Chapter 14 - Working With Windows 7 Flashcards
tell me the 3 retail versions of windows 7
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home premium
professional
ultimate
there are 5 version of windows 7 you need to know about for the test. tell me their names and the max physical cores supported by each type
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Starter - 1 Home Premium - 1 Professional - 2 Enterprise - 2 Ultimate - 2
for the 5 versions of windows 7, tell me the maximum RAM supported for each
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starter - 2 premium - 16 professional - 192 enterprise - 192 ultimate - 192
all in GigaBytes
where will you find the Aero theme?
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first got it in windows vista, and is also available in every edition of windows 7 except starter
which versions of windows have bitlocker?
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only the enterprise and ultimate editions of windows 7
you are going to use ready boost on a removable drive to speed up a system by caching content.
tell me 4 types of removable drives this will work with,
tell me the max number of drives that are supported by ready boost,
and what is the minimum amount of space you need to have on each drive
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USB
flash
SD
CompactFlash
8 devices
256MB
tell me the difference between readyboost and readydrive
which versions of windows have readydrive?
which versions of windows have readyboost?
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readyboost - using removable drives for caching data
readydrive - uses hybrid drives (H-HDD) that combines flash drives and mobile PC hard drives for better performance
7 and vista have readydrive
7
which versions of windows 7 have xp mode?
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professional, enterprise, ultimate
if you’re installing windows 7 and you choose custom without formatting the disk, what happens to the old operating system?
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it goes into a folder called WINDOWS.OLD
When you are upgrading to windows 7, what is the oldest version of windows you can run and still be able to upgrade to some version of windows 7?
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Windows vista 32 bit sp1, it can get you to windows 7 home premium 32 AND windows 7 ultimate 32 bit
What utility should you run before attempting an upgrade to windows 7?
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Windows 7 upgrade advisor
There are four options for the installation/upgrade process. What are they?
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CD ROM
DVD
USB
PXE
You want to install WinPE onto some kind of drive to boot from. What command does this for you and what are your drive options?
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COPYPE.CMD
CD
USB
Network drive
What does the boot manager do? What is its file name?
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It starts loading the OS on the computer. In other words, it bootstraps the system. Its file name is BOOTMGR.
What does the boot configuration data do? What is its file name?
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Holds info about OSs installed on the computer. Its file name is BCD
What is WINLOAD.EXE? what does it do?
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It’s the program used to boot windows 7. It loads the operating system kernel.
What is the file name of the operating system kernel?
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NTOSKRNL.EXE
When your system is resuming a previous session instead of starting fresh, it means that some special file is being called by some other special file. What are the files and who is calling who?
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BOOTMGR, WINRESUME.EXE.
BOOTMGR is calling WINRESUME.EXE when your system resumes a previous session.
Tell me the names of two system directories
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SYSTEM
SYSTEM32
Tell me the name of the hardware abstraction layer
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HAL.DLL
Tell me the name of the session manager.
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SMSS.EXE
Tell me the name of the user session.
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WINLOGON.EXE
Tell me the name of the security subsystem.
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LSASS.EXE
What do you use when you want to the restore the system to a previous point in time?
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You use System Restore.
Where do you go to manually create a restore point?
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It depends. If you’re in XP, you can use System Restore. If you’re in Windows 7 or Vista, you have to use the System Protection tab of System Properties.
Is Windows Defender on all versions of Windows 7?
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Yes
Where do you configure your inbound and outbound rules and import and export policies?
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Windows Firewall
You have an Action Center in Windows 7. What was it before it was the Action Center?
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Security Center
What edition of windows 7 do you have to be running in order to use Local Users and Groups?
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You have to be running AT LEAST Professional
What are the default users created during the install?
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Administrator
Guest
The administrative account
Which versions of Windows 7 have the feature of Local Security Policy?
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Professional
Enterprise
Ultimate
What’s the max on your password history?
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24
What’s the default on your password age?
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42 days
What’s the max on your password length?
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14 characters
True or false: account password is disabled by default
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True, it is disabled by default
Password complexity must meet 3 of 5 requirements. Tell me what they are
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Uppercase letters Lowercase letters Numerical characters Nonalphanumeric characters Unicode characters
What’s the max number of minutes for the account lockout duration?
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99999
What’s the maximum value for the account lockout threshold?
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999
What is the maximum value for reset account lockout counter after?
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99999
Tell me the 3 subsections of Local Policy Settings.
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Audit policy
User rights assignment
Security options
What is the audit policy used for?
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It logs the events of people trying to logon and puts these entries in the security log file.
Does the Power Users group have more rights than a standard user in Windows 7?
What is the purpose of the Power Users group?
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No, does not have more rights than a standard user.
To provide backwards compatibility.
Tell me the two purposes of HomeGroup.
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To simplify home networking.
The sharing of files and printers.
Can shared files include libraries?
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Yes
What does EFS stand for?
Where is it found?
What does it do?
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Encrypting File system
Professional, enterprise, ultimate editions of windows 7
Allows for encryption/decryption on files stored in NTFS volumes.
Tell me the difference in usage between EFS and Bitlocker.
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EFS can be used by all users. Bitlocker can only be turned on by administrators.
Does Bitlocker need a trusted platform module in order to operate?
Does EFS need a trusted platform module in order to operate?
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No, but it does benefit from it.
No, doesn’t need any special hardware (TPM).
Tell me the difference in encryption between EFS and Bitlocker.
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EFS can encrypt either one file or a bunch of files.
Bitlocker encrypts the whole volume and everything on it, it cannot do just one file.
there are 18 msconfig tools you need to have memorized for the exam. list them alphabetically.
from class
about windows action center change uac settings command prompt computer management event viewer internet options internet protocol configuration performance monitor programs registry editor remote assistance resource monitor system information system properties system restore task manager windows troubleshooting
