13 DOS commands you NEVER knew you NEEDED!

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00:01- 13 DOS commands every Windows user should know!
00:25 - what is Microsoft DOS anyway?
03:20 - DOS command #1
04:52 - DOS command #2
07:46 - a word from our amazing sponsor!
09:24 - DOS command #3
10:24 - DOS command #4
12:28 - DOS command #5
13:53 - DOS command #6
15:32 - DOS command #7
16:44 - DOS command #8
18:13 - DOS command #9
18:51 - DOS command #10
19:31 - DOS command #11
20:18 - DOS command #12
20:34 - DOS command #13

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[senior_ranger]

Back in mid-1990s I did tech support in a call center. Anytime I got an uppity customer who thought he knew more than I did, I'd take him into DOS and troubleshoot from there. They instantly became docile and did exactly what they were told.

[Carol_in_Spain]

My computer usage goes back before DOS.
I started computer programming in 1966 using 80 column punch cards and paper tape.
When DOS came in it was new technology for us.

[danmar]

My experience with the various DOS goes back to 1984. I loved DOS. It was lots of fun to use.

[maxmuster]

The most powerfull DOS command is DEBUG. I began to learn how to use debug on a 80286 CPU. Debug was the first DOS command that i used. I came from a Comodore C64 programming in assembly 6502 CPU and it was easy to switch to x86 assembly.

Today i am on an android tablet with a DosBox app installed and the emulation of x86 on an ARM CPU works great. I use DosBox to program tiny x86 executable files (using debug download/unzip) and i put all instructions into batch files for open source projects. I made some videos(no speech) to show how it works and to share the projects. Have fun.😊

[tg]

Wow, this really takes me back in time. I started using PC's in 1983. We had Dos 2.1 before Windows was developed. I also used Dos 6.2 on Floppies. That's all there was for us at that time.

[josephbishop]

Thanks boss! Just subbed.
Not only for the great vids and content, but for the nostalgia of reliving and relearning much of the long-lost memories of the infancy of personal computing. I began tinkering with electricity and electronics in the 60s and began actually studying electronics in 75.
I'm no expert in any computer discipline, but I went to military tech schools in the 70s and 80s. I learned to operate and maintain computer hardware technologies that include: paper tape printers and readers, punch card printers and readers, drum memory, core memory, tube switching systems, magnetic tape, magnetic film memory as well as IC, transistor, laser technologies, floppy disk, floptical disk, cryptographic eq, modem eq, telephonic switching, magnetic loop storage...and probably another dozen technologies I've forgotten. After retiring from the Air Force in 97 and a career in computer hardware, I began a short career in computer software testing and quality engineering. I'm not a jack-of-all trades... because I stopped tracking the evolution of so many of the technologies in the ever-faster evolution.
And I've finally become too old and too slow to keep up. I've already forgotten more tech than most will ever learn.
Thanks for the memories!

[ookami-chan]

I used MS DOS on my family PC back then as a kid. Then we sold our PC and after years what I got was win 98 -> 2000 -> XP in just a few years which was quite a jump. To this day I use command prompt from time to time, lots of stuff you can only do there and also it feels quite nostalgic 😅

[jilbertb]

I started working on computers mid 80's. Started on DOS and TSR's. Retired last year...
I recently helped some young kid, get his parents PC's on the 'net using DOS cmds. He was amazed to say the least.
I also help neighbors with their machines.
Now I'm upgrading all my neighbors to W11, even if the machine doesn't meet hardware req.
I don't charge them, but i do get a lot of home-baked goodies! 🎉

[mughug]

Command Prompt is officially called Windows Command Processor, but it's also sometimes referred to as ​the command shell or cmd prompt, or even by its filename, cmd.exe.

Command Prompt is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "the DOS prompt" or as MS-DOS. Command Prompt is a Windows program that emulates many of the command line abilities available in MS-DOS, but it's not MS-DOS.

[HecsBox]

You went from DOS to Windows 95, skipping the OG Windows and then Windows for Workgroups... timeless classics.

[MrBobWareham]

This takes me back, when I built my first computer I used DOS6, I remember my first boot up with a blank screen and a, C:\ in the corner and thought now what, thanks for the memory.

[albertlim]

I have used IBM PC Dos, MS Dos and DR Dos back in the 80s

[AussieD]

Thanks for the video on this topic. I knew about dos, but had virtually forgotten about it. Not only have I learnt things from your videos, but have been reminded of others forgotten. (I'm in my late 60s and figure it's a good excuse to forget LOL) Thanks again !! 👍👍

[Douglas_Blake_]

5:35 ... It should be noted that not all versions of Windows install Ping by default. You can add it by going to Control Panel --- Programs and Features, then Windows Features and checking the "Simple TCPIP Services" item. This will enable Ping and a whole bunch of other really cool trouble shooting commands.

[steves]

In the early 90’s I had a IBM PC. No windows yet. You had to use DOS commands to do everything. I recall building a little program launcher to run Word and Lotus 1-2-3. Which i used daily.

[CathrineMacNiel]

Soo many Windows user should watch this video. Its full of good knowledge that can prevent a costly walk to a repair shop (or outright a purchase of a new computer). And I say this as a Linux user.

For the last point, you can use `sudo` now, also NEVER run an entire console session as Administrator/root and don´t change the Run always as Administrator setting on cmd.exe, as others (a hacker or virus) can also just use it that way.

[Knards]

If sfc /scannow doesn't fix corrupt files, run the DISM command, then run SFC again. SFC depends on the health of the system image to fix corrupt files

[ravani_]

... the fact that i've not only used all of these but actually have batch scripts relying on them and some also providing a navigable menu for command options i often use... i feel old

[DamnableReverend]

Use the command line every day on multiple computers. Quickest way to get a lot of stuff done. I'm in my early forties but started using computers at a pretty young age, and it was pretty hard for me to get used to a GUI. Besides the dos-like commands that are still a part of windows, you can download some pretty useful thrid party command line utilities. One of my favourites is ffmpeg. But the list is endless -- and even moreso if you use LInux instead of windows, of course.
never thought of using the Type command in the way you describe here. That's pretty cool actually.
A neat trick if you dont' want to open a command window and want to issue a command that makes some output in a list especally is to issue the command from the run box, where you can use the > symbol to send the output to a file of your choosing.

[tubeDude]

Many of these commands can be listed by typing: help at the prompt line. Why sfc isn't listed, I don't know! But I can see why DISM isn't.
Should also note you can type: the command, then help after it. An exception is: sfc- you MUST type: help sfc for that to work!