Module 3 Flashcards
Windows 7 Minimum requirements for a 32-bit machine
1GHz (x86)
1GB RAM
16GB free disk space
DirectX9 & WDDM 1.0
Windows 7 Recommended requirements for a 32-bit machine
1GHz (x)
2GB RAM
20GB free disk space
DirectX9 & WDDM 1.0
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
Analyze your system to ensure that your hardware and applications will be compatible with Windows 7.
When running the upgrade adviser, what should you do with peripherals?
Plug in and turn on all devices that you plan to use on Windows 7 so that those peripherals will be checked.
Windows 7 Upgrade Adviser will run on XP, if you have what?
XP SP2 or higher
Different editions of Windows 7
Home Premium Professional Ultimate Starter Enterprise (For Volume Licenses)
Which version of IE comes with Windows 7?
IE8
Windows Media Center
Can watch TV, record to TV. Not included with the starter edition.
What editions of Win 7 offers Windows XP mode?
Professional and Ultimate
Win 7 editions designed for use in the corporate environment
Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise
Editions of Windows 7 that allow you to joing a domain & network backup / restore
Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise
Difference between Enterprise and Ultimate
Enterprise has all the features of Ultimate, plus BitLocker.
Minimum partition size if you’re going to dual boot Win 7 x64
20GB
What application can be used to create a partition on your disk?
Disk Management Console
What file system is typically used for older versions of Windows
FAT32
What file system is recommended for Windows 7
NTFS
Sources you can install Windows 7 from
DVD ISO Images Network share WDS USB Drive
Windows SIM
Windows SIM: Windows System Image Manager. Enables you to create answer filres and network shares or modify the files contained in a config test. For network installation.
Windows PE
Windows PE: Windows Pre-Installation Environment. 32-bit OS with limited services built on Win 7 kernal. Used in the preinstallation and deployment of Windows.
ImageX
ImageX: Command-line tool you use to create installation images for deployment.
SysPrep
SysPrep: used to prepare a system so that it’s image can be captured. It removes unwanted files and settings and preps the image for deployment.
Windows AIK
Windows Automated Installation Kit
What do you need to use WDS?
Be a domain administrator
High-speed network links with low latency
Both client and server should be physical machine (not virtual) (Instructor suggests maybe one could be…)
WDS should be the only role on the server in a production environment
When installing Windows 7 from a USB drive, what free space do you need on the USB drive?
4GB
When installing Windows 7 from a USB drive, what does the BIOS must support?
Booting from USB
When preparing a USB disk from a Win 7 install DVD, what steps do you take?
Create an active boot partition on the USB, formatted to FAT32. Assign a letter.
Copy data from the DVD to the drive as so:
xcopy d:*.* /s /e /f p:
where d is the DVD drive and P is the USB drive
When using xcopy to copy files from DVD to USB, what switches are used and what do they mean?
/s /e /f
/s : Copies directories and subdirectories
/e : Copies subdirectories even if they’re empty
/f : Displays the full source and full destination paths while copying
What is the upgrade path from XP to Win 7?
There is no direct path.
You can upgrade to vista and then upgrade to XP
Otherwise, you must do a full install, resulting in no preservation of XP user data, applications, and settings.
What can you use to migrate data from XP or Vista to 7?
Easy Transfer Tool
Easy Transfer Tool
Allows transfer of settings, and documents of one or more user accounts from XP to 7.
Does not migrate system files and applications.
In-Place Upgrade
Upgrading from one version to another, with the OS still running
Where do you find the Easy Transfer tool?
Windows 7 DVD
In Support\Migwiz
How does easy transfer tool move files and settings from one compute to another?
USB flash drive or a special Easy Transfer cable
Device Driver
Enables operating systems to interact with hardware such as keyboards and printers.
Converts all I/O from / to the OS into messages the hardware can understand
Signed Driver
Indicates it is from a trusted source. (The OS recognizes the source)
What’s used to sign a driver
digital signature
Two types of driver signatures
Embedded Signing
Non-Embedded
What types of drivers use embedded signing
Kernal-mode drivers
drivers used in the boot process
How does embedded signing work
Each binary in the driver package will have an embedded signature
How does non-embedded signing work
Each driver package will have a .cat file, which is digitally signed – contains a hash of the legitimate files
What are non-embedded signed drivers used for
plug and play
How does a 32-bit (x86) version of Win 7 deal with signed drivers?
All installed drivers should be signed. An admin can install unsigned drivers
How does a 64-bit version of Win 7 deal with signed drivers?
All drivers must be signed, however you can remove this requirement at boot by pressing F8 and selecting “disable driver signature enforcement”
What authorities authenticate or sign drivers?
Windows Hardware Quality Labs Certification Authorities (CA)
WHQL
Windows Hardware Quality Labs
How would you update a driver?
Control Panel -> System & Security -> Device Manager
Right-click the device and choose Update Driver. Browse to find the driver.
How would you roll back a driver?
One way: System restore point
Other way: Device Manager -> Right click the hardware
Properties -> Drivers tab -> Roll Back Driver
Reboot
Network and Sharing Center
Provides an overview of your available networks and provides troubleshooting tools
Network Map
Shoes how all your networks and network devices are connected to one another
Network Explorer
My Computer, when you’re browsing the network
Network Awareness Feature
For Win 7. Informs applications when to connect to different networks throughout the day
What are the four broad tasks you can complete in the Network and Sharing Center?
Set up a new connection or network (Creating dial-up connections, VPN, wireless and broadband connections)
Connect to a network link (Connect to a network that’s already configured)
Troubleshoot problems with a network
Homegroup and Sharing options
Four types of network locations
Home
Work
Domain
Public
“Home” Type of network
Uses network discovery by default, so your PC is automatically visible to all other computers on the network
“Work” Type of network
Network discovery is on, however you can’t create or use homegroups
“Domain” Type of network
Enable you to connect computers within a domain. Settings configured by network admins.
“Public” type of network
Network discovery is turned off.
Number of addresses available for IPv4
None left. System has the capacity for 4 billion
Number of addresses available for IPv6
3.4 x 10^38
Bits in IPv6 address
128
APIPA
Automatic Private IP Addressing.
Protocol used to assign IP addresses to computer if no DHCP server exists and the user has not configured a static IP
How does an APIPA network work?
Only computers with APIPA addresses can communicate with a PC with another APIPA address.
What is the IP range for APIPA
169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255
QoS
Quality of Service
Using packet inspection to give certain traffic priority over other traffic.
What steps do you follow to manually connect to a wireless network that is not broadcasting its SSID
Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center -> Manage Wireless Networks -> Add
Click “Manually Create a network profile”
Input the info
What sorts of devices are NOT listed in Device Manager
Internal hardware like sound cards, hard drives, memory
What sorts of devices are listed in Device Manager
External devices, like printers, scanners, cameras, etc.
Two types of firewalls
Network / Hardware firewall
Host-based Firewall (Application)
Network Firewall
Hardware that sits at the intersection between internal and external networks, known as the perimeter network
Host-based Firewall
Runs on each computer, at the “Application” layer of the OSI model
Firewall Profiles
Because you can have different types of networks (Home, Work, Domain, etc), you can also create your own firewall configuration based on which network you’ve created
UAC
Restricts users’ access to certain tasks without an administrative sign-off. This is the feature that annoyed many users.
Authentication
Automated process whereby a computer verifies the identity of a user, computer or service
Things that can be used for authentication
Interactive Login Certificate Smart Card Biometrics Windows Authentication Protocols
AppLocker
a set of Group Policy settings that evolved from Software Restriction Policies, to restrict which applications can run on a corporate network, including the ability to restrict based on the application’s version number or publisher
Interactive Login
Providing a username and a password
Smart Cards
Cards containing a small microprocessor and memory chip that verify the identity of the user
Certificates
Digital verification of a user’s or server’s ID
Three categories that UAC classifies applications into
Windows 7
Signed Publisher Verified
Unsigned Publisher
EFS
The Encrypting File System
Feature to help you secure info.
Right-click on the folder or document -> Properties -> Advanced
Reasons to change an EFS key
You have two computers that access the same encrypted data. Each PCs have a different key. You may wish to change the key to the same one.
Maybe you want to use a smart card instead of a key.
ACE
Access Control Entry
A single rule on an ACL. Represents a single assignment of permissions to a user or a group.
ACL
Access Control List
A list of ACEs. All the permissions associated with an object.
SID
Security Descriptors
Contains an object’s ACL, definitions of permissions, etc.
Two levels of permissions on an object
Share permissions
NTFS Permissions
Share permissions
Applies to users accessing a resource over a network.
Does not apply to local users.
NTFS Permissions
Applies to local or network users accessing resources
Inherited Permissions
When permissions are imparted from a parent object to another object
Explicit Permissions
Assigned manually to an object
Effective permissions
The result of conflicting permissions granted through inheritance, explicit permissions and the various groups a user is a member of.
Windows 7 HomeGroup
Feature that Enables you to set up and manage home networks as well as share files printer and other devices.
Homegroup is not compatible with ____
Any version of Windows older than Win 7
Which editions of Win 7 cannot create a HomeGroup
Home Basic
Windows 7 starter
What is required for Bitlocker to work
Enterprise
Ultimate
Windows Server ‘08 R2
What change must be made to the BIOS for Bitlocker to function properly?
BIOS must be configured to boot to the hard disk and nothing else.
What BitLocker edition would you use for a removable USB drive?
BitLocker To Go
- Will encrypt removable media
- Will read encrypted media (With BitLocker to go). Installed on the removable media.
Transparent File Caching
Windows 7 Feature that allows you to download a network file locally and only gets an updated version if the file has been updated on the network.
How do you control which file types should and should not be synchronized via Transparent File Caching?
Group Policy
Offline File Synchronization
Set a folder or group of folders to caching locally, allowing changes, and then syncing when the re-connect happens. Happens in the background.
What are some less common power management options available to Windows 7?
You can configure system cooling policies
You can configure the hard drive to become inactive after a period of inactivity.
You can reduce the quality of video playback to conserve power.
You can configure the system to automatically deactivate the wireless adapter when data has not been transferred for a time
What Windows 7 feature can you use to connect to a corporate LAN without using a VPN?
DirectAccess
What are the benefits of DirectAccess?
Always on – you don’t need to reconnect if your ISP blips
Does not route internet traffic through the connection with your office LAN
Multiple options available to secure it.
What security protocol is used for DirectAccess?
IPSec
What ports does DirectAccess use by default?
443
3 ways to deploy Windows Updates
Manually fetch them
You the automatic update feature
WSUS
WSUS
Windows Server Update Services
Allows Network Admins to control and deploy Windows Updates to their PCs
What is a good rule of thumb for the page file?
It should be double that of your physical RAM
What feature allows you to use a USB flash drive as extra RAM
ReadyBoost
What service automatically puts low-priority processes in background mode? How does this improve performance?
SuperFetch
Processes in the background can only run with resources become available.
DEP
Data Execution Prevention
Protects a computer system by flagging all memory within an application as strictly non-executable, unless executable memory is specified.
Basic Disk
The actual physical disks containing primary partitions, extended partitions, or logical drives
Basic Volume
Partitions and logical drives found on basic disks
Dynamic Disks
Physical disks that have been upgraded in Windows to support dynamic volumes.
Two types of dynamic disks
simple and spanned
Simple Volumes
Type of dynamic disk. Can be a single area on a dynamic disk or multiple areas that have been grouped together.
Spanned Volumes
Type of dynamic disk. Consists of disk space across multiple physical disks. Spanned volumes can also be created using fee space on dynamic disks.
RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAID 0
Storage method that uses striping to spread data across multiple drives. No redundancy. One HD goes, it all goes.
RAID 1
2 hard drives. Mirrored information. Both disks contains the same information.
RAID 5
Allows for redundancy and striping. – Striping with Parity.
At least three drives.
Distributes the data and parity information across all the drives in the array.
If one drive fails, that data can be recreated from the parity information.
Which RAID does Windows 7 not support?
RAID 5
Command line utility to manage disks
diskpart
Max number of disks for RAID 0 and RAID 5 (Striped volumes)
32
diskpart command to create a striped volume
diskpart create volume stripe [size=size in MB] [disk=disk number]
diskpart command to see the physical drives on the PC
list disk
diskpart command to see the volumes on the physical drives on the PC
list disk
5 types of logs in Event Viewer
Error Warning Information Application Security Setup System Forwarded Events
Error Logs
Major problems, for example a disk failure
Warning Logs
Cautionary messages, like a reboot required
Information Logs
Information on Successful events
Application Logs
Track events about various application and hardware on the system
Security Log
Records events related to audit policies. Includes tracking information such as file access or user logons
Setup Log
Events related to application installation
System log
events related to Windows services
Forwarded Events log
Events that occurred on remote PCs
Event Subscription
Feature that allows you to capture remote PCs event logs
Win 7 Recovery tools
System Image
System Repair Disc
Backup
What needs to be on for Restore Points to be created?
System Protection
What is the Last Known Good Configuration?
The configuration of the PC the last time you successfully logged into Windows
What key to you press on boot up to allow you to boot to the Last Known Good Configuration
F8
Win 7 Min. Requirements for 64-bit machines
1GHz processor
2gb ram
20GB Free space
