Windows

Windows administration

Configuring and managing Windows systems.

Terms

6 terms

  • Fast Startup

    Fast Startup is a Windows power feature that saves the kernel session to disk at shutdown so the next boot resumes it instead of starting from…

  • Microsoft account

    A Microsoft account is the consumer cloud identity used to sign in to Windows, sync settings, recover BitLocker keys and access Microsoft services.

  • MSI

    MSI is the Windows Installer package format, a database-driven .msi file that installs, repairs, upgrades and removes software in a transactional way.

  • Task Manager

    Task Manager is the built-in Windows tool that shows running processes, resource usage and startup apps, and lets administrators end or tune them.

  • Windows registry

    The Windows registry is the hierarchical database in which Windows, drivers and applications store configuration settings for the system and each user.

  • WSL 2

    WSL 2 is the second Windows Subsystem for Linux, running a real Linux kernel in a lightweight managed virtual machine to host Linux distributions on Windows.