OBJ 1.4-1.6

Task Manager

Designed to monitor the computer’s key resources

Device Manager

A tool used for investigating and troubleshooting system hardware, components, and peripherals

Disk Management Console

Provides a summary of all the fixed and removable disks on the system

Disk Fragmentation

A problem that affects the hard disk drives due to how data is written or read from storage devices

Task Scheduler

Used to run commands and scripts automatically in the background at any given interval

Event Viewer

Allow users to go through log files and see what has happened on a given Windows system

Performance Monitor

Used to provide real-time information about system resources by tracking activities in the operating system

Local Users and Groups

A console that provides the ability to create, modify, disable, and delete user accounts from a given Windows system

Resource Monitor

Gives a better version of of the type of monitoring provided by the Task Manager

System Configuration Tool

Used to modify various settings and files that affect the way a computer boots up and loads Windows

Windows Registry

A database that holds all the different settings and configurations across the entire operating system

RegEdit (Registry Editor)

Tool that allows users to do deep configuration changes on Windows

Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

A container for plugins or snap-ins that can be used to create custom admin tools to configure a system

Command Prompt

Provides a system admin with a text-based user interface

cd

Used to move into a different directory on the file system

dir

Displays a list of a directory’s files and subdirectories

md

Creates a new directory or subdirectory within a filesystem

rmdir

Deletes a directory or subdirectory within a filesystem

copy

Copies one or more files from one location to another

xcopy

Copies multiple files, directories and subdirectories from one location to another

robocopy

Copies files, directories, and subdirectories with support for longer filenames and network paths

diskpart

Manages disk drives, partitions, volumes, and virtual hard disks

format

Deletes the contents of a storage device and creates a new filesystem structure on the drive

chkdsk

Scans the file system and file system metadata of a volume for logical and physical errors, and then optionally repairs those errors that are found

ipconfig

Displays all of the current TCP/IP network configuration values and refreshes the DHCP and DNS settings

gpupdate

Updates the group policy settings

whoami

Command in Windows that displays the username of the currently logged in user and verifies user identity during system troubleshooting, scripting, or access management

Shutdown

Command used from within the command line to shutdown, hibernate, log off, or restart the computer

System File Checker

Provides a manual interface for verifying system files and restoring them from the cache

ping

Sends packets to the remote destination to verify good connectivity between the client and the remote destination

tracert

Shows each and every stop along the way by using multiple pings

path ping

Gives more accurate round trip time being calculated

netstat

Checks for open ports on a given client and determines if there are ports or connections that are in listening mode