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Windows Administration Commands
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Ldifde Import / Export AD data in to LDIF (LDAP Data Interchange
Format)
Netsh Migration Tool for DHCP Scopes
Ntbackup NT Backup Tool from %SystemRoot%\System32
Ntdsutil AD Restore Tool
Restore AD Restore Tool
Fsutil FS Utility (queries 8.3 file name)
poledit System Policy Editor
Restore CA Certification Authority Restore Wizard
Route Manage Static Routes
Rsm Removable Storage Management Command
Rss Remote Storage Administration Command
Sysprep
Update
sc Service Controller
netsh winsock show Shows Winsock configuration
catalog netsh winsock show catalog > c:\lst.txt (backup)
netsh winsock reset Resets Winsock configuration to default
catalog
Whoami Currently logged in user
Net user <username> Query password particulars
| findstr /i pass
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Rmdir
Ren Rename a Directory / File
Rename
Set Display / Modify Recovery Console environment options
AllowWildCards
AllowAllPaths
AllowRemovableMedia
NoCopyPrompt
Systemroot Sets current working folder to %SystemRoot%
Type Display contents of a text file
Doskey Enabling navigation through recently used commands
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Dsastat Directory Services Utility
Dfsutil DFS Utility
Dskprobe Diskprobe. Edit disk sector information (MBR)
Dmdiag Disk Manager Diagnostics
Dnscmd DNS Server Troubleshooting Tool
Dsdiag DC Diagnostic Tool
Efsinfo Encrypting File System Information
Exctrlst Extensible Performance Counter List
Ftonline Fault Tolerant Disk Mounter
Windiff File and Directory Comparison Tool
Ntfrsutil File Replication Utility
Filever File Version Reporter
Connstat.cmd FRS Connection Status Report
Health_chk.cmd FRS Health Check
Lologsum.cmd FRS Inbound and Outbound Logs Summary Report Tool
Getsid Get SID
Gflags Global Flags (Registry Settings in use by Kernel) Editor.
Httpcfg HTTP Configuration utlity
Iasparse IAS Parse Tool. IAS / RAS Log files parser.
Ktpass Kerberos Keytab Setup. Configures a non-Windows Kerberos
Ksetup Kerberos Setup
Ldp LDP Tool
Setspn Manipulate Service Principal Names for Accounts
Poolmon Memory Pool Monitor. Detects Memory Leaks
Memsnap Memory Profiling Tool
Movetree Move Users between Domains
Netdiag Network Connectivity Tester
Netcap Network Monitor Capture Utility
Nltest Query status of trusts, List PDC, Force shutdown, Force sync a
user DB to NT domain
Portqry Troubleshoot TCP / UDP Ports
Pviewer Process Viewer. Change Priority / Kill Process
Remote Run Command Line programs on remote computers
Rsdiag Remote Storage Diagnostic Utility
Rsdir Remote Storage File Analysis Utility
Repadmin Replication Diagnostic Tool
Sidewalk Security Administration Tools. Manage ACL
Showaccs
Sidewalk.msc
Sdcheck Security Descriptor Check Utility
Spcheck Service Pack Check
Netdom Windows Domain Manager
Msicuu MSI Cleanup Utility. Removes registry entries of faulty entries
Msizapp MSI Zapper. Removes registry entries of faulty entries. Use as last
resort
Xcalcs Set / Display File ACLs
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Tracert Trace route
tsadmin Terminal Server Admin console
Tsmmc.msc Remote Desktops to TS servers
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