Windows administration

computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host

error screen displayed on a Microsoft Windows computer system following a fatal system error

PowerShell is a shell program developed by Microsoft for task automation and configuration management. As is typical for a shell, it provides a command-line interpreter for interactive use and a script interpreter for automation via a language defined for it. Originally only for Windows, known as Windows PowerShell, it was made open-source and cross-platform on August 18, 2016, with the introduction of PowerShell Core. The former is built on the .NET Framework and the latter on .NET (previously .NET Core).

script file for Microsoft computer operating systems

Microsoft's implementation of the shared library concept in Windows and OS/2

command of Unix, DOS, OS/2, AmigaOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems

filename extension

thumb|upright=2|A QWERTY keyboard layout with the position of Control, Alt and Delete keys highlighted Control-Alt-Delete (often abbreviated to Ctrl+Alt+Del and sometimes called the "three-finger salute" or "Security Keys") is a computer keyboard command on IBM PC compatible computers, invoked by pressing the Delete key while holding the Control and Alt keys: . The function of the key combination differs depending on the context but it generally interrupts or facilitates interrupting a function. For instance, in pre-boot environment (before an operating system starts) or in MS-DOS, Windows 3.0

The mkdir (make directory) command in the Unix, DOS, DR FlexOS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows, and ReactOS operating systems is used to make a new directory. It is also available in the EFI shell and in the PHP scripting language. In DOS, OS/2, Windows and ReactOS, the command is often abbreviated to md.

set of networking protocols

In computing, netstat is a command-line network utility that displays open network sockets, routing tables, and a number of network interface (network interface controller or software-defined network interface) and network protocol statistics. It is available on Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like operating systems including macOS, Linux, Solaris and BSD. It is also available on IBM OS/2 and on Microsoft Windows NT-based operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.

file format

user interface element

Uptime is a measure of system reliability, expressed as the period of time a machine, typically a computer, has been continuously working and available. Uptime is the opposite of downtime.

suspend mode for electronic devices which maintains state in volatile memory

collection of updates, fixes, or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable package

command in several OSes to terminate a process

128-bit number used to identify information in computer systems

standard UNIX utility

ipconfig (standing for "Internet Protocol configuration") is a console application program of some computer operating systems that displays all current TCP/IP network configuration values and refreshes Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Domain Name System (DNS) settings.

system recovery feature in Microsoft Windows

fdisk is a command-line utility for disk partitioning. It has been part of DOS, DR FlexOS, IBM OS/2, and early versions of Microsoft Windows, as well as certain ports of FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD and macOS for compatibility reasons. Windows 2000 and its successors have replaced fdisk with a more advanced tool called diskpart.

In computing, is a command found on most Unix-like operating systems, Intel iRMX 86, every Microsoft Windows operating system since Windows Server 2003, and on ReactOS. It is a concatenation of the words "Who am I?" and prints the effective username of the current user when invoked.

In computing, rmdir (or rd) is a command which will remove an empty directory on various operating systems.

lightweight version of Microsoft Windows for deployment

Windows desktop packaging SDK

command-line program

computer suspend mode that dumps main memory to persistent storage and fully powers down

identifier which is unique and permanent within all of space and time

nslookup (from name server lookup) is a network administration command-line tool for querying the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain the mapping between domain name and IP address, or other DNS records.

WinFS (short for Windows Future Storage) was the code name for a canceled data storage and management system project based on relational databases, developed by Microsoft and first demonstrated in 2003. It was intended as an advanced storage subsystem for the Microsoft Windows operating system, designed for persistence and management of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data.

MSConfig (officially called System Configuration in Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, or Windows 11 and Microsoft System Configuration Utility in previous operating systems) is a system utility to troubleshoot the Microsoft Windows startup process. It can disable or re-enable software, device drivers and Windows services that run at startup, or change boot parameters.

Live USB operating system

simple network protocols for the exchange of human-oriented status and user information

command in various command line interpreters

file format

standard UNIX utility

expression

policy management system in Microsoft Windows

command of many operating system command line interpreters and scripting languages

Automation Technology

command of CP/M, DOS, OS/2, Singularity, Microsoft Windows, VMS, RT-11 and RSX-11 command line interpreters

component of Windows in charge of monitoring and displaying alerts about various security- and performance-related metrics

type of code injection

procedure to turn off the computer

form of interprocess communication, and is a function common to most command-line interpreters, including the various Unix shells that can redirect standard streams to user-specified locations

computer program designed to be used via a text-only computer interface

Microsoft WinHelp is a proprietary format for online help files that can be displayed by the Microsoft Help browser winhelp.exe or winhlp32.exe. The file format is based on Rich Text Format (RTF). It remained a popular Help platform from Windows 3.0 through Windows XP. WinHelp was removed in Windows Vista purportedly to discourage software developers from using the obsolete format and encourage use of newer help formats. Support for WinHelp files would eventually be removed entirely in Windows 10.

In computing, netsh, or network shell, is a command-line utility included in Microsoft's Windows NT line of operating systems. This command was officially launched with the release of Windows XP in 2001, although netsh did first appear on Windows 2000 in 1999. It allows local or remote configuration of network devices such as the interface.

Component of Microsoft Windows

An autorun.inf file is a text file that can be used by the AutoRun and AutoPlay components of Microsoft Windows operating systems. For the file to be discovered and used by these component, it must be located in the root directory of a volume. As Windows has a case-insensitive view of filenames, the autorun.inf file can be stored as AutoRun.inf or Autorun.INF or any other case combination.

thumb|300px|The Windows 7 diskpart command thumb|300px|The ReactOS diskpart command In computing, diskpart is a command-line disk partitioning utility included in Windows XP and later Microsoft operating systems, replacing its predecessor, fdisk. The command is also available in ReactOS.

integrated localization feature in modern Windows systems

component of Microsoft Windows

component of Microsoft's .NET Framework

component of Microsoft's Windows operating system

technology that allows running 16-bit/32-bit DOS and 16-bit Windows programs on Intel 80386 or higher computers when there is already another operating system running and controlling the hardware

collection of tools and technologies produced by Microsoft

command in various Unix shells

computer software term