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created account and access all the old/corrupt accounts files. Once verified,

log back on as administrator, delete the corrupted account, and rename the

new account to the same as the old account.

Both processes for recovering a corrupted user profile are clunky, but they

work. Expect to see a question or two on this topic on the 1002 exam.

Troubleshooting Tools

Once you’re able to load into Windows, whether through Safe Mode or one

of the other options, the whole gamut of Windows tools is available for you.

In the previous scenario where a bad device driver caused the startup

problems, for example, you can open Device Manager and begin

troubleshooting just as you’ve learned in previous chapters. If you suspect

some service or Registry issue caused the problem, head on over to Event

Viewer and see what sort of logon events have happened recently. Let’s go

there first.

Event Viewer

When you get to the Desktop, one of the first tools you should use is Event

Viewer to see what’s causing the problems on your computer. Event Viewer

is Windows’ default tattletale program, spilling the beans about a number of

interesting happenings on the system. With a little tweaking, Event Viewer

turns into a virtual recording of anything you might ever want to know about

on your system.

EXAM TIP UNIX systems (like macOS and various Linux distros) use a

tool called syslog to create information placed in log files. Applications use

syslog to write about issues happening to or about the application. Syslog

also works over networks, so you can imagine how useful that is! syslog is

not a program, like Event Viewer. Programs use syslog to write events.

You’ll find the log files at /var/log in most Linux distros. Note that there is

third-party support for syslog in Windows, so it’s not limited to UNIX-based

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