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Apple TV Q&A: Can It Be Hacked? Is Hulu Plus Coming?

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After posting the first Apple TV review online yesterday, we are now moving on to general questions about the device you guys have written us with. Let the Q&A session begin!

Q: Can Apple TV be hacked?

A: Early reports seem to indicate: yes. A tool called SHAtter is reportedly the key to success, but keep the following things in mind, my adventurous friends:

-Apple has yet to release the iOS 4.2 update that allows streaming from OS devices like your iPhone 4 to your Apple TV. That comes out in November. When you download it, I’d assume it would undo all your hacking handiwork, despite boasts that the SHAtter tool allows for updates without losing your hacks.

-It seems possible to hack the system to stream apps and, perhaps, games, to your Apple TV, but there’s no way to change the resolution of these mobile apps. In other words: they are going to look pixilated on your large television, if you manage to successfully get them there.

-Some hackers seem to be focusing on the micro-USB connection on the rear panel. Apple reps told me this was basically a connection for emergency use—say, if you desperately need to restore factory settings. But your Apple TV will regularly update via Wi-Fi, and it’s possible to restore factory settings via Wi-Fi, as well. Regardless, the micro-USB appears to be active, so it will definitely receive attention from hackers.

 

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Q: Can I adjust parental controls for Netflix content on Apple TV like I can for iTunes content?

A: Yes, and there are two ways to do this. Online, go to Netflix and sign in, go to “Your Account & Help”, scroll down to “Preferences”, click on “Change parental control settings” and block or allow movies based on their rating. This will affect both your DVD Queue and your Watch Instantly Queue—and whatever you change here will change on your Apple TV’s Netflix menu, as well. Or, you can go to Apple TV’s settings menu and, under Parental Controls, create a passcode for Netflix, as well as YouTube, Internet Radio, Internet Photos, and Podcasts. You can choose to hide these menu options from your kids, or require the passcode be entered in order to access them. So, this second method is more of a complete block of content of Netflix, and the first is more of a filter.

Q: I heard Apple TV streams full 1080p HD—is this true? And what about surround sound?

A: No. The highest resolution for video streaming with the new Apple TV is 720p, which looks great, but is not, obviously, as great as 1080p. That said, most movies and TV shows now also stream with full 5.1 Dolby surround sound when available, which is impressive. I checked to make sure I was getting full surround when watching a variety of shows yesterday, and, indeed, an episode of “Lie to Me” had unique audio content in each channel. In time, 1080p HD streaming should become available, but right now, I’m assuming Apple is more concerned about getting the content loaded and buffered quickly so you’re not waiting forever. TV shows seemed to take less than 10 seconds to begin playing after rental yesterday, and movies less than, say, 45 seconds. Not bad.

Q: I have an older TV—will the Apple TV work with it?

A: Apple TV has only one video output—HDMI. If you don’t have an HDMI input on your television, you will need to buy an HDMI-to-whatever-your-input-is converter, either for composite, component, or S-Video. Keep in mind, all video content on iTunes is now in widescreen, 16:9 format, so viewing it on a really old television is not going to be a very rewarding experience. As long as your TV is simply an older model lacking HDMI, but is widescreen, the content should retain aspect ratio, just not resolution.

Q: What operating system is Apple TV running?

A: Apple won’t say. I have noticed that you can rearrange the order of your TV rentals by making an icon wiggle and sliding it to whatever position you please—similar to the process for arranging icons on iPod touches, iPads, and the iPhone. But Apple has gone out of its way to clarify that the Apple TV is not considered an iOS device. Sure, it can stream (or will be able to soon) from iOS devices, but it would seem that the OS is some sort of hybrid of iOS 4.1, and not iOS 4.1 itself. As of now, the OS has no name, and Apple doesn’t seem interested in elaborating.

Q: Now that Roku and TiVo have Hulu Plus, will Apple follow suit and add it to the Internet menu on Apple TV?

A: One’s gut reaction might be: why add competition for iTunes onto an Apple product? But Apple’s inclusion of Netflix certainly did that. Yesterday, for instance, I recorded a video in which I rented Let The Right One In for $4.99—and one viewer hilariously pointed out I could have instead streamed it from Netflix, on Apple TV, for free. Woops. The point is, however, that Apple isn’t opposed to providing portholes for potential competition, but my guess is their criteria for allowing this goes something like: “Is this competitor so established, much like iTunes, that we’d be better off recognizing our own customers use the service and making their lives easier?” In the case of Netflix, the clear answer was yes, and the occasional rental Apple loses in favor of a stream from Netflix on the same device will probably be negated by sales of Apple TV units because it has Netflix loaded.

In the case of Hulu Plus, I don’t think we have a competitor that people are truly paying for and addicted to on a level that Apple will feel the need to add it. Furthermore, Apple desperately wants more networks to get on the 99-cent rental bandwagon (currently, only Fox, ABC/Disney, and BBC are available), and streams of potential rentals on the same box would seem to undermine this goal. So, my guess is: no.

Send us more questions—either via email or in the comments below—and we’ll round them up again soon.

Was the Weather Forecast Right? Wunderground Will Tell You

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Executives from weather forecasting site the Weather Underground said that the site will try something that weather forecasters have never done before: show how often they were right.

That particular feature was supposed to have been part of the Wunderground redesign that launched this week, which added weather predictions from its crowdsourced data to its services. The site pulls weather data from over 13,000 sites in the United States, which are assessed through a quality-control algorithm to make sure their information is accurate, said Toby Skinner, the site’s director of marketing.

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“We all know that weather forecasting is not an exact science,” Skinner said. One way to improve the accuracy is to cross-verify forecasts through the use of more data, and that’s where the additional weather stations come in.

Now, the site is relying more on its local weather reporting stations to provide more localized weather forecasts. Users and other interested parties can sign up on the site.

“We have more data points than any other source, so we have the best-equipped verification of any forecasting model,” Skinner said. Users can graphically view a map of the site’s weather stations using its Wundermap, which shows a number of them for any geographic region.

The additional points come in handy for a region like the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its multitude of microclimates, where the weather can drastically change, with a swing of as much as 20 to 30 degrees from inland areas to the foggy coast.

How important is accurate weather forecasting, really? In certain areas, users get upset about inaccuracies of even a few degrees, Skinner said.

That’s why in the next few weeks, Wunderground will list a figure showing how well the site predicted the weather for each individual weather station, based on the predicted high temperature for each station versus the actual daily high. Data will be collated for a two- to three-week period, Skinner said. “We think we’re creating a unique level of transparency,” he said.

“We’re currently running in beta, just showing the high temperature,” Skinner said. “But we’re currently looking at ways to improve. People want more information.”

Wunderground is also working on a complete reworking of its mobile apps for the iPhone, Android OS, and BlackBerry, Skinner added.

Secure Your Network With The Cisco Intrusion Protection System (IPS)

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This sample chapter, taken from CCSP Self-Study: Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System (CSIDS), 2nd Edition, introduces you to Cisco’s intrusion protection system (IPS).

Learn about the Cisco intrusion protection system (IPS), which is a comprehensive system that enables you to actively defend your network against network attacks, misuse, and unauthorized access.

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This sample chapter, taken from CCSP Self-Study: Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System (CSIDS), 2nd Edition, examines the Cisco intrusion protection solution. The chapter covers the following topics:

* Cisco IDS solution overview
* Cisco IDS sensors
* Cisco Threat Response
* Cisco sensor management
* Cisco alarm monitoring and reporting
* Deploying Cisco IDS

Title: CCSP Self-Study: Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection System (CSIDS), 2nd Edition
ISBN: 15870514432
Published: February 2004
Author: Earl Carter
Chapter: Chapter 4: Cisco Intrusion Protection
Published by Cisco Press

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Does the Reputation of CCIE Drive the Popularity of All Cisco Certs

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Does the good reputation of CCIE have an impact on people’s choice to pursue their first Cisco cert? And if so, did the published CCIE stats have any impact on your perception of CCIE? Today I’ll explore this one topic, and also wrap up the answers I gathered at Networkers this year to a variety of Cisco certification questions.

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First, let me tackle the list of questions. This post is essentially part 3 of 3 discussing the questions we gathered back in this blog post in early June. A final thanks to Fred Weiller, Director of Marketing at Learning@Cisco, who graciously answered all the questions I asked of him. This post also includes answers I gathered informally by those in the know at the show.
CCIE Stats:

I asked Fred why Cisco stopped posting CCIE stats. For those who didn’t realize, Cisco has posted stats about worldwide CCIEs, by type, by geography, and listed stats about multiple CCIEs as well. (Brad Reese, former Cisco Subnet blogger, used to blog about this topic with some regularity.) Fred’s answer was that they simply analyzed pros vs. cons, and decided to stop listing the stats. The two specific cons:

1. Posting the stats was a manual process that required more than a trivial amount of time.
2. Making the info available to competitors was worse than the benefit of making it available to those in the family, so to speak.

Additionally, I asked him if it had anything to do with the fact that Cisco didn’t post stats for non-CCIE certs. While this wasn’t necessarily a motivating factor, he did say that the decision to post CCIE stats pre-dated the existence of the Cisco Career Certs (CCNA, CCNP, etc), and changing so that the policy to not post cert counts across the board made some sense as well.
CCIE Open Ended Questions:

This one’s a bit like beating a dead horse, but I wanted to mention it to be complete. The CCIE R/S lab exam formerly had Open Ended Questions (OEQs) as part of the lab. I had heard that Cisco might send a lab candidate home before finishing the day if they failed the OEQs. That was not true. Cisco clarified with me that while failing the OEQs meant you failed the lab exam, Cisco never sent anyone home early in the lab day because of the OEQs. OEQs are now dead, hoorah, so it may not matter much any more.
CCIE SP Ops Lab Performance:

Someone had asked me to ask about how the CCIE SP Ops lab exam was going – probably to find out if there a big failure rate like some of the other early times for new CCIE labs, that kind of thing. Short answer – they hadn’t held any CCIE SP Ops lab exams as of Networkers. I’ve re-queued it for next time I ask around formally with Learning@Cisco.
IOS XR on CCIE SP

I asked the CCIE program folks, and heard a lot, but only a little info is publishable yet.  What’s publishable? There is a 100% chance of IOS XR being on the CCIE SP lab. No other details yet, including timeline.
CCNP Shrinkage – a Trend?

I asked Fred a question with the premise that CCNP shrunk with the changes early this year. Then I asked if that shrinkage was purposeful, or was a design goal, or a coincidence. It was an interesting reaction: CCNP shrunk? Once we talked through it, Fred said that making CCNP skinier/narrrowerlarger/smaller or whatever was not a design goal. Instead, the design goals were:

* Remove redundancy vs. adjacent certs, e.g., all the CCNAs
* Study current job roles, and change the cert to match

IOS 15.0

I asked about when we’d see IOS version 15.0 or beyond on a cert. Short version, that’s like worrying about the flea on the tail of the dog. IOS version, from his perspective, wasn’t considered when re-designing a cert. I imagine the CCIE team thinks about it more than the rest of the crowd, but for the career cert space, the IOS version appears to be a tactical choice driven by bigger issues, for example, to add feature X to the associated course and cert, you need IOS version 15.0.

Does CCIE Rep Impact Those New to Cisco Certs?

Now let’s back up to the CCIE stats thing, and let me ramble a bit. I focused on Fred’s comments that Cisco looked at the CCIE stats, and thought that there was more harm than good in posting the stats. Companies make choices like this every day, and that’s fine with me.

But I wondered: what pros might we suggest to Cisco that would tip the balance back the other way? Or, would there be reasons – yet to be considered reasons – for Cisco to not just post stats for CCIE, but across the board? Or at least keep posting them for CCIE (and CCDE and Cisco Certified Architect)? (We are now squarely into Wendell’s random thoughts, and not into info learned from Cisco.) Sure, I enjoyed being able to pop in and satisfy my curiosity about CCIE stats, but satisfying our collective curiosity isn’t a very strong argument. So, let me toss it out for discussion: if Cisco asked your opinion about why Cisco should keep listing at least the CCIE stats, what would you tell them?

Again, just thinking out loud, I came up with a theory. It’s admittedly a stretch, but it may spark some interesting discussion.

The theory is that folks considering jumping into their first Cisco cert see a very strong and respected CCIE cert at the end of the rainbow. (I know CCDE and Cisco Certified Architect are there, but I think CCIE is what’s on the newbie radar still.) So… does the rep of CCIE have any impact on people’s choice to pursue CCENT or CCNA? And the follow on: do the CCIE stats have any positive impact on the CCIE rep?

Here’s part of my rationale: most folks who are choosing to start their Cisco cert work are working towards becoming more technical in the networking world. As a techie, they look forward to the options after that first cert, and see the venerable CCIE down the road. At the same time, they might not know many or even any CCIEs personally. So, the stats might have had some positive impact on their perceptions about he CCIE itself. Again, just thinking out loud, and it’s maybe not a big impact, but it’s food for thought.

Some related thoughts that make some loose ties to the idea that CCIEs rep is enhanced by the stats:

1. Most newbies to Cisco certs are in or pursuing technical jobs.
2. CCIE seems like a great goal for a techie.
3. Most newbies don’t personally know any/many CCIEs
4. Most newbies perceive the reputation of CCIE from online sources, directly or indirectly
5. The CCIE stats help that online reputation

So, let me close this longer post, and toss it to you folks. What reasons would you add to the list of pros for listing CCIE stats? Did CCIEs rep make any difference to you when you started CCNA? Did the CCIE stats have anything at all to do with it? If you have any specific recollections related to this from your own Cisco cert journey, I’d love to hear them.

About Ccie

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Cisco Systems has created today’s premier networking certification, the CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert). Obtaining the Cisco CCIE certification is the goal of many network engineers, and not a very easy task. The passing rate of the test is amazingly low, with some estimates under 10% passing.

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Select a Best CCIE Training

Best CCIE Training depends upon 3 factors: Instructor, Course Design and Lab Equipments.

1. When selecting a CCIE Training Course, the value of the instructor is a prime factor. The success of the training rely on how much of knowledge and how well the instructor can transfer/impart knowledge to his/her students. Most of all, CCIE trainer should absolutely have his CCIE Number CCIE-certified!

2. Second factor to look in to is the subject matter it self. Is the course aligned with the CCIE Lab Exam Blueprint, and weather the course content gets updated along with the exam structure.

3. Thirdly in CCIE exams, the lab equipment is important. If a training course can provide dedicated racks without sharing, student can learn a lot. This is creating an exam environment with real equipment with out simulation will help students to gain more hands on experience.

Discover the benefits of Cisco 2800 Series routers

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If I had to name some of my favorite Cisco routers, I would definitely include the Cisco 2800 Series on my list. Find out what you need to know about the Cisco 2800 Series, and learn why your organization might want to invest in this new line of routers.
The nitty-gritty

The Cisco 2800 Series is the replacement for the 2600 Series. In my opinion, the biggest advantage to the Cisco 2800 Series is its versatility; you can use a 2800 Series router in a small, midsize, or large organization. For most network administrators, I think the determining factor is the number and types of interfaces and not necessarily the throughput of the router.

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There are four models in the Cisco 2800 Series:

* 2801: 2 DSP, 2FE, 2HWIC, 2VWIC/VIC, 0NME (Network Module Enhanced), 1Rack unit (RU)
* 2811: 2 DSP, 2FE, 2HWIC, 4 HWIC, 1NME, 1RU
* 2821: 3 DSP, 2GE, 2HWIC, 4 HWIC, 1NME or 1NME-X, 2RU
* 2851: 3 DSP, 2GE, 2HWIC, 4 HWIC, 1NME or NMD/NME-X/NME-XD, 2RU

(Cisco Systems provides a 2800 model comparison on its site.)

The 2800 Series is the first router in the Cisco product line that supports network modules. This means that if there is a network module that you require for your topology or application, the 2800 Series is the least expensive Cisco router (that’s currently available) that you can install it into.

The 2800 Series supports a slew of Cisco interfaces and models. In a Cisco 2800 Series router, you can install a range of network modules, which include the following:

* 36 port Ethernet switch with PoE
* 32 port async
* 8 port voice/fax module
* Content engine with hard drive
* Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
* Cisco Unity Express (voicemail)
* Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM)
* 3G cellular WAN interface card
* Wireless LAN controller
* IP VSAT module
* 802.11a/b/g WLAN module
* 8 port HWIC module (to add 8 more HWIC cards)

For example, in a 2821 router, I could install 2 x 32 port Cisco Ethernet switch modules with PoE and use this router as a 64 port switch.

The 2800 Series supports the Cisco IOS, which provides options security (like the integrated stateful firewall), the Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM), 1500 VPN tunnels, Gig Ethernet, and redundant power (except for the 2801 router).
Why we bought the Cisco 2800 Series

At my company, we still have a lot of Cisco 2600 and 3600 Series routers. While not all my sites needed the power of these routers, we needed to use a network module card, and these router models were the first in the Cisco product line that supported those network modules. Specifically, we use NM-16A & NM-32A asynchronous serial modules to support serial devices at each location. The Cisco 2600 Series routers don’t have the CPU and RAM to support the latest IOS and to handle the current network traffic load. (Note: The last date to receive service and support for a 2600 Series is April 28, 2008.)

Figures A and B are photos of my new Cisco 2811 router that I just unpacked.

Figure A

Figure B

In my case, the Cisco 2800 Series is the ideal replacement for almost all our routers. We have been purchasing 2811 Series routers, installing a HWIC T1 card for MPLS WAN connectivity, and replacing existing routers at remote sites. We added a NM-16A or NM-32A modules to support the needs of our async devices. I have seen cases where putting in a 2800 Series immediately improved the performance for that remote location.

While I might be able to use a smaller router like an 1800, I need the NM slot from the 2800 Series, and I like the flexibility and power that the 2800 Series offers. Like the 2600 and 3600 Series routers, the 2800 Series has been extremely reliable; so far, not one 2800 Series has failed.

A downside to the Cisco 2800 Series is that it is loud. When I turned it on to configure it in my office, I couldn’t hear my coworkers or my phone.
Conclusion

If you are in the market for a new router (perhaps you’re looking to replace your aging 2600 and 3600 Series routers), I recommend taking a look at the Cisco 2800 Series. Based on my personal use, the Cisco 2800 Series is another rock solid router from Cisco that, like the 2600 and 3600 Series, will serve network admins for years to come.

The real case for the Cisco 2800 Series is that it offers a completely improved package: better performance, solid reliability, versatility of use, and a plethora of WAN interfaces and network modules that you can use to expand it. Also, since the 2600 Series will no longer be supported, the time to replace those routers with the 2800 is now.

Windows 7 Exam:Installing and Configuring Windows 7

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I’ve watched the 1st 2 videos that are available and they’re really good. Well presented, clear and I’ve definitely picked up a thing or two, which is what it’s all about isn’t it?! I’m not sure how many will be in the series but I’m confident that once you’ve seen them all, you’ll be in a position to pretty much go and take the exam straight away.

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Basic administration of Windows XP

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Given the breadth of this exam, you’ll charge to be able-bodied abreast in every angle of MCP certification Professional. I’m traveling to breach assay 70-270 down into several ample categories, including installation, basal administration, accouterments accessories and drivers, ecology and optimizing, configuring the desktop environment, arrangement configuration, and security. I’ll awning anniversary of these categories in abyss in the afterward sections.

While you could apparently plan through a basal CD-ROM accession of Windows XP, to be able to canyon assay 70-270 you accept to be abreast about the added types of installations you can perform, such as arrangement accession and an operating arrangement upgrade. In addition, you accept to accept the four stages of the accession action and be accustomed with the abounding switches that can be acclimated to adapt your installation.

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Another blazon of accession is the abandoned array that employs an acknowledgment book created with either a argument editor or the Setup Manager Wizard. Ensure that you’re accustomed with the 5 levels of user interaction, as able-bodied as with creating a Uniqueness Database Book (UDF). This book is acclimated in affiliation with the acknowledgment file, acceptance you to accomplish abounding alone installations with a individual acknowledgment file.

You’ll be activated on installing Windows XP application the Remote Accession Services (RIS). You should aswell apperceive the RIS applicant requirements and accept how to actualize a Remote Accession Preparation (RIPrep) image.

The final blazon of automatic accession that you’ll be challenged on is the Arrangement Preparation Tool, Sysprep.exe. Apperceive the four modes that accept been added beneath Windows XP and be actual accustomed with the Sysprep switches and their functions.

Other accession capacity you ability acquisition covered by assay free 70-270 test questions cover advance to Windows XP, uninstalling Windows XP, assuming a activating update, and configuring dual-boot workstations. Pay appropriate absorption to troubleshooting installations and upgrades. Microsoft seems to favor catchy questions forth this line.

Once you accept installed Windows XP, you accept to about-face your absorption to managing the operating system’s basal resources, such as the book system. During the Windows XP installation, you’ll be asked to baddest the blazon of book arrangement you wish to use. The choices in Windows XP are FAT, FAT32, and NTFS. Apperceive the differences a part of the book systems and the advantages of each. Aswell accept how to catechumen a FAT or FAT32 allotment to NTFS.

You accept to aswell apperceive how to administer the files and folders that authority your data. You accept to be able-bodied abreast with NTFS book and binder permissions for this test. This is a actual ample subject, and you can be abiding that it will be covered in abyss on this exam.

Another affair that avalanche into the basal administering class is activating storage. Familiarize yourself with the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of basal and activating storage, as able-bodied as the use of the deejay administration tool, Diskpart.

Because Windows XP can be installed on around every blazon of computer arrangement available, apprehend to see absolutely a few questions about accouterments accessories and drivers on the exam. Even if abundant of this advice seems old hat, absorb some time reviewing it.

The accouterments administration advice covered on the assay is adequately straightforward. You accept to be accustomed with accouterments installation, Plug and Play, arrangement resources, affectation configuration, PCMCIA adapters, USB ports, and bittersweet anchorage configuration. You should aswell accept a acceptable compassionate of Free practice exams for MCTS accouterments profiles, ability management, ability schemes, ACPI configuration, and low-battery anxiety settings for laptops.

Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor

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You work as a technician for McNeil Inc. The company has a MCTS: Windows Vista. All the client computers on the network run MCTS Certification Professional. You want to upgrade a client computer to Windows Vista. The computer has the following configuration: Hardware Components Configuration RAM 256MB, Hard Disk Drive 8GB with 2GB free space. When you run the Setup of Vista, you get an error message stating that the computer is not compatible with Windows Vista, and that Vista cannot be installed. After the error, Setup terminates. You want to know why the installation has terminated. What will you do next?

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A: Run the Dr. Watson utility.
B: Run Performance Monitor.
C: Run Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor.
D: Run Event Viewer.

In order to get the complete report on the compatibility issue of your computer, you should run Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor. Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a Microsoft proprietary tool that helps users determine if their XP-based computers can run Windows Vista.This tool can also be used to determine if a computer running Windows Vista is ready for an upgrade to a more powerful edition of Windows Vista. This tool scans a computer and creates a report of all known system, device, and program compatibility issues, and recommends ways to resolve them.The Windows Vista exam Upgrade Advisor works only with 32-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Answer options A, B and D are incorrect. Microsoft recommends running Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor to get the complete compatibility report.

What is Dr. Watson?
Dr. Watson is a diagnostic tool that takes a snapshot of the computer whenever a system fault occurs. It intercepts software faults, identifies the software that caused the fault, and offers a detailed description of the cause of the fault. Dr. Watson can often diagnose the issue and offer a suggested course of action.

Error: Events in this category show a significant problem, such as loss of data or loss of functionality. Warning: Events in this category are not necessarily significant but may indicate a possible problem in future.Information: Events in this category describe the successful operation of an application, driver, or service. Success Audit: Events in this free Cisco practice tests category show an audited security access attempt that succeeds.Failure Audit: Events in this category show an audited security access attempt that fails.