Day 7: System Utilities

A+ 220-702 Exam Objective

Objective 2.3: Given a scenario, select and use system utilities / tools and evaluate the results

Key Points

Utilities are like a built-in toolbox. Essentially, they’re a friendly interface for editing pieces of the Registry. Most are located in the Control Panel. Searching for specific utilities in different versions of Windows is an inside joke among techies and has led many to just enter the utility filename in the command-line interface (CLI).

Administrative Tools

The power tools of the Microsoft world are found in the Administrative Tools icon in the Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 Control Panels. Windows 98 has these tools scattered around the Control Panel. The following ...

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