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1. You can still ___________ if root hints are disabled.
Encapsulating Security payload protocol used for encryption the packets created by the AH.
It can be configured to to state the minimum level of system health. Example: To require or not require anitvirus - antipiracy - or firewall to connect to the network.
Forward to another DNS server
By an EFS Data Recovery Agent. If the computer is in a workgroup and the user has forgotten their password - the user should recover their own password with a Password Reset Disk in order to retain access to their encrypted files. If the administrato

2. Where is the Troubleshoot option for fixing common problems located?
Some information—such as cookies and temporary Internet files—so that the webpages you visit will work correctly. However - at the end of your InPrivate Browsing session - this information is discarded.
Devices and Printers Control Panel applet has a
Install and run many Windows XP productivity applications directly from your Windows 7-based PC. It utilizes virtualization technology - such as Windows Virtual PC - to provide a virtual Windows XP Professional SP3 environment for Windows 7 so that o
Delegate permission by configuring the dacl of the zone file.

3. What does the Hosted Cache mode do?
It improves performance
It operates by deploying a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 as a host in the branch office. Clients are configured with the fully qualified domain name of the host computer so that they can retrieve content from the Hosted Cache - when
Modifies the installation of a Windows Installer Package (.MSI) and can be invoked with MSIEXEC.EXE
The DFS service attempts to keep the domain based namespace highly consistent by polling the pcd emulator after the namespace changes. This bypasses the needing to wait for the ad replication to update the namespace object. This can increase load on

4. What do wireless access point need to be configured with to to preform 802.1x authentication?
EAP authentication needs to be enabled for remote access authentication (dial up - VPN - wireless) -.
They must be configured with the ip addresses of the radius server.
A WDDM driver for the graphics card and a Windows Experience index of 3.0 or greater.
Can be configured through a GPO

5. What does Removing Modify NTFS permission (not explicitly denying) do?
It will prevent a user from deleting files in a folder. Granting Modify permission to the Creator Owners Group will allow users to delete the files they create but not the files of other users.
A scheduled task that runs by default collecting information for the Reliability monitor. If disabled it must reenabled manually from the task scheduler mmc snapin.
Boot the computer with a WINDOWS PE disk that contains a copy of IMAGEX.
Forward to another DNS server

6. What does PNPUTIL.EXE do?
It insert drivers into the Windows Driver Store so that users can add the associated PNP hardware without having to provide the driver or administrator credentials
Creates a bootable CD that runs the Windows Recovery Environment (WRE)
All Programs - Windows Virtual PC - Windows XP Mode Applications. To run your application directly from the Windows 7 desktop - just go to your Start menu.
IPSEC

7. What OSs can IPV6 be uninstalled?
Windows XP and Server 2003.
They are designed to provide concise and impartial information about the content in computer and video games so consumers - especially parents - can make an informed purchase decision. ESRB ratings have two equal parts: rating symbols suggest age app
Clicking and dragging a window to the right or left side of the desktop causes the window to fill the respective half of the screen. Snapping a window to the top of the desktop maximizes it. Resizing a window to touch the top or bottom edge of the sc
Use the Cipher.exe command line tool.

8. What is the benifit of create a fixed size VHD instead of a dynamically expanding VHD file?
A .WFW file
For the drive that Windows is installed on. System protection can only be turned on for drives that are formatted using the NTFS file system.
It improves performance
Only Business Track Windows 7 editions (Professional - Enterprise - Ultimate).

9. What is BCDEdit?
A .WFW file
Ping the Link Local Address (FE80 Address)
WPA-Enterprise (radius authentication)
Is a command-line tool for managing BCD stores. It can be used for a variety of purposes - including creating new stores - modifying existing stores - adding boot menu options - and so on. BCDEdit serves essentially the same purpose as Bootcfg.exe on

10. How does Transparent Caching lead to improved end-user response times and decreased bandwidth consumption over the WAN links to the server?
Install Windows Installer Packages (.MSI) files. You can script the installation.
Contains a list of dynamically updated list of authorities for the zone.
By caching reads to remote files over a slow network in the Offline Files (CSC) cache. Subsequent reads to the same file are then satisfied from the client (cache) after verifying the integrity of the cached copy.
They restrict disk space usage for users. If you modify the quota template it applies changes to all folders that the template is assigned.

11. How do you review files in the Offline Files Cache?
Use SYNC Center
4 (bits 53 - 56) /56 Allows for 16 regions
WECUTIL QC
Through Group Policy at Computer configuration | Administrative Templates | Network | Offline Files | Enable Transparent Caching.

12. The WSUS server and remote SQL server _____________.
Cannot be in different domains
One of the tunnels if DirectAccess by using both a computer certificate and user credentials. This tunnel authenticates the user and provides access to intranet resources and application servers.
Use dnscmd /recorddelete
Print services for unix can be configured to share out with the LPD (Line Printer Daemon) and clients send print jobs to LPD using LPR (Line printer remote) client software.

13. What do you do if a computer is missing the data recovery agent certificate for the EFS recovery agent?
Export and import it from another computer.
Schedule reports - monitor attempt to save unauthorized files - and generate reports instantly.
You add it back to a DNS zone - clear the server DNS cache and clients DNS cache.
It governs remote access and a user must meet the conditions of at least one of the policies.

14. What account must be used to activate a DHCP server in active directory?
Assign a ipsec policy to all computers - verify the computers can manually authenticate. Assign a client respond only IPSEC policy to the computers. Also either the request server or the security server need IPSEC polices assigned.
Configure the enforcement points as RADIUS clients.
Print services for unix can be configured to share out with the LPD (Line Printer Daemon) and clients send print jobs to LPD using LPR (Line printer remote) client software.
Enterprise Admins

15. What does the MigApp.xml file do?
It is where Internet access is direct and not routed through the VPN - configure advanced TCPIP network properties and uncheck the option "Use Default Gateway on Remote Network".
Only sites added to the local Intranet Zones
Specify this file with both the ScanState and LoadState commands to migrate application settings to computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7.
First the local link address sends a router discovery packet (Router Solicitation message). If the router request is received then a Public address corrosponding to the global or unique local address prefix in the message.

16. What does Reliability Monitor display?
They can place quotas on folders/volumes - activity screen files - and generate comprehensive storage reports. This assists in not only monitoring existing resource but helping on future planning.
Encapsulating Security payload protocol used for encryption the packets created by the AH.
Problem history but also application installation history.
A LAN Router only or a LAN to WAN Router

17. What are the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 7?
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor - 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) - 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) - DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Usually if the DHCP server is installed as the ad server - if it is a member server then it needs to be assigned manually.
By an EFS Data Recovery Agent. If the computer is in a workgroup and the user has forgotten their password - the user should recover their own password with a Password Reset Disk in order to retain access to their encrypted files. If the administrato
Take the number of networks and take the square root of it. Subtract that number from the subnet mask. The result is the original mask.

18. Why would a secondary DNS server stop responding to client queries?
IPV6 transition technologies
Only Business Track Windows 7 editions (Professional - Enterprise - Ultimate).
Updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions to switch between BOOTMGR and NTLDR. You can use this tool to restore the boot sector on your computer. This tool replaces FixFAT and FixNTFS.
This happens because the zone records expire. This occurs because the secondary zone has not successfully zone transferred before the "Expires After" SOA.

19. What is a DHCP relay agent?
A CONFIG.XML file
It can can forward requests from DHCP clients for ip addresses to a remote DHCP server.
Does not have
Use it to can backup certificates to a .PFX file that is password protected.

20. What can storage reports be used for?
A suite of tools that allow administrators to understand - control - and manage the quantity and types of data stored on the servers.
A user to submit a print job to a printer and manage their own print jobs through the "Manage Documents" permission granted to the Creator Owners Group. If you grant a user "Manage Documents" - then they can manage ALL jobs submitted to that printer.
Duplicate file identification - disk usage patterns - dormant files identification - and audit screening.
Generates a space-estimate file called Usmtsize.txt. This option does not collect the user state. You must also specify /nocompress.

21. What is a reservation?
A way of assigning a staic address based on the mac address. This ensures each time the client receives the same address.
You add it back to a DNS zone - clear the server DNS cache and clients DNS cache.
Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate Editions
IN the WindowsUpdateClient log in the system log portion of event viewer.

22. What needs to be enabled for smart card logon?
EAP authentication needs to be enabled for remote access authentication (dial up - VPN - wireless) -.
Command line equilivant of Server Manager. You can install/remove roles and features on server 2008?
Hovering over a taskbar icon shows thumbnail of that program. Hovering over the thumbnail shows a preview of that program in full view. Aero Peek also refers to the "Show desktop" button to the far right of the new taskbar.
The domain profile not the public or private.

23. What is InPrivate Browsing?
Windows XP and Server 2003.
Use SYNC Center
Create persistent connections to computers with POWERSHELL
It enables you to surf the web without leaving a trail in Internet Explorer. This helps prevent anyone else who might be using your computer from seeing where you visited and what you looked at on the web. You can start InPrivate Browsing from the ne

24. What does Aero require?
A feature that regularly creates and saves information about your computer's system files and settings. System protection also saves previous versions of files that you've modified. It saves these files in restore points - which are created just befo
A WDDM driver for the graphics card and a Windows Experience index of 3.0 or greater.
NMCAP. You can initiate a packet capture and make a .cap file to replay later. It allows you to accept a .cap files as input useful in parsing traffic by different ports or ip address. Example: NMCap /inputcapture test.cap /capture IPV4.Address ==10.
DHCP server cannot assign an ip address

25. How do you display detailed Windows Activation and License status?
Increase the SOA refresh interval parameter.
Clients establish an IPsec tunnel for the IPv6 traffic to the DirectAccess server - which acts as a gateway to the intranet. The DirectAccess client establishes two IPsec tunnels: Psec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) tunnel and IPsec ESP tunnel.
Run: Cscript slmgr.vbs /dl
Restrict the share permissions of the DFS root share.

26. What is Touch UI?
Windows Aero was revised to be more touch-friendly.
Conditional forward
Shaking (quickly dragging back and forth) a window minimizes all other windows. Shaking it again brings them back.
So the downstream servers can recieve its approved updates via parent server. This allows multiple points of deployment. Downstream servers also can be delegated the permission to approve their own updates

27. What is a HOSTS file?
A file that can be used to perform FQDN name resolution in the absence of a DNS server.
an email address where the @ is replaced with a period.
By caching reads to remote files over a slow network in the Offline Files (CSC) cache. Subsequent reads to the same file are then satisfied from the client (cache) after verifying the integrity of the cached copy.
A feature that regularly creates and saves information about your computer's system files and settings. System protection also saves previous versions of files that you've modified. It saves these files in restore points - which are created just befo

28. What is a mx record?
A roecord to indicate the smtp server.
The system will shut down. The next time you start this system (after cloning it) - it will install with the settings in the XML file. The Computer Name will be automatically generated.
Se a capture filter based on the mac address of the problem PC.
Us edit dnscmd /zoneupdatefromdns command.

29. How do you connect to a wireless access point is not broadcasting its SSID?
A file that is loaded when a DNS server starts up and populate the root hints.
By creating or modifying a wireless connection in Network and Sharing Center.
They are designed to provide concise and impartial information about the content in computer and video games so consumers - especially parents - can make an informed purchase decision. ESRB ratings have two equal parts: rating symbols suggest age app
If you are logged in as an administrator you can shrink an existing partition or volume to create unallocated disk space - from which you can create a new partition or volume. You can shrink a volume even on a Basic Disk.

30. How can you modify event viewer from being filled up with the printer related events?
Enabled searching for content on remote locations right from the Explorer itself. Integrating federated search into Windows gives users the benefits of using familiar tools and workflows to search remote data. This enhanced integration provides the a
WPA-Personal (uses a preshared key)
Turn off the Log Spooler event on a print server.
Command to configure the TCP/IP settings.

31. What does windows cardspace do?
It backs up digitally identities to a password protected file.
vssadmin.exe. This can view previous version files as well.
It can can forward requests from DHCP clients for ip addresses to a remote DHCP server.
Devices and Printers Control Panel applet has a

32. How can you removed a stale resource record from DNS?
By caching reads to remote files over a slow network in the Offline Files (CSC) cache. Subsequent reads to the same file are then satisfied from the client (cache) after verifying the integrity of the cached copy.
Configure aging and scavenging.
WINRM QUICKCONFIG.
All Programs - Windows Virtual PC - Windows XP Mode Applications. To run your application directly from the Windows 7 desktop - just go to your Start menu.

33. How do you create a subscription?
Deploy a secondary zone.
Yes
4 (bits 53 - 56) /56 Allows for 16 regions
Using wecutil -cs in an xml file.

34. What is required to upgrade Vista to Windows 7?
dynamic drives
Boot to a Windows 7 setup DVD and run System Restore or boot to a System Repair Disk.
Export and import it from another computer.
The latest Vista Service Pack

35. EFS encrypt files will not be __________.
It is the max size is expressed in megabytes.
Sent across the network
Use the Import Foreign Disk option on the target computer
Windows 7 Professional.

36. What can NAP do?
Yes - Removable Storage Access policies within a GPO can be used to restrict user's access to devices like USB drives - CDDVD drives - Floppy Disks - Tape Drives - etc.
Place unhealthy computers in a quarantined network and auto-remediate clients.
Create a customized shell
Windows 7 Professional.

37. If you wanted to encrypt the connection between a client PC and the WSUS server what would you use?
SSL
Comes with the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)
Usually if the DHCP server is installed as the ad server - if it is a member server then it needs to be assigned manually.
It makes it easy to share your libraries and printers on a home network. You can share pictures - music - videos - documents - and printers with other people in your homegroup. The homegroup is protected with a password - and you'll always be able to

38. What is the default Install image from a Windows 7 Setup DVD?
They are in the first 48 bits /48
The ICMP protocol.
A OOBE ready and will be booted into Windows Welcome
BCD boot file creation and repair tool. The bcdboot.exe command-line tool is used to copy critical boot files to the system partition and to create a new system BCD store.

39. What is Aero Snap?
Run scripts
L2TP uses IPSEC to encrypt VPN traffic - PKI is needed to issue certificates that are required by IPSEC.
WECUTIL QC
Clicking and dragging a window to the right or left side of the desktop causes the window to fill the respective half of the screen. Snapping a window to the top of the desktop maximizes it. Resizing a window to touch the top or bottom edge of the sc

40. What is WPA-EAP?
Attach to the VHD file created by Windows Backup. You can attach to a VHD file using Disk Management or DISKPART
Configure a firewall rule to the specific port and block all connections.
It can speed up your computer by using storage space on most USB flash drives and flash memory cards. ReadyBoost is designed to help when your PC's memory is running low. Low memory can make your computer sluggish because Windows - which needs a plac
WPA-Enterprise (radius authentication)

41. How do you remove a resource record from a zone file?
The requesting of user authentication prior to connecting to the terminal server. This completes the user aoth before reaching the logon screen making the server more secure. This helps fight Denial of Service attacks - malicious users/software.
Use dnscmd /recorddelete
The Application Identity Service
Windows 7 Ultimate.

42. What is IPP?
Use the net sh command to configure the proper ports for remote management.
Internet printing protocol. Used for connecting to printers via web browser.
By running the Update Status summary report.
Yes - This involves picking the user certificate of the user you are sharing the file with. If that user does not already have a preinstalled certificate - then have them logon and encrypt a file for the first time and EFS will autogenerate a new cer

43. What does dnscmd /zoneadd dsprimary do?
Comes with the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)
Boot to a Windows 7 setup DVD and run System Restore or boot to a System Repair Disk.
Add an AD integrated zone
RRAS-VPN/Dialup - Wireless Access Points - Terminal Server Gateway - DHCP - and IPSEC(HRA).

44. Who can run the Windows Easy Transfer Wizard?
To another hard disk in the same computer - network or to removable media.
Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate Editions
Boot Configuration Database - Boot Configuration Data (BCD) files provide a store that is used to describe boot applications and boot application settings. The objects and elements in the store effectively replace Boot.ini.
Only a local administrator

45. What does the Resource Monitor display?
Which processes currently consume a resource like processor utilization.
You can add more space to existing primary partitions and logical drives by extending them into adjacent unallocated space on the same disk. To extend a basic volume - it must be raw or formatted with the NTFS file system.
Default Programs Control Panel applet
Can be configured through a GPO

46. How do you troubleshoot DHCP client address assignment using the network monitor?
They are written in XML and be created using the Windows System Image Manager or a text editor like notepad.
You can allow by adding the device vendor's GUID to the allow list in a GPO.
Duplicate file identification - disk usage patterns - dormant files identification - and audit screening.
Se a capture filter based on the mac address of the problem PC.

47. What does AppLocker allows you to generate default rules for?
Each of the rule types. For example - the default rules for Executables are: Allow members of the local Administrators group to run all applications - Allow members of the Everyone group to run applications that are located in the Windows folder - Al
Specified the version identifer of the back to recover in MM?DD/YYYY-HH:MM format. If the version is unknown wdadmin will get the version.
Uncheck IPV6 from the network properties.
Delete all the zone files or reinstall the DNS service.

48. What is User Account Control (UAC)?
It is a security component that enables users to perform common tasks as non-administrators - called standard users in Windows 7 - and as administrators without having to switch users - log off - or use Run As.
Turn off the Log Spooler event on a print server.
Place unhealthy computers in a quarantined network and auto-remediate clients.
A type of port forwarding that allows public network computers on a Private network through nat devises.

49. Where is ageing configured?
It can can forward requests from DHCP clients for ip addresses to a remote DHCP server.
an email address where the @ is replaced with a period.
On the zone file of the DNS server in the DNS manager.
Through a GPO.

50. What extensions is Firewall rules can be exported and imported?
They restrict disk space usage for users. If you modify the quota template it applies changes to all folders that the template is assigned.
A .WFW file
Use the "Connect to a Workplace" option
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor - 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) - 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) - DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver