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others have forgotten about it over the years. When Microsoft originally introduced Windows, the assumption was that you no longer needed the command line and many people left it behind com- pletely. After all, why bother with the command line when you can access everything you need from the graphical environment? The problem is that the Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI) doesn't actually provide access to everything on your system. In addition, all of that mousing around wastes considerable time and effort. You can't easily replicate your actions either; many people have tried, and failed, to produce a macro recorder for the graphical portion of Windows. Every time that you want to perform a task, you start it from scratch, which means that you have plenty of opportunities for making mistakes. of commands that are at your disposal, but you also see how to automate those commands so that you can save significant time and effort while performing administrative tasks. search executables and just barely searches data files. Many people have complained about the flawed performance of the search mechanism in Windows. Many people end up getting third party utilities to help them search for the data that Windows should help them find, utilities with dubious reputations for compromising security. divulge your personal information to anyone else. Check out the FindStr utility in Chapter 4 and you'll discover the high-speed search mechanism used by people in the know. The FindStr utility is but one of hundreds of commands and utilities discussed in this book. Just think about what you can do with all of those free resources! Not only will you accomplish your work faster and with fewer errors, but by reading this book, you can save your company a significant investment in third party products that might not do the job anyway. Much of the extra information in this book is the result of 20 years of hard won experience at the command line starting with DOS and moving through the current version of Windows. This book gives you the benefit of experience of many network administrators as told on their Web sites and through correspondence in email. You are here: CodeIdol > Security > Windows Administration at the Command Line > page: 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 |
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