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Exam Highlights
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Windows XP Professional records events in three logs by default: Application,which records events generated by programs; Security, which records auditevents; and System, which records events generated by Windows services.
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Restoring to a restore point affects the Windows Registry and certain system andapplication files. The restoration does not affect user-created documents and data.This provides a safe means to reset the Windows configuration to an earlier time.
Key Terms
Event Viewer A utility that allows you to monitor the events that Windows XP Pro-fessional records in various logs.
Remote Assistance A utility that allows a user to invite an administrator or otherexpert user to provide help remotely.
Remote Desktop A utility that allows you to control a computer from a remote loca-tion.
restore points A saved snapshot of the Registry and important system and applica-tion files that is created using the System Restore utility.
Scheduled Tasks A feature of Windows XP Professional that lets you schedule pro-grams, scripts, batch files, or documents to run once, at regular intervals, or at spe-cific times.
service A program or process that runs in the background on a computer to performparticular system functions for other programs.
service dependency The other services that must be running for a service to start, aswell as the services that cannot start until the service in question starts.
System Restore A utility that monitors changes to certain system and applicationfiles and creates automatic restore points that contain a snapshot of the Registryand a copy of certain system files that Windows XP Professional requires for star-tup. You can also create restore points manually and restore the computer to anyrestore point.
Questions and Answers
Lesson 1 Practice: Exercise 1
