CertiGuide to A+ (A+ 4 Real)  9  Chapter 4: Diagnosing and Troubleshooting in the Windows OS       9  Troubleshooting Utilities

Microsoft System Information Tool (Msinfo32.exe) 1 2 3 Virus – Computer (Age) Illness

ConfigSafe grants the ability to restore your system to previous state (called snapshot) in just seconds. You can even restore the system state from DOS if your Windows does not start. You can compare the snapshot with your current system and investigate just the changes. You can track the changes on drives partitions, registry changes, important and files.

ConfigSafe snapshot contains information such as:

• Configuration files (WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS)
  
  
• System changes (memory, processor, Windows version)
  
  
• Drives (Hard drives, CD-ROMs, network connections)
  
  
• Directories
  
  
• Windows Registry
  
  
• System assets ( for example, the Windows desktop)

The state called Now is not a recorded snapshot. It is a current state, which you can compare with a recorder state. Recording the Now state gives, you recorded states. The first taken snapshot by this program it calls a Factory Configuration.

Microsoft System Information Tool (Msinfo32.exe) 1 2 3 Virus – Computer (Age) Illness