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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

Configuring device system resources


In a computer system, devices use system resources to work with one another. As such, a system resource is any computer component, physical or virtual, and internal or external. The operating system is responsible for managing the system resources, whereas usersuse system resources to open programs and utilities. System resources are consideredto be limited, and as such, computer systems are usually running low on resources. Such situations reduce the overall performance of your device, which results in an error similar to your computer is low on memory. So, in the following sections, you will get acquainted with computer system resources.

Plug and Play (PnP)

If you have heard the expression that Windows is all about Plug & Play, then it can be said that it really is! In that line of discussion, do you remember when you last installed Windows 10 drivers? No? That's because Plug and Play has tremendously simplified the work involved with devices and drivers...