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Ch4 understanding Windows Flashcards

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The Windows versions from 1.0 up until NT, were overlays of what?

A

the MS-DOS command line interface

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What was the first OS released in the 1980’s by MS called?

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MS-DOS

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What was the significant change of Windows 2000

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It replaced the home users Windows 95 and corporate Windows NT. By lumping them both into one category. Of course Microsoft meant to only replace NT.

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Was Windows 95 an overlay?

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No

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What change did Windows NT bring?

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Brought the NTFS file system

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who was Windows XP versions made for?

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professional, home, and media users

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Windows XP professional is the only version with what feature?

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To be able to log into a domain

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XP home significantly lacks what?

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No support for EFS, file and folder permissions, can only share the shared documents folder, and no support for group policies.

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How do I determine my windows version?

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Go to the computer icon, right click and click properties.

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32-but Windows supports maximum of how much memory?

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4 GB

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64-bit theoretically supports how much ram?

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16 TB

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x86 describes what?

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Officially it describes intel like of CPU’s. Popularly it’s used to refer to 32 bit versions of windows support

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what is the desktop

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primary interface to the computer

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what is the taskbar?

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it runs on those the bottom and includes up to 4 sections

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The taskbar usually has what sections?

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start button, quick launch toolbar, running programs area, and notification area

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the notification area has what other name?

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system tray area

16
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What does Windows explorer do?

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enables you to manipulate files and folders stored on all drives on computer or connected to it.

17
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What is system root?

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folder in which Windows has been installed

18
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How is the system root path written?

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Can be written as %systemroot%

19
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What sub folders are in the system root?

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FONTS
offline files
system32
Temp

20
Q

What is a new users folder added in vista that wasn’t in XP?

A

the downloads folder

21
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What is the registry?

A

Huge database in the OS of Windows that stores everything about the PC. Any configuration you do to Windows OS, usually involves editing registry

22
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In the registry the 5 main subgroups are also called what?

A

root keys

23
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Rootkeys have what inside of them?

A

Subkeys and values

24
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What are the five main root keys in the registry?

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKEY_USERS
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
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What is in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

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standard class objects used by windows. Basically groupings that have defined functions in them, telling what you can do with the object they represent.

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What is in the HKEY current user and HKEY users?

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current user has settings for current user and the other one has the personalized info settings for all users

27
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What is in HKEY local machine?

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data for systems non user configs, such as disk drive. Basically every device and every program on PC has settings here

28
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What’s in HKEY current config?

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If the values in the HKEY local machine have more than one operation, here you will see which one is in use currently.

29
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What is RAM cache?

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It’s certain memory from the hard-drive set aside as a page file, swap file, or virtually memory.

30
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What is the recommended page file size?

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1.5 times the amount of RAM currently installed on computer

31
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What is the page file called

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PAGEFILE.SYS

32
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Any single thing you see in windows is called what?

A

an object

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