Category: 1. Operating Systems (220-1002)

To view network settings, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, DNS server information, DHCP server information Ipconfig /all To see all TCP/IP settings (IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, DNS…

Most often you will use the graphical user interface to get around Windows, however there may be times when you’re forced to use command line instead. dir The dir command…

If there is an existing version of Windows and you’re moving to a new version, you can either do an upgrade or an install. With an upgrade, all your files…

Before performing an OS installation, make sure that the applications running in your existing OS are compatible with the new OS. Check with the app developer. Just because an application…

Before performing an operating system installation make sure your hardware meets the minimum requirements of the operating system. Find out the operating system’s minimum requirements for memory, disk space, etc….

Before you install Windows, examine the drive where you will be installing the operating system. See if the there is data on the drive already. If there is then back…

If the operating system didn’t already create its own recovery partition, you may want to create one yourself. You can copy all of the files you just used to install…

Operating systems use device drivers to talk to hardware. Most operating system installation programs will recognize the hardware in your computer and will load the appropriate drivers. However, if your…

After an OS installation, you’ll also need to set the time, date, region, and language settings.

In Windows, after an OS installation, you may be asked if this will be a workstation configuration or a Windows domain configuration. If you are are connection to a Windows…