@JaredBusch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Firewall "Windows Firewall (officially called Windows Defender Firewall in Windows 10)"

Pretty useful stuff. I played around with some of the commands on my laptop.

Do any of you use task manager to troubleshoot what if there is an issue with a PC? I'm trying to get a sense of the steps people go through.

Pretty straightforward.

I know that people have other firewalls besides Windows defender, why is that the case if you already have one? Do you have to turn off defender to use it?

@scottalanmiller this is the best thread ever

@xrobau I'm an intern and nothing you have listed is a special feature. I honestly thought you were a salesman or vendor on this thread.

Is there a list anywhere of the Windows command prompts, or do you usually look at the help to look at options? I realize the more seasoned IT person would have a lot of these committed to memory, but just starting out this is a bit overwhelming. There seem to be a lot of them to keep track of.

Is it ok to have any packet loss when pinging another computer?

Can you remote in to restart a PC if it is frozen or are you stuck looking at what the user is?