The command line is far from dead, despite Microsoft's Windows 95 protestations and as every good admin knows often the keyboard is quicker than the mouse!  So here we suggest 4 command line utilities that we don't think get the publicity they deserve.

• Telnet - the troubleshooting tool par excellence if you have SMTP problems.
• Netstat - gives you the low-down on what's happening in the network stack.
• Runas - another reason you don't have to run as an Administrator to get the job done.
• Pathping - if you have intermittent network issues, pathping is your friend.