As much as Windows evolves, the good old DOS window will keep a role.
Whenever I'm on the road and I need access to my network drives through a VPN, nothing better than the DOS prompt to do a "NET USE".
And you got to love those batch files!
It's like the administration of an HP-UX system ... you can use SAM or you can do it with nice and "simple" command line work!
Cheers,
BrainStop