Microsoft Windows 98 Case Studies & Practical Application 2

Question 1

A user's Windows 98 PC freezes randomly during gaming. After checking temperatures and RAM, you suspect the AGP graphics card. Which Windows 98 tool would you use to verify the card's driver status and resource conflicts?

Accepted Answer

Device Manager

Answer

Device Manager shows driver status, resource assignments, and conflict warnings for all installed hardware including AGP cards.

Question 2

A small business asks you to set up file sharing so three Windows 98 PCs can share a single printer. What networking model does Windows 98 natively support for this scenario without a dedicated server?

Accepted Answer

Peer-to-peer

Answer

Windows 98 supports peer-to-peer networking, allowing workstations to share resources directly without a dedicated server.

Question 3

After installing a new sound card, Windows 98 boots to a black screen. You boot to Safe Mode and the display works. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

An IRQ conflict between the sound card and video card

Answer

Safe Mode loads minimal drivers and often bypasses IRQ conflicts, so a conflict between newly added hardware and existing devices is the likely culprit.

Question 4

A technician needs to recover a deleted file on Windows 98 that was removed from the Recycle Bin. The disk has not been written to since deletion. What is the best first step?

Accepted Answer

Use a third-party undelete utility immediately

Answer

A third-party undelete tool can recover FAT-based file data as long as the sectors haven't been overwritten since deletion.

Question 5

A Windows 98 computer cannot connect to the internet after a browser toolbar install. PING to 8.8.8.8 fails but PING to the local gateway succeeds. What should you check first?

Accepted Answer

The DNS server settings

Answer

Since local network connectivity works but internet routing fails, the toolbar may have corrupted DNS settings preventing name and IP resolution beyond the LAN.

Microsoft Windows 98 Practice Test

Microsoft Windows 98 Practice Test

Microsoft Windows 98 Case Studies & Practical Application 2