CS 102 ASSIGNMENT - 4 Name: Use your Laptop/Desktop to do the following. 1.

Find out the file system(s) being used in the Unix Systems in your lab. Write down the details how you found it. Ext3. See /etc/fstab for all local and mounted file systems. 2. On a Windows machine, see the properties of any file and find out all the attributes (location, size, dates, permissions etc.) associated with the file. Right click on the file, click properties: Roll No.

3. You want to schedule your system to do some task (like defrag) automatically. Write down the steps that you can use to schedule any task. To open Scheduled Tasks, click Start, click Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Scheduled Tasks. To schedule a new task: 1. Double-click Add Scheduled Task to start the Scheduled Task Wizard, and then click Next in the first dialog box. 2. The next dialog box displays a list of programs that are installed on your computer, either as part of the Windows XP operating system, or as a result of software installation.

Use one of the following procedures: o If the program that you want to run is listed, click the program, and then click Next. o If you want to run a program, script, or document that is not listed, click Browse, click the folder and file that you want to schedule, and then click Open. 3. Type a name for the task, and then choose one of the following options: o Daily o Weekly o Monthly o One time only o When my computer starts (before a user logs on) o When I log on (only after the current user logs on) 4. Click Next, specify the information about the day and time to run the task, and then click Next. Note that the information about the day and time to run the task vary depending on the selection that you made in the previous wizard dialog box. For example, if you chose Weekly, you must indicate the day of the week, the time, and if the task should run every week, every 2 weeks, every 3 weeks, and so on. 5. Type the name and password of the user who is associated with this task. Make sure that you choose a user with sufficient permissions to run the program. By default, the wizard selects the name of the user who is currently logged on. 6. Click Next, and then click Finish after you verify the choices that you have made. 4. You may have noticed that your system often boots in Safe Mode. Find out what this Safe mode is and under what conditions the system boots in Safe Mode. A system will only boot into its safe mode typically when there is a major problem, such as disk corruption or the installation of poorly configured software that prevents the operating system from successfully booting into its normal operating mode.

An operating system in safe mode will have reduced functionality, but the task of isolating problems is easier because many non-core components are disabled (turned off). Safe mode typically provides access to utility and diagnostic programs so a user can troubleshoot what is preventing the operating system from working normally. Safe mode is intended for maintenance, not functionality, and provides minimal access to features. 5. Many times the windows machines generate an error report pop-up which asks you whether you want to send this report or not. Find out some scenarios when such error report is generated. Windows Error Reporting (WER) is a technology introduced by Microsoft with Windows XP and included in later versions. It provides post-error debug information (a memory dump) to the developer of an application that crashes or stops responding on a user's desktop. Windows Error Reporting offers to send the memory dump to Microsoft using the Internet. No data is sent without the user's consent. When a dump (or other error signature information) reaches the Microsoft server, it is analyzed and a solution is sent back to the user when one is available. Solutions are served using Windows Error Reporting Responses. Windows Error Reporting runs as a Windows service and can optionally be entirely disabled.

6. When you install an application software in Windows, it uses system or custom DLL files. Find out what are DLL files. Dynamic Link Library or DLL, is Microsoft's implementation of the shared library concept in the Microsoft Windows operating systems. These libraries usually have the file extension DLL. The file formats for DLLs are the same as for Windows EXE files. As with EXEs, DLLs can contain code, data, and resources, in any combination. In the broader sense of the term, any data file with the same file format can be called a resource DLL. Examples of such DLLs include icon libraries and font files.

7. Many a times a typical problem reported when a Windows application is run is that the Windows Registry is corrupted. Most often this is done by viruses and worms

which infect your machine. Find out what is Windows Registry and how you can clean it. The Windows registry is a database which stores settings and options for Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains information and settings for all the hardware, operating system software, most non-operating system software, and per-user settings. The registry also provides a window into the operation of the kernel, exposing runtime information such as performance counters and currently active hardware. Most of the anti-virus programs will clean the registry. The registry can be edited manually in Microsoft Windows by running regedit.exe or regedt32.exe commands 8. Download and install winrar 3.7 on your Windows machines. Update the winrar software with its latest version 3.8. Write all the steps you have used to do so. 1. Search google for winrar 3.7 2. Download and install it 3. To upgrade to winrar 3.8, search for winrar 3.8 4. Download winrar 3.8 and install it. It will automatically update winrar 3.7 to winrar 3.8 9. Share a Directory so that anybody can access it from any other computer. Try different access privileges (Read & Execute, Full Control etc.). Write down all the steps. If you want to share folders, simply right-click the folder, and choose the Properties option.

Now choose the Advanced Sharing button.

Now you should be able to check the box "Share this folder", and choose a share name, which will be accessible from \\computer\myshare, for example.

You can also click the Permissions button if you want to allow write access to this share, or allow access to only a particular user.

10. Share a Printer and add a shared printer on your Computer. Write down all the steps required to share the printer and add a shared printer. To share your printer 1. Click Start, click Settings, click Control Panel, then click Printers and Faxes. 2. Right-click the printer you want to share, and then click Sharing. 3. On the Sharing tab, click Share this printer and then type a share name for the shared printer.

To connect to a shared printer on a network 1. Click Start, click Settings, click Control Panel, click Printers and Faxes. 2. Under File, click Add a printer to open the Add Printer Wizard, and then click Next. 3. Click A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer, and then click Next.

4. There are three Ways to Connect to a Printer on a Network 1. To browse and search for a Printer 2. Specify a Printer name using the format: \\printserver_name or IP\share_name 3. Connect to an Internet or Intranet printer. Type the URL to the printer using the following format: http://printserver_name or IP/Printers/share_name/.printer.

5. Follow the instructions on the screen to finish connecting to the network printer.