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01/03/2005

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Term
Windows NT 4.0 supports which of the following:
FAT16
FAT32
NTFS 4.0
NTFS 5.0
Definition
FAT16
NTFS4.0
Term
Windows 95a/b supports
FAT16
FAT32
NTFS 4.0
NTFS 5.0
Definition
a supports FAT16
b supports FAT16 and FAT32
Term
Windows 98 supports which of the following:
FAT16
FAT32
NTFS 4.0
NTFS 5.0
Definition
FAT16 and FAT32
Term
Windows ME supports which of the following:
FAT16
FAT32
NTFS 4.0
NTFS 5.0
Definition
FAT16 and FAT32
Term
Windows 2000/XP supports which of the following:
FAT16
FAT32
NTFS 4.0
NTFS 5.0
Definition
FAT16/32
NTFS 4.0 if converted
NFTFS5.0
Term
Staring with WIndows 2000, this was called "my Netowkr Places".
Definition
Network Neighborhood
Term
paging file or swap file is linked with:
(a) extended memory
(b) Virtual Memory
Definition
(b) Virtual Memory
Term
Windows NT 4.0 lacked
(a) networking
(b) PnP
Definition
PnP
Term
WIndows 9X's ScanDisk checks for hard disks, while in NT its called ____
Definition
Check Disk.
Term
Windows 9X Major system file:
A startup file that interacts with the BIOS and the hardware, firs file exectued at startup after the BIOS runs its POST test
Definition
IO.SYS
Term
Windows 9X Major system file:
Under MS-DOS this file is shared startpuduties with IO.SYS, but under Windows 9.X it is a plain text configuration
Definition
MSDOS.SYS
Term
Windows 9X Major system file:
2 INI files that exist for backward compatbilitiy with 16 bit (win 3.x) applications
Definition
System.ini and Win.ini
Term
The main executable program for the Windows 9X OS
Definition
WIN.COM
Term
The command interpreter, in Win 9X
Definition
COMMAND.COM
Term
a SYS initilization file that loads real mode device drivers at startup, not needed.
Definition
CONFIG.SYS
Term
Windows 9X Major system file:
loads Terminate and Stay Resident program (TSR)
Definition
AUTOEXEC.BAT
Term
Windows 9X Major system file:
Extneded memory magement utility in Win 9X
loaded through CONFIG.SYS
Definition
HIMEM.SYS
Term
Expanded memory management utility in Win 9X
Definition
EMM386.EXE
Term
2 registry files for WIn 9X and CANNOT be edited with a text editor: need to use REGEDIT.EXE
Definition
USER.DAT and SYSTEM. DAT
Term
Windows 2000 Major SYstem Files are
There are 4:
Definition
NTDLR, BOOT.INI, NTDETCT.COM, NTBOOTDD.SYS, SYstem FIles
Term
Windows 2000 Major System FIle:
Boot straps the system, starts the loading of an OS on the computer
Definition
NTDLR
Term
Windows 2000 Major System FIle:
holds info about the OS, used in dual booting, to display boot menu
Definition
boot.ini
Term
Windows 2000 Major System FIle:
parses system for hardware info, used to create dynamic hardware info in Win Registry
Definition
NTDETECT.COM
Term
2 System files in Windows 2000 , in system directory (not in root of C), WIN.com and ___.DLL
Definition
HALL.DLL
Term
CUrrent user's settings (for each user) in NT/2000/XP are stored in ____.DAT file
Definition
NTUSER.DAT
Term
Windows Registry in NT/2000/XP don't use USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT.
They use 4 others beginning with S
Definition
SAM (Security accounts management)
SECURITY
SOFTWARE
SYSTEM
Term
Exxternal commanded are usually found in C:\?????? . Examples are FORMAT, FDISK (Internal are DIR/DEL/COPY)
Definition
C:\Windows\Command
Term
Command to remove the read only attribute from start.doc
ATTRIB _______
Definition
ATTRIB -R start.doc
Term
ATTRIB +H *.*
Definition
adds the hidden attribute to all files in the current location
Term
Dir /w, DIR/p
Definition
Wide format (with fewer details). /p displasy the listine one screen at a time
Term
VER
Definition
displasy the current OS name and version
Term
MEM /C
Definition
Provides more detailed memory information
Term
COPY *.* A:\
Definition
Copies all files from the current folder to A: drive
Term
XCOPY C:\JOBS\
Definition
coppies everything from the directoy to the Current directory and also copies any subfolders.
Term
MD/CD/RD
DELTREE (directories)
DEL(files)
Definition
make directory, cahnge directory remove directory
Removes non empty directories including subdirectories
Term
REN MYFILE.DOC YOURFILE.DOC
Definition
Renames MYFILE.DoC to YOURFILE.DOC
Term
TYPE show.sys
Definition
like "cat", shows thte text contained tin the file
Term
SET
Definition
command used in AUTOEXEC.BAT to set a variable
Term
PING microsoft.com
Definition
check IP addy for reachability
Term
One or more ___ partitions can be defined within the extended partition, only 1 primary and 1 extended partition can be created in Win 9X utility FDISK
Definition
logical
Term
Windows NT has "Disk administrator" in its Administrative Tools folder, WIn 2000 has a _________ tool within its "computer management utility"
Definition
disk management
Term
FAT16 has a limit of ___ GB per aparition, also the root of any FAT drive has a limit of ___ entries (including directories, files etc) used in DOS, Win 3X, and early version of ______
Definition
4 GB, 512, Windows 95a
Term
FAT32 saves space because it supports larger drives and smaller _______ units.
Windows 98 includes the FAT32 Drive converter tool called )))) .EXE
Definition
allocation units, CVT1.EXE
Term
NTFS4 only used with WIndows _____ 4.0 and can convert a FAT drive to NTFS with what command?
Definition
NT 4.0, CONVERT command
Term
NTFS includes enhancments such as ___, and has a new feature called "Dynamic Disks" (concept of improving drive peformance) and used for 2000/XP
Definition
encryption
Term
DOS uses a __.___ limit while with Win95 files can have up to ___ characters (215 in WIn 2000)
Definition
8.3
Term
DIR /ah
Definition
listing of hidden files
Term
The Attribe command can set/remove the RASH attributes.. what are they?
Definition
Read Only
Archive
SYstem
Hidden
Term
DEFRAG reduces the # of files that are stored noncontiguously, there are 3 switches
-a analyze only
-f ____________
-v Verbose output
Definition
forces degramnetnation even if disk space is low
Term
FDISK (Fixed Disk Utility)
switches are
/STATUS ______________
/S ____________
Definition
Displays part info /STATUS
ignores extended part info /S
Term
CHKDSK /F
Definition
fixes teh error it finds, like ScanDisk
Term
Scan Disk
/ALL checks and reparis all local drives
/AUTOFIX ___________
/CHECK ONLY checks not repair
/CUSTOM configs and runs SCANDISK.INI Settings
/NOSAVE - WIth/AUTO FIX, deletes lost clusters rather than saving them as files
Definition
fixes damage without prompting
Term
SCANDISK
/NO Summary - WIth ?CHECKONLY or ?AUTOFIX prevents Scandisk from stopping at summary screens
/SURFACE ___________
?MONO COnfigs scan disk for use with monochrome displays
Definition
perofrms a surface scan after other checks.
Term
To run this like ScanDIsk, dispaly Properities box for a hard disk, select Check Disk for Errors fro m the TOols tab(for NT/2000/XP)
Definition
Check Disk (not the same as CHKDSK old MS-DOS utility)
Term
FORMAT found in C:\Windows\Command
/V[:lable[ - specifies volume lable
/Q ____
/F:size specifies the format size
/B - allocates space on formatted disk for system files to be added later
Definition
quick format
Term
FORMAT
/S - _______
/T: tracks specifies the # of tracks per disk side
/N: sectors specifies sectors
/1 formats a single side of a floopy
/8 formats 8 sectors per track
/C
Definition
/S copies system files to the formatted disk
/C tests clusters that are currrently marked as bad.
Term
REGEDT32 is an alternate progeram to REGEDIT in which OS?
Definition
Win NT 4.0 and 2000
Term
____ (editor) is like notepad except it automatically opens a separate pane for each of the startup text files such as AUTOEXEC.BAT
Definition
SYSEDIT
Term
How to check the registry run which command ________??? You can back up the registry in NT/2000 using the backup program or creating emergecy repair disk using which command?????
Definition
SCANREG, ERD
Term
This command is a cabinet extraction tool for cabinet (CA0 archive files.
You can use this utility to replace a missing file:
EXTRACT x:\cabfile x:\replace
/Y ________
/A searaches all CAB files
/D displays cab directory
/E extract all
/L dir Loc
Definition
Does not prompt before overwriting an existing copy.
Term
Name 2 OS that does not support FAT32
Definition
Windows 95a
Windows NT 4.0
Term
The minimym requirements for this Version of Windows is Pentium, 16MB (32 Recommended) 110 MB Hard Disk
Definition
NT WOrkstation 4.0
Term
Min requirement is 386DX(486 recommended) 4MB(8MB rec) - 50-55MB Hard disk space. What version of Windows?
Definition
Windows 95
Term
Min requirement is 486DX 66 (Pent recomended) with 16 MB of RAM, 165-355MB Hard disk. Which Windows?
Definition
Windows 98
Term
Version of windows that has min requirement of 150Mhz pent, 32MB RAM, 480-645MB Hard disk
Definition
Windows ME
Term
Windows that requirems 133Mhz Pentium, 64MB, 2GB with at least 650MB free
Definition
2000 Pro
Term
Windows that requirems 233Mhz (300 rec) Pentium, 64MB (128 rec), 1.5GB, and SVGA
Definition
XP
Term
Booting from DIsk to Access a Local CD, you require 2 files to load a CD-ROM driver, one is
CONFIG.SYS,
the other is
______________________ with these lines
PATH = C:\;C:\DOS
MSDEX.EXE /D: PANCD001
Definition
AUTOEXEC.BAT
Term
Booting from DIsk to Access a Local CD, you require 2 files to load a CD-ROM driver, one is
AUTOEXEC.BAT
the other is
______________________ with these lines
FIles=25
Buffers=9,256
DEVICE=C:\PANCD.SYS /D:PANCD001
Definition
CONFIG.SYS
Term
ONce installiing windows 9X, there are 2 files you may want to look at, to seeif there is problems during startup, one is BOOTLONG.TXT, the other is ____.TXT
Definition
DETLOG
Term
You can upgrade
From 95/98 to: 98, ___, ___, _____
From NT 4.0 to: 2000 or XP
From 2000 to: _____
Definition
ME, 2000,XP
XP
Term
WINNT.EXE is the utilit for new installs, and ___.EXE is the utility from upgrades from 9x to 2000//XP versions
Definition
WINNT32
Term
WIndows 9X boot process
1. POST
2. ___ loads and finds the boot sector and load into memory the IO.SYS file
3. IO.SYS loads into memory and stars processor in _____ _____
4.WIN.COM loads and trasfers the processor to protected mode.
5. Virtual devic
Definition
MBR
real mode
Term
Which version of WIndows does not have Logged/Enable Boot Logging?
Definition
NT
Term
Which version of windows does not have Safe mode?
Definition
NT
Term
Which version(s) of windows does not have Safe Mode with Network Support?
Definition
98/ME/NT
Term
Which version of Windows has the "Last Known Good Configuration" version
Definition
2000/XP
Term
Windows NT ERD (EMergency Repair Disk_ is different from 9X since it contaons only info and NOT a bootable disk, it contains: SYSTEM, SOFTWARE Registry, default. user profile (ntuser.da), and 3 other files
Definition
Setup.log
Autoexec.nt
Config.nt
Term
"INvalid Boot Disk" when it occurs
Definition
- when files needed aren't found
- accidnetly leaving a nonbootable floppy when breboot
Term
"No Operating system " error occurs when
Definition
- no OS installed
- boot sector has been corrupted
-boot files have been corrupted or deleted
can use FIXBOOT from Recovery Console
Term
THe files required for a Windows 9X startup disk are
1. IO.SYS
2.
3.
Definition
2. MSDOS.SYS
3. COMMAND.COM
Term
a ___ GPF is when a Windows program accesses memory that another rprogram is using
Definition
General Protection Faults
Term
What are VxD's
Definition
Virtual Device Drivers
Term
IP addresses consist of 4 numers from 1 to ____
Definition
254
Term
WHat assigns and resolves IP addresses?
Definition
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Term
IPCONFIG is in Win XP, in 9X, it is called ???
Definition
WINIPCFG
Term
What command looks up the IP addresses of domain names, and also reports the local PC's IP address
Definition
NSLOOKUP
Term
\\Machinename\shar\path is known as a ____
Definition
Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
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