SYS 140: Week 6 reading - WanderlustPenguin/Charles-Tech-Journal GitHub Wiki

The first section was about the computer management console. This console contains a bunch of tools that can be used by a technician to troubleshoot and control aspects of the computer. These tools are called snap-ins.

Section two is about the windows registry, a database containing information about a windows computer such as hardware, software, and users. The registry can be used to back up and restore data. This makes it very important to regularly update, since the registry can be used to restore your computer if something bad happens.

The third section is about the services and applications section. This section contains a large number of options based on the computer, as well as the services section. This section shows all services on the computer, all of which can be started, paused, stopped, and restarted from the section.

Section four is an overview of the windows boot process. There are several ways to initiate the boot process. The boot process requires the system volume to initiate the process, and the boot volume where the operating system files are.

Section five is supposedly the recovery console. I was unable to find the section, even after performing a keyword search.

Section six is about the advanced boot options. These options provide a number of ways forward if the computer fails to boot initially. These options are different ways to boot the computer, which are supposed to help circumvent the issues that prevented the normal boot from being effective.

Section seven is about the System Configuration utility. This is a troubleshooting utility with 5 tabs. These tabs are; the general tab(misc), the boot tab(boot options and related), the services tab(several services are used in boot), the startup tab(windows startup programs), and the tools tab(several tools).

Section eight is about task manager. Task manager is a utility that shows what programs are running, and information about them. Task manager is often used to kill unresponsive programs.

This reading was very interesting. It was neat learning about the specifics involved in the windows bootup process, as well as how issues involving such can be solved. I already had some awareness of the System Configuration utility, but it was interesting to know how parts of it were related to the bootup process.