Chapter 15: Windows Under The Hood

Question 0

Files called hives are also know as what

Answer 0

Registry files

Question 1

A huge data base that stores everything about you PC

Answer 1

Registry

Question 2

regedt32.exe & regedit.exe allows you to access what

Answer 2

The registry editor

Question 3

A subkey final destination contains what type of files

Answer 3

Values

Question 4

Define HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

Answer 4

It stores class objects, almost every files is defined by class objects

Question 5

Define HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Answer 5

Stores current user settings

Question 6

Define HKEY_USERS

Answer 6

Stores personalized info for all users

Question 7

Define HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Answer 7

Contains all data for a systems non user specific configurations

Question 8

Define HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

Answer 8

If HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE has more than one option, this root key defines which one is being used

Question 9

ntldr is supported by which version of Windows

Answer 9

Windows XP

Question 10

bootmgr is supported by which version of Windows

Answer 10

Windows Vista/7

Question 11

What are the files that windows XP uses to start the OS

Answer 11

The system files

Question 12

Name three system boot files

Answer 12

ntldr, boot.ini, ntdetect.com

Question 13

Systems with SCSI uses a forth boot file. Name this file

Answer 13

ntbootdd.sys

Question 14

What is the first file that starts the boot process

Answer 14

ntldr (NT loader)