CompTIA® A+ Exam Prep (Exams A+ Essentials, 220-602, 220-603, 220-604)

Chapter 15. Optimizing Operating Systems

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Terms you’ll need to understand:

• Services

• SERVICES.MSC

• MSCONFIG

• Disk Cleanup

• Patches

• Updates

• Bottlenecks

• System Monitor

• Task Manager

• Cleanmgr

• Disk Defragmenter

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Exam objectives you’ll learn in this chapter

Essentials 3.2—Install, configure, optimize, and upgrade operating systems—references to upgrading from Windows 95 and NT may be made.

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Identify procedures and utilities used to optimize operating systems—for example, virtual memory, hard drives, temporary files, service, startup, and applications.

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