Some of the Basic commands, windows admin’s should know
Basic commands
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Run a program as another user
runas /user:domainusername appname
ex: runas /user:jeffk cmd.exe
Remote Desktop into Console of specific computer
Mstsc /v:computername /console
Ex: mstsc /v:deserver /console
Map a network Drive
Net use drivename: \servershare
Net use z: \daservermusic
Force network credentials
Net use \serversharename /user:domainuser
Ex: net user \daservermusic /user:jeffk
Tip: Before using this you may want to issue net use * /d to delete previously stored credentials, or you can view your credentials by just typing net use
Environmental Variables
use these at start>run to quickly goto or anywhere in explorer
Tip: Type set to see your variables
%windir%
%systemdrive%
%appdata%
%userprofile%
%programfiles%
%allusersprofile%
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