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.
Computer Device manager is a command to control all the devices or drivers on the windows operating system , In device manager user can view and check all the devices whether they are working properly or not . User can also control the hardware attached to the computer. When user can open device manager the list of hardware can be sorted by various criteria.
The MS Excel XLSX Recovery software from SysInfoTools helps users fix corrupt spreadsheets of Microsoft Excel. The software is an ideal solution to repair highly corrupted Xlsx files and recover maximum possible data from them. It successfully restores all the file objects such as: cells, ranges, sheets, workbooks, tables, charts, formulas, hyperlinks, etc. from corrupt spreadsheet files. It supports batch recovery of corrupt Xlsx files which saves users' precious time. It generates a new Xlsx file and saves all the recovered data into it. The new Xlsx file can be saved at user-defined location.
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Computer Device manager is a command to control all the devices or drivers on the windows operating system , In device manager user can view and check all the devices whether they are working properly or not . User can also control the hardware attached to the computer. When user can open device manager the list of hardware can be sorted by various criteria.
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Windows 8 includes a utility called System Restore, which allows you to roll your computer back to a point when it was working properly. The restore points are created automatically when changes are made the the system, but you can manually create one whenever you'd like if you intend on making some changes yourself. If for some reason you aren't able to create restore points, there are several troubleshooting solutions you can try.
Need to improve and speed up Windows 7 performance? Let's talk about how you can do this by customizing and tuning some Windows features. Some of these options are also available in Windows 8 and Server Editions; that's why I think this article is a good starting point in improving all Windows OS performance.
SysInfoTools OpenOffice Draw Recovery Software helps users repair their corrupt ODG files of OpenOffice Draw. It enables users to recover all types of graphics, images, logos and diagrams from corrupt ODG files. Users can see the preview of recovered data before saving them. The software is very easy-to-use since it contains a friendly and intuitive user interface. Any technical and non-technical users can use it.
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Windows 8 includes a utility called System Restore, which allows you to roll your computer back to a point when it was working properly. The restore points are created automatically when changes are made the the system, but you can manually create one whenever you'd like if you intend on making some changes yourself. If for some reason you aren't able to create restore points, there are several troubleshooting solutions you can try.
Need to improve and speed up Windows 7 performance? Let's talk about how you can do this by customizing and tuning some Windows features. Some of these options are also available in Windows 8 and Server Editions; that's why I think this article is a good starting point in improving all Windows OS performance.
SysInfoTools OpenOffice Draw Recovery Software helps users repair their corrupt ODG files of OpenOffice Draw. It enables users to recover all types of graphics, images, logos and diagrams from corrupt ODG files. Users can see the preview of recovered data before saving them. The software is very easy-to-use since it contains a friendly and intuitive user interface. Any technical and non-technical users can use it.
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A birthday attack is a type of cryptographic attack that exploits the mathematics behind the birthday problem in probability theory. This attack can be used to abuse communication between two or more parties. The attack depends on the higher likelihood of collisions found between random attack attempts and a fixed degree of permutations
The following Document outlines what we believe are the top 20 Windows tools every System Administrator should know or be familiar with. Some will you most likely already know about, but we hope you'll find plenty of information here that you didn't know.
Everyone that deals with Windows in a system administrator capacity has to know about Task Manager. The nice thing is it keeps getting better with each new version of Windows.
Cicero Discovery Delivers Activity Intelligence
Cicero Discovery is a software solution that provides companies operational visibility into how their enterprise desktops are being used and performing to identify areas for process improvement and cost reduction. Cicero Discovery collects activity and application performance data and tracks business objects across time and across multiple users, as well as measure against a defined "expected" business process flow, either for analysis or to feed a third party application. Cicero Discovery is invisible to the end user – it gathers data about what they do, what applications they run, how those applications are used, the health of their computer and the type of data they are working on that the company is interested in. These data are collected and stored centrally and can be tracked in real-time or via deferred processing.
Companies are using Cicero Discovery to
- Monitor for potential business rule, compliance, fraud, and company policy issues.
- Identify inconsistent workflow or missing steps in given processes.
- Publish configured events to stop and start call recording software (or any other purpose).
- Identify the step(s) in any or all processes an object (an account, claim, product, etc.) has been through and also what the latest step was and the current step in process.
- Define an “anticipated” sequence for a process and report the events as they happen regardless of order.
- Distinguish the differences between top and bottom performers.
- Pinpoint repetitive and manual tasks that could be automated.
- Capture where and when data are cut or copied from applications.
- Identify if employees are navigating several screens (clicking, alt + tab) to complete tasks.
- Capture, analyze, and focus on Key Performance Indicators and metrics.
- Supply desktop activity data to third-party enterprise analysis and reporting applications (e.g., BI, BAM, BPM, WFM/WFO, Speech Analytics, Call Recording, etc.).
- Improve application usage and better focus/leverage IT investments.
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a. Procedure to Manage Windows Defender
Operating Environment:
1. Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro
2. Hardware: A Laptop
3. Software: VMware Horizon Client Installed
Description:
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Notes, Warnings and Restrictions:
1. Windows Defender come with windows 8.1 software and are found in the control panel.
2. The application is used only when you login your system as an administarator or have permitted to act as the administrator.
3. For windows defender to run in the system it should be turned on and no other antivirus should be active
4. Scanning the system with windows defender deletes infected files. Also ensure you do the required scanning
5. If a different anti virus has been previously deleted, then windows defender needs to be turned off and to be restarted
Resources (Futher Reading):
Firewalls. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc700820.aspx
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. (2011). Retrieved from https://dougvitale.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/microsoft-baseline-security-analyzer/
CloudFlare. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.winhelp.us/configure-windows-defender-in-windows-8.html
Procedures:
Windows defender
Window defender protects a computer system against any form of malware by running in the background of the computer system and gives notification if any suspicious item is found in the syatem for the user to take action. It can also be used by a computer to scan the system if the system has issues e.g becomes slow, switches off when not commanded to, hanging among other things. Windows defender should be updated over time so that it is not outdated and also to improve its performance.
Windows defender is found in the control panel icon, steps of opening are
i. Open control panel and select “windows defender”
ii. While you click on windows defender, the following page appears
a) To update the system click on “update”
b) Real time scanning
c) For the full scan results it will appear in the table as shown below
d) For quick results check the button just before you click on scan. Then the results will appear as shown below.
e) To scan removable device, select “setting” and click on advance
Then check the box just before removing any removable drivers and click save
b. Procedure to configure Windows Firewall for Windows 8.1
Operating Environment:
1. Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro
2. Hardware: A Laptop
3. Software: VMware Horizon Client Installed
Descriptions:
Windows firewall is a protection application that protects against suspicious items, It helps in blocking suspicious programs .
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· NCSL. (2009). Certificate of Need Programs by State and Service. The National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver CO.
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Article 1.....Regulations for Long Term Care Facilities.
A. Identify by name and location and research a Long Term Care Facility that had a regulatory deficiency.
-What was the deficiency?
-How was the deficiency addressed by the facility?
-Were there any penalties involved?
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Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
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Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
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We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
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Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.