Installing Windows
Of Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, and Windows 10 Enterprise, this edition introduces the following features: Domain Access, Remote Desktop Protocol, and Local Group Policy.
What is Windows 10 Pro?
Of Sleep Mode (aka standby or suspend mode) or Hibernation, the one where Windows first saves the current state, including open files, to memory and saves some of the work to the hard drive. Then everything is shut down except memory and enough of the system to respond to a wake-up.
What is Sleep Mode?
Command to list files and directories.
What is DIR? Directory
A collection of small programs, called applets, that are used to manage many Windows settings.
What is the Control Panel?
Of a Public Network or a Private Network, the one where the computer is discoverable and you can share files and printers with others in your workgroup.
What is a Private Network?
Windows 10 32-bit editions all are limited to 4gb of memory. Windows 11 only comes in 64-bit editions. Give us the maximum memory supported by Windows 11 Pro.
What is 2 TB?
Of a Full Backup, an Incremental Backup, or a Differential Backup, the one that backs up files that have changed or been created since the last full backup.
What is a Differential Backup?
Command to move to another directory. When followed by a backslash \, it will bring you back to the root directory. When followed by two dots .., it drops you one directory.
What is CD? Change Directory
Just about anything that happens in Windows is logged by Windows, and these logs can be viewed using this applet in the Administrative Tools/Windows Tools group.
What is Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc)?
Of a Public Network or Private Network, the one where Windows configures strong firewall settings, the computer is hidden from other devices on the network, and you can’t share files or printers. This option is the most secure.
What is a Public Network?
This command is used to determine what hardware and OS is currently installed. It can be run from the command prompt or from the search box. It will return Window's System Information utility.
What is msinfo32.exe?
This applet, found in Control Panel, is used to control whether or not you can see hidden files, folders, and drives, the extensions for known file types, and protected operating system files.
What is the File Explorer Options applet?
The command that fixes file system errors and recovers data from bad sectors. The command is also available from the Windows Recovery Environment.
What is CHKDSK? Check disk.
This tool lets you view applications, processes, and network and user activities. You can use it to end a process or to enable or disable a process.
What is Task Manager (taskmgr.exe)?
The Windows OS is made up of two main components: the shell and the kernel. The shell provides an interface for users and applications. The kernel is responsible for interacting with this.
What is hardware?
A logical group of computers and users that share resources where administration, resources, and security on a workstation are controlled by that workstation.
What is a workgroup or peer-to-peer (P2P) network?
The command line prompt that displays the About Windows box, giving information about the Windows edition, latest update installed, and registered owner of the computer. Can be entered at a command prompt or typed into the search bar.
What is winver.exe?
Command that is similar to, but has more options than XCOPY.
What is ROBOCOPY?
Use this tool in the Administrative Tools/Windows Tools group to schedule a program to run at a future time, including at startup.
What is Task Scheduler (tasksched.msc)?
The technique of launching Windows with a minimum configuration, eliminating third-party software, and reducing Windows startup to only essential processes. The technique can sometimes launch Windows when a normal Windows startup is corrupted.
A type of client/server network where resources are managed by centralized computers.
What is a Windows Domain?
This is known as the 3-2-1 backup rule.
What is three copies, two backup media, and one kept offsite.
This command manages partitions on a hard drive. It requires an elevated command prompt is often used in the Windows Recovery Environment.
What is DISKPART?
This applet in Control Panel is the go-to tool to make sure Windows has correctly installed a hardware device and to solve problems with a device
What is Device Manager (devmgmt.msc)?
A method whereby the OS uses the hard drive as though it were RAM.
What is Virtual Memory or Virtual RAM?