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Chapter 15 Maintaining Windows Windows Patch Management Windows Update Updates are single fixes that come out often Service packs is a collection of updates plus other items Windows Update in Vista7 ID: 535174

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Slide1

Maintaining and Optimizing Windows

Chapter

15Slide2

Maintaining Windows

Windows Patch Management

Windows Update

Updates are single fixes that come out often

Service packs is a collection of updates plus other items

Windows Update in Vista/7

Control panel applet

Important

Recommended

Optional

Automatic Updates in Vista/7

Important updates

Install updates automatically

Download updates

Check for updates

Never check for updates

Recommended updates

Who can install updates

Microsoft update

Software notificationsSlide3

Maintaining

Windows

Patch Management in Mac OS X and Linux

App Store

Software Updater

Managing

Temporary Files and

Disk Cleanup

Deletes temporary files and “deleted” files, Fig. 15-6

Can compress files to use less space

Registry Maintenance

CCleaner

3

rd

party software. Match OS version.Slide4

Disk Maintenance Utilities

Error-Checking and Disk Defragmentation

Chkdsk

finds bad sectors, lost clusters, etc. Repair may be possible.

Defragmenting reorganizes files to be as contiguous as possible.

Disk

Utility in Mac OS X

Disk Utility

Can partition and format drives

Linux Options

www.ultimatebootcd.comSlide5

Maintaining

Windows

Scheduling Maintenance

Backups, defragmentation, and check disks should be scheduled

Windows: Task Scheduler

Can

choose an executable and a time to run it

Triggers – actions or times to start execution

Actions – program and environment to be run

Conditions – extra criteria that must be met to

run

Fig. 15-10

Mac OS X and Linux:

launchd

and

cron

Scripting tools

Scheduling

Backups in Windows

Backup and

Restore Center/Backup and Restore

Select what, where, and

when

Scheduling

Defragmentation

Defrag in Vista/7

Scheduling Error-Checking

Must use task

scheduler

Only needed

pre Windows 8Slide6

Maintaining

Windows

Controlling

Autostarting

Software

System

Configuration

Msconfig

/ Task Manager

General – choose type of startup for next boot

Boot – can choose which OS to boot and hardware configurations

Services – enable or disable services

Startup – enable or disable startup programs

Tools – lists available tools and

utilities

Task Manager

Users & Groups in Mac OS X

Startup Applications

System Information

Provides information about current or remote systemsSlide7

Optimizing Windows

Installing and Removing Software

Installing Software

Autorun.ini

Add or remove programs/Programs and Features applet

UAC may force you to use Run as administrator

option

Installing Software in Mac OS X

Mac App Store

Drag .

dmg

files to applications folder

Installing Software in Linux

Generally start downloaded

program and choose install

Removing

Software

Use uninstall program when possible

Saves space on the hard

drive

Fig. 15-17

Adding

or removing Windows Components/Features

Programs that came with Windows but are not part of the OS

Programs and Features appletSlide8

Optimizing Windows

Installing/Optimizing a Device

Updating drivers

To fix problems or add features

Should research the update before installing

Driver Signing

Windows will prompt the user for action when an unsigned driver is being installed

Signed

drivers are usually good

Adding a new device

New devices should be automatically detected

Wizards are available

Disk with new driver may be necessary Slide9

Optimizing Windows

Performance Options

Configure CPU, RAM, and virtual memory settings

Visual Effects

Adjust visual effects that impact performance

Advanced

Processor scheduling – programs or background services

Memory usage – programs or system cache (XP only)

Virtual memory – size and location of page file

Data

Execution Prevention

Stops viruses from taking over loaded programsSlide10

Optimizing Windows

Hardware Profiles (XP only)

Allows user to set up a particular hardware configuration for different circumstances

Useful for laptopsSlide11

Preparing Windows for Problems

Backing Up

Personal Data

Ntbackup

(XP)

Backup Wizard

Windows XP Automated System Recovery (ASR)

ASR floppy + Windows

installation disc

Tape

backup

Backup

options

Normal backup

Copy backup

Incremental backup

Differential backup

Daily backupSlide12

Preparing Windows for Problems

System Restore

Create a restore point

Use wizard to

reset system