How to Use CMD (Beginner)
Open Command Prompt., Change color., Try "cls"., Adjust the title, if desired., Use "tree.", Experiment with "help.", Be warned - hacking is Illegal!, Change a password.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Open Command Prompt.
Head over to the Start menu.
Search "cmd" there.
You can also hit Run, then search for it.
If both of those don't work, you will need a slightly more complex method.
Open Notepad.
On the top line write "Command.com" (without the quotation marks.) Save it as CMD.bat.
The .bat part is VERY important.
And that's it.
Open it using whichever method you chose. -
Step 2: Change color.
The first command, and one of the simplest, is "color".
You can change the color of the text and the background.
You start off with a gray-ish text and a black background.
Type in "color help" for a full list of all the combinations you can make.
A fun combo is "color FC" which provides with red text on a white background. "Color 0a" uses bright green on black, which may seem drab, but is actually a cool hacker look.
Experiment! , Another command, which is vital, is "cls".
It's very simple.
Basically, if you have a lot of mumbo-jumbo on the screen, "cls" will clear it to just showing the prompt.
If you don't know what the prompt is, use "cls" and find out, though it's not important. , If you were to look at the top of the CMD window, you would notice it would say: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe.
A bit boring, isn't it? Type "title" followed by whichever text you wish to be there instead.
For example, "title This Tutorial Rocks!" And...
BOOM! It's there! , None of these will really blow the socks off your friends.
If you really want to impress them try "tree" and wait for results. "Color 0a" is good for this.
What "tree" does is it makes a graphical directory.
For those who don't know what that means don't worry.
It is very cool.
However, if you are using a school computer, or anything like it, the tree will probably be small and stupid.
It won't be cool. , And finally, the last basic command for a beginner
- "help".
It looks cool opening, and is very useful.
It will provide a lot of room for experimentation.
This last step in basic commands isn't actually a real command: "/?" Adding that to the end of a command will give a help menu to that specific command. , Use this information at your own risk. , Unfortunately, you need to have administrator privileges.
Type "net user USERNAME * " (remember the SHIFT-8 for asterisk.) And that is that. -
Step 3: Try "cls".
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Step 4: Adjust the title
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Step 5: if desired.
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Step 6: Use "tree."
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Step 7: Experiment with "help."
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Step 8: Be warned - hacking is Illegal!
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Step 9: Change a password.
Detailed Guide
Head over to the Start menu.
Search "cmd" there.
You can also hit Run, then search for it.
If both of those don't work, you will need a slightly more complex method.
Open Notepad.
On the top line write "Command.com" (without the quotation marks.) Save it as CMD.bat.
The .bat part is VERY important.
And that's it.
Open it using whichever method you chose.
The first command, and one of the simplest, is "color".
You can change the color of the text and the background.
You start off with a gray-ish text and a black background.
Type in "color help" for a full list of all the combinations you can make.
A fun combo is "color FC" which provides with red text on a white background. "Color 0a" uses bright green on black, which may seem drab, but is actually a cool hacker look.
Experiment! , Another command, which is vital, is "cls".
It's very simple.
Basically, if you have a lot of mumbo-jumbo on the screen, "cls" will clear it to just showing the prompt.
If you don't know what the prompt is, use "cls" and find out, though it's not important. , If you were to look at the top of the CMD window, you would notice it would say: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe.
A bit boring, isn't it? Type "title" followed by whichever text you wish to be there instead.
For example, "title This Tutorial Rocks!" And...
BOOM! It's there! , None of these will really blow the socks off your friends.
If you really want to impress them try "tree" and wait for results. "Color 0a" is good for this.
What "tree" does is it makes a graphical directory.
For those who don't know what that means don't worry.
It is very cool.
However, if you are using a school computer, or anything like it, the tree will probably be small and stupid.
It won't be cool. , And finally, the last basic command for a beginner
- "help".
It looks cool opening, and is very useful.
It will provide a lot of room for experimentation.
This last step in basic commands isn't actually a real command: "/?" Adding that to the end of a command will give a help menu to that specific command. , Use this information at your own risk. , Unfortunately, you need to have administrator privileges.
Type "net user USERNAME * " (remember the SHIFT-8 for asterisk.) And that is that.
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