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| Repair mode for Vista only |
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| Repair mode that loads only basic drivers |
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| Safe mode with networking |
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| Repair mode that tries to load network components as well as the most basic drivers |
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| Safe mode with command prompt |
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| Similar to safe mode, but doesn't load the Graphical User Interface, only a command prompt |
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| Safe mode with boot logging |
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| Repair mode that logs boot information into NTBLOG.TXT |
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| directory where you can find your boot log |
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| A repair mode for fixing an incorrect or corrupted video driver in XP and 2000 only |
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| Enable low-resolution video (640-480) |
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| Repair mode for fixing incorrect or corrupted video driver for Vista only |
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| Last known good configuration |
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| If your registry gets corrupted, this is an advanced boot mode that can fix it |
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| Directory Services Restore Mode |
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| Only used with domain controllers so that directory services such as Active Directory can be fixed |
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| Rarely used advanced boot mode that requires another computer hooked up to a machine to help diagnose problems |
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| Disable Automatic Restart on system failure |
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| In Vista only, keeps windows from rebooting when it crashes |
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| Disable Driver Signature Enforcement |
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| In Vista only, allows windows to load drivers with improper signatures |
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| Windows XP option, Advanced boot option that allows you to boot in the normal way |
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| In Vista only, continues the boot normally |
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| XP advanced boot option, performs a warm reboot |
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| Return to OS choices menu |
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| In XP only, advanced menu option that allows you to change your choice of OS. |
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| The first choice presented in the Vista boot menu |
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| In Vista, choose to fix problems with drivers or configuration settings that keep windows from starting |
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| In Vista only, choose to revert to a restore point |
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| Windows Complete PC Restore |
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| In Vista only, choose to restore from a backup image |
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| Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool |
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| In Vista only, Select to scan for memory errors |
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| In Vista only, choose for a command or prompt. |
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| OSs that use the Recovery Console |
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| hardware abstraction layer file |
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| kernel mode part of win32 subsystem file |
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| file that provides internal support functions and system services to executive functions |
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| ADAPTI32.DLL,GDI32.DLL,KERNEL32.DLL,USER32.DLL |
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| core of the win32 subsystem |
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| location of the xp recycle bin |
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| location of the Vista recycle bin |
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| NTLDR bootstraps and calls boot.ini then NTLDR loads NTDETECt.COM, ntoskrnl.exe, and HAL.dll, after registry loading begins, control is handed to ntoskrnl.exe and WINLOGON starts. |
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| Name the Windows boot process in order |
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| Pentium 133, 64MB RAM, 650MB hard disk space |
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| Minimum hardware requirements for Windows 2000 |
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| 233MHz Pentium/celeron or AMD 6K/Athlon/Duron 64MB RAM, 1.5GB hard disk space |
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| Minimum hardware requirements for Windows XP |
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| 800MHz processor, 512MB RAM, 15GB free on a 20GB drive |
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| Minimum hardware requirements for Windows Vista |
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| Global state 0, Normal working state |
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| Global state 1, sleeping, divided into four sub catagories |
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| Global state 2, soft off, you shut down windows properly |
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| Mechanical off, computer is unplugged and can be safely opened |
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| Sleep mode with processor cache flushed, but power still supplied to the processor and RAM |
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| Sleep mode called standby where power is supplied to RAM, allows for a quick wake up |
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| Sleep mode called hibernate, or suspend to disk, where info is written to hard disk and all power shut down. Takes longer to restart, but not as long as if the machine were shut down. |
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| Name of the virtual memory file in Vista |
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