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The three utilities in this list should be familiar to every IT pro. I list them here with a quick description of what’s new and changed for Windows 10, especially for those upgrading from Windows 7: ■■ Task Manager This venerable Windows utility got a major upgrade beginning with Windows 8, making it significantly more powerful than its predecessor. It’s available from the Quick Link menu (by right-clicking on Start or using the Windows logo key + X shortcut), or directly using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Esc. In its expanded view, pay attention to the Startup tab, which offers information about programs that automatically start with Windows. The Performance tab, shown in Figure 9-6, offers details about multiple Windows subsystems, usually with enough information to help you determine the source of a current slowdown. FIGURE 9-6 The Performance tab in Task Manager shows a wealth of information about CPU, memory, disk, and network usage. Note the link at the bottom to open Resource Monitor. ■■ Resource Monitor If you need more details than are available from Task Manager, open this utility, which provides a granular view of file-system and disk activity, processor usage, and network connections. ■ ■ Event Viewer Virtually every system-related task that Windows does—in the background, in the foreground, or in response to your requests—is logged for posterity. These event logs are available for inspection using the Event Viewer utility (Eventvwr.msc). It has changed little in the past decade. 122 CHAPTER 9 Recovery and troubleshooting tools
Sysinternals tools Windows Sysinternals is one of the most enduring and useful sources of advanced system utilities for any IT pro. The site, available at http://sysinternals.com, was created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich, who joined Microsoft in 2006 and is currently Chief Technical Officer of Microsoft Azure. It would take several pages just to list all the Sysinternals utilities, but a few are essential, especially when troubleshooting in an unfamiliar environment. Process Explorer, for example, offers an amazingly detailed view of currently active processes, whereas AutoRuns allows for pinpoint control over programs that run automatically. What’s remarkable is that these tools are updated regularly, with occasional major releases offering useful new features. What’s even more remarkable is that they’re free. Nearly 70 individual Sysinternals troubleshooting utilities are available as part of the Sysinternals Suite. You can also run individual tools from the web-based directory listing at https://live.sysinternals.com/. Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset The Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) is part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), which is available by subscription for volume-license customers with Software Assurance. It is also available under different licensing terms through Microsoft MSDN subscriptions. Each version of DaRT is designed to work on a specific version of Windows. For Windows 10, use DaRT 10, which is included with the MDOP 2015 package. The chief benefit of DaRT is that it provides extended recovery and repair options beyond those provided in Windows RE. DaRT supports UEFI boot and can create Windows Imaging Format (.wim) or ISO images that can be deployed with USB media. Using DaRT, an organization also can allow remote connections within the recovery partition, thus enabling support staff to reach a computer for recovery without having to be physically present at the computer. A default DaRT installation adds a Recovery Image Wizard that can be used to create an image for IT professionals that allows local users to perform a range of recovery tasks. The current version of this DaRT toolset includes Disk Commander, which can be used to repair damaged disk partitions and volumes; a Crash Analyzer, which makes sense of crash dump files; and a Hotfix Uninstall tool that can be used if a hotfix causes problems with a PC. Some organizations deploy DaRT as the default recovery partition in standard images. Doing so makes the recovery tools available at all times and eliminates the need for bootable removable media. CHAPTER 9 Recovery and troubleshooting tools 123
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Introducing Windows 10 for IT Profe
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Contents Introduction .............
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Chapter 6 Microsoft Edge and Intern
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Chapter 15 What’s new in Group Po
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access to Windows 10 at no cost. Ev
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CHAPTER 1 An overview of Windows 10
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Update, with additional reliability
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FIGURE 1-3 The Windows 10 Start men
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FIGURE 1-5 Connecting accounts to t
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FIGURE 1-7 The Windows Store offers
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touch-enabled devices. Features suc
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FIGURE 2-3 The Settings app is desi
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FIGURE 2-8 You can use this Group P
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FIGURE 2-12 When you snap a window
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FIGURE 2-14 For anyone moving from
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FIGURE 2-16 The new, unified OneDri
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FIGURE 3-2 You use the Media Creati
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FIGURE 5-6 When Windows Hello biome
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SmartScreen and phishing protection
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Page 106 and 107: FIGURE 7-3 The Wi-Fi pane offers a
Page 108 and 109: With Wi-Fi Sense, Microsoft keeps a
Page 110 and 111: Figure 7-6 shows the simple setting
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