Command-line reference A-Z
To find information about a command, on the A-Z button menu at the top of this page, click the letter that the command starts with, and then click the command name. In addition to the tools installed with Windows XP, there are over 40 support tools included on the Windows XP CD. You can use these tools to diagnose and resolve computer problems. For more information about these support tools, see Windows Support Tools For information about installing support tools, see Install Windows Support Tools For more information about changes to the functionality of MS-DOS commands, new command-line tools, command shell functionality, configuring the command prompt, and automating commmand-line tasks, see Command-line reference Some command-line tools require the user to have administrator-level privileges on source and/or target computers. Command-line tools must be run at the prompt of the Cmd.exe command interpreter. CommandName /? Arp Assoc At Atmadm Attrib Batch files Bootcfg Break Cacls Call Change Chcp
An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line
Xcopy command : syntax and examples
What’s Xcopy? Xcopy is a built in command on Windows OS. Copy is the other command we have on Windows, it can copy files from one directory to another. But it does not work for copying directories. Using xcopy we can copy directories also. Copy all the files in one directory to another directory. Xcopy /I Source_Directory Destination_directory This would copy only the immediate files in the source directory to the destination. Copy a directory including all its files and sub directories to another location on the same drive or a different drive. Xcopy /S /I /E Source_Directory Destination_directory For example to copy all the files from D:\data\documents to the folder E:\Newfolder\documents we need to run the below command. Xcopy /S /I /E D:\data\documents E:\Newfolder\documents This command creates the folder E:\Newfolder\documents if it already does not exist. Copy files including hidden and system files. The above command excludes hidden and system files from copying.
Windows XP rises from the grave: Simple hack gives you five more years of updates
With a simple registry hack, you can net yourself five more years of official Microsoft updates for your aging Windows XP machine. Microsoft, though, says you really shouldn’t do it — and that you ought to be a good little boy and “upgrade to a more modern operating system” instead. Read on, to find out how to enable the Windows XP updates — and whether you should do it or not. The whole Windows XP retirement is becoming a bit of a farce. Microsoft technically ended support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. But if you were a big company or government with lots of money, Microsoft offered to continue supporting your XP machines — and then, when a zero-day vulnerability was found, Microsoft fixed that, too. How to give Windows XP five more years of updates Fire up regedit. This simple hack tells Windows Update that your computer is running Windows Embedded POSReady, rather than Windows XP. Windows XP updates just magically appear if you perform a simple registry hack [Image credit: ZDNet]
Xcopy Command (Examples, Options, Switches, & More)
What is the Xcopy Command? The xcopy command is a Command Prompt command used to copy one or more files and/or folders from one location to another location. The xcopy command is also a DOS command available in MS-DOS. The xcopy command, with its many options and ability to copy entire directories, is similar to, but much more powerful than, the traditional copy command. The robocopy command is also similar to the xcopy command but has even more options. Xcopy Command Syntax xcopy source [destination] [/a] [/b] [/c] [/d [:date]] [/e] [/f] [/g] [/h] [/i] [/j] [/k] [/l] [/m] [/n] [/o] [/p] [/q] [/r] [/s] [/t] [/u] [/v] [/w] [/x] [/y] [/-y] [/z] [/exclude:file1[+file2][+file3]...] [/?] Tip: See How To Read Command Syntax if you're not sure how to read the xcopy command syntax above. source = This defines the files or top level folder that you want to copy from. destination = This option specifies the location where the source files or folders should be copied to. /? Xcopy Command Examples
How to slipstream an XP disc with SP3 and all other updates | Expert Reviews
Microsoft has told us that all existing XP updates will still be available to download after support has officially ended. This means that you could perform a fresh installation of XP, using your original installation disc, then use Windows Update to install all of the updates and patches, up to the date that support ended. There's still a worry, though, that at some point in the future Microsoft will remove this ability, dropping all of the updates. Fortunately, there's a simple way to get round this, by using a few tools to create a brand-new installation disc that has all of the updates and patches pre-loaded. The process is called slipstreaming, which is officially supported by Microsoft. First, you'll need to download the Windows XP SP3 Network Installation Package, which is the standalone install for XP. Next, you need to download all of the Windows XP updates post SP3. Fortunately, there's a rather clever tool to do the job for you. Now you need to download and install nLite.
Xcopy
To copy all the files and subdirectories (including any empty subdirectories) from drive A to drive B, type: To include any system or hidden files in the previous example, add the/h command-line option as follows: To update files in the \Reports directory with the files in the \Rawdata directory that have changed since December 29, 1993, type: xcopy \rawdata \reports /d:12-29-1993 To update all the files that exist in \Reports in the previous example, regardless of date, type: xcopy \rawdata \reports /u To obtain a list of the files to be copied by the previous command (that is, without actually copying the files), type: xcopy \rawdata \reports /d:12-29-1993 /l > xcopy.out The file xcopy.out lists every file that is to be copied. To copy the \Customer directory and all subdirectories to the directory \\Public\Address on network drive H:, retain the read-only attribute, and be prompted when a new file is created on H:, type: xcopy \customer h:\public\address /s /e /k /p
Matthew McMillan
Being a skeptic I usually don't believe something until I see some hard evidence. When I am dealing with claims made by a company trying to sell me something I don't believe anything until I see results with my own two eyes. At work we recently began upgrading from a NetApp FAS270C to a FAS2240-2. I began testing a few weeks ago by creating a few test VM's on the NFS mounted volume and after that went well I moved on to migrating a few existing non-critical VM's to the NFS mount. So let's start with the command to manage dedup on a NetApp. netapp2240-1> sis The following commands are available; for more information type "sis help " config off revert_to status help on start stop The sis status command will show you if dedup is enabled. netapp2240-1> sis status Path State Status Progress /vol/testvol Disabled Idle Idle for 02:12:30 /vol/vol_prod_data Enabled Active 70 GB Scanned The sis on /vol/volname command will enable dedup on a volume.
