1. Pick a current web site or magazine ad for a complete, working computer system, including computer, monitor, keyboard, and software, together with extra devices such as a mouse or printer. Research the details of the ad and write a two-page report describing and explaining these details. This project provides a good opportunity to learn about the latest offerings on the market as well as current pricing.
2. Assignment. Suppose you have observed that your system is performing slower than usual. Applications are taking longer to load and switching among tasks is taking longer and may even cause some applications to crash. Which system resources are likely to be at the root of the problem? How can you use system tools, such as the Task Manager, to help identify and troubleshoot these problems? Report your findings in a one page paper.
3. Boot to the Windows desktop and then use Task Manager to get a list of all the running processes on your machine. Get a print screen of the list. Make a written list of each process running and write a one-sentence explanation of the process. Note that you most likely will need to use the Internet to research some of these processes. Next, boot the system into safe Mode and use Task Manager to list running processes. Which processes that were loaded normally are not loaded when the system is running in safe Mode?