Overview of Windows 8 and 8.1

Question 1

What are 3 editions of windows 8/8.1

Answer 1

Windows 8/8.1 core
Windows 8/8.1 pro
Windows 8/8.1 enterprise

Question 2

Overview of a windows 8/8.1 core?

Answer 2

x86 and x64 versions, microsoft account integration; login to your computer and all of your services, windows defender, windows media player

Question 3

Overview of Windows 8 pro

Answer 3

full disk support for bitlocker and efs, join a windows domain; support for IT management, Group support policy;centralized management

Question 4

Overview of Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise

Answer 4

available for “software assurance” customers ; large volume licenses, adds enterprise features; applocker, windows to go, directacess, branchcache

Question 5

Windows 8/8.1processor requirements

Answer 5

1) pae (physical address extension)- 32 bit processors can use more than 4gb of memory
2) NX (NX Processor Bit)
- protect against malicious software
3) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2)
- Standard processor instruction set
- Used by thid-party applications and drivers

Question 6

Hardware requirements for Windows 8/8.1 (x86)

Answer 6

processor/cpu 1 ghz processor with support for PAE,NX, and SSE2

Memory 1GB ram
Free disk space 16gb
Video Directx 9 graphics device and WDDM driver

Question 7

Hardware requirements for Windows 8/8.1 (x64)

Answer 7

processor/cpu 1 ghz processor with support for PAE,NX, and SSE2

Memory 2GB ram
Free disk space 20gb
Video Directx 9 graphics device and WDDM driver

Question 8

Windows Vista

Answer 8

introduced a new GUI(Graphical user Interface); Aero

• Integrated search component
• emphasis on secuirty; user account control, prompt for authorization

Question 9

Windows Vista Home Basic

Answer 9

No active directory support

Question 10

windows vista home premium

Answer 10

adds dvd authoring, more games

Question 11

windows vista ultimate

Answer 11

• video as a background
• bitlocker
• language packs

Question 12

windows vista business

Answer 12

-supports active directory
-encrypting file systems
-remote desktop server
supports up to two physical cpus

Question 13

Windows Vista Enterprise

Answer 13

• Only available through volume licensing
• bitlocker encryption
• multilingual user interface packages

Question 14

Windows Vista Home Basic requirements

Answer 14

processor-800 MHz 
memory- 512mb ram
hard drive size/ free space - 20gb/15gb
disk requirements-dvd rom drive
video32mb graphics ram

Question 15

Windows Vista Home Premium/Ultimate/Business/Enterprise Minimum requirements

Answer 15

processor-1 GHz 
memory- 1gb ram
hard drive size/ free space - 40gb/15gb
disk requirements-dvd rom drive
video128mb graphics ram