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Hardware Management in Windows XP

Hardware Management in Windows XP. Device Manager. Overview of device manager list of devices and status ( example ) driver details and upgrade ( example ) Plug and Play and device drivers BIOS and OS see new device and assign resources, install drivers

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Hardware Management in Windows XP

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  1. Hardware Management in Windows XP

  2. Device Manager • Overview of device manager • list of devices and status (example) • driver details and upgrade (example) • Plug and Play and device drivers • BIOS and OS see new device and assign resources, install drivers • If Windows does not have a driver: asks for disk/CD • Managing unsigned drivers • use Sigverif.exe for a list of unsigned drivers • search windows\system32\driversdirectory • Windows behavior for unsigned drivers (example)

  3. System Restore • How it works • System Restore consists of two parts, file monitoring and restore point management. • Restore points contains: snapshot of the registry and certain dynamic system files. • an unsigned driver causes a restore point. • automatic updatescauses a restore point. • monitors program/system files not user data (file types) • you can turn off monitoring in specific drives containing only data (example) • More details in this MS article

  4. Performance Management • Using the performance monitor • introduction (last class meeting) • setting counters to identify problem areas • CPU usage:Processor % processor time > 80% new CPU • Page file: Paging File % usage > 70% increase • Memory: Memory pages/sec >20 more RAM • Memory pool: Server pool nonpaged failures • Disk: Physical Disk % disk time >> Physical Disk disk bytes/sec < 20 K • Network: Network Interface bytes total/sec • Using task manager for a quick summary

  5. Web support • Basic sites • Microsoft support: general, knowledge base, home PCs, Office, TechNet, Windows Vista • Generic sites: Computing.net, Cnet, DriverGuide.com(members), Tom’s Hardware Guide • Linux support:Fedora, HOWTOs, Linux in Laptops, Linux System Admin Guide • Magazines • PCWorld, PC Magazine, Cnet news, InfoWorld, ComputerWorld,Slashdot, Linux Journal,

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