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Apply Your Knowledge

Monitoring, optimizing, and troubleshooting computers are important everyday tasks that desktop and systems administrators must be capable of performing. The following exercises are designed to reinforce your knowledge of topics presented in this chapter and prepare you for the corresponding sections of the 70-270 exam. You should have two computers running Windows XP Professional to perform these exercises.

Exercises

9.1 Logging Computer Performance

The Performance Logs and Alerts snap-in enables you to create a performance log on your computer, which you can view from System Monitor. Perform this exercise on any computer running Windows XP Professional.

Estimated Time: 20 minutes.

1. Click Start, All Programs, Administrative Tools, Performance.

2. Expand the Performance Logs and Alerts entry in the console tree and double-click Counter Logs.

3. Right-click a blank area in the details pane and select New Log Settings.

4. In the New Log Settings dialog box, type Test Log as a log name and click OK.

5. In the Test Log dialog box, click Add Counters.

6. For the Processor object, select % Processor Time and Interrupts/Sec, and then click Add.

7. In the Performance object drop-down list box, select Memory. Select the Available Bytes and Pages/Sec counters, and then click Add.

8. Click Close.

9. In the Test Log dialog box, change the sampling interval to 1 second, and then click OK.

10. Generate some CPU and memory activity on your computer by performing one or more of the following tasks:

Run any application on your computer.

Connect to a share on another computer and open files from this share.

Open a 3D screen saver and preview it for a few seconds.

11. After about two minutes, right-click your test log and click Stop. The icon turns red, indicating it is no longer logging.

12. In the console tree, select System Monitor.

13. In the System Monitor toolbar, select the cylinder icon (the fourth icon from the left). This displays the Source tab of the System Monitor Properties dialog box.

14. Under Data Source, select Log files and then click Add.

15. Browse to the location of your test log file (which is by default in the %systemroot%\PerfLogs folder), click Open, and then click OK.

16. Click the + button in the toolbar to display the Add Counters dialog box, which displays only the logged counters.

17. For the Memory object, select All Counters, and then click Add. Repeat for the Processor object.

18. Click Close. The details pane displays the data you have just logged.

19. To highlight an individual line, select the desired counter in the bottom part of the display and then click the yellow light bulb in the toolbar.

20. Highlight the other lines in turn, and observe how the performance counters change in response to your actions performed while logging.

9.2 Configuring and Viewing Alerts

The Performance Logs and Alerts snap-in also enables you to configure alerts that are generated when a performance counter exceeds a limit that you have specified. In this exercise you configure and view an alert. Perform this exercise on any Windows XP Professional computer.

Estimated Time: 15 minutes.

1. Click Start, All Programs, Administrative Tools, Performance.

2. Expand the Performance Logs and Alerts entry in the console tree and select Alerts.

3. Right-click a blank area in the details pane and select New Alert Settings.

4. In the New Alert Settings dialog box, type Test Alert as an alert name and click OK.

5. In the Test Alert dialog box, click Add and add the Processor\% Processor Time counter.

6. Click Close.

7. In the Test Alert dialog box, ensure that the Alert When the Value Is drop-down list says Over, type 85 for a limit, and then click OK.

8. Open the Screen Saver tab of the Control Panel Display applet. Select one of the 3D screen savers and then click Preview.

9. After about 30 seconds, move the mouse or press the space bar to stop the preview. This action should generate one or more performance alerts.

10. Click Start, All Programs, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer.

11. Select the Application log from the console tree. You should see one or more information events in the details pane.

12. Double-click the top (most recent) event. This event should inform you that the Processor\% Processor Time counter has exceeded its alert threshold.

13. Click the down arrow to display additional messages.

14. If you do not observe any alert messages, open a processor-intensive program and repeat steps 8 to 13. If you still do not observe any alert messages, return to the Performance Console, right-click your alert, and select Properties. Type a lower value for the alert, and then repeat steps 8 to 13.

15. When you are finished, right-click your alert and choose Stop. Close all dialog boxes, clicking Cancel to close the Display Properties dialog box without modifying the default screen saver.

9.3 Configuring and Viewing a Power Scheme

The Power Schemes feature in Windows XP Professional assists users of portable computers in optimizing power usage. In particular, you can configure the computer to enter standby and hibernation modes. In this exercise you configure a power scheme to place your computer in standby mode.

If you have a laptop computer, use it to perform this exercise. You can also perform it on a desktop computer running Windows XP Professional that is enabled for standby. If the System Standby option does not appear in step 3, standby is not available on your computer.

Estimated Time: 10 minutes.

1. Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, Power Options.

2. On the Power Schemes tab of the Power Options Properties dialog box, select Max Battery.

3. Under System Standby, select After 1 Min from the drop-down list and then click Apply.

4. Select the Advanced tab, and then select the check box labeled Prompt for Password when Computer Resumes from Standby.

5. Wait one minute, and observe that the computer displays a Preparing to Go into Standby message and goes into standby.

6. Press the spacebar or move the mouse. After a few seconds, the Unlock Computer dialog box appears.

7. Type your password and press Enter. Your desktop re-appears, configured as it was when the computer went into standby.

8. In the Power Schemes drop-down list, return your computer to the previous setting.

9.4 Installing the Recovery Console

Recovery Console enables you to recover a computer that is unable to boot properly. In this exercise you install the Recovery Console.

Estimated Time: 5 minutes.

1. Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM.

2. Close the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP window.

3. Click Start, Run, type d:\i386\winnt32 /cmdcons. If your CD-ROM drive is not d:, substitute the proper drive letter.

4. You are asked whether you want to install the Recovery Console. Click Yes.

5. Wait while the Recovery Console is installed, and then click OK when the completion message appears.

9.5 Using the Recovery Console

After you have installed the Recovery Console, you can use it whenever required. In this exercise, you observe the effect of the Recovery Console by employing it to restart a service you have stopped from the Services Console.

Estimated Time: 20 minutes.

1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and choose Manage.

2. In the Computer Management Console, expand Services and Applications, and then click Services.

3. Scroll to locate Server, right-click this service, and choose Properties.

4. Click Stop.

5. A Stop Other Services dialog box informs you that the Computer Browser service will also stop. Click Yes to stop these services.

6. When you are informed that the services have stopped, change the startup type of the Server service to Disabled and then click OK.

7. To observe the effect of stopping the Server service, open the Shared Folders node in the Computer Management Console. Click Shares. You should receive an error message informing you that the Server service is not started.

8. Attempt to connect to a share on this computer from another computer. This should fail because the Server service is not running.

9. To use the Recovery Console for restarting the server service, shut down and restart the computer.

10. From the boot loader menu, choose Windows XP Recovery Console.

11. When asked which Windows installation you would like to log on to, type the number of the installation and then press Enter.

12. Type the Administrator password and then press Enter.

13. When the Windows prompt appears, type listsvc and then press Enter. This displays a list of services and their status.

14. Use the space bar to scroll until you see the LanmanServer service displayed. Note that this service is disabled.

15. Press Esc to stop viewing the services.

16. Type enable /? and press Enter to view the syntax of this command. Note the required syntax.

17. To re-enable the Server service, type enable lanmanserver service_auto_start and press Enter. You should be informed that the service was started. If you receive an error or the help information again, check your command syntax and try again.

18. Type exit. The computer reboots.

19. Log on as Administrator and re-open the Computer Management Console.

20. Repeat steps 7 and 8 and note that you can now observe and connect to the shares configured on this computer.

Review Questions

1.Name three types of items that the Performance Console uses for describing the data it collects. Compare and describe each briefly.

2.Summarize the types of tasks that you can perform using Task Manager.

3.Over what frequencies can you schedule applications to run using the Scheduled Tasks application?

4.Describe the difference between standby and hibernation. Which one runs the risk of data loss should power be lost?

5.How do incremental and differential backups differ from each other. Which one offers the shortest backup length, and which one enables the fastest restore?

6.Which computer recovery utility should you not use until you have exhausted efforts to recover your computer using other methods, and why?

Exam Questions

1.Ryan is concerned with the performance of his Windows XP Professional computer because it does not appear to be responding as rapidly as it did a few months ago. He creates a counter log using Performance Logs and Alerts and logs his performance over the period of a workday. Then he uses System Monitor to display the collected data and notices the following results:

Memory\Pages/sec: 62

Processor\% Processor Time: 71

LogicalDisk\% Disk Time: 74

PhysicalDisk\% Disk Time: 63

System: Processor Queue Length: 3

Which of the following system upgrades should Ryan do first?

Add a faster hard disk.

Add a larger hard disk.

Add additional memory.

Install a faster processor.

Install a second processor.

2.Debbie is the desktop administrator for an engineering company. All servers run Windows Server 2003 and all client computers run Windows XP Professional. Several users in the Design department run a simulation application that requires several hours to process its data. These users report that when they run this application, the performance of other engineering programs becomes considerably slower.

What should Debbie instruct the users to do so that the simulation application can run with the least impact on other engineering programs being run at the same time?

Configure the simulation program to have BelowNormal priority.

Configure the simulation program to have AboveNormal priority.

Configure all other engineering programs to have High priority.

Configure all other engineering programs to have RealTime priority.

3.Bob has configured the following backup strategy for a computer named Development: normal backup every Friday evening and an incremental backup every evening from Monday to Thursday. One Thursday morning, Bob notices that the hard drive on Development has crashed. After installing a new drive, which of the following procedures must Bob follow to restore Development's hard disk?

Restore the past Friday's normal backup and the Wednesday incremental backup, in that order.

Restore the past Friday's normal backup and the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday incremental backups, in that order.

Restore the past Thursday's incremental backup, and then Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday incremental backups, in that order.

Only restore the past Friday's normal backup.

4.Your Windows XP Professional computer has been running slowly once or twice a day when performing processor-intensive or memory-intensive tasks, and you suspect that you may need to upgrade your processor. You have added additional RAM to the computer, but need to be informed of potential processor bottlenecks, so you want to configure the computer to inform you should processor utilization exceed 85%. What should you do? (Each correct answer represents part of the solution. Choose two.)

Configure System Monitor to generate an alert when the Processor\%Processor time counter exceeds 85%.

Configure Performance Logs and Alerts to generate an alert when the Processor\%Processor time counter exceeds 85%.

View the Application log in Event Viewer to determine whether any alerts have been generated.

View the System log in Event Viewer to determine whether any alerts have been generated.

In Computer Management, ensure that the Alerter service is configured to start automatically. You will then receive a message box on your desktop when an alert is generated.

5.Tom is the systems administrator for his company. All servers in the company run Windows Server 2003 and all client computers run Windows XP Professional. Employees in the Legal department perform weekly backups of their data. These employees want to back up the Registry, COM+ Class Registration database, system files, and boot files.

Employees in the Legal department need to be able to restore their computers to working order without risking loss of any personal files and folders. In addition, they need to minimize the size of their backups. These users have already configured Ntbackup.exe to back up the personal files and folders.

What additional backup strategy should Tom recommend to the Legal department users?

Back up the Windows and Program Files folders.

Back up the System State data.

Create an Automated System Recovery (ASR) backup.

Create a restore point using the System Restore Wizard.

6.Connie is responsible for a Windows XP Professional computer that contains financial data for her boss's insurance agency. She is concerned that the computer might be unable to start using any of the common recovery methods, so she opens the Windows XP Backup program. Which of the following actions should she perform to prepare for this possibility?

Back up all information on the computer.

Back up System State.

Create an emergency repair disk (ERD).

Create an Automated System Recovery (ASR) disk.

7.You are the desktop administrator for a company that employs sales associates who use laptop computers running Windows XP Professional while on the road. These computers are configured to have a modem and an Ethernet PC card. While in the office, the sales associates use their computers in a docking station. While on the road, they use their computers in an undocked state.

A user named Heather, who creates and edits documents while at customer locations, reports that the battery power in her computer has not lasted as long as it should. What should you do to configure Heather's computer to conserve battery power during her sales trips?

Create a new hardware profile named Remote. In Device Manager, disable the modem and Ethernet PC card while in the Remote hardware profile.

Configure the hardware profiles so that the Undocked hardware profile is at the top of the list of profiles.

In Device Manager, disable all devices used by the docked hardware profile.

Configure her computer to use the Portable/Laptop power scheme.

8.You are the systems administrator for your company. All desktop and portable computers in the company run Windows XP Professional. Users in the Research department bring their portable computers to the conference room for a biweekly planning meeting. These users require a simple means of manually placing their computers in a low-power condition without using the Start menu. In addition, they need their computers to resume normal operating condition as rapidly as possible.

How should you configure the Power Options properties to accomplish these needs?

Configure the computers to use the Portable/Laptop power scheme.

Configure the computers to use the Max Battery power scheme.

Configure the Critical Battery Alarm on the computers to enable hibernation when the battery capacity drops to 5%.

Configure the computers to enter standby when the lid is closed.

Configure the power button on each computer to enable hibernation.

9.You are the systems administrator for a company that operates an Active Directory network in which all servers run Windows Server 2003 and all client computers run Windows XP Professional.

Users in the Design department have dual-processor computers. These users report that when they run 16-bit Windows programs, their computers run very slowly. On using System Monitor to check the computer performance, you discover that when 16-bit programs are running, the Processor\% Processor Time counter shows a value of almost 100% for one processor but less than 10% for the second processor.

Which of the following should you do to improve application performance for users in the Design department?

Configure each application to have AboveNormal priority.

Configure each application to run in a separate memory space.

Configure each application to run in Windows NT 4.0 compatibility mode.

Configure processor affinity for each application to allow it to run on both processors.

10.Nancy is responsible for the desktop configuration of 30 Windows XP Professional computers in the Financial department of her company. She has configured the Task Scheduler to defragment the hard disk of one of these computers at 11:00 p.m. every Saturday. She needs to apply this same task to each of the other computers. How should she accomplish this task with the least administrative effort?

Go to each computer in turn and copy the task from the first computer's Scheduled Tasks folder to the other computer's Scheduled Tasks folder.

Use the AT command to import the task to each of the other computers.

Use the Task Scheduler service's Properties dialog box to import the task to each of the other computers.

It is not possible to copy or import this task. Nancy must re-create the task manually on each of the other computers.

11.Charles is the desktop administrator of his company. A user named Shelley has dropped her notebook computer running Windows XP Professional on the floor. The computer has an ASR backup of the original system state. When Shelley turns the computer on, she receives a System disk not found message.

Charles confirms that the hard disk in the computer is functioning properly. Shelley informs him that she had created a restore point two days before she dropped her computer.

Which of the following actions should Charles take so that Shelley's computer can start Windows XP Professional from the hard disk?

Press F8 and select Safe Mode from the available options. Then use the most recent restore point to restore Windows XP Professional.

Press F8 and select Last Known Good Configuration from the available options.

Use a bootable floppy disk to restart the computer. Then use the Ntbackup.exe program to perform a system state restore.

Use a bootable floppy disk to restart the computer. Then use the Ntbackup.exe program and the ASR backup to restore the computer.

Use the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM to restart the computer, and then perform an ASR restore.

12.You are the desktop administrator for an accounting company. A user named Kathryn installs a tax calculation application on her Windows XP Professional computer. After she restarts her computer, she observes that the computer runs very slowly.

Kathryn uninstalls the tax calculation application and restarts her computer. However, the computer still runs very slowly.

Kathryn asks you to return her computer to its previous condition as soon as possible while preserving her data and computer settings. What should you do?

Restart the computer with a Windows XP Professional CD-ROM and use an ASR backup to restore the computer.

Restart the computer in Safe Mode and restore Windows XP using the most recent system restore point.

Restart the computer in Safe Mode and use Ntbackup.exe to perform a system state restore.

Restart the computer by using the Last Known Good Configuration.

13.Laura installs a new device driver and reboots her Windows XP Professional computer. Before the logon screen appears, the computer displays the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) with the error IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. Which of the following should she do first?

Press F8 to access the Advanced Startup Options menu. Select Safe Mode, roll back the device driver, and restart the computer.

Press F8 to access the Advanced Startup Options menu. Select Last Known Good Configuration.

Use the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM to restart the computer. When prompted, choose Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Use the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM to restart the computer. When prompted, choose Recovery Console, remove the device driver, and restart the computer.