Case Scenario Exercises

Scenario 2.1

You have been given a computer with the following hardware installed:

• 233 MHz Pentium II processor

• 64 MB of RAM

• 4 GB hard disk, 500 MB free

• 48x CD-ROM drive

• Floppy drive, mouse, keyboard

• SVGA monitor and video card

• 10 Mbps Ethernet network card

You will reformat the hard disk and install Windows XP Professional. What additional hardware do you need to install onto the computer prior to installing Windows XP?

Scenario 2.2

You install a new device into a Windows XP computer and restart the computer because the device installation procedure prompted you to do so. When the computer restarts, you can log on, but the computer stops responding shortly thereafter. You suspect that the newly installed device is causing the problem, and you want to remove it. How do you accomplish this?

Scenario 2.3

You are helping a user who is trying to perform an automatic installation of Windows XP on a network that has a RIS server. The RIS server contains the CD-based image and several other images that have been prepared. None of your client computers contain PXE-compliant network cards. What do you have to do to enable these clients to connect to the RIS server?