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Windows Cmd.exe Application (Ms-Dos environment)
Windows Cmd.exe Application (Ms-Dos environment)

CMD

Hi there.

These "(Cmd) series" are a collection of some home computer work that you can do even if you do not understand much about programming.

Other ramifications

Case you do not know, I've other ramifications of my Programming.a.baby series:



What is CMD

Cmd or Command Prompt a Windows Program that simulates Ms-Dos commands, since NT based Operating Systems are not dependent of Dos anymore, they had to create this application, so the user can do some easy fast "programming" with his computer.

What is MS-Dos

IS a operating system near the low level machine languages based in Unix that in past Microsoft used to build some Dos based operating systems like Win95,98...etc

Why i need Cmd?

Let me tell you that users that knows Dos since long time ago, still using Cmd.exe to fast solve some problems, getting some info...etc

If you never used before, after you try some steps that i will teach you for free, you will use it more and more.


Lets Learn how

  1. Press MS + R to open the Run.exe Windows Application (MS is your Microsoft Windows Logotype Keyboard Key near the Alt key ) (Learn More about Shortcut Keys Here)
  2. When run.exe window opens, write "cmd" and press "Enter"
  3. The Cmd "black window" will appear into your Desktop and you are ready to work

Now we will gonna use the "Cmd" to make a small route operation tracing a route between You and your ISP (Internet Service Provider), we call it "Tracert"

Why i need to make a "Tracert"

  • Because you can watch how many Computers, Routers...etc are between You and your ISP and find if your connection is suffering be cause of this "filters"
  • Because you can see the "ms" (milliseconds) that it takes you to connect to your ISP and to the world, finding if your connexion is good or bad at the moment you are doing the Tracert.


Action

Returning to the Cmd Console:

  1. If you know the name of your ISP in the Internet use as argument, instead of domain.com, if not, use a stable website like yahoo (tracert yahoo.com)
  2. Write "tracert domain.com" (without the quotes obvious) and press Enter
  3. Watch all the jumps it does and wait until it finishes

You will see all the "IPs" "Internet Ports" and "ms" delay you take to reach your destiny

Please take a look on the "Image 1" I'm providing for you

Image 1

Cmd - Tracert yahoo.com
Cmd - Tracert yahoo.com

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