| Don't miss the Study Lab materials found on the CD accompanying this book. Each Study Lab is tailored to the individual chapters in this book, meaning that you'll quickly be able to determine which topics you understand well enough to pass the exam and which topics need more study time. The Study Labs are presented in printable PDF format so that you can take them with you to study at work, on the road, or even in your car just before test time! The Absolute Minimum -
The Io.sys , MSdos.sys , Config.sys , Autoexec.bat , and Win.com files are processed in order to start Windows 9x/Me. -
Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP processes NTLDR , Boot.ini , NTdetect.com , Ntoskrnl.exe , and Hal.dll during the startup process. -
The Windows Registry is also read as part of the startup process for all versions of Windows on the A+ Certification Exam. -
Windows uses Regedit as the Registry editor. Windows 2000 and NT 4.0 can also use Regedt32 for some Registry-editing tasks . -
The My Computer icon in the Windows GUI provides access to drives , the Control Panel, and other important Windows components . -
The Control Panel controls major hardware components in Windows. -
The System Tray and Taskbar provide one-click access to currently running programs and utilities. -
The Start menu provides shortcuts to most Windows programs and utilities. -
The Accessories folder provides access to Windows accessories; most system tools are found in the System Tools folder inside the Accessories folder. -
ScanDisk, CHKDSK, Defragment (not in Windows NT 4.0), and Disk Cleanup are Windows's major disk management tools. -
Windows provides both GUI-based and command-line file management tools for displaying files and attributes, copying files, locating files, renaming files, and removing files. -
Major command-line functions and programs include DIR , COPY , XCOPY , XCOPY32 , ATTRIB , DEL / ERASE , RENAME , VER , and DELTREE . -
Windows's performance can be improved through adjustments of the default locations for temporary files, swapfile /paging file, and, in Windows 9x/Me, the settings for the disk cache. |
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