Section 9 ch 12 Windows Under the Hood Flashcards
What is a process?
A program that is taking up memory
Before making changes to the registry what should you do?
Make a backup of settings just in case something goes wrong
what does HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT store?
everything that is in the computer and defines what it will do
What does HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG store
stores what software and hardware are being used
What does HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE store
defines all the settings the computer will use
What happens if you were to lose your registry?
The computer wont work
What must you use to read the registry?
Registry editor (Regedit.exe)
What is stored in the registry?
Windows settings, passwords, etc
What are the tabs in the system configuration window?
General , Boot , Services, Startup, and Tools
What is the system configuration window used for?
Is used to change configuration settings on start up
In the system configuration window when would you want to do a diagnostic startup?
When you would want to start up basic devices and services
What are the hot keys to get to task manager in windows 7
Ctrl + Alt + DEL or CTrl + Shift + ESC
What ae the tabs in windows 7 task bar?
Applications, Processes, Services, Performance, Networking, and Users
In task manager on windows 7 in the performance tab how do you determine how much RAM you have available?
By adding the Available and free variables together
What are the tabs in Resource Monitor?
Overview, CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network
If your computer is running slow where is the first place you would look at?
Resource monitor - Overview - Memory - Look at hard faults to see if its in excess of 100+
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?
Resource monitor - CPU - Services
What version of windows did Reource monitor get added to task manager?
Windows 7
In windows 10 what are the tabs in Task manager?
Processes, Performance, App History, Startup, Users, Details, Services
What is MSCONFIG?
System configuration
If you have a bad driver or service what option can help you in system configuration?
Diagnostic startup option -allows you to load basic devices and services only
In system configuration window when would you use the selective startup option?
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
In system configuration what happens when you select the safe boot option?
Shutdowns all of the complex drivers and virtual memory and high end video cards etc
When in sytem config under boot tab what happens when you select safe boot and select network option?
Allows you to do a safe boot with the ability to go onto the internet
Where can you find info on what type of processor, How much RAM you have Computer name etc?
In the System window
How can you steup restore points on the computer
In the system window under advnaced system settings
What is data exceution prevention?
security feature that monitors and protects certain pages or regions of memory, preventing them from executing (usually malicious) code
What is the MMC and what does it do?
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
What are logical disks?
Volumes which is part of a hard drive seperated into a new virtual hard drive
What can Event viewer do?
Allows you to see who logs in, when certain things happen such as faults are logged
How do you stop a service?
Go to task manager right click service and select stop
