OS Essentials
This edition of Windows is consumer-oriented and does not support advanced features like joining a domain.
What is Windows Home?
This CLI utility can be used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network.
What is ping?
This widely supported file system is well suited for transferring data between different systems, but its Windows implementation is limited to 32GB volumes and only 4GB files.
What is Fat32?
This window management feature allows you to quickly organize multiple windows into predefined layouts, such as grids, columns, or even custom layouts
What is snap? (or Snap Layouts)
This keyboard key can be used to launch the Start Menu.
What is the Windows (WIN) key?
This provides a command-line shell, scripting language, and a set of tools for managing and automating tasks on Windows operating systems.
What is Powershell?
You can ping hosts on the internet, but URLs entered in the browser fail to load. Next, you ask yourself...
Is it DNS?
An NTFS feature that allows users to control visibility, and properties of files and folders.
What are attributes? (file/folder attributes)
A background process or application that runs independently of the user's direct interaction.
What is a Service?
If enabled, this shortcut can be used to view recent history of the clipboard and paste selected content.
What is WIN+v?
A suffix or a group of characters added to the end of a file name to indicate the type or format of the file.
What is a file extension?
This service simplifies the process of configuring and managing network settings for devices by automating the assignment of IP addresses, subnet masks, default gateways, DNS (Domain Name System) servers, and other parameters.
What is DHCP?
A mechanism by which permissions and access control settings are automatically applied to files and folders within a directory. This drastically simplifies the management of permissions and security settings.
What is inheritance?
Applications or processes that automatically launch when Windows boots up.
What are Startup Items?
In PowerShell this is a shorthand or alternative name for a cmdlet, function, script, or executable. e.g. dir -> Get-ChildItem
What is an alias?
When a new user is created this profile is used as a template to provision their settings, preferences, and even data.
What is the default profile?
Its always DNS. This command-line utility can be used to used to query a nameserver for a domain name and return the associated records.
What is nslookup?
A list of permissions or rules that are associated with an object, typically used to control access to resources or objects in a computer system or network.
What is an ACL?
A crucial component that is responsible for storing and managing user account information and security data on a Windows computer
What is the SAM database? (Security Accounts Manager)
This can be used to provide a common set of resources or data to all users. i.e. placing a shortcut on the desktop for all local users.
What is the public profile?
This is the setup file type Windows uses to install a new driver in the OS.
What is an inf file?
This file can be used to supersede DNS queries to the nameserver and locally resolve IP addresses to names.
What is the hosts file?
The process of determining the actual level of access or rights that a user or group has when trying to interact with a specific resource takes into account various factors, including individual user permissions, group memberships, and any deny permissions that may exist.
What is calculating/determining effective access? (or effective permissions or effective rights )
A unique alphanumeric string that is associated with each user, group, or object.
What is a SID?
Using command prompt, the PATH environment variable is displayed using this command.
What is 'echo %path%'?