Windows Management

Question 1

Event Viewer

Answer 1

Central Event Consolidation
eventvwr.msc

Question 2

Disk Management

Answer 2

Manage disk operations
diskmgmt.msc

Question 3

Task Scheduler

Answer 3

Schedule an application or script
taskschd.msc

Question 4

Device Manager

Answer 4

Manage specific devices and drivers
decmgmt.msc

Question 5

Certificate Manager

Answer 5

View user and trusted certs
certmgr.msc

Question 6

Local users and groups

Answer 6

Users - admins, guests, “regular users”
Groups - Admins, users, backup operators, Power Users, etc.
lusrmgr.msc

Question 7

Performance Monitor

Answer 7

Gather long-term statistics
perfmon.msc

Question 8

Group Policy Editor

Answer 8

Centrally manage users and systems

Question 9

Local group policy editor

Answer 9

Manage the local device
gpedit.msc

Question 10

Group Policy Management Console

Answer 10

Integrated with Active Directory
Powerful management System
gpmc.msc

Question 11

System Information

Answer 11

System overview
Hardware, components, software
msinfo32.exe

Question 12

Resource Monitor

Answer 12

Detailed real-time view of performance seperated by categories
resmon.exe

Question 13

System Configuration

Answer 13

Manage boot processes, startup, services, etc.
msconfig.exe

Question 14

Disk Cleanup

Answer 14

Find unused or unneeded files
cleanmgr.exe

Question 15

Defrag

Answer 15

Disk defragmentation, move files so that they are contiguous
defrag c:

Question 16

regedit.exe

Answer 16

The Windows Registry Editor is the master database that is used by almost everything. Very important to have a backup