You need to have a backup program run every morning at 3am. What Windows program can run programs automatically at a certain time of day?
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You’ve noticed that your system has become very sluggish and slow to react since loading some additional software. You’d like to examine the real-time CPU utilization of your system to determine which applications may be using processing resources. Which Windows feature would be the best choice to monitor CPU utilization for the entire system and each individual application?
During the startup process of Windows XP startup, you are able to login and view the desktop. Immediately after the desktop appears, an error message in a pop-up box appears on the screen. The error message does not seem to reference a specific application and the message simply says “Error found. Application closing.” What built-in Windows utility would easily help troubleshoot this Windows startup problem?
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Your computer has recently been randomly suffering from the dreaded “blue screen of death” Windows STOP error page. What should you do to troubleshoot the problem?
A customer has accidentally deleted some operating system files from the root of his hard drive, and he’s brought the system to you. The system shows this message when booting: “NTLDR is Missing.” What’s the best way to investigate the extent of the damage?
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Which Windows file system provides capabilities such as quotas, file compression, encryption, and large file support?
Your organization would like to purchase a high-end document printer to use with Windows XP. Because of the costs involved, you need to be certain that the printer is compatible with Windows XP Professional. What’s the best way to confirm that the printer is compatible with Windows XP?
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During the Windows startup process, which file is responsible for identifying the hardware inside of the computer?
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The Windows operating system includes many utilities for management of the operating system. Which feature provides a graphical file management interface for moving, copying, and deleting files and directories?
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We rely on our laptops to provide us with mobile computing power, but there are operational differences between some of the most common battery technologies. Which battery type begins to degrade when they’re charged, making the charge capacity decrease as the battery is used, charged, and reused?
