Windows administrators can accomplish many of their routine tasks much more
quickly by using the command line (similar to the command line of DOS or Unix-
based systems) than by going through the graphical user interface that most
users associate with Windows. Windows 20000 Commands Pocket Reference documents
the Windows command mode. It´s designed for system administrators, but will
also be valuable to many users. It includes most available Windows 2000
commands, as well as the most useful system administration command-line
utilities from the Resource Kit. Weeded out of this book are Windows commands
and command options that are obscure, obsolete, broken, unacceptably insecure,
or frankly inadvisable, as well a few special-purpose classes of commands.
Whenever several utilities perform essentially identical tasks, we include only
the best of them. Commands are grouped according to their purpose and function;
within a group, commands are arranged alphabetically. Options for each command
are grouped by function and ordered by importance. The Windows 2000 Commands
Pocket Reference complements Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell by
conveying the kind of no-nonsense, boiled-down information typical of
O´Reilly´s highly successful companion Pocket Reference series. It´s a
valuable, concise reference to Windows 2000 commands and command-line
utilities.
