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Operating Systems:

  • Windows - common
    • Building a VM?
  • Windows Server - common
    • Building a VM?
  • Mac OS - Reference Linux Elementary - not as common
    • Building a VM?
  • Linux - common for running servers - not as common for desktop
    • Building a VM?

For this next part, we will start by building a Windows 10/11 Virtual Machine.

Let’s take a moment to discuss Enterprise Procedures/Protocols

Discuss Imaging

Let’s walk through some initial configurations/processes

  • Update Windows always
  • Any required applications
    • See procedures/protocols
    • For the purpose of this video we’re going to utilize ninite as an example of automation and then explain how this is what’s happening in the backend in enterprise environments with group memberships and group policy, sccm…etc…
    • Always making sure OS and applications are up to date
      • Again walk back through proper procedures protocols. Depending on how environment is setup it may require a user being removed and added to new groups and rebooting…etc…

Software/Applications:

  • Where do they live?
    • Utilize this with ninite, and after ninite installs, show where the applications are installed.
    • Now install an application manually and watch the program files folder to see it show up in realtime…
  • Task Manager
    • Utilize this with ninite also(explaining the processes that are new, on startup, etc)
  • Temp Files
    • Ninite/application references
  • %AppData%
    • applications
  • Registry
    • Danger zone
  • Services
    • services
  • Event Viewer
    • CRITICAL EVENTS
    • LOGON EVENTS
    • etc…
  • Dependencies
    • .NET is often a dependency needed.
    • You can also consider drivers a dependency
      • A logitech camera might need a specific driver installed to function properly, much like your home printer.
    • Often times things like these are installed automagically when you plug them in
  • Drivers
    • Software to the hardware
    • (see printers)
  • Device Manager
    • adding/removing devices
    • Updating devices/drivers(see below)

Files/File System

Walkthrough the different types of files you will find on a computer.  Explain and show examples and differences between them.  End with discussing scripting files which leads into the scripting section.

  • .msi
  • .exe
  • .bat
  • .ps1
  • .py
  • .7z
  • .zip

Scripting:

  • RUNCMD
    • Mapping drives
    • Running programs
  • Powershell
    • (see Windows Administrator Project)