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IT A+ Vocab 1002 > Windows Under The Hood > Flashcards

Windows Under The Hood Flashcards

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Complex binary file used to store configuration data about a particular Windows system. To edit it, users can use the applets found in the Control Panel

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Registry

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2
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Registry files

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Hives

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3
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Programs used to edit the Windows Registry

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Registry Editor/regedit

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4
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Five main categories in the Windows Registry

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Root keys

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5
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Root key that defined the standard class objects used by Windows

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

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A named group of functions that defines what you can do with the object it represents

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Class Object

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7
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Root key that stores the current user settings

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER

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8
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Root key that stores all of the personalized information for each user

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HKEY_USERS

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9
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Root key that contains all the data for a system’s non-user-specific configurations. Encompasses every device and every program in your computer

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

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10
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If the values in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE have more than one option, this root key defines which one is currently being used

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HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

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These are the most flexible type of value and are very common. Can put any form of data in these

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String Value

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12
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These values store nothing more than long strings of ones and zeros

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Binary Value

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These values are like Binary values but are limited to exactly 32 bits

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DWORD Value

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These values are like Binary values but are limited to exactly 64 bits

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QWORD Value

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15
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A full Registry editing tool in the Command-Line interface. Can view Registry keys and values, import and export some or all of a Registry, and even compare two different versions of a Registry

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Reg command

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16
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A command that can modify the Registry in only one way, adding/registering dynamic link library (DLL) files as command components in the Registry

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regsvr32 command

17
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Manages the boot process using the information from the Boot Configuration Data

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Boot Manager/bootmgr

18
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A file that contains information about the various OSes installed on the system as well as instructions for how to actually load (bootstrap) them

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Boot Configuration Data (BCD)

19
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Segment of code in a system’s BIOS that scans for an OS, looks specifically for a valid boot sector, and, when one is found, hands control over to the boot sector; then the bootstrap loader removes itself from memory

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Bootstrap Loader

20
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A program that enables you to perform a specific task on a computer, such as write a document or play a game

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Applications

21
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Tab in Task Manager that lists all running processes on a system. Frequently, a handy tool for ending buggy or unresponsive ones

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Processes

22
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A process that runs in the background of a PC but displays no icons anywhere. You can view a list of them in the Task Manager

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Services

23
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Gives you the ability to devote more or less processor time to a process

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Set Priority

24
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Enables you to specify which CPU cores a process can run on

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Set Affinity

25
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Windows command line tool for listing and managing processes

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Tasklist

26
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Windows command line took for killing running processes

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taskkill

27
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Windows utility that displays detailed performance information about a computer’s CPU, memory, disk, and network activity

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Resource Monitor

28
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A system component that is given a set of characteristics and can be managed by the OS as a single entity

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Object

29
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Tracks specific information about an object

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Counter

30
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Programming tools in Windows for the sharing of data objects between programs

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Component Services

31
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Windows log repository that accepts log entries from other Windows computers

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Data Collector Sets

32
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Coding standard that enables programmers to write databases and the applications that use them in a way that they can query it on how to locate and access a database without any concern about what application or OS is used

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Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)

33
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Windows programming tool for configuring the ODBC coding standard. Data Source Administrator enables you to create and manage entries called Data Source Names (DSNs) that point ODBC to a database. DSNs are used by ODBC-aware applications to query ODBC to find their databases

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ODBC Data Source Administrator

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