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Contents at a Glance
Part I
Windows Command-Line Fundamentals
1
Overview of the Windows Command Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2
Getting the Most from the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3
Command-Line Scripting Essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Part II Windows Systems Administration Using the
Command Line
4
Deploying Windows Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5
Managing Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
6
Event Logging, Tracking, and Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
7
Monitoring Processes and Maintaining Performance . . . . . . . . . . 125
8
Managing Event and Performance Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
9
Scheduling Tasks to Run Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Part III Windows File System and Disk Administration
Using the Command Line
10
Configuring and Maintaining Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
11
Partitioning Basic Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
12
Managing Volumes and RAID on Dynamic Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Part IV Windows Active Directory Administration Using
the Command Line
13
Core Active Directory Services Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
14
Managing Computer Accounts and Domain Controllers . . . . . . . 315
15
Managing Active Directory Users and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Part V Windows Network Administration Using the
Command Line
16
Administering Network Printers and Print Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
17
Configuring, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting
TCP/IP Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
iii
iv
Contents at a Glance
Appendix A Essential Command-Line Tools Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Appendix B
Quick Reference for Netsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix
Who Is This Book For? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix
How Is This Book Organized? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
Conventions Used in This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxi
Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
Part I
Windows Command-Line Fundamentals
1 Overview of the Windows Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Command Line Essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Understanding the Windows Command Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Understanding the MS-DOS Command Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Understanding Windows PowerShell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Configuring Command-Line Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Working with the Command History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Making Supplemental Components Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the Microsoft Remote Server Administration
Tools for Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Registering the Remote Server Administration
Tools Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Configuring and Selecting Remote Server
Administration Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Removing the Remote Server Administration Tools . . . . . . . . . . 16
Removing the Remote Server Administration Tools Package . . 16
2
Getting the Most from the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Managing Command Shell Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Working with the Command Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Managing the Command Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Managing File Extensions and File Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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