Understanding Device Configuratioins

Question 1

What are the key features of Windows 10?

Answer 1

Robust and flexible system
Supports mobile devices
Live tiles on start menu
Menu is a blend of windows 7 start menu and windows 8 start screen

Question 2

What does the settings application allow you to do?

Answer 2

System allows configure display, notifications, apps, multitasking, power and sleep etc
Devices allows access to hardware eg printers

Question 3

What is a Microsoft account?

Answer 3

Sync desktop across multiple windows 10 devices

Question 4

What is a Local account?

Answer 4

members of workgroups to provide access to that computer only

Question 5

What is a domain account?

Answer 5

AD account - stored as objects on a dc, used to authenticate the user and grant authorization to specific domain resources

Question 6

What is MMC?

Answer 6

Microsoft Management Console MMC.

Question 7

What does MMC allow you to do?

Answer 7

Admin tool to manage windows and many network services
Create, save and open various admin tools
Device manager is a snap-in forMMC

Question 8

What are some of the functionalities that you can do with the taskbar?

Answer 8

Pin programs to taskbar

Jump list - hover the mouse over an icon to preview a list of several programs

Question 9

What are user profiles?

Answer 9

Series of folders within a user account that contains personal docs etc. stored on local hard disk

Question 10

What is roaming user account?

Answer 10

copy of local user stored on a shared server drive. Accessible from anywhere on the network

Question 11

What are mandatory accounts?

Answer 11

roaming profile that users cannot change. Enforce particular desktop settings for individuals/groups

Question 12

What is a super mandatory account?

Answer 12

requires the user to access the server-based profile or the logon fails

Question 13

What is a group policy?

Answer 13

Settings to restrict certain actions, make systems secure or standardize a working environment.
Control registry, NTFS security, an audit, security policy, software installation, folder redirection, offline folders, log on and off scripts

Question 14

What is drive encryption?

Answer 14

converting data into a format that cannot be read by another user

Question 15

What is decryption?

Answer 15

encrypted to original format to be viewable

Question 16

What is EFS?

Answer 16

Encrypting File System-encrypt files on an NTFS volume. Cannot be used unless the user has keys required to decrypt.

Question 17

How do you know a file has been encrypted?

Answer 17

File turns green once encrypted on EFS

Question 18

Bitlocker?

Answer 18

BitLocker is only for simple volumes.

BitLocker BDE since Vista and Server 2008 can use a TPM microchip built into hard drive.

Question 19

What does EFS allow you to do?

Answer 19

Encrypt files stored in windows 2000, xp professional and server 2003
Protect data while it’s transferred from one system to another
Symmetric - one key to encrypt
Asymmetric - two keys to protect encryption key
Occurs at file-system level - transparent to the user
Efs keys are protected by the user’s password.

Question 20

What is identiry services?

Answer 20

provides cresentila shtta can be registrered with an acces control service such as azure. Allows users to autherinticate with an cs and recieve a token.

Question 21

Directory service?

Answer 21

Organises, and provides access to information in a directory