Module 1 Flashcards
Operating system is the basis between the _____ and the ______.
Operating system is the basis between the operating hardware and the application.
Plug and Play
Plug and Play: Automatically detect new hardware and install the driver for that hardware.
Recommended processor speed for Windows XP
300MHz
Minimum processor Requirement for Windows XP
233 MHz
Minimum RAM requirements for Windows XP
64 MB
Maximum RAM for Wincows XP
4GB
Recommended RAM for Win XP
128MB
Minimum HD space for XP
1.5 GB
Max HD space for XP
2TB
What software tells the PC how to use hardware?
Device Driver
Upgrade Adviser
Upgrade Adviser: Verify compatibility of hardware. Generates a “compatibility report.” Tells you ahead of time what hardware will be compatible with a new version of Windows, and what will not be. If there was hardware that is compatible, you could see if the manufacturer has created a driver for downloading.
Windows XP Boot files must be housed on ________
Windows XP Boot files must be housed on the system partition of the hard drive.
FAT
File Allocation Table
NTFS
New Technology File System
Why wouldn’t you want to use FAT or FAT32 on XP?
No folder security.
Doesn’t allow encryption
Does not allow you to establish disk quotas
Why would you use a FAT or FAT32 for XP?
Dual boot with another OS, including older Windows OSes.
What file system is preferred for XP?
NTFS
What advantages does NTFS have over FAT and FAT32?
Can have larger HDs
File-by-file compression
Folder and file level security
Disk quotas
File Systems
File Systems: The system that locates file parts on a disk for the operating system. Keeps an index of what’s where.
FAT16 versus FAT32:
Allocation table on FAT16 isn’t big enough to keep an index of hard drives of a larger size.
Biggest difference is that FAT32 can store more.
Workgroup
Used in shared environments for peer-to-peer networks. Decentralized network. Difficult to administer once you get up to 25-50 machines. Must set permissions on a machine-by-machine basis.
Domain
Central network architecture used to manage shared files and folders, users and passwords. All network resources, really.
When upgrading from Windows 2000, what is the path of the upgrade software on the XP device for you to use?
D:\i386\upgrade\winnt32.exe
Things you set during start of an XP installation
Regional settings Name and your organization Product key computer name and local admin account password date and time settings
Windows XP Upgrade Paths
Windows 98, 98SE, ME, NT SP5, 2000 - > XP
Windows 95 -> 98 -> XP
Windows NT Workstation -> NT Service Pack 5 -> XP
XP Home -> XP Professional
Things to do before an upgrade
Check / Run hardware compatibility wizard
Backup existing data, just in case
uninstall AV software (so it doesn’t go crazy when you screw with system files)
Uncompress drives, folders and files
If you know you have external hardware that isn’t plug and play, what do you do?
Launch the install software or CD that came with the new hardware first. Follow instructions and wait before plugging the hardware in.
Configuring multiple monitors can be done with what additional piece of hardware?
Configuring multiple monitors can be done with what additional piece of hardware?
Max number of concurrent monitors on XP:
10
Configuring which screen is primary and which is secondary?
Control Panel -> Display Properties -> Settings tab
1 is your primary
2 is your secondary.
What tool do you use in XP to troubleshoot devices?
Device Manager
In device manager, what action adds hidden devices to the list of devices?
View - > Show Hidden Devices
Device Resource Settings Report:
Tells you what devices are using what resources, when and how.
Diskpart.exe
Command line version of the graphical disk management console (in My Computer -> Manage). Allows you to create and manage partitions on a hard drive.
Why would you use an Alternate Configuration?
Moving a PC from one network with DHCP to another without it. An alternate network config will allow the PC to connect with a static IP address automatically.
Arp Command
Displays and modifies the ARP cache, which matches MAC address assignments with IP addresses.
Ping Command
Confirms network connectivity between two devices.
Ipconfig Command
Lists address assigned to device and subnet mask, default gateway
Hostname command
Lists the name of the PC
Tracert Command
Lists each hop along the way to a destination
Three types of files:
Local: Stored on the machine.
Shared: May still be on my machine, but available to others
Offline: Network files that we’ve marked to be available when the PC is not connected.
Three types of logs:
Application Log: Developers of 3rd party apps can develop their software to write to this.
Security Log: Shows valid and invalid login attempts. Resource use (CRUDing files)
System Log: Events related to what’s happening to the operating system
service that keeps event logs
Event Log Service
How do you access event logs?
via the Event Viewer
File Compression:
NTFS compression allows you to compress files and folders, or an entire NTFS volume. Files are decompressed and recompressed without user intervention, but opening and saving changes to that Word doc will be slower.
Disadvantages of file compression
Performance decrease (slower) Cannot encrypt compressed files
EFS
Encrypting File System. Prevents others from viewing sensitive or confidential files / folders. Files can be read only when you log on with your username and password.
Two restrictions for EFS:
You can’t use EFS to encrypt a file that has been compressed
You can’t use EFS on a FAT32 or FAT16 storage volume.
Effective Permissions
A list of the permissions that a specific user has after combining inherited permissions and file-level permissions.
Shadow Copy
Included with Windows Server 2003 for Windows XP clients (and better). Keeps revisions of a document so you can recover deleted files or restore a previous version.
Simple file sharing
This method is very simple. A user can share a resource by simply
clicking a check box. A guest account can share a resource.
Classic share
This method allows a user to grant share based on user or group. This is
not possible a computer running in a domain.
