July 2007
Intermediate to advanced
669 pages
16h 40m
English
book
Windows® 7 Desktop Support and Administration: Real World Skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond
by Darril Gibson
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3.1. Using the Windows Command Prompt
Many older administrators cut their teeth on the old DOS prompt that preceded Windows. They moved from the DOS prompt to the Windows graphical user interface, only to realize that many things can be accomplished only from the command prompt. While the command prompt may look out of fashion to some, it is indeed an integral tool to accomplish many basic and advanced administrative tasks.
PowerShell (a souped-up command prompt) was introduced in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, and it has been significantly enhanced with version 2.0 in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 include Server Core editions that are Windows operating systems without the GUI—everything ...