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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

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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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