Windows and Linux Commands

nbtstat

A TCP/IP troubleshooting utility that provides information about NetBIOS names and their addresses.

dxdiag.exe

A Windows command to display information about hardware and diagnose problems with DirectX.

Chkdsk

A Windows utility that searches for bad sectors on a volume and recovers data from them if possible. Check disk.

dir command

Command typed in a Command Prompt window to list the directory contents.

DEL Command

The DEL command is used to delete files and directories at the command line.

ifconfig

The ifconfig command is the Linux equivalent of the ipconfig command.

net use

a TCP/IP command that connects or disconnects a computer from a shared resource or can display information about connections.

tracert

a TCP/IP command that enables you to resolve a connectivity problem when attempting to reach a destination host such as a web site. a command that is used to trace the route that packets take from source to destination

netstat

a TCP/IP command that gives statistics about TCP/IP and network activity and includes several parameters.

nslookup

a TCP/IP command that lets you read information from the Internet name space by requesting information about domain name resolutions from the DNS server's zone data.

net user

a TCP/IP command used to manage user accounts.

ping

a TCP/IP command used to troubleshoot network connections. It verifies that the host can communicate with another host on the network.

ipconfig

basic command that allows you to view TCP/IP info

mstsc

command line utility for opening Remote Desktop

Netplwiz

Advanced user accounts control panel

GPRESULT

Displays Group Policy information for machine or user.

ipconfig /flushdns

Flush the DNS resolver cache

Bootcfg

Recovery console command used to rebuild a missing or corrupt boot.ini file.

ipconfig /release

Release dynamic(DHCP) address.

ipconfig /renew

Renew the DHCP lease

ipconfig /all

Show all TCP/IP details