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CompTIA A+ Core 2 220-1202 · Domain 1: Operating systems

Windows tools: Task Manager, MMC snap-ins (Event Viewer, Disk Management, Task Scheduler, Device Manager, Certificate Manager, Local Users and Groups, Performance Monitor, Group Policy Editor), msinfo32, Resource Monitor, System Configuration, Registry Editor, Disk Cleanup

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Windows includes a toolbox of graphical utilities, and the exam gives you a symptom or a task and asks which tool to open. Learning each tool's purpose and its run command pays off twice: you answer questions quickly, and in real support work you can launch most of them from the Run box (Windows key + R) or a command prompt without hunting through menus. Think of each tool as the answer to a specific question a technician asks.

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