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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 3. Configuring Devices and Device Drivers

This chapter is designed to provide you with detailed instructions regarding Windows 10 post-installation tasks, particularly managing devices and device drivers. With that in mind, this chapter explains the importance of device drivers after every installation of an operating system. Tasks such as installation, removal, disabling, updating/upgrading, rollback, and other related things concerning device drivers are part of an IT help desk member's day-to-day job. This requires good knowledge of the triangle composed of the operating system, hardware, and device driver. This chapter also addresses signed and unsigned device drivers by featuring the File Signature Verification tool. The chapter covers the DISM tool too by listing the steps required to add driver packages to the Windows image. Each topic is accompanied with step-by-step instructions driven by targeted, easy-to-understand graphics. The chapter concludes with a chapter labs on...