Windows Basics

The system environment variable for the Windows directory

%windir%

Local User and Group Management

lusrmgr.msc

System Configuration utility

msconfig

The command for Windows Troubleshooting

C:\Windows\System32\control.exe /name Microsoft.Troubleshooting
control.exe

Computer Management

compmgmt

System Information. Windows includes a tool called Microsoft System Information (Msinfo32.exe). This tool gathers information about your computer and displays a comprehensive view of your hardware, system components, and software environment, which you can use to diagnose computer issues.

• Hardware Resources

• Components

• Software Environment

msinfo32

Another method to view environment variables is Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced system settings > Environment Variables OR Settings > System > About > system info > Advanced system settings > Environment Variables.

Resource Monitor

resmon

• CPU

• Disk

• Network

• Memory

Registry Editor

regedit
regedt32.exe

Essential Commands

hostname
whoami
ipconfig
ipconfig /?   //getting help
netstat
net user

RDP

xfreerdp /v:10.129.13.110 /u:htb-student /p:Academy_student_AD! /size:1024x768 /smart-sizing:1600x1200

RDP with share folder

xfreerdp /v:10.129.33.49 /u:johanna /p:1231234! /size:1024x768 /smart-sizing:1600x1200 +clipboard /drive:share,//home/htb-ac-618469/Desktop

Check open Ports

You can do it by running ss -tunlp (or netstat on older systems)

tbfcapp@tbfc-devqa01:~$ ss -tulpn                                                                                                       
Netid         State          Recv-Q         Send-Q                      Local Address:Port                    Peer Address:Port         
Process                                                                                                                                 
udp           UNCONN         0              0                                 0.0.0.0:53                           0.0.0.0:*            
udp           UNCONN         0              0                      10.48.178.154%ens5:68                           0.0.0.0:*            
tcp           LISTEN         0              32                                0.0.0.0:21212                        0.0.0.0:*            
tcp           LISTEN         0              151                             127.0.0.1:3306                         0.0.0.0:*            

Recursively search for files

dir C:\Windows\System32\*.txt /s /b

• dir → list files

• C:\Windows\System32\*.txt → match all .txt files in System32

• /s → search recursively through all subdirectories

• /b → bare format (full paths only, no headers or extra info)