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Windows 7
Question | Answer |
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Windows 7 Minimum System Requirements for a 32-bit (x86) system: | 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 16G HD, DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 |
Windows 7 Minimum System Requirements for a 64-bit (x64) system: | 1GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 20G HD, DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 |
Windows 7 Home Premium edition contains: | HomeGroup |
Windows 7 Professional edition contains: | HomeGroup, Windows XP Mode, Joining Domains |
Windows 7 Ultimate edition contains: | HomeGroup, Windows XP Mode, Joining Domains, DirectAccess, BitLocker, AppLocker |
What hardware would Windows 7 Starter be installed on? | Netbooks |
Name 4 installation methods: | Clean, Upgrade, Virtual Hard Disks, Dual-Boot Configuration |
Two installation options: | Standard and Unattended |
What file does a Windows 7 automated install use? | Unattend.xml |
Windows 7 can dual-boot with what other configurations? | Older OS, VHD, OS used for disaster recovery |
An OS in a dual-boot system must have: | Own partition or harddisk |
What new file replaces boot.ini files? | BCD files |
BCD stands for: | Boot Configuration Data |
What utility is used to modify the boot configuration data file? | bcdedit |
Upgrades can only be performed from what OSs: | Windows Vista SP1 or later and another version of Windows 7 |
You cannot upgrade between these CPU architectures: | x86 vs x64 |
What should be run before upgrade is done? | Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor |
What are two ways to update from lower level of Windows 7 editions? | Media or Windows Anytime Upgrade |
Considerations when performing an upgrade from windows vista to windows 7: | Backup, Confirm SP1, upgrade is an equivalent edition or higher, Free 10GB |
When does a roll back occur? | Failure during upgrade |
What must be performed if user profiles need to be saved? | Migration |
Two types of migration for user accounts: | Side-by-Side and Wipe-and-Load |
When should you use Easy Transfer Wizard? | When you want to perform a clean install but still keep certain files and setting from XP, Vista or Windows 7 old installs. |
Three ways to use Easy Transfer Wizard: | Easy Transfer Cable, Network, External HD or USB |
USMT stands for: | User State Migration Tool |
command line tool that can be used to migrate users from an old OS to Windows 7. | User State Migration Tool (USMT) |
Why would you use USMT? | Large numbers of users |
Two ways to use USMT: | Network shares and USB |
Two phases of USMT: | Scanstate(exports) and Loadstate(import) |
What are the 4 files used with USMT? | MigApp.xml, MigUser.xml, MigDocs.xml and Config.xml |
How can the .xml files be utilized? | Scanstate syntax |
Used to EXCLUDE features from a migration: | Config.xml |
Contains rules for application settings: | MigApp.xml |
Contains rules for user settings: | MigUser.xml |
Contains rules for user document location: | MigDocs.xml |
What would be best practices for deploying Windows 7 to a large number of PCs: | Image Based Deployment |
What is different in Windows 7 pertaining to deployment methods? | Image can be shared regardless of hardware differences |
Can 32-bit versions of Windows 7 share a deployment image with a 64-bit version of Windows 7? | No |
What is the extension of a Windows Image? | .WIM |
Name two ways the Windows Image file can be used: | Directly from DVD in a default install or create a custome .WIM file for deployment |
A collection of tools and documentation designed to help you deploy windows: | Windows Automated Installation Toolkit (AIK) |
Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) tool used to open images, create answer files and manage distribution shares: | Windows System Image Manager (SIM) |
Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) tool used to capture, create, modify and apply windows images: | ImageX |
Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) tool which is a minimal operating system enviroment used to deploy windows: | Windows PE (Pre-installation Enviornment) |
Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) tool used to migrate user data from a previous Windows OS to Windows 7: | USMT (User State Migration Tool) |
Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) tool used to apply updates, drivers and language packs to a Windows image: | Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) |
What does the Windows PE boot CD contain: | Network resources that contain image or answer files. |
Tool that erases any unique information, such as computer name or SIDS: | sysprep.exe |
sysprep.exe /audit | Audit Mode and used to test an install. Does NOT deploy. |
sysprep.exe /generalize | Removes unique info |
sysprep.exe /oobe | Welcome Mode and allows users to cusotomize OS |
sysprep.exe /quiet | On-screen confirmation not displayed. Use with /automate switch |
sysprep.exe /unattend: answerfile | applies an answer file to windows during installation |
VHD stands for: | Virtual Hard Drive |
What is VHDs usually used in conjunction with? | Hyper-V, Virtual Server and Virtual PC |
Windows 7 Ultimate and enterprise gives you this new ability to do this with a VHD: | Boot from |
What tool(s) is used to attach a VHD for use or detach it to change properties? | Disk Management or Diskpart |
What tool is used to make a VHD bootable? | BCDBoot |
What tool is used to set the VHD drive as the boot drive? | BCDEdit |
What tool is used to quickly set up a system partition, or to repair the boot environment located on the system partition? | BCDBoot |
What does BCD stand for? | Boot Configuration Data |
How is the system partition setup when using the BCDboot tool: | By copying a small set of boot environment files from an installed windows image. |
What steps need to be performed to do an upgrade to Windows 7? | From the current OS run SETUP.EXE and choose Upgrade Option |
True or False: You CAN NOT upgrade between CPU architecture (x86 vs x64). | TRUE |
True or False: You can directly upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7. | FALSE |
When installing RAID drivers, you need to do this: | Select NEW DRIVER during the install process |
Scanstate is executed from which PC? | Source |
Loadstate is executed from which PC? | Target |
Scanstate does this: | Exports user data from "old" PC |
Loadstate does this: | Imports user data from the "old" PC |
Example of a scanstate syntax is: | scanstate /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser.xml \\server1\migration\myfiles |
You have a network of 100 workstations that need to be updated to Windows 7, which method is the best way to upgrade these workstations? | Image-based Deployment |
A collection of tools and documentation designed to help deploy Windows 7: | Windows Automated Installation Toolkit (AIK) |
A tool that is part of the Windows AIK that is used to modigy images after they area created: | Deployment Image Services and Management (DISM) |
Name tools that are a part of the Windows Automation Installation Toolkit(AIK): | SIM, ImageX, Windows PE, USMT, DISM |
Windows SIM stands for: | Windows System Image Manager |
VHDs are usually used in conjuction with programs such as: | Hyper-V, Virtual Server and Virtual PC |
You want to copy files to a VHD file, you need to do this first: | Attach it through Diskpart |
Steps to create a bootable VHD drive: | Create VHD drive using disk manager or diskpart, use BCDBoot to make the drive bootable, use BCDedit to add the drive to the boot menu |
Drivers tested by MS are called: | Signed drivers |
What tool would you use to determine if there are any unsigned drivers on your machine? | sigverif.exe |
You upgrade an audio driver and your machine is now unstable, what should you do? | Rollback the driver in safemode |
What toolkit should you use before upgrading to Windows 7 to determine if there will be any application issues? | Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) |
To change the applications you would run at startup you need to use: | System Configuration (msconfig) |
A user can no longer wants .mp3 files to be opened by iTunes, where can the file association be changed? | Control Panel, Default Programs |