Tools
Speed & Stuff
Paths and Files
Safety and Security
Problems, Problems, Problems
100
The tool in Windows XP that you use to back up the system state.
What is Ntbackup?
100
What you use to end a program that is not responding.
What is End Task in Task Manager?
100
The file extension of a console that is managed by Microsoft Management Console.
What is .msc?
100
How to get a list of users currently logged onto the computer.
What is use the Users tab on the Task Manager window?
100
The log in Event Viewer that you would use if you suspect a problem with the hard drive.
What is the System log?
200
The tool that can be used to temporarily disable startup processes.
What is MSconfig.exe?
200
What you do if a program is using too much of system resources and bogging down other applications.
What is lower the priority level of the program using Task Manager?
200
The program filename and extension of the Reliability and Performance Monitor.
What is Perfmon.msc
200
The Event Viewer log that you use to find out about attempted logins to a computer.
What is the Security log?
200
The cause of the problem could possibly be one of these three if Windows performance does not improve when launched in Safe Mode.
What is a hardware device, a critical driver, or a Windows component?
300
The Vista tool that can give you a quick report of the overall performance of the system.
What is Windows Experience Index?
300
How you permanently disable a non-essential service that is slowing down start up.
What is use the Services console and set the startup type to Disabled?
300
The program filename and extensions of the Microsoft Management Console.
What is mmc.exe?
300
Disabling the UAC box puts your system at risk for these two things.
What is users making unauthorized changes and malware installing itself without your knowledge?
300
The best way to install a customized console on 10 computers.
What is creating the console on one computer and copying the msc. file to the other nine?
400
A tool that can be used to load a service that should not load at startup but might be used later after startup.
What is Manual, Service console?
400
Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete OR Press Ctrl + Shift + Exec
What is 2 ways to start Task Manager?
400
The program filename and extension of the System Configuration utility.
What is Msconfig.exe?
400
The key that you press to start to load up the system in Safe Mode.
What is F8?
400
The three indicators in Task Manager that can be used to find which program has a memory leak.
What is Private Working Set, Handles, and Threads?
500
The service you should NOT stop when using MSconfig to stop startup processes so that restore points will not be lost.
What is Volume Shadow Copy?
500
Three snap-ins that can be found in both the Windows Vista and Windows XP Computer Management windows that are used to manage hardware and track problems with hardware.
What are Event Viewer, Device Manager, and Disk Management?
500
How the Ntuser.dat file is used.
What is holds the preferences and settings of a user?
500
Disabling autorun in windows is the best way to protect against this problem.
What is the problem of viruses on USB drives?
500
The following two actions only provide a temporary fix, not a permanent solution, to the problem of unwanted programs launching at start-up.
What is using Task Manager or Msconfig to disable the program?