Windows XP, Vista, and 7 IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Unit 7 Checklist Complete Assignment Complete Discussion Board Remember to make your first post before Saturday Post on three different days Check for spelling and grammar Be professional Flexible Learning Activity Seminar or Quiz IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Unit 7 Objectives Describe the procedure to install and troubleshoot an operating system Compare operating systems Explain objects of a file system Describe steps for operating system recovery such as Registry, blue screen of death, etc. IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Agenda Optical Media Miscellaneous Multimedia Monitors and Dot Pitch Flat Panel and LCD Monitors Other types of video projection Sound and Sound Cards Printer Ports Types of Printers and Troubleshooting IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Windows Interface Utilities User Interface Login Desktop Taskbar & Start Menu System tray Quick Launch toolbar My Computer/Computer IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Windows Interface User Interface (cont) Windows Explorer My Documents/Documents Pictures Videos Music Recycle Bin My Network Places/Network Places IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Clicking rules Click menu items once to use them Click icons once to select them Click icons twice to use them Right click anything to see its properties. IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Hot Keys Function Keys (F keys) Standard functions Word functions Windows shortcuts IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Tech Utilities Right click Properties Control Panel Device Manager System Tools/Performance Information & Tools Scheduled tasks/Task scheduler System Information Performance console IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Registry Root Keys HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT HKEY_CURRENT_USER HKEY_USERS HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Virtual Memory Virtual memory works by creating a swap file Inactive files are transferred to the hard drive Active files are loaded into RAM IT190 Foundations in Information Technology NTFS Became standard in Windows 2000 Long file names Redundancy Backward compatibility Recoverability Security Multiple user accounts Groups Permissions IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Booting up System files NTLDR BOOT.INI NTDETECT.COM Boot files NTOSKRNL.EXE Device drivers IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Windows Versions Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows Mobile IT190 Foundations in Information Technology Questions? IT190 Foundations in Information Technology