J. Palmer

/here’s my final assignment in the os troubleshooting class… sounds
like fun, huh?/
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Final Exam
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 00:42:57 -0400
From: Clinton, Erskine
To: Adkins Channon , Allen Gaudinier
, “BAKER, DELLA”
, “CAINES, TIMOTHY” ,
Dwayne Starkey , “ELHITY, MOHAMED”
, Jeremiah Palmer , Kathy
Manley , Ozan Ates ,
“PITZER, LORI”
In Windows XP/Viista, you can use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
to migrate a user and their data to another computer.
From the user point of view, to access this tool:
click Start button -> All Programs -> Accessories-> System Tools-> File
and Settings Transfer Wizard
You can also use a similar procedure as an IT administrator to migrate
many users. See the
User State Migration Tool.
For detail information, see:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457090.aspx.
For your final, you will turn in a minimum of two, but no more than
three typed, double spaced pages of the following tasks to Ms. Bratcher
on Tuesday. You can print out the assignment in 128 on June 3rd. She may
come to 128 to collect assignments, but you can go to room 139 if
necessary.
1. Describe how and what you will back up before beginning any task
involving user data.
2. Describe why and how you might also use a system restore point in the
same situation.
3. Read the information on both the File and Settings Transfer Wizard
and the User State Migration Tool provided by the link above. Please
follow links therein for a complete understanding of the tools.
4. Describe how the “File and Settings Transfer Wizard” works at the
user level. That means go through the steps and document your results.
5. Describe how the User State Migration Tool can be used.
6. How can you find out what programs are hogging the computer’s memory?
7. How can you find out what programs is using the most CPU time?
8. How can you quickly find out whether your computer is active on the
network?
9. How and why do you use ping, tracert, and nslookup?
~ Erskine
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