Maintaining Operating Systems
- Patch Management
- Windows 7 Update gives the user the ability to choose which updates to install and when.
- Windows 10 Update locks down the update system more, the only option is to pause the update and choose active hours.
- Patch management in Ubuntu Linux offers more options for updating.
- Updating with macOS is pretty much automated, like Windows 10.
- Working With Discs
- Error checking runs ‘chkdsk’ on a disk partition to check for bad sectors.
- Trimming allows data to be written in individual pages termed “available for use”
- Optimizing trims blocks in disks to allow for new data to be written in partially full blocks.
- Working With Applications
- An application saving into Program Files (x86) indicates a 32-bit program.
- An application saving into Program Files indicates a 64-bit program.
- In Windows, you can uninstall applications using the ‘Programs & Features’ tool.
- System Restore
- System Restore focuses on applications, the Registry, & critical system files.
- Creating too many System Restore points, without noting the OS changes you made in between, can become confusing.
- Windows can restore from a System Restore point even in Windows Recovery Environment.
- Backing Up Your Files
- Windows Backup & Restore (Windows 7) enables users to back up selected folders as well as create system images and system repair disks.
- A system image is a copy of your system at the time of backup.
- A system repair disk is a bootable disc to repair a Windows system.
- Backup tools require external backup sources such as external hard drives or network locations.
- Windows also has File History –> Automated Backups, and Macs have ‘Time Machine’
- Task Scheduler
- Task scheduler enables users to schedule repetitious tasks
- Many tasks are prescheduled by Windows.
- Creating your own tasks is easy with Task Scheduler.
