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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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users do well, and it’s our job as techs to make recovery from trouble as

painless as possible. OS developers give us plenty of tools to prepare for

problems—we just need to make sure we use them.

NOTE This chapter covers maintenance and optimization techniques for all

the operating systems currently on the CompTIA A+ exams. But, like the

exams and the reality of market share, Windows features a lot more than

macOS or Linux.

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Maintaining Operating Systems

Operating systems need patching; mass storage devices must be kept

organized and running well. Registries and temporary files need the

occasional cleaning. In the past many of these jobs were handled manually.

Today, operating systems handle many if not most of these jobs

automatically. This section looks at the most common maintenance jobs techs

do on systems. It finishes with a discussion on making customized tools for

maintaining Windows.

Patch Management

There’s no such thing as a perfect operating system. First, all operating

system makers come up with new or improved features. Second, bad actors

discover weaknesses and generate malware to take advantage of those

weaknesses. The process of keeping software updated in a safe and timely

fashion is known as patch management. From the moment Microsoft releases

a new version of Windows, malware attacks, code errors, new hardware, new

features, and many other issues compel Microsoft to provide updates, known

more generically as patches, to the operating system. Patch management isn’t

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