Section 9 ch 12 Windows Under the Hood

Question 1

What is a process?

Answer 1

A program that is taking up memory

Question 2

Before making changes to the registry what should you do?

Answer 2

Make a backup of settings just in case something goes wrong

Question 3

what does HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT store?

Answer 3

everything that is in the computer and defines what it will do

Question 4

What does HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG store

Answer 4

stores what software and hardware are being used

Question 5

What does HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE store

Answer 5

defines all the settings the computer will use

Question 6

What happens if you were to lose your registry?

Answer 6

The computer wont work

Question 7

What must you use to read the registry?

Answer 7

Registry editor (Regedit.exe)

Question 8

What is stored in the registry?

Answer 8

Windows settings, passwords, etc

Question 9

What are the tabs in the system configuration window?

Answer 9

General , Boot , Services, Startup, and Tools

Question 10

What is the system configuration window used for?

Answer 10

Is used to change configuration settings on start up

Question 11

In the system configuration window when would you want to do a diagnostic startup?

Answer 11

When you would want to start up basic devices and services

Question 12

What are the hot keys to get to task manager in windows 7

Answer 12

Ctrl + Alt + DEL or CTrl + Shift + ESC

Question 13

What ae the tabs in windows 7 task bar?

Answer 13

Applications, Processes, Services, Performance, Networking, and Users

Question 14

In task manager on windows 7 in the performance tab how do you determine how much RAM you have available?

Answer 14

By adding the Available and free variables together

Question 15

What are the tabs in Resource Monitor?

Answer 15

Overview, CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network

Question 16

If your computer is running slow where is the first place you would look at?

Answer 16

Resource monitor - Overview - Memory - Look at hard faults to see if its in excess of 100+

Question 17

In winodws 7 if there are a lot of background processes or services eating up memory where you go first to see what could be the problem?

Answer 17

Resource monitor - CPU - Services

Question 18

What version of windows did Reource monitor get added to task manager?

Answer 18

Windows 7

Question 19

In windows 10 what are the tabs in Task manager?

Answer 19

Processes, Performance, App History, Startup, Users, Details, Services

Question 20

What is MSCONFIG?

Answer 20

System configuration

Question 21

If you have a bad driver or service what option can help you in system configuration?

Answer 21

Diagnostic startup option -allows you to load basic devices and services only

Question 22

In system configuration window when would you use the selective startup option?

Answer 22

When you installed something that is a service and something else and you dont know if its the service or startup item is causing the problem

Question 23

In system configuration what happens when you select the safe boot option?

Answer 23

Shutdowns all of the complex drivers and virtual memory and high end video cards etc

Question 24

When in sytem config under boot tab what happens when you select safe boot and select network option?

Answer 24

Allows you to do a safe boot with the ability to go onto the internet

Question 25

Where can you find info on what type of processor, How much RAM you have Computer name etc?

Answer 25

In the System window

Question 26

How can you steup restore points on the computer

Answer 26

In the system window under advnaced system settings

Question 27

What is data exceution prevention?

Answer 27

security feature that monitors and protects certain pages or regions of memory, preventing them from executing (usually malicious) code

Question 28

What is the MMC and what does it do?

Answer 28

Microsoft Management Console - Allows a user to make customized tools by allowing a user to open multiple tools and open other computer tools as well

Question 29

What are logical disks?

Answer 29

Volumes which is part of a hard drive seperated into a new virtual hard drive

Question 30

What can Event viewer do?

Answer 30

Allows you to see who logs in, when certain things happen such as faults are logged

Question 31

How do you stop a service?

Answer 31

Go to task manager right click service and select stop