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What is an NT service?
A NT service is like a program that is started automatically when the computer is started. A service also runs when no user is logged on to the system.
A NT service is like a program that is started automatically when the computer is started. A service requires a user with the correct permission to be logged on to the system.
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What is the MMC?
The Microsoft management console is used to configure Windows 2000. It does not run on Windows NT 4.0
The Microsoft management console can be used to manage Windows 2000 and application running on W2K and Windows NT4.0
The Multi Media console is required to run the 1100 maintenance CD ROM.
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What is the NTVDM?
The NT Virutal DOS machine is a Windows NT process that encapsulates 16bit applications like the ChemStation.
The NT Virtual Data machines does the memory handling of the NT system. Resouce leaks can be monitored in this process.
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What is the HAL used for?
The hardware abstractionlayer prevents any application to have direct access to the hardware in a NT system.
The hardware addition layer is used to add hardware components like graphics cards to a Windows NT system.
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What is the Windows NT registry?
The registry replaces the WIN.INI, config.sys, autoexec.bat and other .INI files used for 16bit applications. It is usually only used by 32bit applications.
The registry replaces only the WIN.INI and is usually only used by 32bit applications.
The registry is a text file that replaces the 16bit configuration files like WIN.INI and config.sys.
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How to edit the registry?
The registry is a text file and can be changed using any text editor.
The registry is a hex file and can be changed using any hex editor.
The registry is a binary file and can only be modified using regedit or regedt32.
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How to revert a failed hardware installation?
As new hardware information is added to the registry, you need to start Windows NT and remove the added registry entries manually using regedit.
As new hardware information is added to the registry, you need boot from a DOS floppy and remove the added registry entries manually using regedit.
During startup of NT you need to press space to revert to the last working version of the NT registry.
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What is the Windows NT control panel used for?
Most NT configuration tasks can be done from there, like adding users, sharing network drives.
Most NT configuration tasks can be done from there, like installing new software, adding tape drives, starting services, setting regional settings.
The control panel is only used for controlling the desktop appearance.
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What is the boot.ini?
The boot.ini is only used by 16bit application that require certain settings.
The boot.ini determines the Windows NT that is started, like in VGA mode, or which operating system to use in case multiple operating systems are installed.
There is no boot.ini file used by NT.
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What is the guest account on NT used for?
As the logon is mandatory on NT there must be an account everybody can use. If the guest account is enabled, everybody can logon to the system. User that are not setup in user manager will automatically logged on locally as user guest.
The guest account will be used when a share is available to the group Everyone and a remot user is mapping a share. If the guest account is disabled Everyone is only Everyon setup in the User manager. If the guest account is enabled, Everyon is really everyone.
There is no guest account in Windows NT.
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Where do I manage users, user groups and policies in NT?
The Windows NT User Manager is used to manage users and user groups. On NT workstation you can not manage policies.
The Windows NT User Manager is used to manage users, user groups and policies. You can also create new users and new groups in the user manager.
The Windows NT User Manager is used to manage users, user groups and policies. New groups can not be created in Windows NT.
User are setup up using the System applet from the Control Panel.
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What is a global group?
The global group by itself is powerless. To assign permissions to a global group, the global group needs to be a member of a local group.
A global group is used to allow a user access to all computers in a Windows NT domain. The local groups are only used for users to logon on locally to a computer.
There are no global groups in Windows NT, only local groups.
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What file formats does Windows NT support?
Windows NT supports FAT and NTFS.
Windows NT supports FAT, NTFS and FAT32.
Windows NT requires the boot partition to be NTFS, but supports FAT for logical partitions.
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What are the features of the NTFS file format?
NTFS has built in security using Permissions. It allows auditing on file and directory level. It has built in recovery and allows on-line compression.
NTFS has built in security using the attributes. It allows auditing on file and directory level. It has built in recovery and allows on-line compression.
NTFS has built in security using Permissions. It has no auditing capability. It has built in recovery and allows on-line compression.
NTFS has built in security using Permissions. It has no auditing capability. It has built in recovery. There is no on-line compression.
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How to create partitions on a NT system?
The NT version of fdisk is used to partition a disk on a running Windows NT system
Disk Administrator can be used to maintain and add new partitions to a running NT system.
The registry has to be edited using regedit to change the partition scheme on a running NT system.
On a running NT system, the partitions can not be changed.
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What file permissions does NTFS have?
Read (R), Write (W), Execute (X), Delete (D), Change Permissions (P), take Ownership (O)
Read (R), Write (W), Execute (X), Delete (D), Change Permissions (P)
Read (R), Write (W), Delete (D), Change Permissions (P), take Ownership (O)
Read (R), Write (W), Execute (X), Delete (D), Change Permissions (P), Take Ownership (O), Share (S)
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What file permissions does NTFS have?
Read (R), Write (W), Execute (X), Delete (D), Change Permissions (P), take Ownership (O)
Read (R), Write (W), Execute (X), Delete (D), Change Permissions (P)
Read (R), Write (W), Delete (D), Change Permissions (P), take Ownership (O)
Read (R), Write (W), Execute (X), Delete (D), Change Permissions (P), Take Ownership (O), Share (S)
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