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OS Files and Folders
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- 1- the folder where Windows installs the operating system files. - Also named "Windows"System Folder
- 2All the fonts installed in Windows live here.%SystemRoot%\Fonts
- 3When you tell your Web browser to save Web pages for offline viewing, they are stored in this folder. Windows automatically deletes this folder if it needs the space.%SystemRoot%\Offline Files
- 4This is the real Windows! All of the most critical programs that make Windows run are stored here.%SystemRoot%\System32
- 5Any time Windows or an application running in Windows needs to create temporary files, they are placed here. Windows deletes these files automatically as needed, so never place an important file in this folder%SystemRoot%\Temp
- 6is a database that stores everything about your PC, including information on all the hardware in the PC, network information, user preferences, file types, and virtually anything else you might run into with WindowsRegistry
- 7How can you access the registry?By choosing Start | Run/Search and typing regedit or regedt32
- 8Name the main 5 root keys from the registry- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- HKEY_USERS
- HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG - 9This root key defines the standard class objects used by Windows. A class object is a named group of functions. Pretty much everything that has to do with files on the system is defined by a class object.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
- 10- Stores all of the personalization information for all users on a PC. - Stores the current user settings, such as fonts, icons, and colors, on systems that are set up to support multiple users.HKEY_USERS and HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- 11This root key contains all the data for a system’s non–user-specific configurations. This includes every device in your PC, including devices that you have removed.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- 12If values in this root key have more than one option, such as two different monitors, this root key defines which one is currently being used. Because most people have only one type of monitor and similar equipment, this area is almost never touched.HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
- 13By default, most programs install some or all of their essential files into a subfolder of this folder. If you installed a program, it should have its own folder in here.Program Files
- 14Named the path to the program files folderC:\Program Files / C:\Program Files (x86)
- 15key combinations that enable you to go directly to different programs and placesHot Keys
- 16determine what specific users can do to files or directoriesFile Attributes
- 17Command to view and change file atributesATTRIB
- 18- Only supportable with NT File System (NTFS) - It gives you a number of options that are not available on earlier file systems such as FAT and FAT32File System Advanced Attributes
- 19Way to access Advance Attributes Windowright-click the folder or file you wish to modify and select Properties from the menu. On the main Properties page of the folder or file, click the Advanced button in the lower-right corner.
- 20Name the settings you can have access on the Advanced Attributes Window- Archiving
- Indexing
- Compression
- Encryption
- File Permissions - 21- Windows implements this Advanced Attribute feature to catalog and improve the search capabilities of your drive. - Once this feature is applied you can search for files more quickly by name, date, or other attributes.Indexing
- 22- With this Adavanced Attribute Feature, NTFS files and folders can be dynamically compressed and uncompressed, often saving a great deal of space on the drive.Compression
- 23- This Adavanced Attribute Feature lets you secure files so that no one else can view them. - It encodes the file with a key that only you have access to.Encryption
- 24- It serves the purpose of controlling who has access and what type of access to what files or folders. - Read, Write, Execute, Delete, Change are some of the options included within this featureFile Permissions
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- A-Level A+ 802 Flashcards on OS Files and Folders, created by Brian Pinzon on 27/12/2016.
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