***System Tuning and Optimization***

Familiarize with Performance Monitor.

pages/sec < 5 is ok (>= 5 means that disk thrashing is

occuring)and therefore more memory is needed.

pages/sec * average disk sec/transfer > 10 means more memory

needed.

Processorqueue length > 2 means the processor is to slow.

Paging file size= ram + 11MB(o/s)

Can have 1 per logical disk. Better performance if 1 per physical

disk. If a possible answer is: "one per physical except for the one

containing the system partition" I would choose it for highest

optimization.

If paging file is using alot of cpu time to expand then increase the

minimum paging file size in the virtual memory dialog box.

Changing application response times (priorities).

Foreground/background (more responsive/less responsive or

equally responsive or less resp/more resp) start /high command

boosts a progs priority to 13 from the normal 7.

Network Protocol binding order.

Primary protocol should be highest in list.

The hot spots that I would recommend further study on are :

Printing

RAS

Performance optimization (Pagefiles, Threads,

Foreground/Background Responsiveness)

Supporting applications (i.e. OS/2, UNIX, and win16 applications

under NT)

Network OSI reference model

Network Browsing

Installation of Win NT on both i386 and RISC

There are alot of question about automated installations( using

unattend.txt, sysdiff.exe, and a udf file) there are alot of question

about installations.

Netware(CSNW) and Win Wkstn4.0 the proposed solutions are

back in this test... with unattended installations

Ras...using Multilink with call back security, which CANNOT be

done

Printing with a Macintosch printer (need Apple talk)

Upgrading From Win 95 or WFW. How do you delete the old O/S

files(meaning how do you delete the old Win 95 files or WFW

files)...which O/S do you install in the same dir for upgrades(WFW)

and which do you install in a seperate dir (win95, because there is

no availble upgrade yet for Win95 and Win4Workstation)

Using the "Last Known Config" in the Startup

Knowing What error messege appears when a boot-up file is

missing or corrupt(ntldr, bootsect.dos, boot.ini,etc...)

Monitoring different processes(Especially perfmon, and task

Manager, and event viewer)

Which is better for searching the Registry> Regedit.exe or

Regedt32 (regedit.exe)

Unfortunatally Know about Dr. Watson!!!! Don't ask me why. But

most likely the question will be about monitoring the

APPLICATION stop error, which you need to check "Create a

Crash Dump" >>>Dont be confused with a Stop error , which you

need to check "write debugging info to... in the System COntrol

Panel icon.

If you know the subjects above pretty well the you should find the

rest of the exam pretty easy.

1. Two ways to reset your password with the NetWare Client.

2. What about multilink with two ISDN cards. How many phone

book entries and/or phone numbers.

3. How do you secure your system after a period of inactivity of

about 15 minutes?

4. Unattended installs of Windows NT on 100 identical computers

(SYSDIFF, UDF, UNATTEND.TXT)

5. Reasons you would want to run WIN16 applications in separate

memory - reasons you would not want to run WIN16 applications

in separate memory (like they can share memory if separate).

6. How do you load a network card later, but install the protocols

now? Do you load bogus adapter, then remove?

7. How do you add MIDI adapter?

8. Can shares be created by anyone or is it just the administrator?

9. How do you move NT Workstation from one domain to another?

10. Optimizing the system - Network binding order? Stripe sets

versus Volume Sets? Page file? Where do the system files go?

11. You want a MAC printer on an NT Network, what do you

need?

12. What should you do to allow three users to have individual

desktops and security access to their home folders?

13. When you change a general system policy and several users

remain unaffected, what happened?

14. Someone retires, but they have special access rights for

several files. What is the easiest way to give their replacement

access? Can you simply rename the account and reset the

password?

15. How can someone get access to a NetWare server from an NT

Workstation? Can they go direct by modifying the preferred

server setting?

16. What can you do about disk thrashing or excessive paging?

17. Can you connect to \\FQDN\Share? (FQDN Fully Qualified

Domain Name like bob.microsoft.com)

18. How do you get an FTP server in Windows NT Workstation?

19. What is PWS and what does it include?

20. What is one way to get your TCP/IP settings automatically

configured?

21. You want to speed up one application without affecting the

systems performance. Should you run the program /high so that it

doesn't affect the system as would /realtime?

22. If you are tired of logging in to your Internet provider, will a

script automate the process for you?

23. What is the smallest activity that the scheduler handles?

24. What is a thread?

25. How are you going to log information with RAS connections?

26. Can you enable auditing for printers in the User Manager

under file and object access?

27. Does multilink work with multiple phones and callback

security?

28. How do you setup printers for after hours printing? Can you

setup multiple printers for one print device and set certain hours

for them?

29. What kind of print drivers can you install on a Windows NT

Server or Workstation? Is there an option for Windows 95,

Windows NT 3.51, etc.

30. Share permissions are cumulative (unless no access, which

overrides all permissions)

31. Directory and file permissions are cumulative (unless no

access, which overrides all permissions)

32. When directory and share permissions are considered

together, look at the cumulative permission for the share, then

figure out the cumulative permission for the directory and/or file.

After that, the most restrictive permission between the share and

the NTFS directory/file permissions.

33. Can a 386/33 handle Windows NT?

34. When configuring a computer with TCP/IP for communications

across a router, you will need a default gateway in addition to an IP

address and subnet mask.

35. What can the Emergency Repair process fix? Does it check

the system files and boot sector?

36. If you use an ERD, what do you get as far as user accounts

when you restore? What about the configuration?

37. How can you give someone permission to look at the

security.log? Can you simply assign them access to it, or do they

have to be a member of the administrators group?

38. How can you get rid of the system options to shut down and

run from the start menu? Can you do this through a system policy?

Is that for the computer or the user?

39. Can you upgrade an HPFS partition during setup of Windows

NT 4.0? Do you want to do that or would it work just to leave the

partition the way it is?

40. What if you have a CD-ROM drive that only works in

MS-DOS, but you want to install Windows NT Workstation from

CD-ROM? Can you use the WINNT utility to start the installation

from the CD-ROM?

41. What is the order of processing for a system policy? Do user

settings always override group settings? What about computer

settings?

42. Can a RISC install be done without a 2MB FAT partition?

43. Where does HALL.DLL and SETUPLOADER fit into the

RISC boot process?

44. What does it mean if the processor queue is larger than 2?

45. What is the default pagefile size in a Windows NT

Workstation?

46. How do you change application priorities in Windows NT? Is it

only Start /high or can you do something via System Properties,

Performance?

47. What is special about network protocol binding order? How

can it help your system?

48. Why would you use SYSDIFF?

49. What can a UDF.TXT do for you?

50. How can the Last Known Good help you? Will it work even if

you get a BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) during a system startup?

51. What are the differences between REGEDIT and REGEDT32?

52. What do you know about memory.dmp and crash dumps? Can

Dr. Watson help you with this one?

53. What is the best way to setup a pagefile?

54. Can WIN16 applications that use OLE and DDE talk if they are

running in separate memory? In other words, can Win16

applications share memory if they are running in separate

memory? Here is a hint: the answer starts with the letter N.