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- Windows XP Professional Fault Tolerance
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- Define IntelliMirror technology and describe its key features
- Back up data and settings on Windows XP Professional
- Recover a Windows XP Professional client’s applications and data
- Use the emergency repair process
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- Perform preventive maintenance
- Install and use the Recovery Console
- Describe remote operating system installation and how it can be used
with IntelliMirror to recover an entire PC remotely
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- Term used to describe features of Windows XP that help ensure the
availability of a user’s data and computer configuration
- Three key elements of IntelliMirror:
- User data management
- User settings management
- Software installation and maintenance
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- Greatly reduces the need for and cost of administrative intervention
- Plays a crucial role in both:
- Disaster protection
- Disaster recovery
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- IntelliMirror technologies in Windows XP enable users to store and
synchronize their data easily in a specified network location
- Folder redirection
- Uses group policies to place specified user folders on a share on the
network
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- Personalized machine settings can be accessed by Windows XP Professional
users from whatever machine they use on the network
- If a user’s machine crashes or is unavailable, its user environments can
be easily transferred to a new machine
- Essentially, this is the same thing as a roaming profile
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- Windows Installer Service (WIS)
- A Windows XP component that manages the installation and removal of
applications by applying a set of centrally defined setup rules during
the installation process
- Can also be used to create a software package for end users
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- Methods of backing up a PC using external tools
- Tape drives
- External hard disks
- Zip or Jaz drives
- Recordable CD-ROM drives
- Logical drives
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- There are three main functions Backup
- Back up programs and files
- Restore programs and files
- Create an ASR (Automated System Recovery) data set
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- System State data
- Collection of system-specific data that can be backed up and restored
using the Windows XP Backup utility
- Backup type
- Backup configuration that determines how data is backed up and how old
and new files are handled
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- Copy backup
- Backs up all selected files without marking them as being backed up
- Normal (or full) backup
- Backs up all selected files and marks them as being backed up
- Daily backup
- Backs up only the selected files that have been created or modified on
the day the backup is being performed
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- Differential backup
- Backs up selected files that have been created or modified since the
last full backup
- Incremental backup
- Backs up selected files that have been created or modified since the
last normal or incremental backup
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- Device driver rollback
- Removes the current driver for a device and re-initializes the previous
driver
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- Windows File Protection (WFP)
- Ensures that the correct and uncorrupted versions of certain core files
are retained on the system at all times
- Protects its list of sacred files from changes due to application
installation, virus infection, and even human error
- Works in the background, watching for attempted writes to its monitored
files
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- Automatic Update – Windows Update
- The first time an update is available on the Windows Update Web site,
Windows XP prompts you to configure how these updates are handled:
automatic installation, notify or manually
- Desktop Cleanup Wizard
- A nag that asks your permission to remove unused icons from the desktop
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- Hibernate vs. Standby
- Hibernation under Windows XP saves the System State to the hard drive
and performs a system shutdown
- Standby is a feature added to a system through support for APM
(Advanced Power Management) or ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface)
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- Options for repairing or restoring your PC:
- Safe Mode
- System Restore
- Recovery Console
- Emergency repair process
- Remote OS installation
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- New mechanism for maintaining a functioning user environment
- Can be used to return the OS to a previously saved state
- Controlled and managed through two interfaces:
- System Restore tab of the System applet
- System Restore tool
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- Command-line interface that provides administrative tools useful for
recovering a system that is not booting correctly
- You can access the Recovery Console in one of two ways:
- From a command prompt, change directories to your Windows XP CD
- Use the Windows XP CD or startup disks to start your computer
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- If your problem is caused by corrupt or missing files, your startup
environment, or your partition boot sector, you might want to use the
emergency repair process
- Two options for repairing Windows XP
- Fast repair
- Manual repair
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- Can install Windows XP Professional on remote-boot enabled PCs across a
network
- A component of Remote Installation Server (RIS)
- RIS is an optional service in Windows Server that works with various
other services to enable remote installations
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- PXE (Pre-boot Execution)
- Standard environment in PC98-compliant computers and network computers
that can be used for a remote OS installation
- Remote Installation Preparation (RIPrep)
- An administrator can take an entire image of one Windows XP
Professional machine and install it onto other workstations
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- Be familiar with IntelliMirror’s features functions
- Windows XP includes built-in backup features
- You can use the emergency repair process or ASR to repair a system that
has failed
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- You can use the System Restore feature to return the system to a
previously saved state
- You can use the driver rollback to remove a bad driver and return to a
previously functioning driver
- You can rely upon WFP to keep your system files in working order
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- You can use Automatic Updates to keep your system in line with the
latest patches from Microsoft
- You can install and use the Recovery Console to recover user settings in
the event of a system failure
- You can use the Remote Installation Services (RIS) for a complete remote
system restoration
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