International Academy of Design & Technology

IT IT110

Chapter 16

REVIEWING THE BASICS

1)What are the three core components of Windows 9x/Me?

2. Which are preferable to use: 32-bit drivers or 16-bit drivers?

3. What is the function of the Autorun.inf file included on the Windows 9x/Me installation CD? The Setup.exe file? The Readme.txt file?

4. List at least five things you need to do to prepare your hard drive for an upgrade installation of Windows 9x/Me.
5. What are the four types of installations that you can choose during setup of Windows 9x/Me?

6. For what are the log files Setuplog.txt, Detlog.txt, and Detcrash.log used?

7. What type of disk should you always create when prompted to do so during Windows 9x/Me setup? Why is this such an important step?
8. What is the Windows keyboard shortcut to display the startup menu while Windows is loading? To go through step-by-step confirmation of startup?

9. When installing hardware under Windows 9x/Me, how do you indicate that you want to use a Windows driver? A manufacturer-provided or downloaded driver?
10. Use the applet in the Control Panel when installing 32-bit software designed for Windows 9x/Me. Use the option on the Start menu when installing older 16-bit software.

11. What is a comment line? How is a comment line noted within a file?

12. Explain the purpose of the System Configuration Utility. How would you use it in troubleshooting?

13. Name four configuration files that Windows 9x/Me includes for backward compatibility with legacy software and hardware.

14. The Windows 98/95 registry is contained in two files,             and              . The Windows 95 backups of these files are called                                         and              .

15. Which version of Windows includes the Registry Checker? How often does this utility back up the registry?

16. Explain the difference between the Regedit and Scanreg utilities.

17. Name the files that Sysedit automatically displays for editing. Give a short description of each.

18. List the five phases of the Windows 9x/Me boot process and give a short description of each.

19. Explain how the program Setver.exe is used in Windows 9x/Me.

20. What Msdos.sys entry can be used to backtrack from a Windows 9x/Me installation to the underlying version of DOS? What happens when this entry is set to =0? To =1?
21. What command do you enter in the Run dialog box to load Registry Checker under Windows?

22. List the options on the Windows 9x/Me startup menu and give a short description of each. Which option appears for Windows 95 but not for Windows 98, and why? Which option appears for Windows 95/98, but not for Windows Me?
23. Which startup menu options execute Autoexec.bat and Config.sys? Which do not?

24. What Windows utility allows you to control what drivers are loaded during Windows startup?

25.              is a Windows utility that can record detailed information about the system, errors that occur, and the programs that caused them in a log file.

26. What parts of the Windows load does Safe Mode not execute?

27. Name two ways to end an application that is hung without rebooting the PC.

28. After using the Windows 98 startup menu to boot the system to a command prompt, what command can you use to load the Windows desktop?

29. What is the name of the third file Windows Me added to store the registry that was not used with Windows 95/98?

30. What function key do you press during bootup to start Windows 98 in Safe Mode?

THINKING CRITICALLY

1. 1. An application loads at startup. List the steps you would take to stop an application from loading at this time.

1. 2. Place these tools in the order you would use them when troubleshooting the Windows 9x/Me boot process: emergency startup disk, Safe Mode, error messages, and the command prompt.