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Chapter 14
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Task Manager | Lets you view the applications and processes running on your computer as well as information about process and memory performance, network activity, and user activity. |
| Ctrl+Alt+Delete and Ctrl+Shift+Esc | Opens Task Manager. |
| System Configuration Utility (Msconfig.exe) | Use this to find out what processes are launched at startup and to temporarily disable a process from loading. Icluded with Windows Vista and Xp but not Windows 2000. |
| Services.msc | Launches Services console. |
| Computer Management (Compmgmt.msc) | Is a window that consolidates several Windows administrative tools that you can use to manage the local PC or other computers on the network. |
| Microsoft Management Console MMC | Is a Windows Utility that can be used to build your own customized console windows. |
| Console | A single window that contains one or more administrative tools such as Device Manager or Disk Management. |
| Snap-ins | In a console, individual tools. |
| Event Viewer (Eventvwr.msc) | A Windows tool useful for troubleshooting problems with Windows, applications, and hardware. |
| Reliability and Performance Monitor | Is a MMC snap-in, collects, records and displays events. Also called in Windows XP, Performance Monitor or the System Monitor. |
| Data Collector Sets Utility | A Utility within the Reliability and Performance Monitor that is used to collect your own data about a system. |
| Registry Editor (regedit.exe) | Windows Utility used to edit the Windows registry. |
| Registry | A database designed with a treelike structure (called an hierarchical database) that contains configuration information for Windows, users, software applications, and installed hardware devices. |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM) | Most important key and contains hardware, software, and security data. |
| HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG (HKCC) | Key that contains Plug and Play information about the hardware configuration that is used by the computer at startup. |
| HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR) | Key that stores information that determines which application is opened when the user double-clicks a file. |
| HKEY_USERS (HKU) | Key that contains data about all users and is taken from the Default hive. |
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU) | Key that contains data about the current user. |
| Windows Experience Index | In Windows Vista, is a summary index designed to measure the overall performance of a system. |
| Vista Upgrade Advisor | An internet tool that can be run on a PC to determine if an XP system qualifies for Vista. |
| ReadyBoost | Windows Vista Utility that uses a flash drive or secure digital (SD) memory card to boost hard drive performance. |
| Task Scheduler | Offered with Home and Business Editions of Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional, a tool that can set a task or program to launch at a future time, including at startup. |
| Four ways to start Task Manager | CTRL+ALT+DELETE, Right click a blank area on the task bar select Task Manager, CRTL+SHIFT+ESC, Enter (taskmgr.exe) in the Vista Start Search box or the XP Run dialog box. |
| 3 snap-ins that can be found in both Windows Vista and Windows XP Computer Management windows that are used to manage hardware and track problems with hardware | Event Viewer, Device Manager, and Indexing Service. |
| The file extension for a console that is managed by Microsoft Management Console | .msc |
| The Program filename of the Microsoft Management Console | mmc.exe |
| Application Log in Event Viewer | Records events about applications and Windows utilities such as when and application was unable to open a file or when Windows created a restore point. |
| Security Log in Event Viewer | Records events based on audit policies, which and administrator sets to monitor user activity such as successful or unsuccessful attempts to access a file or log on the system. |
| System Log in Event Viewer | Records events triggered by Windows components, such as a device driver failing to load during the boot process or a problem with hardware. |
| The program filename and extension of the Reliability and Performance Monitor | perfmon.msc |
| The path the the Ntuser.dat file in Windows Vista | C:\Users\username\Ntuser.dat |
| Three indicators in Task Manager can use to find which program has a memory leak | Observe the values in Memory Private Working Set, Handles, and Threads columns, if they increase overtime for a particular program. |
| The key you press at startup to load the system in Safe Mode | F8 |
| The folder that Task scheduler keeps scheduled tasks | C:\Windows\System32\Tasks |
| The Name of the Control Panel applet used to uninstall software in Vista | Programs and Features |
| Tool used to permanently remove a service or a program from startup | Services Console |
| The program pathname and extension for the Services Console | Services.msc |
| Technique used to speed up the process to determine which startup service is slowing down the startup | Half-again |
| The one service you should not disable when trying to fix a problem | Volume Shadow Copy service |
| A good third party tool to monitor any changes in startup | WinPatrol by BillP Studios |
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