Why are Linux/Unix based computers better to use than Windows computers for idle scanning?

What is the following command trying to accomplish?

When making the preliminary investigations in a sexual harassment case, how many investigators are you recommended having?

Richard is extracting volatile data from a system and uses the command doskey/history. What is he trying to extract?

George is the network administrator of a large Internet company on the west coast. Per corporate policy, none of the employees in the company are allowed to use FTP or SFTP programs without obtaining approval from the IT department. Few managers are using SFTP program on their computers. Before talking to his boss, George wants to have some proof of their activity. George wants to use Ethereal to monitor network traffic, but only SFTP traffic to and from his network.
What filter should George use in Ethereal?