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Cards Term Windows NT 4.0 supports which of the following: FAT16 FAT32 NTFS 4.0 NTFS 5.0 Definition FAT16 NTFS4.0 Term Windows 95a/b supports FAT16 FAT32 NTFS 4.0 NTFS 5.0 Definition a supports FAT16 b supports FAT16 and FAT32 Term Windows 98 supports which of the following: FAT16 FAT32 NTFS 4.0 NTFS 5.0 Definition FAT16 and FAT32 Term Windows ME supports which of the following: FAT16 FAT32 NTFS 4.0 NTFS 5.0 Definition FAT16 and FAT32 Term Windows 2000/XP supports which of the following: FAT16 FAT32 NTFS 4.0 NTFS 5.0 Definition FAT16/32 NTFS 4.0 if converted NFTFS5.0 Term Staring with WIndows 2000, this was called "my Netowkr Places". Definition Network Neighborhood Term paging file or swap file is linked with: (a) extended memory (b) Virtual Memory Definition (b) Virtual Memory Term Windows NT 4.0 lacked (a) networking (b) PnP Definition PnP Term WIndows 9X's ScanDisk checks for hard disks, while in NT its called ____ Definition Check Disk. Term Windows 9X Major system file: A startup file that interacts with the BIOS and the hardware, firs file exectued at startup after the BIOS runs its POST test Definition IO.SYS Term Windows 9X Major system file: Under MS-DOS this file is shared startpuduties with IO.SYS, but under Windows 9.X it is a plain text configuration Definition MSDOS.SYS Term Windows 9X Major system file: 2 INI files that exist for backward compatbilitiy with 16 bit (win 3.x) applications Definition System.ini and Win.ini Term The main executable program for the Windows 9X OS Definition WIN.COM Term The command interpreter, in Win 9X Definition COMMAND.COM Term a SYS initilization file that loads real mode device drivers at startup, not needed. Definition CONFIG.SYS Term Windows 9X Major system file: loads Terminate and Stay Resident program (TSR) Definition AUTOEXEC.BAT Term Windows 9X Major system file: Extneded memory magement utility in Win 9X loaded through CONFIG.SYS Definition HIMEM.SYS Term Expanded memory management utility in Win 9X Definition EMM386.EXE Term 2 registry files for WIn 9X and CANNOT be edited with a text editor: need to use REGEDIT.EXE Definition USER.DAT and SYSTEM. DAT Term Windows 2000 Major SYstem Files are There are 4: Definition NTDLR, BOOT.INI, NTDETCT.COM, NTBOOTDD.SYS, SYstem FIles Term Windows 2000 Major System FIle: Boot straps the system, starts the loading of an OS on the computer Definition NTDLR Term Windows 2000 Major System FIle: holds info about the OS, used in dual booting, to display boot menu Definition boot.ini Term Windows 2000 Major System FIle: parses system for hardware info, used to create dynamic hardware info in Win Registry Definition NTDETECT.COM Term 2 System files in Windows 2000 , in system directory (not in root of C), WIN.com and ___.DLL Definition HALL.DLL Term CUrrent user's settings (for each user) in NT/2000/XP are stored in ____.DAT file Definition NTUSER.DAT Term Windows Registry in NT/2000/XP don't use USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT. They use 4 others beginning with S Definition SAM (Security accounts management) SECURITY SOFTWARE SYSTEM Term Exxternal commanded are usually found in C:\?????? . Examples are FORMAT, FDISK (Internal are DIR/DEL/COPY) Definition C:\Windows\Command Term Command to remove the read only attribute from start.doc ATTRIB _______ Definition ATTRIB -R start.doc Term ATTRIB +H *.* Definition adds the hidden attribute to all files in the current location Term Dir /w, DIR/p Definition Wide format (with fewer details). /p displasy the listine one screen at a time Term VER Definition displasy the current OS name and version Term MEM /C Definition Provides more detailed memory information Term COPY *.* A:\ Definition Copies all files from the current folder to A: drive Term XCOPY C:\JOBS\ Definition coppies everything from the directoy to the Current directory and also copies any subfolders. Term MD/CD/RD DELTREE (directories) DEL(files) Definition make directory, cahnge directory remove directory Removes non empty directories including subdirectories Term REN MYFILE.DOC YOURFILE.DOC Definition Renames MYFILE.DoC to YOURFILE.DOC Term TYPE show.sys Definition like "cat", shows thte text contained tin the file Term SET Definition command used in AUTOEXEC.BAT to set a variable Term PING microsoft.com Definition check IP addy for reachability Term One or more ___ partitions can be defined within the extended partition, only 1 primary and 1 extended partition can be created in Win 9X utility FDISK Definition logical Term Windows NT has "Disk administrator" in its Administrative Tools folder, WIn 2000 has a _________ tool within its "computer management utility" Definition disk management Term FAT16 has a limit of ___ GB per aparition, also the root of any FAT drive has a limit of ___ entries (including directories, files etc) used in DOS, Win 3X, and early version of ______ Definition 4 GB, 512, Windows 95a Term FAT32 saves space because it supports larger drives and smaller _______ units. Windows 98 includes the FAT32 Drive converter tool called )))) .EXE Definition allocation units, CVT1.EXE Term NTFS4 only used with WIndows _____ 4.0 and can convert a FAT drive to NTFS with what command? Definition NT 4.0, CONVERT command Term NTFS includes enhancments such as ___, and has a new feature called "Dynamic Disks" (concept of improving drive peformance) and used for 2000/XP Definition encryption Term DOS uses a __.___ limit while with Win95 files can have up to ___ characters (215 in WIn 2000) Definition 8.3 Term DIR /ah Definition listing of hidden files Term The Attribe command can set/remove the RASH attributes.. what are they? Definition Read Only Archive SYstem Hidden Term DEFRAG reduces the # of files that are stored noncontiguously, there are 3 switches -a analyze only -f ____________ -v Verbose output Definition forces degramnetnation even if disk space is low Term FDISK (Fixed Disk Utility) switches are /STATUS ______________ /S ____________ Definition Displays part info /STATUS ignores extended part info /S Term CHKDSK /F Definition fixes teh error it finds, like ScanDisk Term Scan Disk /ALL checks and reparis all local drives /AUTOFIX ___________ /CHECK ONLY checks not repair /CUSTOM configs and runs SCANDISK.INI Settings /NOSAVE - WIth/AUTO FIX, deletes lost clusters rather than saving them as files Definition fixes damage without prompting Term SCANDISK /NO Summary - WIth ?CHECKONLY or ?AUTOFIX prevents Scandisk from stopping at summary screens /SURFACE ___________ ?MONO COnfigs scan disk for use with monochrome displays Definition perofrms a surface scan after other checks. Term To run this like ScanDIsk, dispaly Properities box for a hard disk, select Check Disk for Errors fro m the TOols tab(for NT/2000/XP) Definition Check Disk (not the same as CHKDSK old MS-DOS utility) Term FORMAT found in C:\Windows\Command /V[:lable[ - specifies volume lable /Q ____ /F:size specifies the format size /B - allocates space on formatted disk for system files to be added later Definition quick format Term FORMAT /S - _______ /T: tracks specifies the # of tracks per disk side /N: sectors specifies sectors /1 formats a single side of a floopy /8 formats 8 sectors per track /C Definition /S copies system files to the formatted disk /C tests clusters that are currrently marked as bad. Term REGEDT32 is an alternate progeram to REGEDIT in which OS? Definition Win NT 4.0 and 2000 Term ____ (editor) is like notepad except it automatically opens a separate pane for each of the startup text files such as AUTOEXEC.BAT Definition SYSEDIT Term How to check the registry run which command ________??? You can back up the registry in NT/2000 using the backup program or creating emergecy repair disk using which command????? Definition SCANREG, ERD Term This command is a cabinet extraction tool for cabinet (CA0 archive files. You can use this utility to replace a missing file: EXTRACT x:\cabfile x:\replace /Y ________ /A searaches all CAB files /D displays cab directory /E extract all /L dir Loc Definition Does not prompt before overwriting an existing copy. Term Name 2 OS that does not support FAT32 Definition Windows 95a Windows NT 4.0 Term The minimym requirements for this Version of Windows is Pentium, 16MB (32 Recommended) 110 MB Hard Disk Definition NT WOrkstation 4.0 Term Min requirement is 386DX(486 recommended) 4MB(8MB rec) - 50-55MB Hard disk space. What version of Windows? Definition Windows 95 Term Min requirement is 486DX 66 (Pent recomended) with 16 MB of RAM, 165-355MB Hard disk. Which Windows? Definition Windows 98 Term Version of windows that has min requirement of 150Mhz pent, 32MB RAM, 480-645MB Hard disk Definition Windows ME Term Windows that requirems 133Mhz Pentium, 64MB, 2GB with at least 650MB free Definition 2000 Pro Term Windows that requirems 233Mhz (300 rec) Pentium, 64MB (128 rec), 1.5GB, and SVGA Definition XP Term Booting from DIsk to Access a Local CD, you require 2 files to load a CD-ROM driver, one is CONFIG.SYS, the other is ______________________ with these lines PATH = C:\;C:\DOS MSDEX.EXE /D: PANCD001 Definition AUTOEXEC.BAT Term Booting from DIsk to Access a Local CD, you require 2 files to load a CD-ROM driver, one is AUTOEXEC.BAT the other is ______________________ with these lines FIles=25 Buffers=9,256 DEVICE=C:\PANCD.SYS /D:PANCD001 Definition CONFIG.SYS Term ONce installiing windows 9X, there are 2 files you may want to look at, to seeif there is problems during startup, one is BOOTLONG.TXT, the other is ____.TXT Definition DETLOG Term You can upgrade From 95/98 to: 98, ___, ___, _____ From NT 4.0 to: 2000 or XP From 2000 to: _____ Definition ME, 2000,XP XP Term WINNT.EXE is the utilit for new installs, and ___.EXE is the utility from upgrades from 9x to 2000//XP versions Definition WINNT32 Term WIndows 9X boot process 1. POST 2. ___ loads and finds the boot sector and load into memory the IO.SYS file 3. IO.SYS loads into memory and stars processor in _____ _____ 4.WIN.COM loads and trasfers the processor to protected mode. 5. Virtual devic Definition MBR real mode Term Which version of WIndows does not have Logged/Enable Boot Logging? Definition NT Term Which version of windows does not have Safe mode? Definition NT Term Which version(s) of windows does not have Safe Mode with Network Support? Definition 98/ME/NT Term Which version of Windows has the "Last Known Good Configuration" version Definition 2000/XP Term Windows NT ERD (EMergency Repair Disk_ is different from 9X since it contaons only info and NOT a bootable disk, it contains: SYSTEM, SOFTWARE Registry, default. user profile (ntuser.da), and 3 other files Definition Setup.log Autoexec.nt Config.nt Term "INvalid Boot Disk" when it occurs Definition - when files needed aren't found - accidnetly leaving a nonbootable floppy when breboot Term "No Operating system " error occurs when Definition - no OS installed - boot sector has been corrupted -boot files have been corrupted or deleted can use FIXBOOT from Recovery Console Term THe files required for a Windows 9X startup disk are 1. IO.SYS 2. 3. Definition 2. MSDOS.SYS 3. COMMAND.COM Term a ___ GPF is when a Windows program accesses memory that another rprogram is using Definition General Protection Faults Term What are VxD's Definition Virtual Device Drivers Term IP addresses consist of 4 numers from 1 to ____ Definition 254 Term WHat assigns and resolves IP addresses? Definition Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Term IPCONFIG is in Win XP, in 9X, it is called ??? Definition WINIPCFG Term What command looks up the IP addresses of domain names, and also reports the local PC's IP address Definition NSLOOKUP Term \\Machinename\shar\path is known as a ____ Definition Universal Naming Convention (UNC)