Chapter 13 Projects

PROJECT 13-1: Using System Restore

Do the following to find out how System Restore works and how it can affect a system:
1. Create a restore point.
2. Make a change to the display settings.
3. Change the desktop background.
4. Restore the system using System Restore.
Are the changes still in effect? Why or why not?

When I used System Restore the modifications made with the display settings were changed but the different desktop background stayed the same. The desktop background modifications didn’t change because System Restore doesn’t change if the desktop background is in a common image file format.

PROJECT 13-2: Cleaning Up Your Hard Drive

Log onto Vista using an account with Administrator rights. Open Windows Explorer
and right-click drive C. On the shortcut menu, click Properties and then click Disk
Cleanup in the properties box. Clean up files for all users. In the Disk Cleanup box,
select Downloaded Program Files, Temporary Internet Files, Recycle Bin, and
Temporary files and click OK.
Next, log onto the system using an account that does not have Administrator rights. How
are you limited in the way you can perform a Disk Cleanup? Why do you think this limitation
exists?

A User Account running Disk Clean Up is only limited to the files in that account. However, when the Administrator Account runs Disk Clean up the Admin has access to all files because it's higher than a User Account. The Administrator Account has access to every User Account. This is because of the security settings are different between User Account and Administrator Account in Windows.

PROJECT 13-3: Problem-Solving Using the Microsoft Knowledge Base

Your hard drive has been attacked by a malicious virus, and you have decided to restore
your hard drive from the last backup made by the ASR backup process. You cannot find the
ASR floppy disk required for the restore process. Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for
the steps to re-create the ASR floppy disk when the ASR backup is available. Print the
Knowledge Base article.

PROJECT 13-4: Restoring the System State

1. Back up the Windows 2000/XP system state to a folder on your network or hard drive.
What is the path to your backup? C:\Backup

2. Make several changes to the Windows environment: Using the Display Properties
window, change the wallpaper background of the desktop, the screen resolution, and the
Windows Theme. What are these new settings? I changed the picture of the desktop background to a beach, I lowered the screen resolution, and I changed the Windows Theme.

3. Using the Add or Remove Programs applet in Control Panel, remove and add a Windows
component. Which component did you remove? Which component did you add?
I turned on Tablet PC Components and turned off Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

4. Reboot your system and verify your changes were all implemented.

5. Now restore the system state from the backup you made. Which of your changes were
undone and which (if any) were left untouched?  Every change that was made after back up were returned. New Software I installed was gone but the previous software was restored.


PROJECT 13-5: Using CCleaner to Optimize and Clean a System

1. What is the version of CCleaner that you installed? Version 3.23.1823

2. Will CCleaner work on a 64-bit installation of Windows? Yes

3. Did CCleaner attempt to add a program to your startup programs? No

4. How much space on the hard drive did CCleaner offer to free? 1,807 MB

5. List up to four registry keys that CCleaner offered to remove.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls
HKCR\CLSID\{33333333-3333-3333-3333-330033223358}
HKCR\Interface\{90CED625-8D78-11CF-86B4-444553540000}
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders

6. List up to three programs CCleaner offered to uninstall. Windows Media Player, AOL Instant Messenger, Skype

7. Do you think you would like to keep CCleaner installed on your system? Why or
why not? Yes because it would get rid of things I don't use or need from my system and free up memory.