Wednesday, October 1, 2014

2. UIO Inc. is a merchandize goods company in Singapore. The company supplies designer garments to reputed brands. The company aims at providing the best quality products to its consumers. For this, the IT infrastructure of the company should be valuable to the business at an optimum cost. The IT infrastructure should be able to handle the latest challenges and optimize new technologies, such as cloud platform and virtualization. In line with this policy, the company has recently upgraded its IT infrastructure to the latest version of Windows server and client operating system. However, users are reporting issues related to the disk space and incompatible drivers. Some printers and scanners are not running properly in the latest version of Windows. Ben, the Desktop Administrator, has been asked to ensure that the new setup runs smooth. What should Ben do resolve these issues? Experiment To resolve the preceding issues, Ben needs to perform the following tasks: Identify driver management ways. Describe options for updating drivers. Identify a signature verification tool.

Task 1: Identifying Driver Management Ways

You can use the following ways. to manage drivers in the latest version of Windows:
1. Using Windows Device Apps option: These option can be used by device manufactuers to deliver an App
   paired with their device. When the device is connected for the fist time to a computer, the drivers
   of the device are automatically downloaded. As a resuit, this app gives hardware developers a unique
   opportunity to highllght the device functionality.
2. Using the Device Manager Tool: This tool is used to install and update the drivers for haedware
   device. you can change the haedware setting for those devices and troubleshoot problems associated
   with the device. The device Manager can also be used to manage devices through Device Manager.
3. Using the Device and Printers Window: This window is used to manage device and printers on a maching.
   It provides simple wizards that gulde you through the setup process and reduces complex configuration
   tasks.
4. Using the Change PC setting option: This is a new option with the latest version of windows. tool
   can be used to view installed device setting of the new Windows interface. such as the start screen.

Task 2: Descriding Options for Updating Drivers

Dynamic Update is a feature used for updating drivers. The feature downloads critical fixes and device
drivers that are required the setup process. It downloads new drivers for device  that are connected to
the computer and are required for setting up the device. As a result, the feature ensures that the Windows
starup is successful. Dynamic update downloads those files that have the following  features:
1. Critical Updates: This feature replaces files and DLLs that require critical fixes or updates. It
   replaces files and DLLs that were part of the operation system DVD. This feature will not download a
   new file in the system. It only replaces the existing files.
2. Device drivers: This feature downloads drivers that are not included in the operating system DVD.

Task 3: Identifying a Signature Verification Tool

You can use the Sigverif.exe tool to verify digital. signatures of the device drivers provided by vendors
and manufacturers of the devices. This tool can be used to identify unsigned drivers in the system volume
of an operating system. The results of this tool can used to identify and remove unsigned drivers.

   

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