Windows review pt 2

user accounts, profiles and permissions

MSConfig

system configuration; is for advanced troubleshooting and its main purpose is to help diagnose startup issues

Which rights do you need to open utilities?

admin

What are the five tabs of utility?

1. General

2. Boot

3. Services

4. Startup

5. Tools

What are the General Tab options?

• Normal

• Diagnostic

• Selective

Boot tab

we can define curios boot options for the OS

Service tab

this shows the services configured fro the system regardless of their state (running or stopped)

Startup tab

can disable/enable items

Tools tab

shows various utilities that we can run to config the OS further

Compmgmt

computer management; has three primary sections:

1. System Tools

2. Storage

3. Services and Applications

What is one system tool that can create and mange common tasks that our computer will carry out automatically a the times we specify?

Task Manger

msinfo32

System Information Tool; this tool gathers info about your computer and displays comprehensive view of your hardware, system components and software environments

What are the three sections system summary divided into?

1. Hardware Resources

2. Components

3. Software Environments

Hardware Resources

are the assignable, addressable bus paths that allow peripheral devices and system processors to communicate with each other

What is typically included in Hardware Resources?

I/O port addresses, interrupt vectors and blocks of bus-relative memory addresses

User Components

you can see specific information about the hardware devices installed on the computer

Software Environment

shows information about software baked into the OS and the software that has been installed

resmon

Resource Monitor; displays per-process and aggregate CPU, memory, disk and network usage information in addition to providing details about which processes are using individual file handles and modules

What are the tabs for Resource Monitor?

• CPU

• Disk

• Memory

• Network

cmd

Command Prompt

whoami

showcases the current user you are

hostname

the host you currently are

ipconfig

showcases network settings for the computer

/?

retrieves the help manual fro a command. I.E: ipconfig/?

cls

clear

netstat

displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections

net

manage network resources

regedit

registry editor; windows registry is a central hierarchical database used to store information necessary to configure the system for one or more users, applications and hardware devices