During an annual network planning session, you’ve found a number of older Ethernet networks that are connected by 10-BASE2 coaxial cable. What might be some reasons for replacing this older bus network topology for another type (pick two)?
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You have downloaded a new set of mouse drivers, but you’re not sure if the new driver contains the same files as a previous version. What Windows command-line program can compare the contents of two files?
Your Windows XP workstation is not booting, and some of the error messages appear to be related to a missing or corrupted boot.ini file. What’s the best way to rebuild the boot.ini file?
During the process of troubleshooting a Windows XP startup error, you’ve been asked to launch Windows XP into Safe Mode. How do you start the Windows XP Safe Mode?
There are certain characters on the keyboard that cannot be used as part of a filename. Which of these characters would not be part of a valid filename (pick two)?
Which RAID type mirrors data by duplicating files across physical disk drives?
You’ve just updated the driver for your video card, but you notice that it is having problems when it plays any videos. You’d now like to reinstall the older device driver, but you can’t find a copy of the original driver on your system or the manufacturer’s web site. What would be your best next step?
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Your organization maintains a group of Windows 2000 systems that are used for client access to an important corporate application. You need to build five more Windows 2000 Professional systems, and you’ve been given a set of computers that have 300 MHz processors, have 64 MB of RAM, support video up to 1024×768 resolution, and include 20 GB hard drives. Which one of these specifications meets the minimum requirements but not the recommended requirements for a new installation of Windows 2000 Professional?
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During the installation process, Windows writes a portion of the boot instructions to the first sector of the hard drive in the system. What is this area of boot information called?
You’re planning to scan about one thousand color family photos for posting to the Internet. Which of these file formats would be most appropriate for this use?
