What should you do?
You are the desktop administrator for your company’s sales department. The IT manager for the sales department needs to distribute three custom applications to the department’s Windows XP Professional computers. She deploys these applications by using Group Policy. Some users report that they must log on several times before the newly deployed applications are present on their computers. You need to ensure that all software is deployed the next time the users log on. What should you do?
Which command should you run?
You are the desktop administrator for your company’s sales department. The IT manager for the sales department needs to distribute a custom application to the Windows XP Professional computers in the sales department. He deploys the software by using Group Policy. Susan is a user in the sales department. She reports that the custom application is not available. You examine her computer, and you verify that the application is not present on her computer.You want to ensure that the software is deployed the next time Susan logs on. Which command should you run?
Which command should you run?
You are the desktop administrator for your company’s sales department. The IT manager for the sales department creates a custom policy that will apply to a custom application that is loaded on the department’s Windows XP Professional computers. He deploys this policy by using Group Policy. When you inspect the sales department’s computers, you find out that the application has not been modified by the policy. You want to examine Windows XP Professional to find out whether the custom policy is affecting the correct location in the Registry. Which command should you run?
What should you do?
You are the desktop administrator for Contoso, Ltd. A graphic designer named Peter saves all his files in the My Documents folder on his Window XP Professional computer. Peter now needs to work on several computers each day to complete his work. Peter needs to be able to access his files at any time. You implement a roaming user profile and a home directory for Peter. However, Peter reports that when he uses his roaming profile, it takes 10 minutes for him to log on to computers other than his own. You need to reduce the amount of time it takes for Peter to log on to computers when using his roaming profile. What should you do?
What should you do?
You are the desktop administrator for your company. Laura is a user in the company’s accounting department. Laura uses a Windows XP Professional computer. Laura installs a new software application that was listed on her Add or Remove Programs list. Laura reports that the new application now opens whenever she double-clicks any file that has a .doc file name extension. She also reports that 24 new icons appear on the New menu when she right-clicks her desktop. Laura asks you to reconfigure her computer so that Microsoft Word opens when she double-clicks files that have a .doc file name extension. She also wants you to remove the new icons from the New menu. You instruct Laura to uninstall the new application. After she uninstalls the application, she reports that she can no longer open .doc files by double-clicking them. She also reports that the unwanted icons on the New menu are still present. You reinstall the new application, and it continues to open when Laura double-clicks .doc files. You want to restore the .doc file association and to remove the unwanted icons from the New menu on Laura’s computer. You want to accomplish these tasks as quickly as possible. You also want to ensure that none of Laura’s other documents or personal settings are affected. What should you do?
What should you do?
You are the desktop administrator for your company. You install Windows XP Professional on a new portable computer that will be used by one of the company’s software developers. You test the computer after you complete the installation and find out that the computer functions properly. The computer contains a 6-GB hard disk and a removable 4-GB hard disk. The 6-GB hard disk is configured as drive C, and the removable hard disk is configured as drive D. You install Windows 98 on drive D and deliver the computer to the software developer. The software developer reports that the computer does not start when drive D is not connected. Instead, the computer briefly displays an operating system menu, and then it displays an error message stating that an operating system could not be found. When drive D is connected, the computer starts Windows 98. You need to configure the computer so that it starts Windows XP Professional whether or not drive D is connected.
What should you do?
How should you configure your computer?
You are the desktop administrator for your company. You install Windows XP Professional on your portable computer. The computer is configured to use an IEEE 1394 PC card. You use the computer to download pictures from a digital camera while you are at the office. You attend a meeting every Monday. During the meeting you use a battery to supply power to your portable computer. Occasionally, the battery runs out of power during these meetings. You need to configure the computer to conserve battery power while you attend your weekly meeting without affecting your power options when you use the computer at your office. How should you configure your computer?
How should you configure Laura’s computer?
You are the desktop administrator for your company. A remote sales representative named Laura uses a Windows XP Professional portable computer. Laura travels to customer locations daily, and she usually works from home. She does not use a docking station when she starts the computer at home. Each time Laura starts her computer, she is prompted to choose between the Docked and Undocked hardware profiles from the Hardware Profile Menu. You need to ensure that Laura is not prompted to choose a hardware profile each time she starts her computer. You also need to allow her computer to start automatically with the undocked profile and without delay. How should you configure Laura�s computer?
What should you do?
You are the administrator of 20 Windows XP Professional computers. Each computer has one hard disk that has three volumes named C, D, and E. Each volume is 4 GB in size and has approximately 1 GB of available space. The total physical memory of each computer is 196 MB in size. The paging file on each computer is located on drive D. A user named Andrea reports that every day, one hour after she starts her Windows XP Professional computer, the computer appears to perform very slowly for 15 seconds. This always happens after she receives an error message stating that the system is low on virtual memory. You want to improve the performance of Andrea’s computer. You do not want to install additional memory. What should you do?
What should you do?
You are the administrator of a Windows XP Professional computer. You run five 16-bit applications on the computer. You want to monitor the performance of the computer when all five applications run at the same time. You use System Monitor to collect the performance data. The performance counters you want to include in your analysis are IO Read Bytes/sec, IO Write Bytes/sec, and Page Faults/sec. You want to ensure that you can collect these counters for each application.
What should you do?