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| Is the main tool used for configuring and removing installed device drivers |
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| is designed to increase system stability by requiring hardware manufacturers to validate their drivers with Microsoft |
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| term used to describe components that can be replaces while the computer is asleep, standby, or low-power state |
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- The driver installation procedures are found in the INF files
- Drivers verified and signed by Microsoft include CAT file, which contains the signature.
- Plug and Play takes care of devices resource settings for most devices.
- Device Manager is the basic management tool for driver management
- Driver errors can be recovered by updating drivers, using Safe Mode, loading the Last Known Good Configuration, or restoring to a system restore point |
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| Plug and Play process's 3 major components |
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- Bus Enumerator
- Configuration Manager
- Resource Arbitor |
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Which of the following is not part of the Plug and Play procedure?
1. Resource Arbiter
2. Dynamic Reconfigurator
3. Configuration Manager
4. Bus Enumerator |
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| 2. Dynamic Reconfigurator is not part of the Plug and Play procedure |
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| Running out-dated applications on Window XP or Vista |
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| Check the Application Compatibility Settings |
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- 16-bit, 32-bit, and DOS-based applications function under Windows 9x and Windows XP, and 64-bit applications if the OS is 64-bit Windows
- There are core architectural differences between 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. Support for applications differs based on the architectural differences of the OSes
- The new application compatibility features in Windows allow it to support a wider range of older Windows applications |
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Which of the following types of multitasking are supported by Windows XP? (choose 2)
1. Share-based multitasking
2. Equality multitasking
3. Cooperative multitasking
4. Preemptive mutlitasking |
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| 3,4; Cooperative and Preemptive |
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Which of the following are benefits of 32-bit Windows applications? (choose 2)
1. They share a common message queue.
2. They run in separate memory spaces
3. They are preemptively multitasked
4. They support running multiple applications in one virtual machine |
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| 2,3; They run in separate memory spaces (so that when an application hangs it does not affect the others) and are preemptively multitasked |
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How can you preemptively multitask 16-bit windows applicatiosn when using Windows XP?
1. Right-click the application icon and choose Launch in Seperate Memory Space.
2. Choose Start->Run, use the Browse button to locate the application, then select the Start in Separate Memory Space check box.
3. use start /separate in a command prompt
4. This cannot be done |
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| 3, using the START command allows you to run applications in separate memory spaces |
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What effect does a 32-bit Windows application have on the rest of a Windows XP system when it hangs or crashes?
1. it halts 32-bit Windows applications that are running on the system
2. It halts 16-bit Windows applications that are running on the system.
3. It halts MS-DOS-based applications running on the system.
4. It has no effect on other applications |
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| 4. when a 32-bit Windows application crashes, it has no effect on other applications running on the system. |
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What effect does a 16-bit Windows application have on the rest of a Windows XP system when it hangs or crashes?
1. it halts 32-bit Windows applications that are running on the system
2. It halts 16-bit Windows applications that are running on the system.
3. It halts MS-DOS-based applications running on the system.
4. It has no effect on other applications |
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| 2. When a 16-bit Windows app crashes, it halts other 16-bit Windows applications in the same memory space. MS-DOS and 32-bit Windows apps should continue to operate. |
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| Which main subsystems are where system bottlenecks occur? |
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Either in the:
-Processor
-Memory
-Disk
-Network |
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component of Performance that makes the graphs of current and logged activity.
Windows Vista and 7 have gone back to calling the component that makes the graphs "Performance Monitor" |
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- Virtual memory and applications that access the paging file reduce performance.
- Performance is increased by using the computer's faster interface available for a device, such as using a FireWire rather than serial.
- To improve performance, reduce the number of processes and services running.
- Printers can be optimized by changing the location of the spool directory |
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What 2 things can you do to improve hard disk access?
1. Double the number of pins on your drive that are carrying data.
2. Defragment your drive.
3. Add a speed doubler to the drive bus
4. Change to a faster bus architecture |
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Disk maintenance programs, such as 'fdisk,' 'defrag,' and 'chkdsk,' are used to improve performance and reliability of the disk subsystem
- Configuration utilities, such as the system configuration utility, System Information tool, Registry editors, Registry scanners, Device Manager, and the Computer Management Console are used to view or change Windows Configuration settings.
- 'wordpad.exe' or 'notepad.exe' can be used to create or modify text files.
- 'expand.exe' can be used to decompress Windows XP source files |
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Which files on your hard drive make up the Windows XP Registry?
1. system.dat and registry.dat
2. user.dat and system.dat
3. user.dat and hardware.dat
4. system, sam, security, and ntuser.dat |
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4. system, sam, security, and ntuser.dat, in addition ro software, are the files that make up the registry.
All of the files are found in <%systemroot%>\system32\config, with the exception of ntuser.dat, which is found in each user's profile directory |
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You need to automate a procedure on your computer. What tools could you use?
1. wscript.exe
2. ScriptIt.exe
3. config.sys
4. Local ASP |
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| wscript.exe, Windows Script Host, can be used to automate processes |
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What is the name of the command-line version of Windows Script Host?
1. ComScript.exe
2. wscript.exe
3. cmscript.exe
4. cscript.exe |
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| 4. cscript.exe is the command line script interpreter. |
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