the graphical user interface (GUI) mode portion of the installation.
folder to further customize your installation.
7. Select No, This Answer File Will Be Used To Install From A CD, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the License Agreement page.
8. Select I Accept The Terms Of The License Agreement, and then click Next.
9. Type your name in the Name box and your organization in the Organization box, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Display Settings page.
10. Leave the default settings on the Display Settings page, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager displays the Time Zone page.
11. Select the appropriate time zone, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Providing The Product Key page.
12. Type in the appropriate product key.
13. Click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Computer Names page, shown
in Figure 3-4. Notice that you have three choices:
❑ Enter a series of names to be used during the various iterations of the script.
❑ Click Import and provide the name of a text file that has one computer name per line listed. Setup imports and uses these names as the computer names in the various iterations of the script.
❑ Select Automatically Generate Computer Names Based On Organization Name to allow the system to automatically generate the computer names to be used.
14. In the Computer Name text box, type a name for the computer, and then click Add. Repeat this step to add additional computers to the installation.
15. Click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Administrator Password page,
which appears with the following two options:
❑ Prompt The User For An Administrative Password
❑ Use The Following Administrative Password (127 Characters Maximum)
Notice that you have the option to encrypt the Administrator’s password in the answer file. You also have the option to have the Administrator log on automatically, and you can set the number of times you want the Administrator to log on automatically when the computer is restarted.
16. Ensure that Use The Following Administrative Password (127 Characters Maximum)
is selected, and then type a password in the Password text box and the Confirm Password box.
17. Select Encrypt Administrator Password In Answer File, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Networking Components page, shown in Figure 3-5, with the following two options:
❑ Typical Settings. Installs Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), enables Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), installs the Client For Microsoft Networks protocol, and installs File And Printer Sharing For Microsoft Networks for each destination computer
❑ Customize Settings. Allows you to select and configure the networking components to be installed
18. Configure network settings as appropriate for your network, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Workgroup Or Domain page.
19. If the computer will join a workgroup, type the workgroup name. If the computer will join a domain, click Windows Server Domain, and then type the name of the domain. If a computer that will join a domain does not already have a computer account in that domain, you can have Windows Setup create such an account during installation. Click Create A Computer Account In The Domain, and then enter the credentials for an account that has permission to create new computer accounts in the domain. Click Next to continue. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Telephony page.
20. Select the appropriate setting for What Country/Region Are You In.
21. Type the appropriate setting for What Area (Or City) Code Are You In.
22. If necessary, type the appropriate setting for If You Dial A Number To Access An Outside Line, What Is It.
23. Select the appropriate setting for The Phone System At This Location Uses, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Regional Settings page. The default selection is Use The Default Regional Settings For The Windows Version You Are Installing, but you can also specify different regional settings.
24. Configure the regional settings, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Languages page, which allows you to add support for additional languages.
25. Select additional languages if they are required for the computers on which you will install Windows XP Professional, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Browser And Shell Settings page with the following three options:
❑ Use Default Internet Explorer Settings
❑ Use An Autoconfiguration Script Created By The Internet Explorer Administration
Kit To Configure Your Browser
❑ Individually Specify Proxy And Default Home Page Settings
26. Make your selection, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Installation Folder page with the following three options:
❑ A Folder Named Windows. This is the default selection.
❑ A Uniquely Named Folder Generated By Setup. Setup generates a unique folder name so that the installation folder will be less obvious. This folder name is recorded in the Registry, so programs and program installations can easily access the Windows XP Professional system files and folders.
❑ This Folder. If you select this option, you must specify a path and folder name.
27. Make your selection, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Install Printers page, shown in Figure 3-6, which allows you to specify a network printer to be installed the first time a user logs on after Setup.
28. Add any printers that you want to configure during installation, and then click Next. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Run Once page. This page allows you to configure Windows to run one or more commands the first time a user logs on.
29. To add a command, type the command in the Command To Run text box, and then click Add. Click Next when you are finished adding commands. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Additional Commands page. This page allows you to specify additional commands to be run at the end of the unattended setup before any user logs on to the computer.
30. To add a command, type the command in the Command To Run text box, and then click Add. Click Finish when you are finished adding commands. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays a dialog box indicating that the Windows Setup Manager has successfully created an answer file. It also prompts you for a location and a name for the script. The default is a file named unattend.txt in the folder from which you launched Windows Setup Manager.
31. Accept the default name and location, or type an alternate name and location. Click OK to continue. The Windows Setup Manager Wizard displays the Setup Manager Complete page,
indicating that new files were created:
❑ unattend.txt is the answer file.
❑ unattend.udb is the uniqueness database file created if you supply multiple computer names.
❑ unattend.bat is a batch script that will launch the Windows installation using the answer file and uniqueness database file.
32. On the File menu, click Exit.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
SUS Client Setting
Client Side installation of SUS service
The SUS component is available for download from (http://www.microsoft.com/
windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp). After the download is complete, double-
click the setup file to begin the installation process and simply follow the menu
prompts for a Typical installation (a Custom installation lets you choose the folder
where the service is installed and the location where updates are stored).
To Use Group Policy to Configure Clients to Access SUS
After SUS is installed in your environment, you need to configure the client systems to
use it—otherwise, they will just keep using the Windows Update public server instead.
You must use Group Policy to configure clients to use the SUS server.
To set the Group Policy, follow these steps:
1. Log on as a domain administrator or open the Active Directory Users And Computers
tool using the Run As command to enter the appropriate credentials.
2. Right-click the domain or organizational unit and choose Properties from the
shortcut menu.
3. Switch to the Group Policy tab.
4. You could edit the default domain policy, but it is normally recommended that
you create another one for these types of secondary settings. To do this, choose
the New button and name the new policy that appears in the window.
5. After you have named the policy, click the Edit button to open the Group Policy
Object Editor window.
6. Expand the Computer Configuration node, then the Administrative Templates
node, then the Windows Components node, and then the Windows Update node.
7. Double-click the Configure Automatic Updates setting to specify any of the following:
❑ Notify The User Before Download And Before Installation
❑ Automatically Download And Notify The User Before Installation
❑ Automatically Download And Schedule An Automatic Installation
8. Double-click the Specify Intranet Microsoft Update Service Location setting.
Change the setting to Enabled and enter the name of the internal SUS server that
the clients in the domain should use into both fields. This information can be
entered by name or by IP address.
9. Double-click the Reschedule Automatic Updates scheduled installations setting to
change the schedule for automatic installation on clients.
10. Double-click the No Auto-Restart For Scheduled Automatic Updates installations
to prevent clients from restarting after an automatic installation.
The SUS component is available for download from (http://www.microsoft.com/
windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp). After the download is complete, double-
click the setup file to begin the installation process and simply follow the menu
prompts for a Typical installation (a Custom installation lets you choose the folder
where the service is installed and the location where updates are stored).
To Use Group Policy to Configure Clients to Access SUS
After SUS is installed in your environment, you need to configure the client systems to
use it—otherwise, they will just keep using the Windows Update public server instead.
You must use Group Policy to configure clients to use the SUS server.
To set the Group Policy, follow these steps:
1. Log on as a domain administrator or open the Active Directory Users And Computers
tool using the Run As command to enter the appropriate credentials.
2. Right-click the domain or organizational unit and choose Properties from the
shortcut menu.
3. Switch to the Group Policy tab.
4. You could edit the default domain policy, but it is normally recommended that
you create another one for these types of secondary settings. To do this, choose
the New button and name the new policy that appears in the window.
5. After you have named the policy, click the Edit button to open the Group Policy
Object Editor window.
6. Expand the Computer Configuration node, then the Administrative Templates
node, then the Windows Components node, and then the Windows Update node.
7. Double-click the Configure Automatic Updates setting to specify any of the following:
❑ Notify The User Before Download And Before Installation
❑ Automatically Download And Notify The User Before Installation
❑ Automatically Download And Schedule An Automatic Installation
8. Double-click the Specify Intranet Microsoft Update Service Location setting.
Change the setting to Enabled and enter the name of the internal SUS server that
the clients in the domain should use into both fields. This information can be
entered by name or by IP address.
9. Double-click the Reschedule Automatic Updates scheduled installations setting to
change the schedule for automatic installation on clients.
10. Double-click the No Auto-Restart For Scheduled Automatic Updates installations
to prevent clients from restarting after an automatic installation.
Windows XP Editions
Available Windows XP Editions
1. Windows XP Professional Edition
2. Windows XP Home Edition
3. Windows XP Media Center Edition
4. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
5. Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
Windows XP Professional Edition
Windows XP Professional Edition is intended for computers that are part of a corporate
network, for the majority of computers on small networks, and for home users who
need certain advanced capabilities. Windows XP Professional sets the standard for
desktop performance, security, and reliability.
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Home Edition, which is intended for home users, simplifies many aspects
of networking and file management so that home users have a cleaner experience. In
particular, Windows XP Home Edition has the following limitations compared with
Windows XP Professional
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not support the use of NTFS or print permissions.
Instead, Windows XP Home Edition supports only Simple File Sharing.
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not support the use of dynamic disks.
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not support the Encrypting File System (EFS).
■ Windows XP Home Edition supports only one processor, whereas Windows XP
Professional supports two processors.
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not include Internet Information Services.
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not include Remote Desktop.
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not provide Remote Installation Services (RIS).
Windows XP Media Center Edition
The Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 operating system is available only on new
Media Center PCs—computers with special hardware features that enable users to connect
the computer as an integral part of a home entertainment system. Because of its
special requirements, Media Center PCs running Windows XP Media Center Edition are
available only from Microsoft PC manufacturer partners.
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
The Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system expands on Windows XP Professional,
providing all the features and performance of Windows XP Professional, while also providing additional capabilities designed to take advantage of a touch-screen interface pen input, handwriting recognition, and speech recognition. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition offers users the efficiency and dependability of Windows XP Professional. For developers, it offers a rich platform for creating new applications or extending their current applications to take advantage of Tablet PC handwriting and speech capabilities.
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, which provides support for the 64-bit computing platforms, is designed to meet the demands of advanced technical workstation users who require large amounts of memory and floating point performance in areas such as mechanical design and analysis, 3D animation, video editing and composition, and scientific and high-performance computing applications. One of the key differences between the 64-bit and 32-bit platforms is that the 64-bit platform supports considerably more system memory—up to 16 GB of physical RAM.
1. Windows XP Professional Edition
2. Windows XP Home Edition
3. Windows XP Media Center Edition
4. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
5. Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
Windows XP Professional Edition
Windows XP Professional Edition is intended for computers that are part of a corporate
network, for the majority of computers on small networks, and for home users who
need certain advanced capabilities. Windows XP Professional sets the standard for
desktop performance, security, and reliability.
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Home Edition, which is intended for home users, simplifies many aspects
of networking and file management so that home users have a cleaner experience. In
particular, Windows XP Home Edition has the following limitations compared with
Windows XP Professional
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not support the use of NTFS or print permissions.
Instead, Windows XP Home Edition supports only Simple File Sharing.
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not support the use of dynamic disks.
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not support the Encrypting File System (EFS).
■ Windows XP Home Edition supports only one processor, whereas Windows XP
Professional supports two processors.
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not include Internet Information Services.
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not include Remote Desktop.
■ Windows XP Home Edition does not provide Remote Installation Services (RIS).
Windows XP Media Center Edition
The Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 operating system is available only on new
Media Center PCs—computers with special hardware features that enable users to connect
the computer as an integral part of a home entertainment system. Because of its
special requirements, Media Center PCs running Windows XP Media Center Edition are
available only from Microsoft PC manufacturer partners.
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
The Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system expands on Windows XP Professional,
providing all the features and performance of Windows XP Professional, while also providing additional capabilities designed to take advantage of a touch-screen interface pen input, handwriting recognition, and speech recognition. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition offers users the efficiency and dependability of Windows XP Professional. For developers, it offers a rich platform for creating new applications or extending their current applications to take advantage of Tablet PC handwriting and speech capabilities.
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, which provides support for the 64-bit computing platforms, is designed to meet the demands of advanced technical workstation users who require large amounts of memory and floating point performance in areas such as mechanical design and analysis, 3D animation, video editing and composition, and scientific and high-performance computing applications. One of the key differences between the 64-bit and 32-bit platforms is that the 64-bit platform supports considerably more system memory—up to 16 GB of physical RAM.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Windows 2008 Monitoring Tips
There are two ways to find the system uptime in Windows Vista/Server 2008/XP/2003.
1 Using Systeminfo utility
The Systeminfo utility shows you the system boot time. The time originally the system was booted and running from. To run the command,
1. Click Start - search and type “cmd” (Start - Run, cmd in Windows XP
/2003). This should launch the command prompt.
2. From the command prompt, type “systeminfo“. This should check various system stats like installation date, hotfixes etc. Look for the “System boot time”
2 Using “net statistics” command
The “net” command can perform various operations and one of them is the system statistics of a workstation or a server. From the command prompt run, the following command
c:\>net statistics workstation
This will run a check and provide with the system statistics. Look for the line which reads as “statistics since” where it indicates the stats are from the last system startup time.
Windows Server 2008 Command-line Tool Summary
AdRmsAdmin.msc -Active Directory Rights Management Services
Adsiedit.msc - ADSI Edit
Azman.msc - Authorization Manager
Certmgr.msc - Certmgr (Certificates)
Certtmpl.msc - Certificates Template Console
CluAdmin.msc - Failover Cluster Management
Comexp.msc - Component Services
Compmgmt.msc - Computer Management
Devmgmt.msc - Device Manager
Dfsmgmt.msc - DFS Management
Dhcpmgmt.msc - DHCP Manager
Diskmgmt.msc - Disk Management
Dnsmgmt.msc - DNS Manager
Domain.msc - Active Directory Domains And Trusts
Dsa.msc - Active Directory Users And Computers
Dssite.msc - Active Directory Sites And Services
Eventvwr.msc - Event Viewer
Fsmgmt.msc - Shared Folders
Fsrm.msc File - Server Resource Manager
Fxsadmin.msc - Microsoft Fax Service Manager
Gpedit.msc - Local Group Policy Editor
Lusrmgr.msc - Local Users And Groups
Napclcfg.msc - NAP Client Configuration
Nfsmgmt.msc - Services For Network File System
Nps.msc - Network Policy Server
Ocsp.msc - Online Responder
Perfmon.msc - Reliability And Performance Monitor
Pkiview.msc - Enterprise PKI
Printmanagement.msc - Print Management
Remoteprograms.msc - TS RemoteApp Management
Rsop.msc - Resultant Set of Policy
Secpol.msc - Local Security Policy
ServerManager.msc - Server Manager
StorageMgmt.msc - Share And Storage Management
Services.msc - Services
StorExpl.msc - Storage Explorer
Tapimgmt.msc - Telephony
Taskschd.msc - Task Scheduler
Tmp.msc - Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Management
Tsadmin.msc - Terminal Services Management
Tsconfig.msc - Terminal Services Configuration
Tsgateway.msc - TS Gateway Manager
Tsmmc.msc - Remote Desktops
Uddi.msc - UDDI Services Console
Wbadmin.msc - Windows Server Backup
Wdsmgmt.msc - Windows Deployment Services
Winsmgmt.msc - WINS Manager
WmiMgmt.msc - WMI Control
1 Using Systeminfo utility
The Systeminfo utility shows you the system boot time. The time originally the system was booted and running from. To run the command,
1. Click Start - search and type “cmd” (Start - Run, cmd in Windows XP
/2003). This should launch the command prompt.
2. From the command prompt, type “systeminfo“. This should check various system stats like installation date, hotfixes etc. Look for the “System boot time”
2 Using “net statistics” command
The “net” command can perform various operations and one of them is the system statistics of a workstation or a server. From the command prompt run, the following command
c:\>net statistics workstation
This will run a check and provide with the system statistics. Look for the line which reads as “statistics since” where it indicates the stats are from the last system startup time.
Windows Server 2008 Command-line Tool Summary
The following table provides a list of each command line tool together with a brief explanation: Command Description
Arp: Display the IP to physical address translation tables used by the
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).
Assoc : Display and modify file extension associations.
Attrib: Display and change file attributes.
Break : Configure extended Ctrl-C checking.
Bcdedit : Configure properties in name database to control boot loading.
Cacls : Display or modify access control lists of files.
Call : Call a script or script label as a procedure.
CD/Chdir : Display the name of or changes the current directory.
Chcp : Display or set the active code page number.
Chkdsk : Check a disk for errors and display a report.
Chkntfs : Display the status of volumes. Set or exclude volumes from automatic system checking during system boot.
Choice : Create a selection list from which users can select a choice in batch scripts.
Cls : Clear the console window.
Cmd : Start a new instance of the Windows command shell.
Color : Set the colors of the command-shell window.
Comp : Compare the contents of two files or sets of files.
Compact : Display or modify the compression of files or sets of files.
Convert : Convert FAT volumes to NTFS.
Copy : Copy or combine files.
Date : Display or set the system date.
Del : Delete one or more files.
Dir : Display a list of files and subdirectories within a directory.
Diskcomp : Compare the contents of two floppy disks.
Diskcopy : Copy the contents of one floppy disk to another.
Diskpart : Invoke a text-mode command interpreter so that you can manage disks, partitions, and volumes using a separate command prompt and commands that are internal to Diskpart.
Doskey : Edit command lines, recall Windows commands, and create macros.
Driverquery : Display the current device driver properties and status.
Echo : Display messages, or turns command echoing on or off.
Endlocal : End localization of environment changes in a batch file.
Exit : Exit the command interpreter.
Expand : Uncompress files.
FC : Compare two files and display the differences between them.
Find/Findstr : Search for a text string in files.
For : Run a specified command for each file in a set of files.
Format : Format a floppy disk or hard drive.
Fsutil : File system utility - displays and configures file system properties.
Ftp : Transfer files.
Ftype : Display or modify file types used in file extension associations.
Goto : Direct the Windows command interpreter to a labeled line in a script.
Gpresult : Display Group Policy information for a machine or user.
Graftabl : Enable Windows to display extended character sets in graphics mode.
Help : Display Help information for Windows commands.
Hostname : Display the computer name.
ICACLS : Display, modify, backup, and restore ACLs for files and directories.
IF : Perform conditional processing in batch programs.
Ipconfig : Display TCP/IP configuration.
Label : Create, change, or delete the volume label of a disk.
Md/Mkdir : Create a directory or subdirectory.
Mklink : Create symbolic and hard links.
Mode : Configure a system device.
More : Display output one screen at a time.
Mountvol : Manage a volume mount point.
Move : Move files from one directory to another directory on the same drive.
Openfiles : Display files opened by remote users for a file share.
Nbtstat : Display status of NetBIOS.
Net Accounts : Manage user account and password policies.
Net Computer : Add or remove computers from a domain.
Net Config Server : Display or modify configuration of Server service.
Net Config Workstation : Display or modify configuration of Workstation service.
Net Continue : Resume a paused service.
Net File : Display or manage open files on a server.
Net Group : Display or manage global groups.
Net Localgroup : Display or manage local group accounts.
Net Pause : Suspend a service.
Net Print : Display or manage print jobs and shared queues.
Net Session : List or disconnect sessions.
Net Share : Display or manage shared printers and directories.
Net Start : List or start network services.
Net Statistics : Display workstation and server statistics.
Net Stop : Stop services.
Net Time : Display or synchronize network time.
Net Use : Display or manage remote connections.
Net User : Display or manage local user accounts.
Net View : Display network resources or computers.
Netsh : Invoke a separate command prompt that allows you to manage the configuration of various network services on local and remote computers.
Netstat : Display status of network connections.
Path : Display or set a search path for executable files in the current command window.
Pathping : Trace routes and provides packet loss information.
Pause : Suspend processing of a script and wait for keyboard input.
Ping : Determine if a network connection can be established.
Popd : Change to the directory stored by Pushd.
Print : Print a text file.
Prompt : Change the Windows command prompt.
Pushd : Save the current directory then changes to a new directory.
Rd/Rmdir : Remove a directory.- Recover : Recover readable information from a bad or defective disk.
Reg Add : Add a new subkey or entry to the Registry.
Reg Compare : Compare Registry subkeys or entries.
Reg Copy : Copy a Registry entry to a specified key path on a local or remote system.
Reg Delete : Delete a subkey or entries from the Registry.
Reg Query : List the entries under a key and the names of subkeys (if any).
Reg Restore : Write saved subkeys and entries back to the Registry.
Reg Save : Save a copy of specified subkeys, entries, and values to a file.
Regsvr32 : Register and unregister DLLs.
Rem Add : comments to scripts.
Ren : Rename a file.
Replace : Replace a file.
Route : Manage network routing tables.
Rmdir : Remove a directory.
Set : Display or modify Windows environment variables. Also used to evaluate numeric expressions at the command line.
Setlocal : Begin localization of environment changes in a batch file.
Sc : Display and configure background processes (services).
Sch : tasks : Schedule commands and programs to run on a system.
Sfc : Scans and verifies protected operating system files.
Shift : Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in scripts.
Shutdown : Perform system shutdown.
Sort : Sort input.
Start : Start a new command-shell window to run a specified program or command.
Subst : Maps a path to a drive letter.
Systeminfo : Display machine properties and configuration.
Tasklist : Display currently running tasks and services.
Taskkill : Kill or stop a running process or application.
Time : Display or sets the system time.
Title : Sets the title for the command-shell window.
Tracert : Display the path between computers.
Tree : Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path.
Type : Display the contents of a text file.
Ver : Display the Windows version.
Verify : Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are written correctly to a disk.
Vol : Display a disk volume label and serial number.
Xcopy : Copy files and directories.
WMI : Display WMI information.
Command Line Console Name
AdRmsAdmin.msc -Active Directory Rights Management Services
Adsiedit.msc - ADSI Edit
Azman.msc - Authorization Manager
Certmgr.msc - Certmgr (Certificates)
Certtmpl.msc - Certificates Template Console
CluAdmin.msc - Failover Cluster Management
Comexp.msc - Component Services
Compmgmt.msc - Computer Management
Devmgmt.msc - Device Manager
Dfsmgmt.msc - DFS Management
Dhcpmgmt.msc - DHCP Manager
Diskmgmt.msc - Disk Management
Dnsmgmt.msc - DNS Manager
Domain.msc - Active Directory Domains And Trusts
Dsa.msc - Active Directory Users And Computers
Dssite.msc - Active Directory Sites And Services
Eventvwr.msc - Event Viewer
Fsmgmt.msc - Shared Folders
Fsrm.msc File - Server Resource Manager
Fxsadmin.msc - Microsoft Fax Service Manager
Gpedit.msc - Local Group Policy Editor
Lusrmgr.msc - Local Users And Groups
Napclcfg.msc - NAP Client Configuration
Nfsmgmt.msc - Services For Network File System
Nps.msc - Network Policy Server
Ocsp.msc - Online Responder
Perfmon.msc - Reliability And Performance Monitor
Pkiview.msc - Enterprise PKI
Printmanagement.msc - Print Management
Remoteprograms.msc - TS RemoteApp Management
Rsop.msc - Resultant Set of Policy
Secpol.msc - Local Security Policy
ServerManager.msc - Server Manager
StorageMgmt.msc - Share And Storage Management
Services.msc - Services
StorExpl.msc - Storage Explorer
Tapimgmt.msc - Telephony
Taskschd.msc - Task Scheduler
Tmp.msc - Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Management
Tsadmin.msc - Terminal Services Management
Tsconfig.msc - Terminal Services Configuration
Tsgateway.msc - TS Gateway Manager
Tsmmc.msc - Remote Desktops
Uddi.msc - UDDI Services Console
Wbadmin.msc - Windows Server Backup
Wdsmgmt.msc - Windows Deployment Services
Winsmgmt.msc - WINS Manager
WmiMgmt.msc - WMI Control
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