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Appendix D. Windows XP Command Line Reference

Microsoft has always provided a wealth of tools that you can use at the command line. The only problem is that these tools are often difficult to find. You need to know they exist before you can use them.

I’ve already told you about many command line utilities throughout this book. You might have thought that we covered them all. This appendix tells you about the command line tools we haven’t discussed and documents a couple of them in more detail.

Using Telnet and Telnet Server Administrator

Telnet might seem like an old-fashioned (in computer terms) utility that no one would seriously use anymore. It’s command driven and uses an archaic command line interface. Some of the commands verge on the arcane, ...