MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Installing ...

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mands on services such as stopping, starting, pausing, resuming, and restarting
services. You can also use the Services console to configure options for services
such as the startup type, the user account under which the service logs on, and
recovery options. You can also use the System Configuration Utility to enable and
disable services.
■ You use Event Viewer to view the contents of Windows XP Professional log files.
By default, Windows keeps three log files: Application, which records events generated
by programs; Security, which records audit events; and System, which
records events generated by Windows services.
■ You can use Scheduled Tasks to schedule programs and batch files to run once, at
regular intervals, at specific times, or when certain operating system events occur.
Windows XP Professional saves scheduled tasks in the Scheduled Tasks folder,
which can be accessed through Performance and Maintenance in Control Panel.
■ System Restore works by creating restore points that contain a snapshot of the
Registry (which includes user account, application, and hardware configuration)
and a copy of certain system files that Windows XP Professional requires for startup.
System Restore creates restore points automatically when certain events
occur, and you can also create restore points manually.
■ Remote Desktop allows users that are members of the Administrators or Remote
Users groups to remotely gain access to a computer running Windows XP Professional.
Remote Assistance allows a user who needs help to invite an expert user to
connect to the user’s computer. After the connection is established, the expert user
can take shared control of the user’s desktop, chat with the user, and send and
receive files.
Exam Highlights
Key Points
Before taking the exam, review the key points and terms that are presented in this
chapter. You need to know this information.
■ When a service is disabled, you cannot start the service manually, and applications
or other services cannot start the service programmatically. If you want a service
not to run automatically when Windows starts, but need the service to be able to
be started, set the service’s startup type to Manual.
■ When a service fails, you can have Windows take the following actions: Take No
Action, Restart The Service, Run A Program, and Restart The Computer. Typically,
you should have Windows attempt to restart the service on the first or second failure.
You should have Windows attempt to restart the computer only when a service
fails that is vital to the computer’s role.