You’ve recently installed a new power supply, and the computer appears to start properly and you are able to login to the operating system. Unfortunately, your DVD-ROM drive is completely unresponsive, and no lights or sounds are coming from the drive. Which of these would be the most likely issue?
You have just installed a new motherboard, plugged in all of the cables, and connected the power. However, when you start the computer you hear a series of beeps and the screen remains blank. Which of these would be the most likely cause of this issue?
Which old-style class of subnet would provide for 16,384 networks, with over 65,000 hosts per network?
If you are installing a PATA drive with the “cable select” jumper enabled on a 40-conductor PATA cable, which connector is commonly used for the master drive?
You have installed a new video driver on your Windows XP Professional workstation, but the screen remains blank after the boot process is complete. Which of these would be the best troubleshooting step to use for resolving this issue?
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You have applied some read-only NTFS permissions to an important folder containing spreadsheets, and you’ve applied it to all users. However, a member of the accounting department connects across the network and has share permissions that allow writing to the folder. What type of access to the spreadsheet would the accounting department user ultimately have?
You are installing Windows XP Professional in an older PC, but you’re not sure the system specifications will support the minimum XP requirements. The computer has a 233 MHz processor, 64 MB of RAM, 1 GB of free disk space, and an SVGA video display. Which one of these specifications does not meet the minimum requirements for Windows XP Professional?
This month: Understanding CPU cache memory, CPUs and sockets, rebuilding RAID, and using the command line.
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You have identified a malware infection on a critical computer at your organization. What is the best process to ensure that the malware is completely eradicated?
