Week5 Task Due: Next week @ 11:59 PM

INSTRUCTIONS:

You are required to perform this task on your Windows 7 / 8.1 VM!
(i.e. not on your main Windows OS !)

Use the attached MS Word document to answer questions.. Questions that require your
answer appear in green text-boxes or labeled paste screen captures below). Areas in
blue text-boxes provide information such as instructions or useful tips for helpful
learning resources.

When completed (or partial completion), save your MS Word document using the same
filename and note the location of the saved file. When ready to complete, submit this file
as an attachment for your Week5 Task drop-box. Your instruction will show you in class
how to submit via drop-box.

Exercise 1: Setting a Restore Point in MS Windows 7 / 8.1

According to the MS Website:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows7/create-a-restore-point

A restore point is a representation of a stored state of your computer's system files.

You can use a restore point to restore your computer's system files to an earlier point
in time. Restore points are automatically created by System Restore weekly and when
System Restore detects the beginning of a change to your computer, such as when you
install a program or a driver.

After viewing the YouTube video provided in your Week 5 notes, list the steps below to
set a restore point prior to optimizing your Windows 7 / 8.1 VM. For Windows 8.1 users,
open the control panel and type restore point in the search box.

List Steps to Create a Restore Point (prior to Optimizing Windows) below:

STEPS:

1. Select Start Button and Right Click on Computer

2. Select Properties
3. If the dialog/window prompts or appears, Select System Protection on the left side of
window.
4. Select Create and generate a name for the restore point (current date of restore point
is a recommendation)
5. Once the window/dialogue prompts up that restore point was successful. Close all the
windows
Exercise 2: Install Anti-Virus Program and Disable Non-Required Services

Perform the following steps:

1. Download and install the following free anti-virus applications on your Windows 7 /8.1 VM:

https://www.avast.com/en-ca/index

Paste a Screen Capture of that Anti-virus application running on your Windows VM, and
showing results of your scan (i.e. no viruses)

PASTE SCREEN CAPTURE OF AVAST PROGRAM (SCAN RESULTS) FOR VM:

2. After viewing the YouTube video provided in your Week 5 notes, list the steps below to
stop and disable the Windows Search Index service.

List Steps to stop and disable the Windows Search Index Service below:
STEPS:
1. Select Start Button and type services.msc
2. Once the window appears, scroll down to window search
3. Select the service and in the upper-hand corner, select stop
4. Once it stopped, right click on the windows search and select properties
5. Change the startup type to disabled
6. Select Apply and then OK

3. After viewing the YouTube video provided in your Week 5 notes, list the steps below to
stop and disable UAC. What is the purpose of UAC?

List Steps to stop and disable UAC below:

STEPS:

1. Select the Start Button

2. Type User account and Select it
3. Once the windows appear. Select change user account control settings
4. Once the user account control settings window prompt/opens. Scroll the bar to never
notify and select OK.
Exercise 3: Adjust Video Effects and Features

Perform the following steps:

1. View the YouTube video provided in your Week 5 notes regarding adjusting Desktop
settings.

2. Perform on your Windows 7 / 8.1 VM the following Desktop adjustment settings:

Adjust Visual Performance (for best performance)

Adjust Graphic animations (areo) for Lower memory PCs
Adjust Desktop Performance - Set Solid background colour

3. Open a web-browser on your VM Desktop. Make certain to resize your web-browser application
windows so it is not taking up entire desktop (i.e. not maximized, so I can see background
colour!)

4. Take a screen capture of your entire desktop with web-browser application window appearing as
well, and paste the screen capture in the next page where indicated.

PASTE SCREEN CAPTURE OF VM DESKTOP WITH WEB_BROSWER WINDOW:

Exercise 4: Adjust Non-Essential Hardware Device Features

Perform the following steps:

1. View the YouTube video provided in your Week 5 notes regarding adjusting Hardware
Device Features.

2. Perform on your Windows 7 / 8.1 VM the following hardware adjustment settings:

Adjust Virtual Memory (paging file)

Adjust Hard Disk performance (Device Manager)
Adjust Power Options (high performance)

3. Take 3 screen-captures (one of each for proof of you settings adjustments for each of the above
items.

4. Paste the screen-captures in the next page.

PASTE SCREEN CAPTURES OF HARDWARE SETTINGS FOR VM:
Wk5 Task Submission Instructions
 1. Save your work! Make certain this is the correct filename to submit!

2. Go to SLATE Drop-box (for syst19866 course), and attach this file to submit for
week5 task by the required due date.

*** END OF WEEK5 TASK ***