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1 Introduction
What is OS & Why we need OS?
What are the different types of OS?
Introduction to OS What is windows OS? 120
What are the advantages & disadvantages of
windows OS?
What is windows workstation & windows
server OS?
List down the versions of Workstation &
Workstation Server OS? 60
Server
What are the Minimum requirements need to
install windows workstation & server OS?
Features of Windows 7 & Server 2008 R2?
2 Windows kernel
Difference between windows 32 & 64 Bit
architecture
Architecture of Windows What is kernel?
60
Kernel Types of kernel
What is subsystem and types of subsystem?

User mode
Mode of Kernel 40
Kernel mode
HAL
Components of Kernel 20
Executive Services
1. Function of executive services
2. Object Types
3. Cache Controller
4. Configuration Manager
5. I/O Manager & it's Components
6. Local procedure call
Executive process 7. Memory manager 120
8. Process Structure
9. PnP Manager
10. Security Reference Monitor
11. Graphic Device Drivers
12. Device Drivers
3 Booting process
Pre boot sequence POST, MBR, NTLDR 60
Initial boot loader phase (ntldr)
Operating system selection (boot.ini ,
bootsect.dos)
Boot sequence 60
Hardware detection (ntdetect.com)
Configuration selection (HW profile/
configuration recovery menu)
Loads ntoskrnl.exe, hal.dll, registry, selects
Kernel load 20
the control set)
Kernel Switches Kernel Switches /3GB /PAE 20
HW key is created, Clone the control set,
Kernel initialization Load and initialize drivers, services are 20
created(smss.exe)
Win32 subsystem (winlogon.exe, lsass.exe,
screg.exe)
Types of Logon (Normal logon, Domain
logon)
Logon How does each logon process works 60
During logon process how key is generated.
Types of security (NTLM and Kerberos)
Key files and registries that are getting used
booting process
Remote booting &
How does it boot when there is multiple OS 20
installation
Hibernation Hibernating (booting flow) 20
4 File system
What is File System Creating Files and Directories
Opening & Reading Directories
40
Symbolic Links & Hard Links
File File attributes
Disk file system
Optical disks
Flash file system
Tape file system
Types of File system 30
Database file system
Network file system
Shared disk file system
Special file system
FAT
Windows file system NTFS 10
File-System-Driver
Versions
Disk Structure
FAT FAT naming convention 60
Advantages and Disadvantages of FAT File
System
Versions
Features
Disk Structure
NTFS 60
Comparison between NTFS & FAT

Demo on Converting File system FAT to NTFS

Management
5
Mechanisms
What is registry & its uses?
Structure ( Key & values, Hives)
Editing
Registry 80
Locations (Demo)
Backup & Recovery
Policy
What is Services.msc & it's Function
List of services
Core services of windows and its
Services functionalities 80
Service application
Service control program
Service control manager
6 Device Management
What is device Drivers?
Device Driver Device controller
60
How to install, Update and Uninstall Drivers
Power Manager 6 states
7 Process Management
What is process
Process & Threads
Process states
120
Multiprocessing,Multitasking, Multithreading,
Processing types
Hyperthreading.
8 Memory Management
Virtual address space & Physical storage
Working set
Page state
Virtual Address Space Data execution prevention 120
Memory protection
Memory limits for windows
Virtual address space 64 bits
What is Paging
Types of Paging
Thrashing
Paging 100
Terminologies
Fragmentation
Tuning swap size
What is memory pool
Memory Pool 20
Types of Pool
What is Virtual memory
Functions of Virtual Memory
Virtual Memory 60
Paged virtual memory
Segmented virtual memory