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Management Consoles Flashcards

1
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updating and troubleshooting devices.

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Device manager (devmgmt.msc

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Disks versus partitions/volumes/drives.
System, boot, and recovery volumes.
initalize disks and create formatted partitions.
Repartitioning and dynamic disks.

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Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)

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Fragmentation, diminishing capacity, errors

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Disk issues

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improve read times by reallocating file data locations.
HDDs vs SSDs.
Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe).
Identify and remove unwanted file caches

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Defragment and Optimize Drives (dfrgui.exe)

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Automate system activity/script.
Run tasks to date/time schedule.
Define custom task triggers.
Set credentials.

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Task scheduler (tasksch.msc)

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User accounts: add, modify, & remove. Reset password.
Security groups: collection of user accounts, allocate permissions to group, user accounts inherit permissions from groups

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Local Users and Groups (lusrmgr.msc)

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7
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Manages the local device.
Detailed system and security configuration settings.
Administrative Templates

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Local Group Policy (gpedit.msc)

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Direct edits to system configuration database.
Editing the registry: subkeys and value entries. Name, data type, value. Export and import file formats

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Registry Editor (regedit.exe)

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_USERS

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Root keys

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Default log files: System, security, application, setup. Application/service log files.
Event sources and severity levels: source application and ID. Critical, error, warning, and info levels. Audit success/failure.

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Event Viewer

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  • View all running processes
    – Interactive and system tray apps
    – View processes from other accounts
  • Manage the view
    – Move columns, add metrics
  • Combine all apps, processes, and services into a single tab
    – Easy to view and sort
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Task Manager Process Monitoring.
Task Manager utility (taskmgr.exe)

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  • What’s happening? - CPU, memory, etc.
  • Statistical views - Historical, real-time
  • Current versions include CPU, memory, disk,
    Bluetooth, and network in the Performance tab
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Task Manager Performance Monitoring

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  • Who is connected? What are they doing?
  • Other options
    – Disconnect a user, manage user accounts
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Task Manager User Monitoring

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14
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  • Manage which programs start with
    a Windows login
    – Easily toggle on and off
  • Multiple reboots
    – Enable and disable
    – You’ll find it
    View processes that run at startup.
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Task manager startup tab

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15
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  • Non-interactive applications
    – Hundreds of background processes
  • Manage from one screen
    – Start, stop, restart
    view status of background processes
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Task manager services tab. service console (services.msc)

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More detailed real-time performance data
* Detailed real-time view of performance
– Separated by category
* Categories
– Overview, CPU, Memory,
– Disk, and Network

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Resource Monitor (resmon.msc)

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17
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  • Gather long-term statistics
    – perfmon.msc
  • OS metrics
    – Disk, memory, CPU, etc.
  • Set alerts and automated actions
    – Monitor and act
  • Store statistics
    – Analyze long-term trends
  • Built-in reports
    – View the data
    Record performance indicators (counters) over time.
    Run regular reports for comparison.
    collect event traces
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Performance Monitor (perfmon.msc)

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18
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  • System overview
    – msinfo32.exe
  • Hardware Resources
    – Memory, DMA, IRQs, conflicts
  • Components
    – Multimedia, display, input, network
  • Software Environment
    – Drivers, print jobs, running tasks
    General tab: select boot mode.
    Boot tab: set custom boot parameters.
    Services tab: view status of background processes.
    Tools tab
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System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe)

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19
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C:
D:
x:

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windows: Drive navigation

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20
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windows: move and copy files

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copy
xcopy
robocopy

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21
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windows: Manage partitions and file system

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diskpart

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windows: Write a new file system to a drive

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format
formats a disk for use with windows

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23
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windows: Scan disk for unusable sectors

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chkdsk

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24
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windows: Shut down and restart the computer

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shutdown

25
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windows: Scan for damaged or missing system files

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sfc

26
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view the About Windows dialog - a quick check.
useful when troubleshooting - are you running the lastest version?

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winver

27
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in windows Copy files from one location to another
/v - Verifies that new files are written correctly
/y - Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to
overwrite an existing destination file

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Copy

28
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in windows Copies files and directory trees
xcopy /s Documents m:\backups

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xcopy

29
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robocopy

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A better Xcopy
– Included with Windows 10 and 11

30
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intergrated with Active Directory.
Powerful system management

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Group Policy Management Console
gpmc.msc

31
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run as Administrator

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cmd, Ctrl + Shift + Enter

32
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in windows command line troubleshooting:
if you are not sure

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help
help dir
help chkdsk
[command] /?

33
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list files and directories in windows

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dir

34
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change working directory in windows

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cd/ chdir

35
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the folder above the current folder in windows

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..

36
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make a directory in windows

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md / mkdir

37
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remove directory in windows

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rd / rmdir

38
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view the name of the device in windows.
This is the windows device name.
name can be changed in the system settings

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hostname

39
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fixes logical file system errors on the disk in windows

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chkdsk /f

40
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locates bad sectors and recovers readable information in windows

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chkdsk /r

41
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manage disk configurations in windows.
be careful - you can lose data.

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diskpart
start the DiskPart command interpreter

42
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ipconfig
the windows network command line

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Displays detailed info about all adapters, including the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, DHCP server, and DNS servers.
* Most of your troubleshooting starts with your IP address
– Ping your local router/gateway
* Determine TCP/IP and network adapter information
– And some additional IP details
* View additional configuration details
– DNS servers, DHCP server, etc.

43
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ping
windows network command line

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  • Test reachability
    – Determine round-trip time
    – Uses Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
  • One of your primary troubleshooting tools
    – Can you ping the host?
44
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netstat
windows network command line

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  • Network statistics
    – Many different operating systems
45
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netstat -a
windows network command line

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show all active connections

46
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netstate -b
windows network command line

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show binaries (windows)

47
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netstat -n
windows network command line

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do not resolve names

48
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nslookup
windows network command line

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  • Lookup information from DNS servers
    – Canonical names, IP addresses, cache timers, etc.
  • Lookup names and IP addresses
    – Many different options
49
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windows network commands

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net

50
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view network resources in windows

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net view \<servername>
– net view /workgroup:<workgroupname></workgroupname></servername>

51
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map a network share to a drive letter in windows

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– net use h: \<servername>\<sharename></sharename></servername>

52
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view user account information and reset passwords in windows

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– net user <username>
– net user <username> * /domain</username></username>

53
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  • Determine the route a packet takes to a destination in windows – Map the entire path
  • Takes advantage of ICMP Time to Live Exceeded
    message
    – The time in TTL refers to hops, not
    seconds or minutes
    – TTL=1 is the first router
A

tracert

54
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  • Combine ping and traceroute
    – Included with Windows NT and later
  • First phase runs a traceroute
    – Build a map
  • Second phase
    – Measure round trip time and packet loss at each hop
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pathping

55
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in windows
* Real-time system statistics
– CPU, memory, disk access, etc.
* Starting the Task Manager
– Ctrl-Alt-Del, select Task Manager
– Right mouse click the taskbar and
select Task Manager
– Ctrl-Shift-Esc

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Task Manager

56
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  • Manage boot processes, startup, services, etc.
    – One-stop shop
    in windows Tools
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system configuration
msconfig.exe

57
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  • Find unused or unneeded files
    – A quick way to free up space
  • Select the categories
    – Click the button
    in windows Tools
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disk cleanup
cleanmgr.exe

58
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  • Disk defragmentation
    – Moves file fragments so they are contiguous
    – Improves read and write time
  • Not necessary for solid state drives
    – Windows won’t defrag an SSD
  • Graphical version in the drive properties
  • Requires elevated permissions
    in windows Tools
A

defrag
– Command line:
– defrag <volume>
– defrag C:</volume>

59
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  • The Windows Registry Editor
    – The big huge master database
    – Hierarchical structure
  • Used by almost everything
    – Kernel, Device drivers
    – Services
    – Security Account Manager (SAM)
    – User Interface, Applications
  • Backup your registry!
    – Built into regedit
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regedit.exe

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