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4 Acquisitions Editor: Martin DelRe Developmental Editor: Karen Szall Project Editor: Maria Gargiulo Editorial Production: ICC Macmillan, Inc. Technical Reviewer: James Johnson, Technical Review services provided by Content Master, a member of CM Group, Ltd Cover: Tom Draper Design Body Part No. X14-71538. Contents at a Glance Part I Windows Command-Line Fundamentals 1 Overview of the Windows command Line.. 3. 2 Getting the Most from the command Line .. 17. 3 Command-Line Scripting Essentials .. 27. Part II Windows Systems Administration Using the command Line 4 Deploying Windows Servers.

5 59. 5 Managing Windows Systems .. 79. 6 Event Logging, Tracking, and Monitoring .. 105. 7 Monitoring Processes and Maintaining Performance .. 125. 8 Managing Event and Performance Logging .. 153. 9 Scheduling Tasks to Run Automatically .. 191. Part III Windows File System and Disk Administration Using the command Line 10 Configuring and Maintaining Disks .. 225. 11 Partitioning Basic Disks .. 257. 12 Managing Volumes and RAID on Dynamic Disks .. 279. Part IV Windows Active Directory Administration Using the command Line 13 Core Active Directory Services Administration .. 297. 14 Managing Computer Accounts and Domain Controllers.

6 315. 15 Managing Active Directory Users and Groups .. 339. Part V Windows Network Administration Using the command Line 16 Administering Network Printers and Print Services .. 371. 17 Configuring, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting TCP/IP Networking .. 405. iii iv Contents at a Glance Appendix A Essential Command-Line Tools reference .. 453. Appendix B quick reference for Netsh .. 501. Table of Contents Acknowledgments .. xvii Introduction ..xix Who Is This Book For? ..xix How Is This Book Organized? .. xx Conventions Used in This Book..xxi Support .. xxii Part I Windows Command-Line Fundamentals 1 Overview of the Windows command Line.

7 3. command Line Essentials .. 3. Understanding the Windows command Shell .. 4. Understanding the MS-DOS command Shell .. 8. Understanding Windows PowerShell.. 9. Configuring Command-Line Properties .. 11. Working with the command History.. 12. Making Supplemental Components Available .. 13. Using the Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista .. 14. Registering the Remote Server Administration Tools Package .. 14. Configuring and Selecting Remote Server Administration Tools.. 15. Removing the Remote Server Administration Tools .. 16. Removing the Remote Server Administration Tools Package.

8 16. 2 Getting the Most from the command Line .. 17. Managing command Shell Startup .. 18. Working with the command Path .. 20. Managing the command Path .. 20. Managing File Extensions and File Associations .. 21. What do you think of this book? We want to hear from you! Microsoft is interested in hearing your feedback so we can continually improve our books and learning resources for you. To participate in a brief survey, please visit: v vi Table of Contents Redirecting Standard Input, Output, and Error .. 22. Redirecting Standard Output to Other Commands .. 23. Redirecting I/O to and from Files.

9 24. Redirecting Standard Error .. 24. Chaining and Grouping Commands .. 25. Using Chains of Commands .. 25. Grouping command Sequences .. 26. 3 Command-Line Scripting Essentials.. 27. Creating Command-Line Scripts.. 27. Common Statements and Commands for Scripts .. 29. Clearing the command -Shell Window .. 29. Adding Comments to Scripts .. 30. Managing Text Display and command Echoing .. 31. Fine-Tuning command Echo with @ .. 32. Setting the Console Window Title and Colors .. 33. Passing Arguments to Scripts .. 34. Getting Acquainted with Variables.. 35. Using Variables in Scripts .. 36. Naming Variables.

10 36. Setting Variable Values .. 37. Substituting Variable Values .. 38. Localizing Variable Scope .. 40. Using Mathematical Expressions.. 41. Working with Arithmetic and Assignment Operators.. 41. Understanding Operator Precedence .. 42. Simulating Exponents .. 43. Command-Line Selection Statements .. 43. Using If .. 43. Using If Not .. 44. Using If Defined and If Not Defined .. 45. Nesting Ifs .. 45. Making Comparisons in If Statements.. 45. command Line Iteration Statements .. 46. Iteration Essentials .. 47. Stepping Through a Series of Values .. 48. Iterating Through Groups of Files.