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The Computer Management console (also known as the Microsoft Management Console) can be custom built to do what you need to do. It has a predefined mix of plugins that…

By default the operating system doesn’t know how to talk directly to hardware. This is where device drivers come in to act as a middle man between the hardware device…

There are different types of users with different privileges. There can be an Administrator user who will be a Window super-user. There can be a Guest user that has limited…

Large organizations have big security policies and therefore may be managed through Active Directory Group Policies. At home though, you have stand alone computers that aren’t managed through Active Directory….

The Performance monitor is used to provide metrics and statistics on how your computer is doing over a long period of time. Things like disk, memory, CPU utilization can be…

Many applications perform background processes known as services. Services don’t require user interaction, instead they just run behind the scenes. Services include things like file indexing, anti-virus, network browsing, etc….

System Configuration is used to manage boot processes, configure how Windows starts up, services, etc. System Configuration can be accessed from the Control Panel under Administrative Tools or via the…

If you want to set an application or batch file to execute at a particular time, you can use the Task Scheduler. The Task Scheduler includes predefined schedules or you…

The Microsoft COM+ (Component Object Model) is a common model for developers to build applications for the Windows platform. It’s commonly used in enterprise environments where developers are creating object…

Many Windows applications will read and write information to a database. To separate the application from the database engine that’s running, a technology called ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) comes into…