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Command Prompt Commands (Part 2 of 3)

Part 2 of a Complete List of CMD Commands

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Pentnt

The pentnt command is used to detect floating point division errors in the Intel Pentium chip. The pentnt command is also used to enable floating point emulation and disable floating point hardware.

The pentnt command is available in Windows XP.

The pentnt command was removed beginning in Windows Vista due to the lack of Intel Pentium use at the time of this operating system release.

Ping

The ping command sends an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request message to a specified remote computer to verify IP-level connectivity.

The ping command is available in all versions of Windows.

Pkgmgr

The pkgmgr command is used to start the Windows Package Manager from the Command Prompt. Package Manager installs, uninstalls, configures, and updates features and packages for Windows.

The pkgmgr command is available in Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista.

Pnpunattend

The pnpunattend command is used to automate the installation of hardware device drivers.

The pnpunattend command is available in Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista.

Pnputil

The pnputil command is used to start the Microsoft PnP Utility, a tool used to install a Plug and Play device from the command line.

The pnputil command is available in Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista.

Popd

The popd command is used to change the current directory to the one most recently stored by the pushd command. The popd command is most often utilized from within a batch or script file.

The popd command is available in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.

Power

The power command is used to reduce the power consumed by a computer by monitoring software and hardware devices.

The power command is available in Windows 98 and 95, as well as in MS-DOS.

The power command was replaced by operating system integrated power management functions beginning in Windows XP.

Powercfg

The powercfg command is used to manage the Windows power management settings from the command line.

The powercfg command is available in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.

Print

The print command is used to print a specified text file to a specified printing device.

The print command is available in all versions of Windows, as well as in MS-DOS.

Prompt

The prompt command is used to customize the appearance of the prompt text in Command Prompt or MS-DOS.

The prompt command is available in all versions of Windows, as well as in MS-DOS.

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