Help Me Take This Test

[DaMulta]

What is the first windows NT/2000/XP program that is loaded and run when Windows NT is booted?

[PVTCaboose1337]

Mine is svchost, like lots of them.

[DaMulta]

What legacy application should you not attemt to run under windows

[DaMulta]

What folder does windows 200 store a backup of the reg when backing up the system state?

[DaMulta]

What two commands can you use from th ecommand prompt to perform the same functions as the files and settings transfer wizard

[PVTCaboose1337]

What legacy application should you not attemt to run under windows

Which windoze? Xp, 2000, 3.1?

[Alec§taar]

NT Boot Sequence and Files:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/100323

Boot Sequence for x86-Based Machines

1. Power on self-test (POST).

2. Find boot device and load boot record (handled by the system BIOS). The master boot record (MBR) reads the partition table, determines the location of the boot record, and then jumps to that sector and begins execution there.

3. Windows NT bootstrap routine finds and loads NTLDR.

NOTE: Steps 2 and 3 as documented on page 474 of the Windows NT System Guide are in reverse, incorrect order. The step order listed here is correct.

4. NTLDR switches processor to 32-bit flat memory mode.

5. NTLDR reads the BOOT.INI and displays operating system choices.

6. User selects an operating system (Windows NT in this example).

7. NTLDR loads NTDETECT.COM.

8. NTDETECT.COM builds the hardware list. It then passes the list and control back to NTLDR. If an operating system other than Windows NT is selected, BOOTSECT.DOS is loaded and control is passed to it.

9. NTLDR loads NTOSKRNL.EXE.

10. NTOSKRNL.EXE loads and initializes Windows NT using information from the Registry to load and initialize drivers and other system settings.

:)

APK

P.S.=> You asked this question: "What is the first windows NT/2000/XP program that is loaded and run when Windows NT is booted?"

That IS the answer... & more, of course (complete information)... apk

[Alec§taar]

What legacy application should you not attemt to run under windows

Anything that attempts DIRECT hardware access, such as Windows 3.x 16-bit defraggers, or DOS versions of the same for example.

APK

[OOTay]

what kind of test is this for?

[Alec§taar]

what kind of test is this for?

Yea, I am curious myself...

What folder does windows 200 store a backup of the reg when backing up the system state?

LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION, in the registry itself, & I imagine under %WinDir%\system32\config subfolder tree, in the .sav files...

What two commands can you use from th ecommand prompt to perform the same functions as the files and settings transfer wizard

?

Copy & move??

APK

P.S.=> This LAST one I am NOT sure of 100%, but am fairly confident of the others... I never USE that damn thing (file & settings transfer wizard)... lol! Gotta run now, very busy... good luck on your test! apk

[Ketxxx]

^ listen to this man, hes like the uber humanoid robot with just about every answer imaginable for software stuff :p

damn you :D ill eventually learn software too, just as soon as i learn how to stay awake during the lectures first :D

[DaMulta]

You guys were too late, my A+ softwear test is over.

[Ketxxx]

better late than never :D

[Alec§taar]

^ listen to this man, hes like the uber humanoid robot with just about every answer imaginable for software stuff :p

I make mistakes man, & sometimes? Folks think I have some "crazy ideas" but over time many did come out right... lol!

Still, I can be in error...

damn you :D ill eventually learn software too, just as soon as i learn how to stay awake during the lectures first :D

Then, you will no longer be human... lol, Ala "Rob Zombie"...

APK

P.S.=> That side of things just may not be "YOU"... that's all, & don't do something you don't "get into" for lack of a better term (software side of computing, hell, you're dozing off during your education part, is this boredom from knowing it already, or just NOT liking it? Ask yourself this)

AND, above all, ugh! IF you don't like that side of this field? Don't DO it because then, for you.. it's be like dating a fat chick! lol... apk