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| Does anybody know of a resource or book which lists all the command line programs that you need to understand to pass the Win 2000 MCSE?
I'm talking about everything from "ping" to "mmc" and "dcpromo".
Being a Mac user first, I just don't have my mind oriented toward learning what the command line applications are, how to invoke them, and what switches go with which program.
It's hard to remember because they're not listed anywhere on a menu or dialog box. You just have to memorize them cold.
So can anybody point me to a list or study guide that has all this in one place?
Thanks,
Wheat Williams | |
| sebrojas 2001-12-13, 8:51 pm |
| Go to start->run-> type "at least a year of hands on experience" | |
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| I've been working with computers hands-on professionally since 1987.
I was a very experienced Windows NT support technician for a year, 1998. Now that I've been out of it for awhile, I'm working on my MCSE 2000. I have plenty of experience. I just find it baffling that Microsoft would release Windows 2000 with a whole bunch of administration commands that are not documented, and not visible from within any Windows application, menu item or dialog box. How do they expect us to learn this stuff?
The command line became obsolete in 1984, and here we have Microsoft moving even further backwards by requiring more command line use in 2000. Troglodyte. No, tree-dweller.
Anyway, I found this nifty $10 guide from O'Reilly called "Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference" and ordered a copy.
Wheat Williams
Cross-platform integration specialist, Mac and Windows
(which is more total knowledge than that possessed by a mere Windows support person). | |
| Humpty_nl 2001-12-14, 12:05 am |
| As far as i know the command line never became obsolete. MS has added all these cl progs so you can use them in batch files.
Once you are an administrator you'll appreciate the possibility of using them in scripts.
I say MS is on the right track and they should make the shell even stronger, more like a Unix shell.
Greetz. | |
| RobertJ 2001-12-14, 12:36 pm |
| Here is an easy an free way to get a list of all command line commands. If you have Win2000, hit start>help> then under the contents tab at the very bottom click reference and then click ms-dos commands. This will have every one you want. | |
| sebrojas 2001-12-14, 3:55 pm |
| I Robert hit it right in the nail. |
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