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Chapter 13/Operating System Administration Flashcards

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we interact with an operating system throw
what?

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1-control panel
2-the command prompt
3-the windows registry
4-virtual memory

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Applet ( table to check )

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An applet is a small, supplemental program that does a job a larger program is incapable of doing.

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1- control panel

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The Control Panel is a section of Microsoft Windows that enables a user to change various computer hardware and software features. Settings for the mouse, display, sound, network, and keyboard represent and more by using applets

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The Regional and Language Options is configured through which control panel applet?
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in window 7 =Region and language

in window vista/ XP = Region and language options

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internet options applet sets a number of internet properties what are they
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General, security, privacy, content, connection, program and advance.

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The folder option applet

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some of the files are hidden by default for security

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The system control applet: deferent OS has different options available in this applet some of them are

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General
Network identification
hardware 
hardware profiles
User profile
Environment Variables 
System restore
Automatic updates
Remote
Computer name
Advanced
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computer name tab

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is the machine:
workgroup
domain

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Advanced tab has three subheadings they are deferent on each OS, they include
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performance
Environment variables
user profile
start up and recovery

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performance

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Visual effects, processor scheduling, memory usage and virtual memory,

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Environment variables; two types

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user variable is set for one user and dose not effect other users who login to the machine.
system variable is set for all users, it provide information needed by the system when running app or performing tasks

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user profiles

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every user is giving a user profile when they login to their machine, that profile contains the information of their setting and preferences.
there are three options for this setting
delete
change type
copy to

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MS-DOS

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Short for Microsoft Disk Operating System, MS-DOS is a non-graphical command line operating system derived from 86-DOS that was created for IBM compatible computers. MS-DOS allows the user to navigate, open, and otherwise manipulate files on their computer from a command line instead of a GUI like Windows.

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2-the command prompt

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Today, MS-DOS is no longer used; however, the command shell, more commonly known as the Windows command line is still used by many users. The picture to the right, is an example of what an MS-DOS window more appropriately referred to as the Windows command line looks like running under Microsoft Windows.

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command prompt utilities are divided in to two categories

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2-1 Networking command line tools

2-2 OS command line tools

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2-1 Networking command line tools we need to know are

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PING, TRACERT, NETSTAR, IPCONFIG, NET, NSLOOKUP, and NBTSTAT.

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PING command

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Short for Packet Internet Groper, PING is one of the most useful command in the TCP/IP.
is a utility used to verify whether or not a network data packet is capable of being distributed to an address without errors. The ping utility is commonly used to check for network errors.
there are several options for ping command, we can see them by typing ping /?

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ping options

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ping -4 is used to IPv4

ping-6 is used to IPv6

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TRACERT command

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is a command line utility that enable you to verify the route to a remote host, we execute the TRACERT hostname ( the hostname is the computer name or the IP addresses).
The tracert command is used to visually see a network packet being sent and received and the amount of hops required for that packet to get to its destination.

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NETSTAT command

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check out the inbound and outbound of TCP/IP connection, and the number of errors.
network statistics, the NETSTAT command is a command found in almost all command line environments that allow you to view the statistics of the network.

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there are some useful options for NETSTAT ( table)

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-e display Ethernet statistic
-f display fully quality Domain name
more options in the table

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IPCONFIG command

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IPCONFIG is a DOS utility that can be used from to display the network settings currently assigned and given by a network. This command can be utilized to verify a network connection as well as to verify your network settings on the client’s network interface cards.

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IPCONFIG switches

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/ALL shows full configuration

/RELEASE Releases if you are getting the address from an Dynamic Host configuration protocol (DHCP)

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NET command

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is one of the most powerful commands, the capabilities of this command differ if it is a workstation or server and the version of the OS, it has so many switches.

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OS command line Tools

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we need to know these tools
TASKKILL, BOOTREC, SFC, SHUTDOWN, TASKLIST, MD,RD, CD, DLE, FDISK, FORMAT, COPY, XCOPY, ROBOCOPY, DISKPART, SFC, CHKDSK, AND /?

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TASKKILL

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Allows a user running Microsoft Windows XP professional, Windows 2003, or later to terminate a process from an Windows command line by process id (PID) or image name.

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Windows Registry

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The Registry or Windows Registry contains information, settings, options, and other values for programs and hardware installed on all versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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Virtual memory

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Virtual memory is a method of using the computer hard drive to provide extra memory for the computer, it uses a swap file or a paging file. Segments of memory are stored on the hard drive known as pages. When a segment of memory is requested that is not in memory it is moved from the virtual memory to an actual memory address.

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Task Manager

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The Task Manager is an operating system component found in all versions of Microsoft Windows
It enables a user to view each of the tasks currently running on the computer, each of the processes, and the overall performance of the computer. The Task Manager is accessed by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del on the keyboard and selecting “Task Manager” or “Start Task Manager”.

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MMC

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Microsoft Management Console, MMC is a program included with Windows 2000 and above that enables administrators a central location to manage and control all the tasks in Windows. If you have administrative rights, you can access this portion of Windows by clicking Start, Run, and typing mmc and pressing enter.

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