Notes Chapter 1 Key Terms: Action Center - Replacement for security center.

Reports both security notifications and other alerts from other programs Aero Peek - mousing over the right edge of the taskbar makes all other windows become transparent so you can watch any gadgets that you have running without minimizing everything. Clicking the right edge minimizes everything. Aero shake - grab the title bar of any application and Windows will minimize everything but the one you have grabbed Aero Snap - drag a window to the top of the screen and Windows automatically maximizes it BranchCache - is a new feature in windows 7 and win server 2008 R2 that is designed to reduce the wide area network (WAN) bandwidth utilized by branch office file sharing and provide branch office users with faster and more reliable access to the offsite files they need Direct Access - a new remote connection technology that is completely invisible to the end user. Able to connect through firewalls that would block VPN connections. More difficult to set up and requires servers running Win Server 2008 R2. federated search - enables user to perform searches on Windows SharePoint sites, intranets, and specific Internet sites, right from the windows explorer interface. jump list - context menus that display the applications most frequently used functions language-agnostic - lacking all language-specific code Libraries - enable users to aggregate files on multiple computers into a single folder that makes them appear as though they are all on MinWin - the common core module that contains approximately 95 percent of the operating system. This common core module is what all editions of Windows 7 are based on. The Windows setup procedures start by installing the MinWin core and then move on to the secondary functions of the specific edition in which you are installing. Problem Steps Recorder - a new Windows 7 tool that enables users and administrators to document the process that generated a problem. It outputs the file in html format and saves the file inside a zip file wherever you tell it to save. ReadyBoost - enables a computer to utilize an external storage device as a cache for data that would ordinarily be swapped to a (slower) hard drive. Windows 7 allows for larger caches on as many as 8 external devices simultaneously. Resource Monitor - is a new performance monitoring and troubleshooting tool that displays information about the CPU, disk, network, and memory resources used by Windows 7 on a

single screen. It lists the processes that are consuming resources and enables you to suspend, resume, and end processes as needed. starter GPOs - administrative templates with preconfigured settings that administrators can use as a baseline for creating new GPOs (Group Policy Objects) VPN Reconnect - enables a remote computer to automatically re-establish a connection to a VPN server running Win Server 2008 R2 Wake on Wireless LAN - the wireless equivalent to Wake on Lan (WoL) which is a type of network packet that enables a computer in sleep mode to wake up upon receipt of a specific message (called a magic packet). This is a new standard that is added by Windows 7. Windows PowerShell 2.0 - the dominant scripting and command language for all of Microsofts newer operating systems. It replaces VB Script and other languages supported by Windows Script Host. PowerShell 2.0 is installed by default on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 rather than requiring a download. Chapter 1 Questions 1. The general public in the United States will be able to purchase all versions of Windows 7 in retail stores except Starter, Home Basic, and Enterprise. 2. The core module that provides all of the Windows 7 capability that isnt language or edition specific is called MinWin. 3. When you copy a file to a library, Windows Explorer writes the file to the folder designated as the save location. 4. To use federated search, you must download or create XML files for specific sites called search connectors. 5. The only operating system that you can upgrade in-place to Windows 7 Professional is Windows Vista Business. 6. Upgrading a computer running Windows 7 Starter to Windows 7 Ultimate using Windows Anytime Upgrade requires zero megabytes of additional hard disk space. 7. To migrate a computer running Windows XP to Windows 7 you can use a utility called User State Migration Tool. 8. The new Windows 7 feature that renders all of the windows on the desktop transparent when you mouse over the right end of the taskbar is called Aero Peek. 9. The Windows 7 Starter edition is only available in a 32-bit edition. 10. The maximum amount of system memory supported by Windows 7 Enterprise is 192GB. True/False 1. Windows 7s ReadyBoost feature requires a USB flash drive. False

2. 1GB of system memory is sufficient to run any Windows 7 edition. False 3. The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor application only runs on Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP SP2. True 4. Only the Professional and Ultimate editions of Windows 7 are capable of joining an AD DS domain. False 5. DirectAccess, BranchCache, and BitLocker are only included with the Enterprise and Ulimate editions of Windows 7. True 6. All of the Windows 7 editions can run on a 64-bit computing platform. False 7. A computer with an inadequate graphics adapter is unlikely to be able to run Windows Aero. True 8. All of the Windows 7 editions have full Homegroup networking support. False 9. The Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate editions both contain the same features. True 10. You can upgrade Windows 7 Starter edition to any other edition using Windows Anytime Upgrade. True

Review Questions 1. Explain why its not necessary for Microsoft to create separate installation media for each edition of Windows 7. MinWin is comprised of 95% of the entire OS. Once that is installed the second part of the installation is to install the necessary features for the specific edition. The only way to unlock those features is to purchase a key that will allow you to install those features. 2. Explain how Windows 7 can utilize a USB flash drive to enhance system performance. It uses the ReadyBoost feature which uses a faster speed device to swap out files that would normally go into a swap file on the hard drive. This creates a cache that is faster than what it would be to swap the files to the hard drive.

Chapter 2 Key Terms Clean Installation - The method of installing an OS that erases any data on the disk to install a new OS. Makes for better overall performance due to the fact that the files on the disk will be unfragmented Dual Boot - an environment where you retain the old operating system installation on one disk and create a clean installation of Windows 7 on another. The disadvantages of this are that you must have a separate disk partition available to install Win7, two operating systems require twice as much disk space, and switching between two operating systems to perform a specific task requires a restart which requires additional time. Multilingual user interface (MUI) - the pack that allows you to have multiple languages installed on your operating system. Previous versions of Windows this was a separate download. Now its built into Windows 7. Side-By-Side migration - you have two computers running simultaneously; one is the source containing the user profile information which you want to transfer, and a destination computer where the information will be sent. Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) 3.0 - A stripped down version of the OS based on the Win7 kernel that enables system admins to boot a computer that has no OS on it to initiate the installation process. Compared to DOS it has many advantages such as: Native 32 or 64 bit support, native 32 or 64 bit driver support, internal networking support, internal NTFS support, scripting language support, and flexible boot options (boot from a variety of media). Windows Recovery Environment (RE) - the name for Windows PE for a computer with Windows 7 already installed on it. It is a troubleshooting tool that allows for both preloaded and third party troubleshooting tools to be used to fix a malfunctioning computer. Wipe-and-Load migration - you have one computer which has user profile settings which you want to transfer. You save the user profile settings to a removable storage media, perform a clean installation of Windows 7, and then reload the user profile settings.

Review Questions 1. Windows Easy Transfer supports two types of migrations, called side-by-side and Wipe-andLoad. 2. When a serious problem occurs with Windows 7, you might be able to repair it by starting the Windows PE operating system and running diagnostic tools. In this scenario, Windows PE is called by another name, which is Windows Recovery Environment. 3. To migrate user proflie information from one computer to another, you can use either Windows Easy Transfer or User State Migration Tool 4.0. 4. A computer running Windows PE will automatically reboot after 72 hours.

5. Windows Easy Transfer supports migration using any removable storage medium com to the two computers except Floppy Disks. 6. The Windows 7 component that enables the computer to support more than one language is called the Multilanguage User Interface. 7. The reason it is possible to remove the Windows 7 installation disk to supply the Setup program with drivers is that Windows PE runs on a RAM drive. 8. To upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7, you must perform a clean installation. 9. The files and settings that Windows Easy Transfer can migrate to a Windows 7 computer are primarily stored in user profiles. 10. As a preinstallation environment, Windows PE is a vast improvement over MS-DOS because it includes internal support for networking and NTFS. True/False 1. Windows PE is the latest version of the MS-DOS operating system. False 2. It is possible to perform an in-place upgrade from any 32-bit version of Windows Vista to the 32-bit version of Windows 7. False 3. To create a dual boot environment with Windows 7, you must have two primary partitions on your computer. False 4. Windows 7 Home Premium users can perform in-place upgrades to Windows 7 Professional without obtaining a new installation disk. False 5. One way to perform an in-place upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is to boot from the Windows 7 installation disk, choose Custom option, and then select the partition on which Windows vista is installed. True 6. To create a Windows 7 workstation that supports multiple languages, you must begin by installing the english language version. True 7. It is not possible to upgrade a computer running the Windows 7 Ultimate edition to the Enterprise edition without performing a clean installation. False 8. Windows XP users are eligible to purchase an upgrade version of Windows 7, but they cannot perform an in-place upgrade. True 9. To migrate the user profiles of multiple user accounts located on the same computer you must use the USMT. False 10. Any program that can run on Windows 7 can run on Windows PE. True

Chapter 3 Answer file - is an xml script that provides the Windows 7 setup program with the information needed to perform an unattended installation build-to-plan - the manufacturer deploys a large number of computers with identical operating system configurations. single image deployed to each computer with no changes necessary build-to-order- each computer has an individually customized configuration. deploy baseline image, start the computer in audit mode, perform scripted procedure that customizes the configuration capture image - is a bootable image that you can deploy using WDS and which includes a wizard-based client that runs on the reference computer and enables you to capture an image and upload it back to the WDS server. configuration passes - the seven phases that the Windows 7 Setup program splits into. They are: windowsPE, offlineServicing, generalize, specialize, auditSystem, auditUser, and oobeSystem. Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM.exe) - a command line tool that installers can use to mount, edit, and upgrade image files in the Windows Imaging format discover image - a customized boot image that you burn to a disk that enables a workstation to boot Windows PE and connect to the WDS server image file - is a copy of the data stored on the reference computers drives. By creating an image file you can replicate the configuration on the reference computer to as many workstations as you need to deploy ImageX.exe - a command line tool that installers can use to capture, modify, and apply image files in the Windows Imaging format lite-touch installation (LTI) - an installation that requires some interaction with the workstation while the install is being performed multicasting - is a TCP/IP methodology that enables a computer to transmit the same data to multiple destinations at the same time. reference computer - is a template for a workstation configuration; a model containing all of the software the workstation requires; installed, configured, and ready to use System Preparation (Sysprep.exe) - a command line program that installers can use to prepare Windows 7 computers for imaging, auditing, and deployment. You must use sysprep.exe to prepare a reference computer by removing all of the individualized configuration information before you capture an image of it for distribution on multiple target workstations task sequence - files created to work with the Windows 7 Setup program that can include answer files, and can perform additional tasks both before and after the Windows 7 installation

User State Migration Tool (USMT) - a set of two command line programs, Scanstate.exe and Loadstate.exe, that installers can use to save user profile data from an existing workstation and restore that data to a newly-installed computer running Windows 7 Windows System Image Manager (SIM) - a graphical utility that installers use to create distribution shares and answer files that automate and customize Windows 7 installations. zero-touch installation (ZTI) - an installation that requires no interaction with the workstation during the installation procedure. FILL IN THE BLANK 1. An image file that contains an entire workstation configuration, including all applications, packages, and configuration settings is called a Disk image. 2. The two programs that make up the USMT are called Scanstate.exe and Loadstate.exe. 3. A build to plan (BTP) installation is one in which the installers capture a single image file and deploy it to each computer with no changes. 4. WDS can reduce network bandwidth requirements while deploying install images using Multicasting. 5. Before you can modify an offline image file using DISM.exe you must mount the image. 6. To partition a disk using an answer file, you must add settings to the winPE configuration pass. 7. The Windows 7 AIK tool that you use to create answer files is called SIM (Windows System Image Manager). 8. To boot from an image transmitted over the network by a WDS server, a workstation must have a network adapter that supports PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment). 9. The deployment scenario in which you save a workstations user data, wipe its disk, install Windows 7, and then restore the user state data is called the Refresh computer scenario. 10. A discover image enables a workstation to boot from a disk and connect to a WDS server. TRUE/FALSE 1. To perform a Windows 7 deployment using ZTI, you must have SQL Server on your network. True 2. To create a capture image, you must use the Deployment Workbench console. False 3. The Windows 7 AIK script files used to perform unattended installations are called task sequences. False 4. You can use the boot images created by Deployment Workbench to start workstations using either boot disks or WDS. True

5. The computer that you use to capture an image of a workstation configuration is called the target computer. False 6. An LTI deployment provides greater flexibility than a ZTI deployment. True 7. ImageX.exe is a command-line tool that you can use to capture and deploy image files. True 8. To use the upgrade computer scenario, a workstation must be running windows SP2 or later. False 9. Before you can capture an image of a Win 7 workstation, you must run the Sysprep.exe program. True 10. Sector-based image files are spannable, editable, and bootable. False