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- What is FAT?
- File Allocation Table. Comes in FAT16 and FAT32.
- What is NTFS?
- New Technology File System, came out in mid 90's with NT. NTFS4.0 and NTFS5.0
- What OSs use each of these file systems: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS4.0, NTFS5.0
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FAT16: NT, 95a, 95b, 98, Me, 2K, XP
FAT32: 95b, 98, Me, 2K, XP
NTFS4.0: NT
NTFS5.0: 2K, XP - Windows 98 "My Documents"
- Everyone shared same My Documents unlike with 2kPro and XP
- Web folders?
- Found under 98 My Computer
- What view is new in XP under my computer?
- Tiles view is new. Thumbnail view was there in W2K
- What happens when you open Network Neighborhood in Windows 98?
- NetBIOS browsing system used by Windows 98 to find things under Network Neighborhood. Could see "Entire Network" or individual computers.
- What is My Network Places?
- Added in 2000 and XP. Used to be Network Neighborhood in 98. NetBIOS goes out and gets list of computers.
- Can task bar be moved to the side in Win98
- Yes, just grab and move in 98, 2K and XP if it isn't locked.
- Right click task bar, properties, Advanced, Start Menu Settings.
- Found in Win2K
- Where do I find the Control Panel in Windows 98?
- Start | Settings | Control Panel
- How do I get Administrative tools to show up in Windows XP?
- Right click Task Bar | Properties | Start Menu tab | Customize button | Advanced tab | click "Display on All Programs menu" radio button under System Administrative Tools. and click OK, then OK
- Right click START button what OSs show "All Users"?
- Only Win2K and XP because 98 didn't have the All Users feature.
- How do you show 20 most recently used programs in XP?
- Right click START | Properties | Start Menu tab | Cusomize button | change the number of items on the start menu.
- How do you see the OS name on the left side of the start bar?
- Rigth click START, Properties and switch to Classic Start Menu mode.
- Why is Win98 limited in memory use?
- Win 98 uses a swap file for Virtual Memory. Built from DOS model. Paging files, pages of memory stored on HD and moved to RAM.
- What is EMM?
- NT Workstation started NT Kernel which continued through 2K Pro and XP. Uses EMM. Extended Memory Manager. Fools every application into thinking it has 2 GB of memory. A fast swap file between HD and RAM.
- How and why did NT run DOS programs?
- NT Workstation used virtual machine to run DOS programs. Each new OS to be successful had to run the aps of the previous OSs.
- Win2K Pro doesn't run some games , why?
- W2KPro was not backwards compatible with some programs from earlier OSs
- What was Windows Me
- A mistake. Win Me was supposed to be better than 98 but not as good as NT. Win9x includes 95,98 & Me. THey have a different set of files to boot and run OS.
- COMMAND.COM
- User interaction command. Required. IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS & COMMAND.COM
- IO.sys
- First file executed when Win98 starts. "Initial Operating" system file.
- MSDOS.SYS
- required runs as companion to IO.SYS
- SYSTEM.INI and Win.INI
- Backward compatibility for 16 bit OSs, Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11. Not absolutely required, but will get errors if not there. Might still start.
- Win.COM
- Must be there to start. Used to start windows through dos.
- Config.sys
- Carryover from windows 3.1, not required, but will do something if configured in Win9x OSs. Can control device drivers.
- autoexec.bat
- Carryover from windows 3.1, not required, but will do something if configured in Win9x OSs. Controls programs started when computer starts. TSRs.
- himem.sys
- Manages extended memory. Is required and auto loaded. All are in the C: root drive.
- EMM386.EXE
- carryover from older & dos OSs. Expanded memory. Computer thought it only had 1 MB of memory. Fooled system. Not a required program. May be loaded by config.sys
- USER.DAT & SYSTEM.DAT
- Required in Windows 9x. Everything registered in registry. User and hardware settings. User.dat tracks each users environmental settings. system.dat tracks hardware configs for all users.
- What files are required for Windows NT Kernel systems (NT workstation, W2K Pro, XP (home & pro)
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NTLDR - bootstrap loads OS
BOOT.INI - finds OS or gives error.
NTDETECT.COM - searches system for hardware info.
NTBOOTDD.SYS - only for true scsi where controller is in charge
HAL.DLL - Abstration layer allows system to not be so picky & run more hardware. Hids differences.
WIN.COM - starts the system that gives command prompt. - Win 98 how to get command prompt?
- Start | Run | type "Command"
- How in 98 do we get all files a little at a time?
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dir/p
dir/w - what does "mem/c" do? "mem/c/p"?
- tells about memory and where it is assigned. Same but with pages.
- can you type "help" at window 98 command prompt?
- doesn't give much
- How do you get to the command prompt in 2K and XP?
- START | Run | cmd
- What OS gives scroll bar in command prompt?
- 2K and XP, but not Win 98
- How in 98 can you see the files you want only when you only know the file is 4 characters long and don't know the extension?
- dir ????.*
- What does up arrow do in 98?
- DosKey with up arrow isn't installed by default in Win98 to show previous command. It is installed in W2K.
- What does "help" do in Win2K under command prompt?
- Gives list of commands.
- Can you right click and do "find" under a command prompt?
- Yes in XP, but not in 2K or 98