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Windows 2003 Hardware/Drivers
Drivers/Hardware
14
Computer Science
Professional
05/01/2007

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Term
When managing a device manager of a remote user, what permission do you have?
Definition
Read only
Term
What considerations must be follow when installing a PnP device?
Definition
- must have a digital signature

- No action needed to install the device

- the device is already on the computer
Term
What does a digital signature mean?
Definition
A particular driver or file was not altered or overwritten by another programs installation process
Term
What does ignore mean when it comes to unassigned drivers?
Definition
Allows all drivers to be installed on the computers, regardless of they have a digital signature or not.
Term
When does warn mean when it comes to assigned drivers?
Definition
Displays a warning that the drivers have no digital signature
Term
What does block mean when it comes to drivers?
Definition
Block means that a driver has to have a digital signature to install it.
Term
When a driver issue has occurred, what will the driver rollback do?
Definition
Goes back to the last working driver
Term
If you have a driver issue and the system never fully booted, what option do you have to use when you press f8? When is this NOT useful?
Definition
Last known good configuration is used when you haven't booted into windows successfully. If you have successfully logged on and then have issues, this option will be little help.
Term
Describe what safe mode is?
Definition
Safe mode is an option that you can use when you press f8. It loads minimal system and boot drivers to be able to log in.
Term
What does the recovery console do?
Definition
Allows you to log on and access limited parts of the file system from a command prompt.
Term
What would you do with this error?

"The device is not configured correctly, to update the drivers, click update driver...." (code 3)
Definition
Use update driver to update the driver
Term
What would you do with this error?

"The driver for this device might be corrupted, or you system is running low on memory...." (code 1)
Definition
The driver may be corrupted. Also check the task manager to see how your resources look!
Term
What would you do with this error?

"The device can not start, try updating the drivers..." (code 10)
Definition
Run the update wizard, but do not let windows 2003 automatically detect the hardware
Term
What would you do with this error?

"The device can not find enough free resources that can use it." (code 12)
Definition
Click the resources tab on the properties page containing the error.
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