Core Windows Service Skills

The essential skills to be documented here are:

• Determining System Resources Available
• Determining Hard Drive Storage Available
• Checking Hard Drives for Errors
• Defragmenting Hard Drives
• Accessing the Windows Control Panel
• Starting the computer in safe mode
• Using the msconfig tool to start in various diagnostic modes
• Accessing the Windows Device Manager
• Accessing your System Information
• Backing up the Registry
• Running the Registry Editor
• Getting your Windows Product Key from the Registry