Module 3 supplemental reading for installers and process Flashcards
what is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, registry, and process/thread activity?
Process Monitor
what are operation input and output parameters?
variables that allow data to be exchanged between different parts of a system or process.
what do non-destructive filters in Process Monitor allow you to do?
set filters without losing data.
what does capturing thread stacks for each operation in Process Monitor make possible?
Identifying the root cause of an operation
What are image path, command line, user and Session ID examples of?
process details
what are configured as columns in Process Monitor?
Event property data fields
In Process monitor, what does advanced logging architecture scale to?
tens of millions of captured events and gigabytes of log data
in Process Monitor, what tool shows relationship of all processes referenced in a trace?
Process tree
in Process Monitor, what format preserves all data for loading in a different process Monitor instance?
Native Log
In process monitor, what allows easy viewing of process image information?
process tooltip
what in Process Monitorallows convenient access to formatted data that doesn’t fit in the column?
Detail tooltip
In process manager, what is boot time logging?
A type of system log that records events that occur during the system’s boot process
what does the process monitor page look like?
A set of columns with time, process name, session, PID, Archive, Operation, path, result, detail, date and time, and Image Path.
what should you look up to learn about package installing on Windows?
Windows Installer Examples
what is a database table editor for creating and editing Windows Installer packages and merge modules?
Orca.exe
what tool provides a graphical interface for validation, highlighting the particular entries where validation errors or warning occur?
Orca
where is Orca available?
the Windows SDK Components for Windows Installer Developers
what options are used with Orca.exe
-q, -s, -?
what is -q in Orca?
quiet mode
what is -s in quiet mode?
<database> Schema database ["orca.dat" - default]
</database>
where can you install software directly from? linux
source code, linux.
what changes because different programming languages are compiled differently in Linux?
the method of installation
what can you do to see a setup script?
extract a package archive
what is a setup script?
a script file that will fun a bunch of tasks on the computer in order to set up the package