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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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EXAM TIP Current versions of Windows refer to sections of an HDD or

SSD as volumes, as you’ll recall from Chapter 9. Earlier versions—and many

techs and exams in your near future—refer to such groupings as partitions.

Be prepared for either term.

Any object that you put on a FAT partition loses any permissions because

FAT doesn’t support NTFS permissions. This applies in most current

scenarios involving FAT32- or exFAT-partitioned mass storage devices, such

as the ubiquitous thumb drives that all of us use for quick copying and

moving of files from device to device.

Techs and Permissions

You must have local administrative privileges to do almost anything on a

Windows machine, such as install updates, change drivers, and install

applications; most administrators hate giving out administrative permissions

(for obvious reasons). If an administrator does give you administrative

permission for a PC and something goes wrong with that system while you’re

working on it, you immediately become the primary suspect!

If you’re working on a Windows system administered by someone else,

make sure he or she understands what you are doing and how long you think

it will take. Have the administrator create a new temporary account for you

that’s a member of the Administrators group. Never ask for the password to a

permanent administrator account! That way, you won’t be blamed if anything

goes wrong on that system: “Well, I told Janet the password when she

installed the new hard drive . . . maybe she did it!” When you have fixed the

system, make sure the administrator deletes the account you used.

Permissions in Linux and macOS

While the CompTIA A+ 1002 exam concentrates hard on Windows users,

groups, and permissions, this is a good time to consider that Linux and

macOS also have their own concepts pertaining to users, groups, and

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