Command Line Cheat Sheet

By Kam Hussain | 18th July 2017 | Comments 0 Comment

Some useful command lines:

Find which Logon Server

Echo %logonserver%

Find all Domain Controllers

Nltest /dclist:[Domain Name]

Machine Up Time:

systeminfo | find /i "Boot Time"

Some common run commands: Click Start > Run (or Windows key + R):

Accessibility Options access.cpl
Add New Hardware sysdm.cpl
Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl
Date/Time Properties timedate.cpl
Display Properties desk.cpl
FindFast findfast.cpl
Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl
Keyboard Properties main.cpl
Microsoft Exchange mlcfg32.cpl
Network Properties netcpl.cpl
Password Properties password.cpl
Regional Settings intl.cpl
System Properties sysdm.cpl
Device Manager Devmgmt.msc
Disk Management Diskmgmt.msc
AD Users & Computers Dsa.msc

FTP command

ftp://username:[email protected]

Recycle Bin

start shell:RecycleBinFolder

Find Hidden Devices in Device Manager

Set  devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1

Find Hardware Spec of a PC

msinfo32

Active Directory

Ntdsutil.exe

Group Policy Update – no timeout

gpupdate /force /wait:-1

Boot to safe mode

Msconfig

Run as Admin

Runas /user:domain\Username cmd

Run any Command remotely

Winrs -r:PC1 ipconfig (or any command)

Disable Firewall remotely (this is deprecated in Server 2012)

Winrs -r:PC1 netsh firewall set opmode disable

Disable Firewall remotely Server 2012 +

Winrs -r:PC1 netsh advfirewall firewall set opmode disable

Get MAC address

Getmac -s

Disk Management

Diskpart.exe - disk management utility through CMD

Scan the integrity of all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.
SFC [/SCANNOW] [/VERIFYONLY] [/SCANFILE=] [/VERIFYFILE=]
[/OFFWINDIR= /OFFBOOTDIR=

sfc /scannow

Replicate Domain Controllers

Repadmin /replicate

Set AD Password with PowerShell

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Set a user’s Active Directory password using PowerShell

To set a AD password via PowerShell using plain text run the below PowerShell Command:

Set-ADAccountPassword –identity karchbol -Reset -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "1234" -Force)

Get AD Group and Members Of

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Find members of an Active Directory Group

In order to retrieve a group and all of its members run the following in PowerShell. You will need the AD PowerShell module which is installed with RSAT.

Get-ADGroup -Filter 'groupcategory -eq "distribution"' |
#You can filter -eq distribution or security or *
     ForEach-Object{

          [email protected]{GroupName=$_.Name;Member=''}

          $_ | Get-ADGroupMember -ea 0 -recurs |

               ForEach-Object{

                    $hash.Member=$_.Name

                    New-Object psObject -Property $hash

               }

          } | 

     sort groupname,member | export-csv c:\group.csv

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Command Line Cheat Sheet

By Kam Hussain | 18th July 2017 | Comments 0 Comment

Some useful command lines:

Set AD Password with PowerShell

By Kam Hussain | 18th July 2017 | Comments 0 Comment

Set a user’s Active Directory password using PowerShell

Get AD Group and Members Of

By Kam Hussain | 18th July 2017 | Comments 0 Comment

Find members of an Active Directory Group

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