Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7
0 likes412 views
This document provides information on 10 tools in Windows 7 for managing and monitoring a system: Defragment and Optimize Drives, Device Manager, Disk Cleanup, Event Viewer, Performance Monitor, Services, Task Manager, Task Scheduler, Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, and Windows Memory Diagnostic. It describes what each tool is used for and how to access and use the basic functions of each tool.
Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7
- 1. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 Operating Systems(CSC2133) - Assignment 01 Rksk Ekanayaka SC/2013/8853
- 2. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 Table of Contents 1. Defragment and Optimize Drives..........................................................................................................2 2. Device Manager ....................................................................................................................................3 3. Disk Cleanup..........................................................................................................................................4 4. Event Viewer.........................................................................................................................................5 5. Performance Monitor ...........................................................................................................................6 6. Services .................................................................................................................................................7 7. Task Manager........................................................................................................................................8 8. Task Scheduler ......................................................................................................................................9 9. Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.........................................................................................10 10. Windows Memory Diagnostic.........................................................................................................11
- 3. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 1. Defragment and Optimize Drives What is? Optimizing the drive is one of the best ways we can improve computer performance. Windows includes features to help optimize the different types of drives that PCs use today. It can optimize solid-state drives as well as defragment mechanical drives. How to access Control panel > Administrative tools > Defragment and Optimize Drives My computer > Right click on a drive > Properties > Tools > Defragment and Optimize Drives How to use? Open Defragment and optimize drives. Click the drive you want to optimize. To determine if the drive needs to be optimized, click Analyze. After Windows is finished analyzing the drive, check the Current status column to see whether you need to optimize the drive. If the drive is more than 10% fragmented, you should optimize the drive now. Click Optimize.
- 4. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 2. Device Manager What is? You can use Device Manager to see the devices installed on your PC, update driver software for our devices, check to see if hardware is working properly, and change hardware settings. How to access Control Panel > Device Manager How to use Double-tap or double-click a device category to expand it. If there's a yellow warning icon Yellow warning icon that shows there might be a device problem on the name of a device, there might be a problem with it. Click the device, Click Action, and then click Properties to see details about that device.
- 5. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 3. Disk Cleanup What is? Disk Cleanup will check our system and then present you with a list of things that can be removed to free up space. It will tell us how much space can be gained by removing unnecessary files in our computer. How to access Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Disk Cleanup How to use? Open Disk Cleanup. If you see a drop-down menu with a list of drives, choose the drive you want to clean (generally the C drive). Click OK. In the Disk Cleanup for OS dialog box, choose the checkboxes for the file types you want to delete. Click OK. When you see a dialog box that prompts you whether to permanently delete the files, click Delete Files.
- 6. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 4. Event Viewer What is? The Event Viewer displays the Windows event log. Applications, services, and Windows itself write messages to the event log. Viewing the log can sometimes help you identify a problem and look up a specific error message, but most of the messages here aren’t important. How to access Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer
- 7. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 5. Performance Monitor What is? The Microsoft Windows Performance Monitor is a feature found in Windows 7 that allows us to view and monitor the performance of your computer either in real time or from a log. In the picture below, is an example of the Performance Monitor running in real time and is graphing the percentage of the processor time. Additional values could be added to this chart by right- clicking on the chart and clicking Add Counters. How to access Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Performance Monitor
- 8. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 6. Services What is? The Services tool displays the services installed on our Windows system and allows us to manage them. Services are low-level programs that run in the background. Many of these services are included with Windows and perform essential system tasks. How to access Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services
- 9. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 7. Task Manager What is? Task Manager shows you the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer. We can use Task Manager to monitor your computer’s performance or to close a program that is not responding. We can also use Task Manager to view network status and see how your network is functioning. If more than one user is connected to our computer, we can see who is connected, what they are working on, and we can send them a message. How to access Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC Right click on an empty area of Task bar and click Task manager
- 10. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 8. Task Scheduler What is? Windows uses the Task Scheduler to automatically run processes at scheduled times. The Task Scheduler application allows us to set our own programs to run on a schedule, view our system’s scheduled tasks, and manage them. How to access Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Task Scheduler
- 11. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 9. Windows Firewall with Advanced Security What is? The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is a tool which gives us detailed control over the rules that are applied by the Windows Firewall. We can view all the rules that are used by the Windows Firewall, change their properties, create new rules or disable existing ones. The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security includes some monitoring features as well. In the Monitoring section we can find the following information: the firewall rules that are active (both inbound and outbound), the connection security rules that are active and whether there are any active security associations. How to access Control Panel > System and Security > Windows Firewall > Advanced settings.
- 12. Managing and monitoring opportunities in Windows 7 10. Windows Memory Diagnostic What is? The memory diagnostic tool checks our random access memory (RAM) for defects.Tt writes data to different sectors of your RAM and reads it back. If it gets different data back, it knows our RAM is malfunctioning. This is usually a hardware problem and can generally be solved by replacing at least one stick of RAM. How to access Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Windows Memory Diagnostic How to use Open Windows Memory Diagnostic A pop-up will appear on your screen, asking how you'd like to go about checking the memory. The first option will restart your machine and check the memory right now, and the second option checks the next time you choose to reboot. Pick the option that best suits your needs. Your computer will load a screen that shows the progress of the check and number of passes it will run on the memory. Watch the memory diagnostic tool for errors.