Administration of System Windows 10 Is Not an Easy Task. to Simplify It
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Administration of system Windows 10 is not an easy task. To simplify it, Windows 10 is equipped with a number of tools, which enable us to maintain the operating system efficiently and easily. Administration tools are the applications that are located in the Control Panel, a number of tools used to monitor the system e.g. Performance / Efficiency, Viewing the Event etc. The goal of this laboratory class is to get familiar with the basic administration tools of Windows 10 operating system. To run Administrative tools In Start menu select Settings, Control Panel and then Administrative Tools (Fig.1). Fig. Control Panel Administrative Tools folder In folder Administrative Tools, which is located in Control Panel there are many administrative tools. The accessibility of the particular elements in this folder depends on the installed Windows 7 elements. In Windows 7 Enterprise the following administrative tools are available: Fig. 3 ControlPanel Component Services - Configure and administer Component Object Model (COM) components. Component Services is designedGrafika:Event for use Viewer.GIF by developers and administrators. Computer ManagementTable 1. Functions - Manage of Control Panellocal and or their remote location incomputers Windows 2000, by98, NTusing a single, consolidated desktop tool. Using Computer Management,Function you can perform many tasks,Available such in as monitoring system events, configuring hard disks, and managing system performance.Windows 2000 Professional Windows 98 Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Add/Remove User Manager - Start/Programs Users and passwords Control Panel / Users Data Sources (ODBC)Users - Use Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) to/Adminstrative move data tools from one type of database (a Adminstrative In menu Programs (if on) or in System Tools in Tools\Programs Start/Programs data source) to another.Tools Control Panel \Accessories MS–DOS All Programs/Accessories/ Programs/MS-DOS Prompt Console in Control Panel Event Viewer - Viewconsole informationCommand about Prompt significant events, such as a program starting or stopping, or a security error, which are recordedDevices in eventControl logs.Panel/System Control Panel/Device Manager Devices in Control Panel configuration /Hardware/Device Manager iSCSI Initiator - ConfigurePhone advancedControl Panel/Phone connections and between storage devices on a network. Control Panel/Modems Modems in Control Panel connections modem connections Local Security PolicyDisplay -effects ViewControl and Panel/Display/Effectsedit Group PolicyControl security Panel/Display/Plus! settings. Control Panel/Display//Plus! Game Control Panel/Gaming Control Panel/Multimedia Control Panel/Game controllers Performance MonitorControllers - ViewOptions advanced system information about the/Devices central processing unit (CPU), memory, hard disk, and network performance. Print Management - Manage printers and print servers on a network and perform other administrative tasks. Services - Manage the different services that run in the background on your computer. System Configuration - Identify problems that might be preventing Windows from running correctly. Task Scheduler - Schedule programs or other tasks to run automatically. Windows Firewall with Advanced Security - Configure advanced firewall settings on both this computer and remote computers on your network. Windows Memory Diagnostic - Check your computer's memory to see if it's functioning properly. IT Essentials Chapter 5 Lab Administrative tools Double-click the Services icon. Expand the width of the “Services” window so you have a clear view of the content. Scroll down in the right pane until you see the service Routing and Remote Access. Double-click Routing and Remote Access. The “Routing and Remote Access Properties (Local Computer)” windows opens. © 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public. Page 8 of 33 Laboratory 2 - Windows 10 Administrative Tools Part A. 1. Open the Control Panel (press WIN and tap control panel) and select System (this is most easily done if the control panel is in the small icons display mode), and provide (try to find) the following information about your computer: Manufacturer: _____________________ Rating: _____________________ Model: _____________________ Processor: _________________ RAM: _____________________ System Type: _______________ Computer Name: ___________________ Prod. ID: ___________________ 2. Get Windows Experience Index (WEI) Score. In order to do it: a) Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type perfmon into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Performance Monitor. b) Expand open Reports, System, and System Diagnostics in the left pane of Performance Monitor c) Under System Diagnostics, click/tap on a report that was created (collected) on the date and time you want to view. d) If you don’t see any report, you have to prepare it: i. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type perfmon /report and wait until report will be finished. ii. After go to the point a. Give the rating values for the following: Processor: ____________________ Memory(RAM): ______________ Graphics: ____________________ Gaming graphics: ____________ Primary HD: ____________________ Laboratory 2 - Windows 10 Administrative Tools Part B. Resource Monitor - In Windows 10 the Resource Monitor has its own dialog box which can be accessed in a number of ways. We will find and open the Resource Monitor using Search Programs and Files under Start. The Resource Monitor application is also called resmon. Overview Tab - Provides information about the performance of the four major subsystems CPU, Disk, Network, and Memory. CPU Tab - Displays the individual processes running on the machine, the process ID's (PID), the status of each running process, the number of threads controlled by the process, and average CPU utilization. Memory Tab - Shows the process information as displayed on the CPU tab with an overview of memory allocation in the form of a graphical representation. It also shows the number of hard faults (attempts to access memory not in RAM). Disk Tab - Used to display the disk activity, showing the Processes With Disk Activity, disk Activity, and Storage. Also maintains a graph of disk transfer in KB/sec and disk queue length (the amount of data currently waiting for transfer to RAM for processing). Network Tab - Provides information about network communications with your computer including all the connections by and to your machine through the LAN and the Internet. 1. How many CPU's are listed by the Resource Monitor of your computer? ___________ 2. How much active memory is in use___________, free __________ on your computer? 3. List the top three Processes with Network Activity __________ ___________ ________ __ Laboratory 2 - Windows 10 Administrative Tools Part C. Performance Monitor - Using the Performance Monitor (aka perfmon.exe) you can create your own real-time counter or collect and record counter data for any OS subsystem. From Start find and run perfmon.exe. In the left pane of perfmon, choose the Performance Monitor item and add a new counter using the following procedure. i. Click the Add button on the toolbar (a green +). ii. Make sure that Select Counters From The Computer is displaying <Local Computer> (Later we will make use of the remote monitoring capability). iii. Select a performance object from the drop-down list. All Windows 10 system resources are tracked. These include Cache, Memory, Paging file, Process, and Processor. iv. Select the counter(s) within the selected performance object you want to track. For now you can add Processor to the monitor. v. Select < All Instances> to track all the associated instances or pick specific instances from the list box. vi. Click the Add button to add the counters for the selected performance object. vii. Repeat 2 through 6 to include any additional counters you would like to track. Then click OK. After you’ve added counters, you can select a specific counter by highlighting it in Performance Monitor. To highlight a counter, click it and then click the Highlight button (which looks like a highlighter) on the Performance Monitor toolbar, or select the counter and press Ctrl+H. To stop showing data for a counter, deselect the check box under Show for that counter. To remove a counter, highlight it in Performance Monitor and click the Delete button on the toolbar. The Delete button looks like a red X. Prepare PrintScreen of Performance Monitor. Prepare following counters: %Processor Time, %User Time %Privileged Time and %Idle Time for your processor(s) as you answer the following questions. 1. What is the effect on %Processor Time of rapidly scrolling through a document such as a .pdf file? _____________________________________________________________________ 2. If you have more than one processor/core being monitored. How do the %Processor Times compare during the active described in (a)? ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Run graphics-intensive applications while monitoring your Processor(s) %User Time. Describe the result (what you started and what was effect) ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ IT Essentials Chapter 5 Lab Laboratory 2 - Windows 10 Administrative Tools Part D. Using the Performance Monitor (aka perfmon.exe) you can create your own real-time counter or collect and record counter data for any OS subsystem. Run Performance