Question 1
(a)
For this question and though out this course I will be studying using the operating system Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium version 6.1.7600 Build 7600.
Tests performed to determine my system type, processor speed, physical memory and free hard disk available is listed below.
On my computer which I am running windows 7 I click the start button then type msinfo32 into the search box and press the return key.
Please see screenshot below of my result of using msinfo32.
Please see table below of the results of my screen shot above.
Table 1 Details of my computer
My computer name(system name) System type Processor speed Physical Memory (RAM)
JAMIE-PC X86-based PC AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2
2000MHz 2.00GB
To find out how much hard disk space there is left I click start and then click computer then click my c: drive with my right mouse button and click properties which shows a pie chart on how much disk space is used and how much is free to use.
Please see screen shot below of my hard disk drive. Please see table below of my hard disk details from my screen shot.
Table 2 Hard disk details
My computer name Hard disk capacity Free space
JAMIE-PC 92.7GB 62.9GB
(b)
Looking at website http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/WS08-system-requirements.aspx (accessed 14-Oct-10).
The minimum requirements to run Windows server 2008 are listed in the table below.
Table 3 Windows server 2008 system requirements
Component Requirement
Processor Minimum 1GHz (X86 processor) or 1.4GHz (X64 processor)
Memory Minimum 512MB RAM
Disk space requirement Minimum (32 bit systems) 20GB
Minimum (64 bit systems) 32 GB
Display Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution monitor.
Other Keyboard and Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device.
(c)
A server in a network is a powerful computer and comprises of a server operating system for example windows 2008