Comptia A+ 220-802 Chapter 14 Flashcards
Windows 7 has been released in six different editions, only three of which are available in the retail channel. The three retail versions are? pg 667
Windows 7 Home Premium,Windows 7 Professional, and Windows 7 Ultimate.
If you don’t know what edition of Windows 7 is running on a particular machine, you can click Start and type______in the search box. pg 670
winver
The________is intended to prevent unintentional/unauthorized changes to the computer by either prompting for permission to continue or requiring the administrator password before continuing. pg 670
UAC User Account Control
________allows you to use drive encryption to protect files, including those needed for startup and logon. This is available only with Windows 7 in the Enterprise and Ultimate editions. pg 671
BitLocker
This feature allows you to use free space on a removable drive to speed up a system by caching content. In Windows 7, it can work with a USB drive, flash memory, SD card, or CompactFlash. Up to eight devices can employ ReadyBoost in Windows 7 (each needing
a minimum of 256MB of free space).
ReadyBoost
This is a quick way to resize windows on the Desktop. pg 672
Snap
allows you to migrate user file settings related to the applications, Desktop configuration, and accounts. pg 678
Microsoft Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT)
is an industry standard client/server interface that allows networked computers that are not yet loaded with an operating system to be configured and booted remotely by an administrator.
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
can be downloaded from Microsoft. It is
intended to be used by administrators and requires a client computer connected to a Windows Server–based domain controller. It allows you to migrate user file settings related to applications, desktop configuration, and accounts
User State Migration Tool (USMT)
This is the number of invalid attempts before lockout
occurs. The default is 0 (meaning the feature is turned off). Invalid attempt settings range
from 1 to 999. pg 724
Account Lockout Threshold
This is a number of minutes an account lockout lasts, ranging from 1 to 99999. A value of 0 is also allowed here and signifies that the account never unlocks
itself—administrator interaction is always required. When the number is greater than 0, the user must wait that many minutes before being allowed to try to log in again. pg 724
Account Lockout Duration
Whats the difference between half and full duplex? pg 736
half duplex (data going one direction at a time), full duplex (data going both directions at a time)
This allows you to require unique passwords for a certain
number of iterations. The default number is 0, but it can go as high as 24. pg 723
Enforce Password History
This variable defines the maximum number of days a password can be used. The default is 42 days, but values range from 0 to 999. pg 723
Maximum Password Age
This variable defines the minimum number of days that a
password must be used between password changes. The default is 0 days, but values range from 0 to 999. pg 723
Minimum Password Age