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Module 3 Flashcards

1
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Windows 7 Minimum requirements for a 32-bit machine

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1GHz (x86)
1GB RAM
16GB free disk space
DirectX9 & WDDM 1.0

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Windows 7 Recommended requirements for a 32-bit machine

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1GHz (x)
2GB RAM
20GB free disk space
DirectX9 & WDDM 1.0

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3
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Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

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Analyze your system to ensure that your hardware and applications will be compatible with Windows 7.

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When running the upgrade adviser, what should you do with peripherals?

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Plug in and turn on all devices that you plan to use on Windows 7 so that those peripherals will be checked.

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Windows 7 Upgrade Adviser will run on XP, if you have what?

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XP SP2 or higher

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6
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Different editions of Windows 7

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Home Premium
Professional
Ultimate
Starter
Enterprise (For Volume Licenses)
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7
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Which version of IE comes with Windows 7?

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IE8

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8
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Windows Media Center

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Can watch TV, record to TV. Not included with the starter edition.

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9
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What editions of Win 7 offers Windows XP mode?

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Professional and Ultimate

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10
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Win 7 editions designed for use in the corporate environment

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Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise

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Editions of Windows 7 that allow you to joing a domain & network backup / restore

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Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise

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Difference between Enterprise and Ultimate

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Enterprise has all the features of Ultimate, plus BitLocker.

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13
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Minimum partition size if you’re going to dual boot Win 7 x64

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20GB

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14
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What application can be used to create a partition on your disk?

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Disk Management Console

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15
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What file system is typically used for older versions of Windows

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FAT32

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16
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What file system is recommended for Windows 7

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NTFS

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17
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Sources you can install Windows 7 from

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DVD
ISO Images
Network share
WDS
USB Drive
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18
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Windows SIM

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Windows SIM: Windows System Image Manager. Enables you to create answer filres and network shares or modify the files contained in a config test. For network installation.

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19
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Windows PE

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Windows PE: Windows Pre-Installation Environment. 32-bit OS with limited services built on Win 7 kernal. Used in the preinstallation and deployment of Windows.

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20
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ImageX

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ImageX: Command-line tool you use to create installation images for deployment.

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21
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SysPrep

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SysPrep: used to prepare a system so that it’s image can be captured. It removes unwanted files and settings and preps the image for deployment.

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22
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Windows AIK

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Windows Automated Installation Kit

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23
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What do you need to use WDS?

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Be a domain administrator
High-speed network links with low latency
Both client and server should be physical machine (not virtual) (Instructor suggests maybe one could be…)
WDS should be the only role on the server in a production environment

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24
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When installing Windows 7 from a USB drive, what free space do you need on the USB drive?

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4GB

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25
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When installing Windows 7 from a USB drive, what does the BIOS must support?

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Booting from USB

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26
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When preparing a USB disk from a Win 7 install DVD, what steps do you take?

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Create an active boot partition on the USB, formatted to FAT32. Assign a letter.
Copy data from the DVD to the drive as so:
xcopy d:*.* /s /e /f p:
where d is the DVD drive and P is the USB drive

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27
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When using xcopy to copy files from DVD to USB, what switches are used and what do they mean?

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/s /e /f
/s : Copies directories and subdirectories
/e : Copies subdirectories even if they’re empty
/f : Displays the full source and full destination paths while copying

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28
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What is the upgrade path from XP to Win 7?

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There is no direct path.
You can upgrade to vista and then upgrade to XP
Otherwise, you must do a full install, resulting in no preservation of XP user data, applications, and settings.

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29
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What can you use to migrate data from XP or Vista to 7?

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Easy Transfer Tool

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30
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Easy Transfer Tool

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Allows transfer of settings, and documents of one or more user accounts from XP to 7.
Does not migrate system files and applications.

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31
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In-Place Upgrade

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Upgrading from one version to another, with the OS still running

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32
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Where do you find the Easy Transfer tool?

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Windows 7 DVD

In Support\Migwiz

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33
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How does easy transfer tool move files and settings from one compute to another?

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USB flash drive or a special Easy Transfer cable

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34
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Device Driver

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Enables operating systems to interact with hardware such as keyboards and printers.

Converts all I/O from / to the OS into messages the hardware can understand

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35
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Signed Driver

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Indicates it is from a trusted source. (The OS recognizes the source)

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36
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What’s used to sign a driver

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digital signature

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37
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Two types of driver signatures

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Embedded Signing

Non-Embedded

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38
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What types of drivers use embedded signing

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Kernal-mode drivers

drivers used in the boot process

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39
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How does embedded signing work

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Each binary in the driver package will have an embedded signature

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40
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How does non-embedded signing work

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Each driver package will have a .cat file, which is digitally signed – contains a hash of the legitimate files

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41
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What are non-embedded signed drivers used for

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plug and play

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42
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How does a 32-bit (x86) version of Win 7 deal with signed drivers?

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All installed drivers should be signed. An admin can install unsigned drivers

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43
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How does a 64-bit version of Win 7 deal with signed drivers?

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All drivers must be signed, however you can remove this requirement at boot by pressing F8 and selecting “disable driver signature enforcement”

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44
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What authorities authenticate or sign drivers?

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Windows Hardware Quality Labs
Certification Authorities (CA)
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45
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WHQL

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Windows Hardware Quality Labs

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46
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How would you update a driver?

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Control Panel -> System & Security -> Device Manager

Right-click the device and choose Update Driver. Browse to find the driver.

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47
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How would you roll back a driver?

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One way: System restore point
Other way: Device Manager -> Right click the hardware
Properties -> Drivers tab -> Roll Back Driver
Reboot

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48
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Network and Sharing Center

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Provides an overview of your available networks and provides troubleshooting tools

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49
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Network Map

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Shoes how all your networks and network devices are connected to one another

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50
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Network Explorer

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My Computer, when you’re browsing the network

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51
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Network Awareness Feature

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For Win 7. Informs applications when to connect to different networks throughout the day

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52
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What are the four broad tasks you can complete in the Network and Sharing Center?

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Set up a new connection or network (Creating dial-up connections, VPN, wireless and broadband connections)

Connect to a network link (Connect to a network that’s already configured)

Troubleshoot problems with a network

Homegroup and Sharing options

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53
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Four types of network locations

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Home
Work
Domain
Public

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54
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“Home” Type of network

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Uses network discovery by default, so your PC is automatically visible to all other computers on the network

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“Work” Type of network

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Network discovery is on, however you can’t create or use homegroups

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56
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“Domain” Type of network

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Enable you to connect computers within a domain. Settings configured by network admins.

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57
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“Public” type of network

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Network discovery is turned off.

58
Q

Number of addresses available for IPv4

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None left. System has the capacity for 4 billion

59
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Number of addresses available for IPv6

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3.4 x 10^38

60
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Bits in IPv6 address

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128

61
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APIPA

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Automatic Private IP Addressing.

Protocol used to assign IP addresses to computer if no DHCP server exists and the user has not configured a static IP

62
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How does an APIPA network work?

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Only computers with APIPA addresses can communicate with a PC with another APIPA address.

63
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What is the IP range for APIPA

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169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255

64
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QoS

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Quality of Service

Using packet inspection to give certain traffic priority over other traffic.

65
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What steps do you follow to manually connect to a wireless network that is not broadcasting its SSID

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Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center -> Manage Wireless Networks -> Add

Click “Manually Create a network profile”
Input the info

66
Q

What sorts of devices are NOT listed in Device Manager

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Internal hardware like sound cards, hard drives, memory

67
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What sorts of devices are listed in Device Manager

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External devices, like printers, scanners, cameras, etc.

68
Q

Two types of firewalls

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Network / Hardware firewall

Host-based Firewall (Application)

69
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Network Firewall

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Hardware that sits at the intersection between internal and external networks, known as the perimeter network

70
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Host-based Firewall

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Runs on each computer, at the “Application” layer of the OSI model

71
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Firewall Profiles

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Because you can have different types of networks (Home, Work, Domain, etc), you can also create your own firewall configuration based on which network you’ve created

72
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UAC

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Restricts users’ access to certain tasks without an administrative sign-off. This is the feature that annoyed many users.

73
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Authentication

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Automated process whereby a computer verifies the identity of a user, computer or service

74
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Things that can be used for authentication

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Interactive Login
Certificate
Smart Card
Biometrics
Windows Authentication Protocols
75
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AppLocker

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a set of Group Policy settings that evolved from Software Restriction Policies, to restrict which applications can run on a corporate network, including the ability to restrict based on the application’s version number or publisher

76
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Interactive Login

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Providing a username and a password

77
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Smart Cards

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Cards containing a small microprocessor and memory chip that verify the identity of the user

78
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Certificates

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Digital verification of a user’s or server’s ID

79
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Three categories that UAC classifies applications into

A

Windows 7
Signed Publisher Verified
Unsigned Publisher

80
Q

EFS

A

The Encrypting File System
Feature to help you secure info.
Right-click on the folder or document -> Properties -> Advanced

81
Q

Reasons to change an EFS key

A

You have two computers that access the same encrypted data. Each PCs have a different key. You may wish to change the key to the same one.

Maybe you want to use a smart card instead of a key.

82
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ACE

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Access Control Entry

A single rule on an ACL. Represents a single assignment of permissions to a user or a group.

83
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ACL

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Access Control List

A list of ACEs. All the permissions associated with an object.

84
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SID

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Security Descriptors

Contains an object’s ACL, definitions of permissions, etc.

85
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Two levels of permissions on an object

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Share permissions

NTFS Permissions

86
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Share permissions

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Applies to users accessing a resource over a network.

Does not apply to local users.

87
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NTFS Permissions

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Applies to local or network users accessing resources

88
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Inherited Permissions

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When permissions are imparted from a parent object to another object

89
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Explicit Permissions

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Assigned manually to an object

90
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Effective permissions

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The result of conflicting permissions granted through inheritance, explicit permissions and the various groups a user is a member of.

91
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Windows 7 HomeGroup

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Feature that Enables you to set up and manage home networks as well as share files printer and other devices.

92
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Homegroup is not compatible with ____

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Any version of Windows older than Win 7

93
Q

Which editions of Win 7 cannot create a HomeGroup

A

Home Basic

Windows 7 starter

94
Q

What is required for Bitlocker to work

A

Enterprise
Ultimate
Windows Server ‘08 R2

95
Q

What change must be made to the BIOS for Bitlocker to function properly?

A

BIOS must be configured to boot to the hard disk and nothing else.

96
Q

What BitLocker edition would you use for a removable USB drive?

A

BitLocker To Go

    • Will encrypt removable media
    • Will read encrypted media (With BitLocker to go). Installed on the removable media.
97
Q

Transparent File Caching

A

Windows 7 Feature that allows you to download a network file locally and only gets an updated version if the file has been updated on the network.

98
Q

How do you control which file types should and should not be synchronized via Transparent File Caching?

A

Group Policy

99
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Offline File Synchronization

A

Set a folder or group of folders to caching locally, allowing changes, and then syncing when the re-connect happens. Happens in the background.

100
Q

What are some less common power management options available to Windows 7?

A

You can configure system cooling policies
You can configure the hard drive to become inactive after a period of inactivity.
You can reduce the quality of video playback to conserve power.
You can configure the system to automatically deactivate the wireless adapter when data has not been transferred for a time

101
Q

What Windows 7 feature can you use to connect to a corporate LAN without using a VPN?

A

DirectAccess

102
Q

What are the benefits of DirectAccess?

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Always on – you don’t need to reconnect if your ISP blips
Does not route internet traffic through the connection with your office LAN
Multiple options available to secure it.

103
Q

What security protocol is used for DirectAccess?

A

IPSec

104
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What ports does DirectAccess use by default?

A

443

105
Q

3 ways to deploy Windows Updates

A

Manually fetch them
You the automatic update feature
WSUS

106
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WSUS

A

Windows Server Update Services

Allows Network Admins to control and deploy Windows Updates to their PCs

107
Q

What is a good rule of thumb for the page file?

A

It should be double that of your physical RAM

108
Q

What feature allows you to use a USB flash drive as extra RAM

A

ReadyBoost

109
Q

What service automatically puts low-priority processes in background mode? How does this improve performance?

A

SuperFetch

Processes in the background can only run with resources become available.

110
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DEP

A

Data Execution Prevention
Protects a computer system by flagging all memory within an application as strictly non-executable, unless executable memory is specified.

111
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Basic Disk

A

The actual physical disks containing primary partitions, extended partitions, or logical drives

112
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Basic Volume

A

Partitions and logical drives found on basic disks

113
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Dynamic Disks

A

Physical disks that have been upgraded in Windows to support dynamic volumes.

114
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Two types of dynamic disks

A

simple and spanned

115
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Simple Volumes

A

Type of dynamic disk. Can be a single area on a dynamic disk or multiple areas that have been grouped together.

116
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Spanned Volumes

A

Type of dynamic disk. Consists of disk space across multiple physical disks. Spanned volumes can also be created using fee space on dynamic disks.

117
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RAID

A

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

118
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RAID 0

A

Storage method that uses striping to spread data across multiple drives. No redundancy. One HD goes, it all goes.

119
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RAID 1

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2 hard drives. Mirrored information. Both disks contains the same information.

120
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RAID 5

A

Allows for redundancy and striping. – Striping with Parity.
At least three drives.
Distributes the data and parity information across all the drives in the array.
If one drive fails, that data can be recreated from the parity information.

121
Q

Which RAID does Windows 7 not support?

A

RAID 5

122
Q

Command line utility to manage disks

A

diskpart

123
Q

Max number of disks for RAID 0 and RAID 5 (Striped volumes)

A

32

124
Q

diskpart command to create a striped volume

A

diskpart create volume stripe [size=size in MB] [disk=disk number]

125
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diskpart command to see the physical drives on the PC

A

list disk

126
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diskpart command to see the volumes on the physical drives on the PC

A

list disk

127
Q

5 types of logs in Event Viewer

A 
Error
Warning 
Information
Application
Security
Setup
System
Forwarded Events
128
Q

Error Logs

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Major problems, for example a disk failure

129
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Warning Logs

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Cautionary messages, like a reboot required

130
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Information Logs

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Information on Successful events

131
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Application Logs

A

Track events about various application and hardware on the system

132
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Security Log

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Records events related to audit policies. Includes tracking information such as file access or user logons

133
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Setup Log

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Events related to application installation

134
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System log

A

events related to Windows services

135
Q

Forwarded Events log

A

Events that occurred on remote PCs

136
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Event Subscription

A

Feature that allows you to capture remote PCs event logs

137
Q

Win 7 Recovery tools

A

System Image
System Repair Disc
Backup

138
Q

What needs to be on for Restore Points to be created?

A

System Protection

139
Q

What is the Last Known Good Configuration?

A

The configuration of the PC the last time you successfully logged into Windows

140
Q

What key to you press on boot up to allow you to boot to the Last Known Good Configuration

A

F8

141
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Win 7 Min. Requirements for 64-bit machines

A

1GHz processor
2gb ram
20GB Free space

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