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What cmos setup change could be made to prevent the computer from booting?
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Enter a password, either administrator, user, or drivelock. The last, commonly available on laptops, will prevent your hard disk from being read by any other computer if removed from yours.
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Is there a virus that closes your computer and it can never turn on again?
hemmm the virus sven and variants would boot up suddenly BUT the machine can be turned on again. Nothing can physically prevent your computer from turning on, but a virus could corrupt your operating system and prevent your computer from booting up.
What Defense in Depth strategy what could be done to help prevent a system from booting into an alternate operating system?
all of the above
What CMOS setup change could be made to prevent a computer from being booted?
There are likely several CMOS settings that will heep a computer from booting. One of the most obvious is the password setting. If you make it require a password to boot the computer, it won't boot. Then there are the hard drive settings. If you disable the hard drive or the hard drive ports, then the computer won't boot. Then there are settings that should never be used for this, such as setting the memory and CPU clock to very unreasonable values.
20. In a Defense in Depth strategy what could be done to help prevent a system from booting into an alternate operating system?
all of the above
What is in system32 folder?
The System32 folder and its subfolders contain the core operating system files for your Windows installation. No matter what anyone tells you do not delete this folder. Tampering with any single file may make you computer a paperweight.
Where is the bios on a dell dimension 8110?
the bios is not a physical thing, it is a piece of software that the computer uses to boot. to get to the bios, press the del key while your computer is booting, and before it gets to the windows loading screen If you are not familiar with building or troubleshooting computers it is best that you do not attempt to change anything in the bios, you could cause your computer to not turn on if you mess with the wrong thing.
What if your laptop screen is blank after the welcome screen?
it will need to be charged.And then again it might not have to be changed.Have you tried booting in safe mode? It could be as simple as the computer getting hung on start up.
What is hot boot in computer?
warm booting refers to when the computer that is already 'on' is reset due to malfunction or hanging.These could involve pressing the restart button on the system unit or by using the command: ctrl+alt+del
How can you modify the BIOS settings?
When the computer is booting up, there should appear briefly on the screen a short message, telling you which key to press to enter the BIOS. It could by f2 (function key), del, (escape key), Esc (escape key), etc. If you are not sure of what to do once in the BIOS, be very careful what you change!
Why would a computer not boot from a Windows XP disk?
the disk could be very scratched up and not able to be used Or, This is what I have found out for myself after repairing a computer that was nuked by a virus, Your computer is set up to boot from drive c, and whenever turned on will attempt to do this. What you need to do is watch your screen when the computer first begins to start up, there will be a message that flashes at the bottom telling you how to enter the setup utility, do this.. Now change the boot device to your disk drive where you have the xp disk and restart. Remember to change it back after you have fixed the problem that was keeping it from booting up from the hard drive.
Why could it be a waste of time to prevent physical access to a networked computer?
Because it could be accessed remotely. I do it almost every day.
What generates a Non-System Disk or Disk Error?
While booting, a computer looks at a number of available disks (floppies, CDs, harddisks) to see if they contain a bootable operating system. Older PCs would always boot from the harddisk, unless a floppy was present, and if that floppy didn't contain an operating system (like DOS), it would give this error message so you could remove the floppy and the computer could go on booting from the harddisk.
