Windows Version Flashcards
● OBJ 1.1: Identify basic features of Microsoft Windows editions ● OBJ 1.7: Given a scenario, apply application installation and configuration concepts
Windows 11 supports what bit version?
64 bit
Windows 10 supports what bit version?
32-bit or 64-bit version
Each piece of hardware will be 32-bit or 64-bit based on what?
The processor
x86 must have which bit OS?
32 bit OS
x64 must have which bit OS?
backwards compatible, can have 32 or 64 bit OS
Minimum amount of RAM for Windows 10 (32 bit)
1GB
Minimum amount of RAM for Windows 10 (64 bit)
2GB
Minimum amount of RAM for Windows 11
4GB
Basic edition of the Windows operating system
● Not designed to be used in a business environment
- storage device encryption removed
-does not support WIP (windows information protection)
-no business management features
-least expensive version
Windows Home
How much storage space for Windows Home?
20GB
minimum core processor needed for Windows Home 11?
2 core processor
Does Windows Home support multiple processors?
No
Does Windows Home support hyperthreading?
Yes
Licensing for Windows Home used by the original manufacturers
OEM
Licensing for Windows Home where the OS can be moved to any hardware (one at a time only)
Retail
Can you move up from Windows 10 to 11 using the same edition?
yes
Windows operating system that focuses on business use
- used in a domain environment
-uses BitLocker, Group Policy Editor, RDP, and WIP
Windows Pro
Full disk drive encryption schema that is provided inside of Windows Pro and Windows Enterprise editions
-enables encryption of a hard disk or solid state device using keys stored in the TPM within the CPU
-uses AES (advanced encryption system) for all files on the device
BitLocker
● Creates and applies operating system and software application settings across all the users
-not available within the Home edition
Group Policy Editor
What command is used to open the Group Policy Editor?
gpedit.msc
Remotely connect to your Windows Pro machine from anywhere in the world
-access is provided to the entire operating system
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
Helps identify and protect against potential data leakage or data exfiltration
-formerly enterprise data protection (EDP)
Windows Information Protection (WIP)
Licensing for Windows Pro and is the original equipment manufacturer license
OEM
Licensing for Windows Pro and allows you to buy one license for one piece of hardware
Retail
Windows Pro is designed to be used by what types of businesses?
Small/medium sized businesses
is an improved version of the Windows Pro
edition
● It provides support for additional hardware
● can support up to four-way
multiprocessing up to 256 cores
Windows Pro for Workstations
Disk space needed for Windows 10 Pro?
20GB
Disk space needed for Windows 11 Pro?
64GB
Licensing for business class versions, allocates OS based on number of computers
Volume based licensing
a fully featured version of Windows
-can do everything that windows pro can do + more (app virtualization, user environment virtualization, direct access, credential guard, windows to go)
■ can only use volume licensing
Windows Enterprise
allows virtualization of application execution environment (creates sandbox)
- protects the rest of the operating system from any kind of malware
Application virtualization (App-V)
used to capture, save, and manage Windows 10 operating system
-Allows multiple people to use the same machine but separates all their settings
Microsoft user environmnet virtualization (UEV)
used to allow connectivity for remote users without the use of a VPN
DirectAccess
allows for virtualization-based security and only grants
access to privileged systems
Credential guard
creates an image version of a corporate Windows 10
environment that can be run on a user’s personal computer
-adds more security
Windows To Go
Max memory size of Windows Enterprise
6TB
How many processors does Windows Enterprise support?
4 physical processors
variant of Windows Enterprise
Windows Education
Variant of Windows Pro
Windows Pro Education
specialized versions of windows created to comply with EU antitrust regulations
-can be variants of all windows editions
-difference is the absense of Microsoft’s normally built-in multimedia features
Windows N
N stands for?
“No media player”
If you wanted to use the same multimedia functions, how would you do that?
download and install microsofts optional media feature pack
users cannot perform basic tasks like playing videos or recording audio without this feature
Media Feature pack
means the setup program for the new version will be
launched within the current operating system
In-Place upgrade
Verify the system meets the minimum requirements for the new operating system before doing what?
performing an upgrade to Windows
upgrades edition of windows // stays within same version
Edition upgrade
do this upgrade if computer is infected with malicious software
Clean upgrade
What would be removed with a OS downgrade?
applications and settings
a software or operating system installation where the configuration information is derived from an input file.
Unattended installation
a type of installation that attempts to replace the existing version of the operating system files with a new copy of the same version.
Repair Installation
