Month: May 2001

Dism stands for Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool. The dism command is used to manage WIM (Windows Imageing Format) files. The dism command can be used to get information…

The shutdown command does exactly what it sounds like, it shuts down the computer. You can also delay a shutdown with the following command: shutdown /s /t nn where nn…

Tells you what information the DNS server is giving you about a specific host name. The nslookup command provides lookup information from DNS servers like canonical names, IP addresses, cache…

The netstat command is used to display network statistics. You’d use netstat to determine what type of network connections are occurring inbound or outbound to/from the local computer. netstat -a…

The command tracert stands for trace route The tracert command shows the route a packet takes to get to its destination, including devices the packet passes through and how long…

The ping command sees if you can talk to another system. Helps in diagnosing specific problems with routers between your computer and the computer you ping. The ping command can…

To view network settings, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, DNS server information, DHCP server information Ipconfig /all To see all TCP/IP settings (IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, DNS…

Most often you will use the graphical user interface to get around Windows, however there may be times when you’re forced to use command line instead. dir The dir command…

If there is an existing version of Windows and you’re moving to a new version, you can either do an upgrade or an install. With an upgrade, all your files…

Before performing an OS installation, make sure that the applications running in your existing OS are compatible with the new OS. Check with the app developer. Just because an application…