Operating System Administration Flashcards
The ____ applet is used to configure the system time, date, and time zone settings, which can be important for files that require accurate time stamps or to users who don’t have a watch.
Date and Time
From this applet, you can choose what format is used for numbers, the layout of the keyboard you are using, your geographic location, and the language to be used for non-Unicode programs.
INTL.CPL
The ability to support so many languages is provided through the use of the ____.
Unicode Standard.
In Unicode, and the Unicode Character Set (UCS), each character has a 16-bit value. This allows the same character to be interpreted/represented by 65,536 different entities.
The Internet Options applet ____ brings up the Internet properties
(INETCPL.CPL)
This applet is used when you want to configure the browser environment and programs used for working with files found online.
Internet Options applet
(INETCPL.CPL
the ____ command is used to wipe data off disks and prepare them for new use.
Format
What switch specifies a new volume label?
/V:[label]
if you wanted to format your D: drive as NTFS, with a name of HDD2, you would type the following:
FORMAT D: /FS:NTFS /V:HDD2
Use the ____ command to copy directories.
xcopy
What does the xcopy switch /G perform?
Allows copying of encrypted files to a destination that does not support encryption.
What does the xcopy switch /H perform?
Copies hidden and system files as well.
What does the xcopy switch /O perform?
Copies file ownership and ACL information (NTFS permissions).
The ____ utility shows the partitions and lets you manage them on the computer’s hard drives.
DISKPART
The ____ is a command-line-based utility that checks and verifies the versions of system files on your computer.
System File Checker (SFC)
if system files are corrupted, the SFC will replace the corrupted files with correct versions.
What does the SFC switch /SCANFILE perform?
Scans a file that you specify and fixes problems if they are found.
You can use the Windows ____ utility to create and display status reports for the hard disk.
Chkdsk
This utility is used to update Group Policy settings.
GPUPDATE
The ___ command is used to display a list of the files and folders/subdirectories within a directory.
DIR
What does the DIR switch /S perform?
Recursively searches through subdirectories as well as the current directory.
What does the DIR switch /Q perform?
Shows file ownership.
The ____ command can be used to expand one or more compressed files—usually from update files such as security patches or critical updates.
EXPAND
The Registry is broken down into a series of separate areas called ____.
hives
Which registry hive includes information about which filename extensions map to particular applications?
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT:
Which registry hive holds all configuration information specific to a particular user, such as their Desktop settings and history information?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER:
