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MCTS 70-680 Exam Cram: Microsoft Windows 7, Configuring(Exam Cram)

MCTS 70-680 Exam Cram: Microsoft Windows 7, Configuring(Exam Cram)


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MCTS 70-680: Microsoft Windows 7, Configuring is the perfect study guide to help you pass Microsoft’s MCTS 70-680 exam. It provides coverage and practice questions for every exam topic. The book contains an extensive set of preparation tools, such as quizzes, Exam Alerts, and a practice exam, while the CD provides real-time practice and feedback with two complete sample exams.   Covers the critical information you’ll need to know to score higher on your MCTS 70-680 exam!      .    Understand how Windows 7 differs from previous versions      .    Install, upgrade, and migrate to Windows 7      .    Configure basic and advanced Windows networking      .    Enforce security with Windows Firewall and Windows Defender      .    Administer users, systems, disks, and printers      .    Manage and safely share files and folders      .    Work with Windows applications and Internet Explorer 8      .    Support mobile computers      .    Remotely manage Windows systems      .    Optimize Windows 7 system performance      .    Efficiently back up systems and reliably recover them   CD FEATURES 2 complete sample exams The test engine gives you an effective tool to assess your readiness for the exam      .    Detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers      .    Multiple test modes      .    Random questions and order of answers      .    Coverage of each MCTS 70-680 exam objective    

Table of Contents:
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1     The Value of Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1     The Microsoft Certification Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3         Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5         Microsoft Certified IT Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6     Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7 Configuration . . . 6     Taking a Certification Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14     How to Prepare for an Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15     Day of the Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17         Dealing with Test Anxiety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20     Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23     The Road to Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24         Defining Windows 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27         Windows 7 Flavors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32     Windows 7 Graphical User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33         Working with the Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35         Windows 7 Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37         Windows 7 Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38         The Notification Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42         Customizing the Taskbar and Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44         Working with Open Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47         Gadgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49         Aero Desktop Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 CHAPTER 2: Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating to Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59     Installing Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60         Windows 7 Installation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62         Windows Clean Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63         Upgrading Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63     Windows Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68         Activating Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70         Restore a Computer to a Previous Windows Installation . . . . . . . 70         Using BCDEdit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71         Enabling a Dual-Boot System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77     Windows Easy Transfer and Windows User State Migration Tool . . . . . 78         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82     Deploying Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83         Windows Automated Installation Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84         Windows PE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84         Disk Cloning and the System Preparation Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85         The Unattended Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87         Installing Windows Using Windows System Image Manager . . . . 87         Deploying Windows with WIM Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88         Deployment Image Servicing and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91         Windows Deployment Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95     Booting with a VHD Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 CHAPTER 3: System Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107     Configuring and Managing Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108         Viewing Basic Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111         Changing Computer Name and Domain/Workgroup . . . . . . . . 112         Windows Features and Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113         Configuring Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116         Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121     Device Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122         Plug and Play Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124         Signed Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124         Devices and Printers Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125         Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127         Adding a Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129         Configuring Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129         Managing Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133     Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134         Desktop Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136         Adjusting the Screen Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137         Multiple Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140         Windows Aero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143     Advanced Windows Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144         Microsoft Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145         Administrative Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145         Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146         Local and Group Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148         The Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 CHAPTER 4: Disk Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157     Disk Management Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158         Disk Partitioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161         Disk Storage Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162         File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168     Working with Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169         Simple Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171         Spanned Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172         Extending Simple or Spanned Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173         Shrinking Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174         Striped Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174         Mirrored Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176         Mount Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179         Formatting Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181     Optimizing the Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182         Monitoring Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183         Running Check Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183         Defragging the Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184         NTFS Disk Quotas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188     Review Questions Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 CHAPTER 5: Configuring Windows Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193     Introduction to TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194         IPv4 TCP/IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195         IPv6 TCP/IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198         Default Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202         Name Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202         DHCP Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204         IP Configuration on Windows 7 Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205         Network and Sharing Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208         Using the netsh Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211     Tools to Help Diagnose Network Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 CHAPTER 6: Configuring Advanced Windows Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223     Wireless Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224         Configuring Wireless Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227         Network Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235     Remote Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236         Dial-Up Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237         Broadband Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241         Virtual Private Networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242         DirectAccess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 CHAPTER 7: Configuring Windows Firewall and Windows Defender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255     Spyware and Windows Defender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263     Windows Firewall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264         Basic Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266         Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269         Computer Connection Security Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 CHAPTER 8: User Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281     Authentication and Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282         User Accounts and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284         Managing Local Logon Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289         Credential Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297     User Account Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307         Cram Exam Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308     Security Auditing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313         Cram Exam Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 CHAPTER 9: Managing Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319     NTFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320         NTFS Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321         Copying and Moving Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326         Folder and File Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326         Controlling Who Can Access a USB Flash Device . . . . . . . . . . 327         Cram Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327         Cram Exam Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328     Windows 7 File Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329     Libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331         Folder Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334     Searching in Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336         Cram Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340         Cram Exam Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341     Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342         Encryption File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343         BitLocker Drive Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348         BitLocker To Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354     Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355         Compressed (Zipped) Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355         NTFS Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357         Cram Quiz Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 CHAPTER 10: Sharing Files and Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363     Sharing Files and Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364         Network Discovery and Browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366         Sharing Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369         Special and Administrative Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374         Homegroup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375         Managing Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379         Connecting to a Shared Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382     BranchCache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 CHAPTER 11: Managing and Sharing Printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391     Printer in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392         Local Versus Network Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394         Printing Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395         Installing a Printer on Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396         Printer Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401         Location-Aware Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403         Printer Permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404         Managing the Print Spooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405         Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407         Looking at the Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408         Auditing Printer Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409         Troubleshooting Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 CHAPTER 12: Working with Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419     Windows Live Essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421         Cram Quiz Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421     Application Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422         Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) and Shims . . 425         XP Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430     Software Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 CHAPTER 13: Working with Internet Explorer 8.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445     Features of Internet Explorer 8.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446         Internet Explorer Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448         Common Internet Explorer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449         Plug-Ins/Add-Ons and Scripting Languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452         Internet Explorer Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454         Using Offline Mode and Saving Webpages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464         RSS Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465         Reset Internet Explorer to Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466         Compatibility View Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467         Using Accelerators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467         Search Providers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469         Cram Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469         Cram Exam Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 CHAPTER 14: Mobile Computers and Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475     Control Panel and Windows Mobility Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476         Configuring Presentation Settings for Mobile PCs . . . . . . . . . . 478         Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481         File and Data Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486         Windows SideShow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492         Remote Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495     Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496     Remote Desktop and Remote Desktop Connections . . . . . . . . . 497         Using Remote Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501         Using Administrative Tools for Remote Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503         Cram Exam Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504     PowerShell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 CHAPTER 15: Optimizing Windows 7 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515     Windows Performance Monitoring Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516         Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517         Resource Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519         Performance Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520         Windows Experience Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522         Memory Usage and the Paging File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524         Processor Scheduling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527         SuperFetch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527         ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531     Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 CHAPTER 16: Backups and System Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535     Looking at Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536         Event Viewer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537         Reliability Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541         Action Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542         System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543         Diagnostic Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544         Boot Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546         System Recovery Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551         Windows PE Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553         Problem Steps Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556     Backups and System Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558         Backup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559         Types of Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560         Backup and Restore Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562         System Image Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564         System Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564         Cram Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568         Cram Quiz Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568     Review Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569     Review Question Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 Practice Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573 TOC, 9780789747341, 2/11/11  

About the Author :
Patrick Regan has been a PC technician, network administrator/engineer, design architect, and security analyst for the past 17 years since graduating with a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Akron. He has taught many computer and network classes at Sacramento local colleges (Heald Colleges and MTI Colleges) and participated in and led many projects (Heald Colleges, Intel Corporation, Miles Consulting Corporation, and Pacific Coast Companies). For his teaching accomplishments, he received the Teacher of the Year award from Heald Colleges, and he has received several recognition awards from Intel. Previously, he worked as a product support engineer for the Intel Corporation Customer Service, a senior network engineer for Virtual Alert supporting the BioTerrorism Readiness suite and as a senior design architect/engineer and training coordinator for Miles Consulting Corporation (MCC), a premiere Microsoft Gold partner and consulting firm. He is currently a senior network engineer supporting a large enterprise network at Pacific Coast Companies.   He holds many certifications including the Microsoft MCSE, MCSA, MCT; CompTIA’s A+, Network+, Server+, Linux+, Security+ and CTT+; Cisco CCNA; and Novell’s CNE and CWNP Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA).   Over the last several years, he has written several textbooks for Prentice Hall, including Troubleshooting the PC, Networking with Windows 2000 and 2003, Linux, Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, and the Acing Series (Acing the A+, Acing the Network+, Acing the Security+, and Acing the Linux+). He has also co-authored the MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Cram: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment, Second Edition and has written several Exam Cram books for the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 certification exams.   You can write with questions and comments to the author at Patrick_Regan@hotmail.com. (Because of the high volume of mail, every message might not receive a reply.)


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  • ISBN-13: 9780132603195
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson IT Certification
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Exam Cram
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0132603195
  • Publisher Date: 21 Feb 2011
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 625
  • Sub Title: Microsoft Windows 7, Configuring


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