Comp 431 Assignment 1
Due: Monday, March 29, 2010 (third week after break)
Please submit written answers (preferably in electronic format, either
via email or the digital dropbox) to the following questions.
You are expected to use google, the microsoft knowledge base, and other
internet resources as needed in finding answers.
If you work with others, you may not share answers, but you may share
sites where you found the answers, as well as search terms.
1. How can you enable network access to shared folders with no
password? Normally Windows blocks network folder access unless
the accessing account has a password. The goal would be to allow
everyone in the class to access a folder \\server\assignment1, even if
they have no account on the server. (It suffices to do this for Windows XP folder hosts.)
2. How do you set the style of the logon screen:
- domain-style logon, with a box for entering your userid
- welcome-screen logon, where all users are listed
Answer both in terms of what you would actually do to make the change,
and what registry entry (or entries) controls the status here.
3. Suppose you
- create an account NEWUSER
- create a file C:\tempuser.text readable only by NEWUSER
- delete the account NEWUSER
- create a new account with the same name, NEWUSER
Why can't the new account read the file?
4. What are some of the advantages and drawbacks of giving each user
their own individual profile? (If individuals have their own windows
accounts, they will by default have their own profiles. One approach to
not giving individual profiles is to have everyone log in as a single user, say guest.)
5. What would happen if some virus (eg MyDoom) were to infect a
computer in a lab where machines were protected with DeepFreeze or
Microsoft Disk Protection?Would the virus be able to do any damage at all?