Question | Answer |
What is an Administrator? | In Windows 2000/XP/Vista,
an account that grants to the administrator(s)
rights and permissions to all hardware and
software resources, such as the right to add,
delete, and change accounts and to change
hardware configurations. |
What does a Backup Operator do? | A Windows user account that can
back up and restore any files on the system
regardless of its having access to these files. |
What kind of text file is a Batch File? | A text file containing a series of OS
commands. Autoexec.bat is a batch file. |
What are Built-in user accounts? | This consists of a Admin account and a guest account. |
Whats a chain? | A group of clusters used to hold a single file. |
What is Compression? | Software that works under Windows 2000/XP at the file, folder, or volume level by rewriting data files in a mathematically format that uses less space. |
What are cross-linked clusters? | Errors caused when more then one file points to a cluster, and the files appear to share the same disk space, according to the file allocation table. |
What does it mean to defragment? | To rewrite a file to a disk in one contiguous
chain of clusters, thus speeding up data retrieval. |
What kind of limit does a disk quotas have? | A limit placed on the amount of disk
space that is available to users. Requires a
Windows NTFS volume. |
Who is intended to use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard? | It is intended to be used by a user rather an administrator. |
What is a forgotten password floppy disk used for? | A windows XP disk created to be used in the event the user forgets the user account password to the system. |
What is Fragmentation? | The distribution of data files on a hard drive or floppy disk such that they are stored in noncontiguous clusters. |
What is a fragmented file? | A file that has been written to
different portions of the disk so that it is not in
contiguous clusters. |
Whats another name for a Global user account and what does it do? | Sometimes called a domain user
account, the account is used at the domain level,
created by an administrator, and stored in the
SAM (security accounts manager) database on a
Windows domain controller. |
What does Group Policy do? | It makes entry's, registry, and login in process as well as security settings. |
What is a group profile? | A group of user profiles. All profiles in the group can be changed by the group profile. |
What a Guest account? | A user account that has limited
permissions on a system and cannot make changes
to it. Guest user accounts are intended for onetime
or infrequent users of a workstation. |