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The Boot tab, shown in Figure 11.40, is used to configure whether Windows Vista boots in Safe Mode, runs an Active Directory repair, boots to a graphical user interface (GUI), logs boot information, boots in VGA mode, and displays driver names while Windows Vista boots. Selecting any of the options on this screen will change […]

Specifies that the computer will automatically reboot in the event of a system failure. This option is enabled by default, so the system restarts after a failure without intervention. You would disable this option if you wanted to see the blue screen for analysis. Specifies that debugging information (a memory dump) be written to a […]

We discussed Performance Information and Tools earlier in this chapter. The next section displays the computer name, description, and workgroup or domain. Clicking Change Settings will bring up the Computer Name tab of the System Properties dia- log box, shown in Figure 11.29, where you can change the computer name and description, or join the […]

The Services tab of the Task Manager dialog box, shown in Figure 11.22, lists all the services that can run on the computer. For each service, you will see the Name (the name of the service), the PID (the associated process identifier), Description (a description of the service, Status (whether a process is Running or […]

The main pane reveals a calculated score, called the Windows Experience Index . The Win- dows Experience Index base score is calculated by taking the lowest subscore among five rated components: Processor, based on calculations per second Memory (RAM), based on memory operations per second Graphics, based on Windows Aero performance Gaming Graphics, based on […]