Learn how to exploit the most useful—and often overlooked—Windows power tools. This eBook includes comprehensive advice on how to save time and money managing your Windows environment using command-line utilities, each one hand-selected by Mark Minasi. You’ll discover more than 60 tips to administer, optimize, and secure your Windows environment.
Table of Contents:
Powercfg
Do It Yourself with SelfSSL
Free Burner Software
Don't Forget About Net Share
Rediscover Net User
Get the Most of Out of Net Use
Flex Your Fingers with Net Localgroup
Netsh Tricks
The Potent Union of Netsh and IPsec
Netsh Adds Security to IPsec
The All-Purpose Service Controller
Taking 3 Swings at SC
SC's Dependency Problems
Unleashing SC on Service Configuration
The Lowdown on Takeown
The Rise of Whoami
Icacls: The New and Improved Cacls?
Icacls Shows Integrity
Chml Fills the Gap
Thwarting Integrity Attacks with Chml
The Power of For
Counting on For
The Final For
Scregedit Streamlines Server Core
Protect Your Data with Cipher
Manage Your EFS Keys with Cipher
Decommission Old Computers with Cipher
Defrag from Windows Vista's Command Line
Control Windows Server 2008 Roles and Features
Go Commando with Windows Server 2008's Server Core
Fine-tune Server Core's IP Stack with Netsh
Server Core from Afar
Adjusting Screen Resolution on Server Core
Putting the Finishing Touches on Server Core
Monitoring Server Core Event Logs
Control Your Licensing with Slmgr
Forfiles Processes Scripts—without Scripts!
Finishing Forfiles
Bcdedit Basics
Booting Up with Bcdedit
2 Useful Bcdedit Options
2 Bcdedit Troubleshooting Tips
Powercfg Revisited
Powercfg Gets Sleepy
Powercfg on Battery Power
Essential Environment Variabla Control with Set
Enhanced Environment Variable Control with Setx
Using Setx to Parse a Text File
Control Windows Features with DISM
Control Windows Features with PowerShell Cmdlets
Initializing Windows Disks with Diskpart
Formatting and Resizing Partitions with Diskpart
Dispart Goes Virtual
Diskpart Exerts VHD Control
Diskpart Takes Snapshots of Physical and Virtual Systems
Creating Bootable VHDs with Disk2VHD
Getting Ready for Imaging with Sysprep
ImageX Provides Disk Imaging on a Budget
Deploying and Error Checking with ImageX
Save Space with ImageX's Append Option
Managing Multiple-Image Files with ImageX