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70-687 Configuring Windows 8
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AB 4
CONFIGURING DEVICES AND DEVICE DRIVERS THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:
Exercise 4.1
Troubleshooting Devices with Device Manager
Exercise 4.2
Updating Device Drivers
Exercise 4.3
Rolling Back Drivers
Lab Challenge
Accessing Advanced Boot Options
Exercise 4.1
Troubleshooting Devices with Device Manager
Overview
In this exercise, you will use Device Manager to troubleshoot problems with devices and device drivers.
Mindset
While a hardware problem can be a physical failure of the device, often the problem is caused by not having the proper device driver loaded. To view hardware that Windows sees, to view the drivers that are loaded for the hardware devices, and to manage the hardware devices and drivers, you would use Device
Manager. Completion time
20 minutes
Question
Are there any errors or unknown devices?
70-687 Configuring Windows 8
1
none
Question
2
Which icon represents a disabled device?
a down arrow Question
3
In the General tab, what is the status of the device?
This device is working properly
Question
4
Which IRQ and I/O port range is Com2 using?
02F8-02ff 0x00000003
Question
5
In the General tab, what is the status of the device?
This device is working properly
Question
6
Which IRQ, DMA and I/O port ranges does the Standard floppy disk controller use?
0x000000006
02
03F0-03F5
03F7-03F7
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Question
7
Which icon does the Standard floppy disk controller have now? A yellow exclamation point next to a device in Device Manager means that Windows has identified a problem of some kind with that device.
Question
8
What is the device status now?
Cannot find enough free resources
20.
Click the Resources tab, take a screen shot of the Resources
tab on the Device Manager Standard floppy disk controller
Properties
dialog box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr
and then paste it into your Lab 4 worksheet file in the page provided
by pressing Ctrl+V
.
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70-687 Configuring Windows 8
Exercise 4.2
Updating Device Drivers
Overview
In this exercise, you will update device drivers with Device Manager.
Mindset
There are multiple reasons why vendors may update a driver. They may need to fix an issue, allow the driver to run more efficiently, or additional capability or functionality. For whatever reason, you will update a driver. Completion time
15 minutes
Question
9
Which driver did it find and what does it say about the driver?
It did not find any meaning that it is up-to-date (Or windows thinks it is) Question
10
Which driver version is Communication Port (COM2) using?
6.2.9200.16384
17.
Take a screen shot of the Trimble PMCIA GPS Adapter (Rev. B) (COM2) Properties
dialog box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr
and then paste it into your Lab 4 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V
.
Exercise 4.3
Rolling Back Drivers
Overview
In this exercise, you will use Device Manager to rollback a driver.
Mindset
From time to time, you will encounter problems when you upgrade a driver. So you will need to know how to roll back the driver.
70-687 Configuring Windows 8
Completion time
5 minutes
5.
Take a screen shot of the Communications Port (COM2) Properties
dialog box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr
and then paste it into your Lab 4 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V
.
Lab Challenge
Accessing Advanced Boot Options
Overview
In this exercise, you will disable driver signature enforcement.
Mindset
On occasion, you may need to install a driver that you trust but has not been signed by the vendor. You can disable driver signature enforcement by modifying the Startup Settings.
Completion time
10 minutes
1.
On WKSTN-MBR-B
, mouse over the lower-right corner of the screen, and when the fly-out menu appears, click the Settings
charm. The Settings
menu appears.
2.
Click Change PC Settings
. The PC Settings
menu appears.
3.
Click General
. The General
menu appears.
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4.
Scroll down to the bottom. Under Advanced Startup
, select Restart Now
. 5.
When the system restarts and the Choose an option
page appears, click Troubleshoot
. See Figure 4-4.
Figure 4-4
The Windows 8 Troubleshoot menu
6.
On the Troubleshoot
menu, click Advanced Options
. 7.
Click Startup Settings
. 8.
On the Startup Settings
page, click Restart
. 9.
When the Startup Settings
page appears, press 7
to disable driver signature enforcement. The system starts, loading all drivers, whether signed or not and whether altered or not.
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