Windows commands

dir

List files and directories

cd or chdir

Displays the name of the current directory or changes the current directory

md or mkdir

Make a directory

rd or rmdir

Removes directory

hostname

View the name of the device

format

formats a disk for use with Windows

copy ( /v, /y )

Copy one or more files to destination

/v - verifies that new files are written correctly

/y - Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file

xcopy

copies files and directory trees

ex: xcopy Documents m:\backups

robocopy

a better xcopy with more additional features

shutdown /s

shutdown a computer

shutdown /r

restarts a computer

shutdown /a

abort a shutdown before it completes

diskpart

manage disk configurations

winver

displays the Windows version information

gpupdate /force

force a group policy update

gpresult /r

display group policy setting summary

ipconfig

displays IP configuration details for network adapters

ping

checks network connectivity to a host or IP address by sending packetss.

netstat

Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections

netstat -a

display all connections and listening ports

netstat -b

Displays the executable involved in creating each connection or listening port.

netstat -n

Displays addresses and port numbers in numerical form.

nslookup

Used to query DNS to obtain domain name or IP address mapping.

net

A command used for network operations, such as managing network resources and connections.

net view \\<servername>

Displays network resources on a specified server.

net view /workgroup:<workgroupname>

Displays network resources in a specified workgroup.

net use <driveletter>: \\<servername>\<sharename>

Maps a network share to a local drive letter.

net user <username>

Displays user account details and manages user accounts on the system

net user <username> * /domain

Prompts for a new password for the specified user account in a domain.

tracert

Determine the route a packet takes to a destination

pathping

Combines the features of ping and tracert to provide information about network latency and packet loss along the route to a destination.

defrag <diskletter>

Runs a disk defragmentation process on the specified disk drive.