Tag: operating systems

A blast from Microsoft cert exams past: What has been the traditional method to get any Windows system to perform better (and is apparently still the method if you're running Windows Vista)?

In The Road Ahead, Bill Gates explains the secret of binary code conversion. Assuming you were paying attention, express the 32-bit binary 11000000.10101000.00001010.00000001 in dotted-decimal formation.

Windows 95 books buzzed about making changes to the Windows Registry. From an administrative perspective, which of the following will assist you to enforce registry settings, without permanently altering or "tattooing" the registry?

Which of the following Office 2007 servers provides business intelligence through dashboards, scorecards, predictive analysis, and the like?

To remain competitive with the online likes of Google and others, Microsoft is headed to the "cloud." What forthcoming cloud-based OS will allow Microsoft and its ISVs to develop and run Windows apps via the Web?

Bundled with (or downloadable for) every Windows OS since Windows 98, this tool can modify startup programs, files, and services, as well as the boot process. You won't find itin the Programs menu, however. What is the name of this menu-absent tool?

Assume you have a folder on a Windows Server shared to the Everyone group as Read access. Assume also that, on the local NTFS disk, the file provides Full Control to the Everyone group. Now, if User John attempts to access that folder remotely, what will his cumulative permissions be?

Windows Small Business Server 2008 is promising a number of changes from the R2 2003 flavor of SBS. Which of the following is not a true statement regarding SBS 2008's features?