Revision Flashcards
What are the NTFS (New technology File System) permissions?
Read
Write
List Folder Contents
Read & Execute
Modify
Full Control
What are the Sharing permissions?
Full Control
Change
Read
How to see what kind of NTFS permissions you will be extending when you share a file or folder?
To see what kind of permissions you will be extending when you share a file or folder:
*Right click on the file/folder
*Go to “Properties”
*Click on the “Security” tab
How to see what kind of Sharing permissions you will be extending when you share a file or folder?
To see what kind of permissions you will be extending when you share a folder:
*Right click on the folder
*Go to “Properties”
*Click on the “Sharing” tab
*Click on “Advanced Sharing…”
*Click on “Permissions”
NTFS and Sharing examples
*If the share permissions are “Read”, NTFS permissions are “Full control”, when a user accesses the file on the share, they will be given “Read” permission.
*If the share permissions are “Full Control”, NTFS permissions are “Read”, when a user accesses the file on the share, they will still be given a “Read” permission.
How to install printer on Windows?
Select:
1.Start/Settings > Bluetooth & Devices > Printers &
Scanners
2.Click ‘Add a printer’
3.Wait for printer to be found or install manually
How to share a printer on Windows?
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Start > Settings > Settings >Devices > Printers &
Scanners.
2.Choose printer to be shared, then select Manage.
3.Select Printer Properties then choose Sharing tab.
4.On the Sharing tab, select Share this printer and select Next.
What is the purpose of Disk Formatting?
Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard drive, sloid state drive for initial use.
Formatting a hard drive means to delete all the data on the drive and set a file system to prepare an available space for the operating system.
Advantages of NTFS
Control. One of the primary features of NTFS is the use of disk quotas, which gives organizations more control over storage space. Administrators can use disk quotas to limit the amount of storage space a given user can access.
Performance - NTFS uses file compression, which shrinks file sizes, increasing file transfer speeds and giving businesses more storage space to work with. It also supports very large files.
Security- The access control features of NTFS let administrators place permissions on sensitive data, restricting access to certain users. It also supports encryption.
Easy logging- The MFT logs and audits files on the drive, so administrators can track files that have been deleted, added or changed in any way. NTFS is a journaling file system, meaning it logs transactions in a file system journal.
Reliability- Data and files can be quickly restored in the event of a system failure or error, because NTFS maintains the consistency of the file system. It is a fault tolerant system and has an MFT mirror file that the system can reference if the first MFT gets corrupted.
The purpose of password policies?
The purpose of password policies is to ensure that users are creating and using strong passwords that are difficult to guess, and that meet the security requirements of the organisation.
Typically, a password policy includes stipulations such as password length, complexity, history, expiry
A password policy is a set of rules that define the complexity and expiration of passwords for user accounts. A password policy can help you create strong passwords that are hard to guess or crack by hackers. A password policy can also force you to change your passwords regularly to prevent them from becoming stale or compromised.
What is an Account Lockout policy?
An account lockout policy is a set of rules that determine how many failed sign-in attempts will cause a user account to be locked out and for how long. An account lockout policy can help prevent force attacks, which are attempts to guess your password by trying many combinations until one works.
An account lockout policy can also deter hackers from continuing their attempts after reaching the threshold.
What is Backup Operators group?
A built-in group. By default, the group has no members. Backup Operators can back up and restore all files on a computer, regardless of the permissions that protect those files. Backup Operators also can log on to the computer and shut it down.
What is Cryptographic Operators group?
Members of this group are authorized to perform cryptographic operations. This security group was added in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to configure Windows Firewall for IPsec in Common Criteria mode.
Cryptographic operations include; encryption, decryption, digital signatures, and certificate management.
What is the purpose of disk defragmentation?
Disks become fragmented over a period of time after continuous usage. Disk defragmentation helps rearrange the files on the disk to contiguous spaces and thus improve disk performance.
The tool to defrag in Win 11 is Defragment & Optimise Drives.
What is the role of a device driver?
Device Driver is a type of software application that controls a specific hardware device that enables different hardware devices to communicate with the computer’s Operating System.
Device Drivers are essential for a computer system to work properly because without a device driver the particular hardware fails to work accordingly, which means it fails in doing the function/action it was created to do.
