Computer Support/Windows/Command Line Tools

This lesson covers command line tools.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the command line tools portion of A+ certification include:

Given a scenario, apply appropriate Microsoft command line tools.

• TASKKILL
• BOOTREC
• SHUTDOWN
• TASKLIST
• MD
• RD
• CD
• DEL
• FORMAT
• COPY
• XCOPY
• ROBOCOPY
• DISKPART
• SFC
• CHKDSK
• GPUPDATE
• GPRESULT
• DIR
• EXIT
• HELP
• EXPAND
• [command name] /?
• Commands available with standard privileges vs. administrative privileges.

Readings

1. Wikipedia: Command-line interface
2. Wikipedia: Ping (networking utility)
3. Wikipedia: Tracert
4. Wikipedia: netstat
5. Wikipedia: ipconfig
6. Wikipedia: net use
7. Wikipedia: nslookup
8. Wikipedia: Nbtstat
9. Wikipedia: Taskkill
10. Wikipedia: Shutdown (computing)
11. Wikipedia: tasklist
12. Wikipedia: mkdir
13. Wikipedia: rmdir
14. Wikipedia: cd (command)
15. Wikipedia: del (command)
16. Wikipedia: FORMAT (command)
17. Wikipedia: copy (command)
18. Wikipedia: XCOPY
19. Wikipedia: Robocopy
20. Wikipedia: diskpart
21. Wikipedia: System File Checker
22. Wikipedia: CHKDSK
23. Wikipedia: Recovery Console

Multimedia

1. YouTube: Network Command Line Tools - CompTIA A+ 220-802: 1.3
2. YouTube: Operating System Command Line Tools - CompTIA A+ 220-802: 1.3
3. YouTube: The Windows Recovery Environment Command Prompt - CompTIA A+ 220-902 - 1.3