Chapter 16 - Working with Windows XP

Question 1

for windows xp, tell me the three primary methods for performing unattended installations.

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Answer 1

Remote Installation Services
Windows Deployment Services
System Preparation Tool

Question 2

what is something that RIS and WDS both require?

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Answer 2

Windows Server

Question 3

when you want to remove the user/computer-specific information AND the security identifiers, what program do you run?

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Answer 3

SYSPREP.EXE

Question 4

tell me the 4 options you usually get when installing components of an operating system.

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Answer 4

typical
full
minimum
custom

Question 5

what capability do we have now that is making dual booting machines a thing of the past?

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Answer 5

virtual machines

Question 6

there is a table that helps you choose which method to use for a windows xp installation. explain that table to me.

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Answer 6

1. unattended install - used for clean installation AND upgrades
2. bootable media - used for clean installation, and only upgrades in scenarios involving legacy OS’s
3. Sysprep - when you do a clean installation, NEVER when you are performing an upgrade
4. Remote Install - for clean installations, NEVER for upgrades

Question 7

what special file do you need for the unattended install so that nobody has to tell the computer anything during the steps of the install?

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Answer 7

answer file

Question 8

true/false: Sysprep is used to create the system image and makes copies to be deployed to other computers.

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Answer 8

False. Sysprep does not create the image, nor does it make a bunch of copies. All it does is prep your system so that it is ready to be imaged. there’s a HUGE error in the book’s explanation.

Question 9

Can you use Sysprep to upgrade a machine?

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Answer 9

nope

Question 10

you don’t have network access. what are your options for bootable media and what do you put on them?

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Answer 10

CD or DVD

put the image AND the answer file on them

Question 11

you are exploring the two network installation methods for windows. one of them replaced the other one. what are those methods, what happened, and when did it happen?

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Answer 11

the two methods are RIS (Remote Installation Service) and WDS (Windows Deployment Service)

RIS was replaced by WDS, and this happened in Server 2003 SP2

Question 12

you have a system that does not have any OS on it at all. you need to perform two critical tasks performed on your system’s drive before you can proceed with the installation. what are those tasks?

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Answer 12

format the drive

partition the drive

Question 13

what does the Master Boot Record contain?

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Answer 13

the partition information for the hard drive AND the beginning and end of each partition that has been defined on the drive

Question 14

tell me the three phases of the windows xp installation process.

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Answer 14

installation preparation phase (boot from CD, setup begins)
text based installation phase (accept the EULA)
graphical installation phase (most of the installation takes place here, moves files, drivers installed)

Question 15

tell me three postinstallation routines

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Answer 15

update your drivers
restore user data files
verifying installation

Question 16

true/false: WET can be used to and from Windows XP

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Answer 16

false. you can use it to transfer FROM XP,

but not to XP

Question 17

according to the book, what classifies as an upgrade?

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Answer 17

replacing an OS with another while keeping your data/application files intact

Question 18

what is the utility used to initiate the upgrade to XP?

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Answer 18

WINNT32.EXE

Question 19

when did extended support for windows xp end?

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Answer 19

april 8th, 2014

Question 20

your system has become unstable. you need to fix it, but you need to keep all the user and data files. what do you do?

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Answer 20

run a repair install. boot from the installation media, accept the EULA and press R

Question 21

tell me the windows xp boot process.

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Answer 21

1. self-check and POST.
2. MBR finds and loads the boot sector.
3. MBR determines file system type and loads NTLDR into memory.
4. NTLDR switches system from real mode to protected mode and enables paging. Starts the file system.
5. NTLDR process BOOT.INI.
6. NTLDR loads and runs NTDETECT.COM.
7. NTLDR loads NTOSKRNL.EXE and HAL.DLL.
8. NTLDR loads the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM Registry hive.
9. NTLDR transfers control to NTOSKRNL.EXE.
10. WINLOGON.EXE loads.

Question 22

what is ASR?

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Answer 22

automated system recovery - used for creating a disk that can be used to restore parts of the system in the even of a major system failure.

Question 23

there are four stand-out tools in xp. tell me what they are.

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Answer 23

system restore
windows defender
windows firewall
security center

Question 24

beginning with xp, tell me all versions of windows that have windows defender.

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Answer 24

xp sp2 or later
all vista
all 7

Question 25

what is the technical name of the windows network setup wizard?

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Answer 25

NETSETUP.CPL