Summary
In this chapter, we examined several areas that are commonly investigated when troubleshooting Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. The first topic we explored was the boot configuration settings. To do this, we used WMI to gather the boot directories and scratch locations of the current Windows installation. Next, we looked at the startup services. While doing this, we paid attention to services that were configured to start automatically but were not currently running.
While on the subject of services, we also looked at the service dependencies. This is really important because if a parent service stops unexpectedly, the dependent service might be left hanging.
Next, we looked for unsigned device drivers, and concluded the chapter by ...
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