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1.4 Given a scenario, use appropriate operating system features and tools.
- Administrative
- Computer management
Computer Management helps you manage local or remote computers using a single, consolidated desktop tool. It combines several Windows administration utilities into a single console tree, providing easy access to a specific computer's administrative properties and tools.
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- Device manager
The Device Manager in Windows systems is used to check the status of installed hardware devices, modify hardware settings, and update drivers for your devices.
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- Users and groups
- Local security policy
- Performance monitor
- Services
System services are programs that load automatically either as part of an application's startup process or the operating system startup process to support the different tasks required of the operating system.
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- System configuration
- Task scheduler
- Component services
- Data sources
- Print management
- Windows memory diagnostics
- Windows firewall
- Advanced security
- MSCONFIG
The System Configuration utility (MSCONFIG) automates the troubleshooting steps used when diagnosing system configuration issues. You must be logged on as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group to use the System Configuration utility.
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- General
- Boot
- Services
- Startup
- Tools
- Task Manager
Task Manager provides information about programs and processes running on your computer. It also displays the most commonly used performance measures for processes.
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- Applications
- Processes
- Performance
- Networking
- Users
- Disk management
- Drive status
- Mounting
- Extending partitions
- Splitting partitions
- Assigning drive letters
- Adding drives
- Adding arrays
- Other
- User State Migration tool (USMT)
- File and Settings Transfer Wizard
- Windows Easy Transfer
- Run line utilities
The "Run" line in the Start menu is used for quick access to several system utilities.
- msconfig
The System Configuration utility (MSCONFIG) automates the troubleshooting steps used when diagnosing system configuration issues. You must be logged on as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group to use the System Configuration utility.
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- REGEDIT
Used to access and edit the Windows Registry.
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- Cmd
Starts the command line interface.
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- SERVICES.MSC
System services are programs that load automatically either as part of an application's startup process or the operating system startup process to support the different tasks required of the operating system.
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- MMC
Microsoft Management Console provides users an interface for configuring and monitoring the system that consists of a graphical-user interface (GUI) and a programming platform in which snap-ins (collections of administrative tools) can be created, opened, and saved. MMC does not perform the actual management tasks, but can host tools that perform them.
- MSTSC
- NOTEPAD
- EXPLORER
Windows Explorer displays the hierarchical structure of files, folders, and drives on your computer. It also shows any network drives that have been mapped to drive letters on your computer. Using Windows Explorer, you can copy, move, rename, and search for files and folders.
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- msinfo32
Displays a comprehensive view of your hardware, system components, and software environment.
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- Dxdiag
A diagnostics tool used to test DirectX functionality. To start the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, click <Start>, click <Run>, type dxdiag in the Open box, and then click <OK>.
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