1: Configuring Windows Flashcards
What is a shell?
an interface
Where is the instant search box?
on the taskbar
Where is all windows configuration data ultimately held?
in a database called the registry
Which app is the preferred administrative interface for windows?
settings app
What are configuration option “pages” found in settings?
(12 of them)
- System
- Devices
- Phone
- Network and Internet
- Personalization
- Apps
- Accounts
- Time & Language
- Ease of Access
- Search
- Privacy
- Update & Security
what 2 ways can windows accounts be configured?
- local-only account
- linked Microsoft account
Account settings app is used for what configuration tasks?
(6)
- your info
- emails & accounts
- configure new sign-in options
- access work or school
- family and other users
- sync settings
Where is the user accounts applet found?
Control panel and settings
control panel is legacy interface.
what can the user account applet in control panel do?
(3)
adjusting account name
adjusting privilege level between admin & standard user
change user account control settings.
not easy to create new user accounts through control panel
UAC
user account control
what is UAC used for
a system to prevent unauthorized use of admin privileges.
What does the ease of access settings control?
- vision
- hearing
- interaction
what vision configurations can be made in the ease of access settings?
(5)
- cursor indicators
- high-contrast
- color-filter modes
- magnifier zoom tool
- narrator (enables audio descriptions of current selection.
What hearing settings can you configure in the ease of access settings?
(4)
- volume
- mono sound mixing
- visual notifications
- closed captioning.
what interaction configurations can be made in the ease of access settings?
(2)
- keyboard and mouse usability
- speech and eye controlled input methods
where can ease of access settings be configured?
in settings or control panel
File explorer is run as what program
explorer.exe
Name 5 of the main system objects in windows?
- user account
- OneDrive
- This PC
- Network
- Recycle Bin
How is access to data files typically mediated in windows?
system objects
Where are actual data files written?
disk drives
A:
floppy disk
C:
partition on the primary fixed disk holding windows
what is the root directory represented by?
\ backslash
what is a root directory?
the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy.
what is the root directory to the c drive?
C:\
The root directory of a typical windows installation normally contains what folders to separate system files from user data files?
(3)
- windows
- program files/program files (x86)
- users
c:\
Windows folder contains: (5)
system root containing
1. drivers
2. logs
3. add-in applications
4. system and configuration files (notably system32 subdirectory)
5. fonts
c:\
Program files/Program files (x86) contains:
subfirectories for installed application software.
in 64 bit versions of windows, what is created to store 32 bit applications?
program files (x86)
c:\
Users contains:
storage for users profile settings and data
- each user has a sub folder containing NTUSER.DAT (registry data)
- plus subfolders for personal data files.
NTUSER.DAT
registry data
Where is the file explorer options applet found?
control panel
File Explorer Options
General Tab:
- layout of explorer windows
- switch between single and double-click styles for shortcuts
File Explorer Options:
View Tab: (3)
- Hide extensions for known file types.
- Hidden files and folders:
- Hide protected OS files
How would you hide a file or folder?
they can be marked as hidden through their file attributes.
Search is governed by settings configured where?
indexing options applet
What does the indexing options applet do?
- define indexed locations
- rebuild the index
indexed locations can include what? (2)
- folders
- email data stores
Where would you configure i/o devices?
settings / system
where could you configure the clipboard?
settings
system
what file path would get you to c:\Windows?
%SYSTEMROOT%
Where would you manually configure virtual memory (paging)?
settings
system
advanced settings
Where would you update a driver?
settings
update & security
Where is update activity recorded?
Applications and service logs
Microsoft/Windows
WindowsUpdateClient
Operational log file
if an update fails to install, what should you do?
check the update activity log to find the cause.
update will fail with an error code you can look up on Microsoft Knowledge Base
Where can you look up update fail error codes?
Microsoft knowledge base
Where are device drivers typically supplied?
windows update
Devices and printers applet is located where and does what?
1.control panel and
2. provides an interface for adding devices manually and shortcuts to the config pages for connected devices.
where is resolution and refresh rate configured?
settings
system
display
ACPI
Advanced configuration and power interface
what is S0
ACPI mode powered on
What is S5
ACPI soft power off
what is G3
ACPI mechanically powered off
what is standby?
suspend to RAM
what ACPI mode is standby?
S1-S3
What does standby do?
cuts power to most devices (CPU, monitor, disk drives, peripherals)
maintains power to memory
what is hibernate?
suspend to disk
what ACPI power mode is hibernate?
S4
what does hibernate do?
saves any open but unsaved file data in memory to disk and turns the computer off.
where is unsaved file data stored when a computer is put into hibernate?
as hiberfil.sys in the root of the boot volume
what is modern standby?
utilizes a devices ability to function in an S0 low-power idle mode to maintain network connectivity without consuming too much energy
What is hybrid sleep mode?
desktop creates a hibernation file then goes into standby.
Where would you enable fast startup?
power options applet
what is fast startup
uses the hibernation file to instantly restore the previous system RAM contents and make the computer ready for more input more quickly than with traditional hibernate.
what is USB selective suspend?
turns off power to peripheral devices
Ncpa.cpl
network connections in control panel
MMC
Microsoft management console
tools available via administrative tools in control are:
(10)
- computer management (compmgmt.msc)
- Degfrag & optimize drives (dfrgui.exe)
- disk cleanup (cleanmgr.exe)
- event viewer (eventvwr.msc)
- Local security policy (secpol.msc)
- Resource Monitor (resmon.exe)
- Performance monitoring (perfmon.msc)
- Registry editor (regedit.exe)
- Services console (services.msc)
- Task scheduler (taskschd.msc)
MSC
microsoft management console
what is compmgmt.msc
defailt management console with multiple snap-ins to schedule tasks and configure local users and groups, disks, services, devices, etc.
what is dfrgui.exe
defrag. maintains disk performance by optimizing file storage patterns
what is cleanmgr.exe
disk cleanup. regains disk capacity by deleting unwanted files
at is eventvwr.msc
event viewer. review system, security, and app logs.
what is secpol.msc
local security policy. view and edit security settings
what is resmon.exe
resource monitor
what is perfmon.msc
performance monitoring view performance statistics
what is regedit.exe
registry editor. make manual edits to the databaase of windows config settings.
what is services.msc
services console. start, stop and pause processes running in the background.
what is taskschd.msc
task scheduler. run software and scripts according to calendar or event triggers
whats the shortcut to the menu that appears when you right-click the start button?
windows + x
run dialog shortcut
windows + R
