Diagnostic Utilities



Diagnostic Utilities

Name_________________

1. Device Manager

a. How do you launch Device Manager?

b. Are there any yellow Warnings?

c. What type of Disk Drive does it indicate you have?

d. What does it show for display adapter? What driver version?

e. What does it show for Network Adapter? What driver version?

f. What is listed under sound, video, game controller?

g. How many items are listed under System Devices?

Look at the System CMOS/Real Time Clock properties

What are the resources used for I/O Range

What are the resources used for Interrupt Request (IRQ)?

h. Look at the Communication Port (Com1) properties

What are the resources used for I/O Range

What are the resources used for Interrupt Request (IRQ)?

i. Look at the Keyboard properties

What are the resources used for I/O Range ?

What are the resources used for Interrupt Request (IRQ)?

2. Task Manager

a. How do you launch Task Manager?

b. What applications are running ?

3. System Information

a. How do you launch System Information

b. What is the OS name ?

c. What is the Version? Service Pack? Build?

d. Looking under Hardware Resources and IRQ

i. What is it for keyboard?

ii. System CMOS/Real time Clock ?

iii. COM1?

e. Looking Under Software Environment

i. What are some of the Startup Programs.

ii. What are some of Running Tasks?

iii. What are some of the Environment variables?

System Information (continued)

f. Look under Internet

i. What is the version of Internet Explorer.

ii. What is shown as the Cache , Temporary Internet File Folders?

iii. What are some of the File Versions?

g. What options are shown in the TOOLS menu?

h. Look at the View menu and change to System History.

Are there any changes shown for

i. Hardware Resources?

ii. Components?

iii. Software Environment?

4. MsConfig

a. How do you launch MsConfig

b. What are the names for each of the tabs?

c. In the General tab, what are the Startup options?

d. In the Startup tab, what are some of the startup items?

e. How does this compare to what was found in System Information?

5. System Edit (sysedit)

a. How do you launch System Edit

c. What are the names of the Windows?

d. How does this compare to the System Info tabs?

e. What is shown in Autoexec.bat?

f. What is shown in Config.sys?

6. DirectX Diagnostics (dxdiag)

a. How do you launch DirectX Diagnostics?

b. What are the names for each of the tabs?

c. Using the System tab give the following:

Current Date/Time:______________________

Computer Name: _______________________

Operating System: ______________________

Language: _____________________________

System Manufacturer______________________

BIOS: _________________________________

Processor: ______________________________

Memory____________________________

Page File: ______________________________

DirectX Version: ________________________

d. Using The Display tab give the following:

Card name: ______________________________

Manufacturer: ______________________________

Chip type: ______________________________

DAC type: ______________________________

Memory: ______________________________

Mode: ______________________________

Monitor: ______________________________

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