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Windows tools/ Administrative tools Flashcards

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Task manager

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-allows to close a non-responsive application in windows
- displays information on programs, processes and services that are currently running on the computer
- provide access to user applications that can be enabled disabled during system boot
- allows system admins to manage currently logged in users
- provides real time reports on how a windows based computer s using system resources

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processes tab of task manager

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provides real time information about system resources used by running applications and background processes

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Performance tab of task manager

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provides access to real time graphs showing total cpu memory,disk, network and GPU usage.

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App history tab of task manager

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shows list of all applications and what the usage was since the BEGINNING of the system

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Startup apps tab of task manager

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allows to disable/enable applications that are launched automatically when signing in

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User tab of task manager

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lists all signed in user accounts along with further details on applications and system resources used by each account. Also allows system admins to disconnect the user (invoke a windows lock screen) or to sign them off (force user to log off)

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Details tab of task manager

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  • shows every single process, its PID, the status and username of who started that process/application. Also has CPU utilization, memory usage and UAC virtualization
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services tab of task manager

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any application that runs in the background, not user facing applications

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MMC (Microsoft Management Console)

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customizable framework providing access to a collection of system utilites (snapins) designed to manage networks, computers, services and other system components

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Event viewer

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monitors system health and trouble shooting problems with applications, OS, and hardware. allows for viewing and managing event logs

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4 main types of event logs

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Application
Security
System
Setup

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Application Event logs

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contain information about any of the applications on our system, non core processes and utilities, and third party applications that are installed

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System event logs

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contain all the logs that affect the core operating system of windows

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Application and system logs

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display events that fall into 5 categories:
information
warning
error
critical
verbose

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information

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doesnt require action, just information, least serious issue

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warning

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could lead to an error or critical issue if not remediated, doesnt need to be addressed or investigated immediately

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Error

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should be investigated and addressed

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critical

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fix ASAP

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verbose

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provides more details about what is happening

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Security logs

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hold all audit data for the system, any time someone tries to log into the system or log out of the system it will be in the security log

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Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)

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launches a GUI utility for managing storage media (computer drives, partitions etc) in windows

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Task scheduler (taskschd.msc)

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provides capability to schedule the launch of programs or scripts at the predefined times or after specified time intervals, on right side allows you to create a basic task, run task, import task, view task history

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General tab of task scheduler

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has name, location of what tool is, and a description of what its going to do,
has security options to run at highest priviledges, see which account is going to be used to run it, see what version of windows the task is configured for

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Triggers tab of task scheduler

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what is going to cause this task to occur? could be date and time based or other actions.

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actions tab of task scheduler

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what happens after the trigger occurs

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conditions tab of task scheduler

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what conditions are we going to have along with the trigger
-idle- start task if computer is idle, stop if computer ceases to be idle, restart when idle state continues
Power- start if computer is on AC power, stop if computer on battery power, wake computer to run task
network- only start task if connected to network or not

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Setting

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  • run task on demand
    -run task as soon as possible after scheduled start is missed
  • customize if task fails can restart
  • if you want task to stop if it runs for a certain amount of time
  • force task to stop if doesnt end when requested
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Device manager (devmmgmt.msc)

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view and manage installed hardware components and drivers

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cert manager (certmgr.msc)

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allow to view, export, import and delete digital certificates

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personal folder of digital certificates

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store certificates that have been issued to user account. can be used for authentication, encrypting data or digitally signing documents and messages

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trusted root certificate authorities

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set of certificates that all issuers are going to trust including microsofts own certificate authority

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third party root certificate authorities

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contain trusted issuers from providers outside of your local enterprise or microsoft

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Performance monitor (perfmon.exe)

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examine (in real time and by collecting log data for later analysis) how programs that are run affect a computers performance

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gpedit (gpedit.msc)

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allows admins to modify settings that are applied to both users and computers , can configure different windows settings across all machines in the network such as account policies and passsword policies

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System info (msinfo32.exe)

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displays details about computers hardware resources, computer components, and software environment

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System configuration (msconfig.exe)

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troubleshoots system startup problems

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General tab of System configuration

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  • allows for startup selection
  • normal startup- load all device drivers and services
  • diagnostic startup- load basic devices and services only
  • selective startup- load system services, load startup items, use original boot configuration
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boot tab of system configuration

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manages:
- default OS to load in a multiboot environment
- safe boot options
- boot logging
- amount of hardware resources

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services tab of system configuration

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contains list of background applications/services that can be enabled/disabled during windows system startup

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tools tab of system configuration

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provides acces to MMC snapins (other windows tools)

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disk clean up (cleanmgr.exe)

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can be used for freeing up disk space

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disk defragmenter (dfrgui.exe)

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allows to optimize disk performance

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Registry editor (regedit.exe)

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provides access to a database containing system configuration information, uses a series of keys

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

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contains the keys with file name extension associations and COMM class registration information that you have for your system, intended for older 16 bit version of windows

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER

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subset of the larger HKEY USER SETTINGS for that particular logged in user

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

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govern system wide settings for this particular computer, not any other systems across the network

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HKEY_USERS

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folder for each user on the system

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HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

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  • shortcut back to the HKEY local machine

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