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Installing and Configuring Windows 10: 70-698 Exam Guide

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Installing and Configuring Windows 10: 70-698 Exam Guide

Overview of this book

The Installing and Configuring Windows 10: 70-698 Exam Guide is designed to confirm what you already know, while also updating your knowledge of Windows 10. With its easy-to-follow guidance, you will quickly learn the user interface and discover steps to work efficiently in Windows 10 to rule out delays and obstacles. This book begins by covering various ways of installing Windows 10, followed by instructions on post-installation tasks. You will learn about the deployment of Windows 10 in Enterprise and also see how to configure networking in Windows 10. You’ll understand how to leverage Disk Management and Windows PowerShell to configure disks, volumes, and file system options. As you progress through the chapters, you will be able to set up remote management in Windows 10 and learn more about Windows update usage, behavior, and settings. You will also gain insights that will help you monitor and manage data recovery and explore how to configure authentication, authorization, and advanced management tools in Windows 10. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with enough knowledge to take the 70-698 exam and explore different study methods to improve your chances of passing the exam with ease.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Chapter 12. Monitoring Windows 10

This chapter is designed to teach you the tools to monitor your Windows 10 device system resources. By understanding the importance of key system components and how their performance affects the overall performance of your Windows 10 device, it will help you to maintain the optimal performance of your device both in normal and heavy use. With that in mind, this chapter covers Event Viewer, Task Manager, Resource Monitor, Performance Monitor, and Reliability Monitor. Anyone of these tools, or all together, will enable you to run both real-time monitoring of the system resources, and create a baseline. Other than that, you will get to know the Windows Security Center that includes Windows Defender that ensures that your Windows 10 device is kept safe and protected from threats. Each topic is accompanied with step-by-step instructions driven by targeted, easy-to-understand graphics. The chapter concludes with Chapter labs section on Configuring indexing options...