If you are a command shell type of person, you know that you can use the up and down arrows to recall prior DOS commands. A niffty GUI approach to access the DOS history is to press F7. The previous commands executed in the shell will be displayed. Use the up and down arrow to highlight the command you want to execute and press Enter. Niffty.

This tip works for all versions of Windows including Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP.