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What is FAT?
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File Allocation Table. Comes in FAT16 and FAT32.
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What is NTFS?
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New Technology File System, came out in mid 90's with NT. NTFS4.0 and NTFS5.0
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What OSs use each of these file systems: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS4.0, NTFS5.0
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FAT16: NT, 95a, 95b, 98, Me, 2K, XP
FAT32: 95b, 98, Me, 2K, XP NTFS4.0: NT NTFS5.0: 2K, XP |
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Windows 98 "My Documents"
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Everyone shared same My Documents unlike with 2kPro and XP
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Web folders?
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Found under 98 My Computer
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What view is new in XP under my computer?
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Tiles view is new. Thumbnail view was there in W2K
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What happens when you open Network Neighborhood in Windows 98?
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NetBIOS browsing system used by Windows 98 to find things under Network Neighborhood. Could see "Entire Network" or individual computers.
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What is My Network Places?
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Added in 2000 and XP. Used to be Network Neighborhood in 98. NetBIOS goes out and gets list of computers.
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Can task bar be moved to the side in Win98
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Yes, just grab and move in 98, 2K and XP if it isn't locked.
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Right click task bar, properties, Advanced, Start Menu Settings.
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Found in Win2K
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Where do I find the Control Panel in Windows 98?
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Start | Settings | Control Panel
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How do I get Administrative tools to show up in Windows XP?
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Right click Task Bar | Properties | Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab | click "Display on All Programs menu" radio button under System Administrative Tools. and click OK, then OK
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Right click START button what OSs show "All Users"?
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Only Win2K and XP because 98 didn't have the All Users feature.
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How do you show 20 most recently used programs in XP?
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Right click START | Properties | Start Menu tab | Cusomize button | change the number of items on the start menu.
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How do you see the OS name on the left side of the start bar?
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Rigth click START, Properties and switch to Classic Start Menu mode.
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Why is Win98 limited in memory use?
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Win 98 uses a swap file for Virtual Memory. Built from DOS model. Paging files, pages of memory stored on HD and moved to RAM.
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What is EMM?
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NT Workstation started NT Kernel which continued through 2K Pro and XP. Uses EMM. Extended Memory Manager. Fools every application into thinking it has 2 GB of memory. A fast swap file between HD and RAM.
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How and why did NT run DOS programs?
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NT Workstation used virtual machine to run DOS programs. Each new OS to be successful had to run the aps of the previous OSs.
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Win2K Pro doesn't run some games , why?
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W2KPro was not backwards compatible with some programs from earlier OSs
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What was Windows Me
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A mistake. Win Me was supposed to be better than 98 but not as good as NT. Win9x includes 95,98 & Me. THey have a different set of files to boot and run OS.
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COMMAND.COM
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User interaction command. Required. IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS & COMMAND.COM
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IO.sys
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First file executed when Win98 starts. "Initial Operating" system file.
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MSDOS.SYS
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required runs as companion to IO.SYS
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SYSTEM.INI and Win.INI
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Backward compatibility for 16 bit OSs, Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11. Not absolutely required, but will get errors if not there. Might still start.
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Win.COM
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Must be there to start. Used to start windows through dos.
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Config.sys
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Carryover from windows 3.1, not required, but will do something if configured in Win9x OSs. Can control device drivers.
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autoexec.bat
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Carryover from windows 3.1, not required, but will do something if configured in Win9x OSs. Controls programs started when computer starts. TSRs.
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himem.sys
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Manages extended memory. Is required and auto loaded. All are in the C: root drive.
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EMM386.EXE
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carryover from older & dos OSs. Expanded memory. Computer thought it only had 1 MB of memory. Fooled system. Not a required program. May be loaded by config.sys
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USER.DAT & SYSTEM.DAT
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Required in Windows 9x. Everything registered in registry. User and hardware settings. User.dat tracks each users environmental settings. system.dat tracks hardware configs for all users.
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What files are required for Windows NT Kernel systems (NT workstation, W2K Pro, XP (home & pro)
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NTLDR - bootstrap loads OS
BOOT.INI - finds OS or gives error. NTDETECT.COM - searches system for hardware info. NTBOOTDD.SYS - only for true scsi where controller is in charge HAL.DLL - Abstration layer allows system to not be so picky & run more hardware. Hids differences. WIN.COM - starts the system that gives command prompt. |
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Win 98 how to get command prompt?
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Start | Run | type "Command"
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How in 98 do we get all files a little at a time?
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dir/p
dir/w |
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what does "mem/c" do? "mem/c/p"?
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tells about memory and where it is assigned. Same but with pages.
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can you type "help" at window 98 command prompt?
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doesn't give much
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How do you get to the command prompt in 2K and XP?
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START | Run | cmd
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What OS gives scroll bar in command prompt?
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2K and XP, but not Win 98
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How in 98 can you see the files you want only when you only know the file is 4 characters long and don't know the extension?
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dir ????.*
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What does up arrow do in 98?
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DosKey with up arrow isn't installed by default in Win98 to show previous command. It is installed in W2K.
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What does "help" do in Win2K under command prompt?
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Gives list of commands.
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Can you right click and do "find" under a command prompt?
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Yes in XP, but not in 2K or 98
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