Command line windows

Applications

Name	Command
Services	services.msc
HyperV manager	virtmgmt.msc
Disk Management	diskmgmt.msc
Device Manager	devmgmt.msc
Windows Features	optionalfeatures
Registry Editor	regedit
Event Viewer	eventvwr
Local Group Policy Editor	gpeditor

Users and groups

# list local users net user # display account information (groups of which he is a member) net user [username] # create an account net user /add [username] * # it prompts the password # delete user net user [username] /delete # list local groups net localgroup # list the users of a group net localgroup [groupname] # add a user to a group net localgroup administrators [username] /add # /delete to remove a user from a group

Access Control Lists

# save the DACLs of c:\folder\file.ext to c:\folder\acl.txt icacls c:\folder\file.ext /save c:\folder\acl.txt # restore the DACLs of c:\folder\file.ext from c:\folder\acl.txt icacls c:\folder\file.ext /restore c:\folder\acl.txt # grant to User1 the full access permission to c:\folder\file.ext icacls c:\folder\file.ext /grant User1:F

Basic permissions

Code	Description
F	Full access
M	Modify access
RX	Read and execute access
R	Read-only access
W	Write-only access

Service Controller

sc is located at c:\Windows\System32\sc.exe

# display the current permissions for MyService as an SDDL string sc sdshow MyService # set the permissions for MyService sc sdset MyService "D:(A;;...)(A;;RPWPCR;;;S-1-5-21-2133228432-2794320136-1823075350-1000)S:(...)" # get the SID of the current user whoami /user

Code	Description
S:	System Access Control List (SACL)
D:	Discretionary ACL (DACL)
A	Allow
D	Deny
CC	SERVICE_QUERY_CONFIG : Query the SCM for the service configuration
LC	SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS : Query the SCM the current status of the service
SW	SERVICE_ENUMERATE_DEPENDENTS : List dependent services
LO	SERVICE_INTERROGATE : Query the service its current status
CR	SERVICE_USER_DEFINED_CONTROL
RC	READ_CONTROL : Query the security descriptor of the service
RP	SERVICE_START : Start the service
WP	SERVICE_STOP
DT	SERVICE_PAUSE_CONTINUE : Pause/Resume the service
DC	SERVICE_CHANGE_CONFIG (Change service configuration)
WD	WRITE_DAC : Change the permissions of the service
WO	WRITE_OWNER : Change the ownership of the service
SD	DELETE : The right to delete the service

Security Principal

Code	Description
AU	Authenticated Users
BA	Built-in administrators
BU	Built-in users
IU	Interactively logged-on user
SU	Service logon user
SY	Local System
WD	Everyone

Boot menu

# lists entries bcdedit /v # add a new entry bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Description" # run in Safe mode bcdedit /set "{guid}" safeboot minimal # run in Safe Mode with networking support bcdedit /set {guid} safeboot network # in addition to safe mode, make it use the command prompt instead of the Explorer shell bcdedit /set "{guid}" safebootalternateshell yes

Windows defender

# display settings Get-MpPreference # add exclusion path Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Folder1","C:\Folder2" # remove exclusion path Remove-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Folder"