Operating System

By
Mr. Parag R. Sali
Lecturer
Department of Computer Technology
SNJB’s Shri. Hiralal Hastimal ( Jain Brothers)
Polytechnic, Chandwad
Program Name: Computer Engineering Group
Program Code : CO/CM/IF/CW
Semester : Fifth
Course Title : Operating System
Course Code : 22516

2.4 System Tools

Following are the operating tools:
• User Management
• Security policy
• Device Management
• Performance Monitor
• Task Scheduler
Device manager
When an external hardware is connected to the computer, then the device will be
shown at the Device manager tray or administrative window. The hardware may be of
various types, like the printers, the USB ported devices like pen drive, a Tablet or a
mobile, a Mouse and a Keyboard or even a camera. Most of the time the computer
detects the driver of the device and installation of the driver is done instantly and
automatically. However, there are many devices which are to be installed separately,
like the modems or a networking device. And sometimes the device is to be added
manually, from the add device option in the device manager tool. Once the device is
shown at the device manager window, then the device can be configured or even
troubleshooting of the device is also applicable. One can go to the device manager
pane from the tools directly or even can go there via the control panel. At the
category view in the control panel, one can find three options to go to the Device
manager window. The options are 'view devices and printers', 'add a device' and
'adjust commonly used mobility settings'.
Local security policy
This is a feature for large corporate and is in the ultimate version of the
Windows Operating System. This feature will not be seen in the home
computers. One can find the local security under the Administrative tools, which
one may get access from the control panel. This option allows the administrator
to provide access or deny access to some users to some drive or software on
those drives. Thus the changes in those software or drives will not be possible
for them, whom the access to change or configure it is given by the
administrator. By this end user policy one administrator can allow or disallow
any user on those computers to get an access over few websites or not. By these
the users can also be restricted to surf freely at their work place as most of the
irrelevant website; basically the irrelevant websites to the job will not be
opened from there.
Performance monitor
It is the option to actually monitor how the CPU is performing. One can go
there from the control panel or another easy way to reach there is by pressing
sticky keys on the key boards. One can press Ctrl, Alt and Del at the same time,
to find the option of Start Task Manager.
Task scheduler
Windows can perform a task at a scheduled time and scheduled date. Not
only one time does it work, but windows can do a particular task scheduled
every day at a particular time or at particular interval. One can find the task
scheduler by going to the tools. From tools, one has to go to the control
panel. From control panel, he or she has to go to administrative tools to find
the task scheduler. In windows 7, windows vista or windows 8, one may find
the task scheduler in an updated version. Thus it makes the windows user
equipped with he best scheduler and that also without the support of any
other software.