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Management Consoles Flashcards

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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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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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C:
D:
x:

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windows: Drive navigation

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windows: move and copy files

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copy
xcopy
robocopy

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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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windows: Scan disk for unusable sectors

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chkdsk

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windows: Shut down and restart the computer

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windows: Scan for damaged or missing system files
sfc
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view the About Windows dialog - a quick check. useful when troubleshooting - are you running the lastest version?
winver
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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
Copy
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in windows Copies files and directory trees xcopy /s Documents m:\backups
xcopy
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robocopy
A better Xcopy – Included with Windows 10 and 11
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intergrated with Active Directory. Powerful system management
Group Policy Management Console gpmc.msc
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run as Administrator
cmd, Ctrl + Shift + Enter
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in windows command line troubleshooting: if you are not sure
help help dir help chkdsk [command] /?
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list files and directories in windows
dir
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change working directory in windows
cd/ chdir
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the folder above the current folder in windows
..
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make a directory in windows
md / mkdir
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remove directory in windows
rd / rmdir
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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
hostname
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fixes logical file system errors on the disk in windows
chkdsk /f
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locates bad sectors and recovers readable information in windows
chkdsk /r
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manage disk configurations in windows. be careful - you can lose data.
diskpart start the DiskPart command interpreter
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ipconfig the windows network command line
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.
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ping windows network command line
* Test reachability – Determine round-trip time – Uses Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) * One of your primary troubleshooting tools – Can you ping the host?
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netstat windows network command line
* Network statistics – Many different operating systems
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netstat -a windows network command line
show all active connections
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netstate -b windows network command line
show binaries (windows)
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netstat -n windows network command line
do not resolve names
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nslookup windows network command line
* Lookup information from DNS servers – Canonical names, IP addresses, cache timers, etc. * Lookup names and IP addresses – Many different options
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windows network commands
net
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view network resources in windows
net view \\ – net view /workgroup:
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map a network share to a drive letter in windows
– net use h: \\\
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view user account information and reset passwords in windows
– net user – net user * /domain
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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
tracert
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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
pathping
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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
Task Manager
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* Manage boot processes, startup, services, etc. – One-stop shop in windows Tools
system configuration msconfig.exe
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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
disk cleanup cleanmgr.exe
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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
defrag – Command line: – defrag – defrag C:
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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
regedit.exe

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