Chapter 14 - Working With Windows 7 Flashcards by Jon-Paul Brune

tell me the 3 retail versions of windows 7

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home premium
professional
ultimate

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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

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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

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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

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which versions of windows have bitlocker?

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only the enterprise and ultimate editions of windows 7

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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

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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

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which versions of windows 7 have xp mode?

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professional, enterprise, ultimate

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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

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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

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What utility should you run before attempting an upgrade to windows 7?

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Windows 7 upgrade advisor

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There are four options for the installation/upgrade process. What are they?

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CD ROM
DVD
USB
PXE

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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What is the file name of the operating system kernel?

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NTOSKRNL.EXE

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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.

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Tell me the names of two system directories

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SYSTEM

SYSTEM32

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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? 14-681

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? 14-681

Yes

Where do you configure your inbound and outbound rules and import and export policies? 14-683

Windows Firewall

You have an Action Center in Windows 7. What was it before it was the Action Center? 14-686

Security Center

What edition of windows 7 do you have to be running in order to use Local Users and Groups? 14-688

You have to be running AT LEAST Professional

What are the default users created during the install? 14-688

Administrator Guest The administrative account

Which versions of Windows 7 have the feature of Local Security Policy? 14-689

Professional Enterprise Ultimate

What’s the max on your password history? 14-689

What’s the default on your password age? 14-689

42 days

What’s the max on your password length? 14-689

14 characters

True or false: account password is disabled by default 14-689

True, it is disabled by default

Password complexity must meet 3 of 5 requirements. Tell me what they are 14-689

``` Uppercase letters Lowercase letters Numerical characters Nonalphanumeric characters Unicode characters ```

What’s the max number of minutes for the account lockout duration? 14-690

99999

What’s the maximum value for the account lockout threshold? 14-690

999

What is the maximum value for reset account lockout counter after? 14-690

99999

Tell me the 3 subsections of Local Policy Settings. 14-690,691

Audit policy User rights assignment Security options

What is the audit policy used for? 14-690

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? 14-690

No, does not have more rights than a standard user. To provide backwards compatibility.

Tell me the two purposes of HomeGroup. 14-694

To simplify home networking. The sharing of files and printers.

Can shared files include libraries? 14-694

Yes

What does EFS stand for? Where is it found? What does it do? 14-699

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. 14-699

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? 14-700

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. 14-700

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 ```