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| How do you stop Vista from automatically rebooting during a memory dump? |
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Definition
Go to Control Panl> System >Tasks > Advanced System >press Continue Button> Advanced tab> Settings > Startup and Recovery From the "write debugging info" drop down list select complete memory dump. |
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What OS can only be migrated (not upgraded) to vista.
What OS and the corresponding Vista can be upgraded (5)? |
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Definition
1. Windows 95/98/ME, Windows 2000 Professional
2) a. XP-Home -> ALL
b. XP-Prof -> Business Enterprise Ultimate
c. XP-Prof (x64) -> 64bit Business Enterprise or Ultimate
d. XP Media Center -> Home Premium & Ultimate
e. XP Tablet -> Business Enterprise and ultimate |
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What acan be transfered using Windows Easy Transfer on different OS?
What are allowable desitination OS? |
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Definition
NOTE: Win Easy transfer does not transfer passwords, certificates or encrypted files.
1 W2k- Files & User accounts only
2. XP/Vista- User Accounts, Files, Settings, Bookmarks, Music files, Desktop settings, Application settings and Mail acct settings
Easy transfer tool will only transfer to VISTA. |
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| How do you use the Windows Easy Transfer tool to transfer data? |
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Definition
* Easy Transfer Cable
* over LAN
* Optical Media (CD/DVD)
* Removable Media (USB etc) |
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Term
| What is the User State Migration tool? |
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Definition
| Used to transfer large numbers of profiles and settings. |
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| Compare Easy Transfer Tool and the User State Migration tool. |
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Definition
Easy Transfer- Uses Easy transfer cable (or other media). Requires a lot of user input, can detect destination pc over LAN. Good for small numbers of PCs and small numbers of users.
User State Migration tool- cannot use Easy transfer cable, uses command line (scanstate.exe & Loadstate.exe), cannot auto detect source. Good for large #s of pcs and users.. Can transfer Certificates & encrypted files. |
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| What are the steps needed to perform an XP -> Vista upgrade. |
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Definition
1. Backup the XP system
2. Note PC name
3. Have Vista product key
4. run upgrade advisor tool
5. Verify you have at least 11 GB of free hard drive space
NOTE: Fat32 drives will automatically be converted to NTFS |
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| If there is a failure during the XP -> Vista process, up until what point can you roll back to XP. |
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Definition
| You can only roll back BEFORE the first logon. |
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| What are the Vista upgrade paths |
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Definition
Home Basic -> Home Prem
Home Basic -> Ultimate
Home Prem -> Ultimate
Business -> Enterprise
Business -> Ultimate |
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| What are the two Vista upgrade methods |
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Definition
1. Anytime Upgrade (note: current Vista must be activated)
2. In-place Upgrade (full upgrade) |
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| What is Vista Compatibility Mode? |
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Definition
it allows an application installed on Vista to run in a pre-Vista emulator.
It can also:
1. Force 256 color
2. Force 640x480 resolution
3. Disable Vista visula themes
4. Diesable desktop composition & disable display scaling on High DPI settings |
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| What are the various System Recovery Options (tools). |
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Definition
1. Start up Repair- restores missing system files & basic disk errors
2. System Restore- earlier point in time
3. Windows complete PC restore- use a backup to restore system files
4. Memory Diagnostics- checks RAM hardware
5. Command prompt- to manually copy files |
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Term
| What is the device manager |
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Definition
| Located in the control panel, it allows one to manage the hardware & software resources used by devices. |
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Term
| What are the resources reported on the resources tab of a devices properteis and define them. |
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Definition
1. I/O Range- range of addresses thru which data is exchanged between the device and the pc
2. IRQ- interupt request. standard x386 architecture has 16 IRQs (0-15). A hardware device uses IRQ to notifiy the cpu that it requires attention.
3. Memory Range- specific areas of the pc memor allocated for the device too use. |
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Term
| What are the individual visual settings on the pc? |
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Definition
Things associated with the user's profile:
1. window color & appearance
2. Desktop background
3. Screen saver |
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Term
| What 5 items do you need to run Aero? |
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Definition
1. DirectX 9 capable
2. WDDM driver- windows display driver model (Vista)
3. hardware pixel shader 2.0
4. 32 bits per pixel
5. min 64MB graphics memory |
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Term
| How can you tell if Vista is activated? |
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Definition
| In the control panel go into Systems. Go to Windows Activation section. |
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Term
| During the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Process. what info does WGA collect? |
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Definition
PC make and model
OS version & existing WGA software
Region & language settings
Unique WGA identifier created by teh add-on componat
Encrypted versoin of the product ID & product key
BIOs info
Encrypted primary harddisk volume & serial number.
NO PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED |
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Term
What are the three catagories of MS updates?
Which ones can be installed if you are not running a licensed version of Vista? |
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Definition
1. Critical- immedately install b/c an attacker could exploit
2. Important- install ASAP. no exploits known.
3. Moderate- fix usability problems (vs security)
Only critical updates can be installed on an unlicensed version of vista. |
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Term
1. Define the Windows Systems Performance Rating tool
2. How do you access it?
3. What are the ratings? |
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Definition
1. Generates a number (aka Experience Index) to determine if a Vista PC has enough capcity to run a particular application (ie. basic tasks are 1 or 2, but 5 is for state of the art).
2. Control Panel>System>Windows Experience Rating>
3. from 1 to 5.
*1-2 is basic (no games or multimedia)
* 3 - AERO & DVD but not HDTV
* 4- all software & multimedia well
* 5 state of the art. |
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Term
| What is the Reliablity Monitor & what does it report. |
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Definition
The reliability monitor is a tool for diagnosing intermittent failure. It gives an overview of failures over a configurable period.
It reports:
1) Software installation and removal
2) Application failures
3) Hardware failures
4) Windows failures (boot failures, OS crashes, inc stop errors)
5) Misc failures. |
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Term
Windows Upgrade Advisor
1. What is it?
2. What is needed to use it?
3. What OS will it run on? |
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Definition
1. Downloadable tool used to determine if an XP or Vista (32-bit) is capable of running Vista
2. Download the tool, MS Core XML Services (MSXML) version 6 or later & .NET 2.0 or later
3. XP and Vista |
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Term
1. What 2 catagories of drivers does Vista allow users without administrative rights to install?
2. What are the 3 windows update driver settings? |
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Definition
1. those Signed by the windows signing authority & those signed by sources on the trusted publishers list.
2. Checks automaticaly for drivers each time a device is connected, asks user to check when a new device is connected & never check windows update for new drivers. |
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Term
Complete the chart | | Starter | Home basic | Home prem | Business | Enterprise | ultimate | | AD Domain | | | | | | | | Aero | | | | | | | | Media ctr | | | | | | | | HD encrypt | | | | | | | | Table PC | | | | | | | | Multi-cpu | | | | | | | | Parental cntl | | | | | | |
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Definition
Complete the chart | | Starter | Home basic | Home prem | Business | Enterprise | ultimate | | AD Domain | | | | X | X | X | | Aero | | | X | X | X | X | | Media ctr | | | X | | | X | | HD encrypt | | | | | X | X | | Table PC | | | X | X | X | X | | Multi-cpu | | | | X | X | X | | Parental cntl | | X | X | | | X |
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Term
| What are the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for Vista |
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Definition
| | Min | Recommended | | Processor | 800 MHz | 1GHz | | Ram | 512 MBs | 1 GB | | Hard disk | 20 GB | 40 GB | | Graphics Adapter | DirectX 9 capable | DirectX 9 capable | | * Graphics memory | 32 MBs | 128 MB graphics memory | | | | Hardware pixel shader | | | | WDDM driver | | | | 32 bits per pixel |
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