COMP30 Computer Hardware Systems Lab 5

Summer 2022

Student Name: Prabhjot Singh Group Number

Due Date: Thursday August 4, 2022

Labs are due at the end of class on the date specified above (End of class)

Lab Instructions:

• Write your name(s) in the location provided, any names missing will not be given a mark for this lab
• Submit the 7 screenshots from Parts 1, 2 (steps 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) and Part 3 to Blackboard (worth 5
marks each, 35 Total)
• Submit the saved PDF through blackboard comp30-lab05-firstinitialLastname
(example: comp30-lab05-mbissonnette)

Professor’s Comments

Professor Signature:
Lab Value: 5% of final grade. Group Grade:

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Part 1: Windows Update

1) Power on and log in as yourself in your Windows 11 Virtual Machine.
2) Click Start, click on Settings (Gears icon).
3) Click on Update & Security (Skip this step for Windows 10).
4) Click on Windows Update.
5) Click Check for updates (or Download now if you see that instead in Windows 11).
NOTE: You might have to click Install Now if you are on Windows 11

6) While the updates are being applied, you might need to restart a few times.
7) If you need to reboot, start the windows updates again until all updates are applied.
Take a screenshot like below and upload it to Blackboard

Tips and Tricks:

Part 2: Customize Windows 11
1) Return the Windows 10 Start button to the Left:
a. Right click the Taskbar and click on Taskbar settings.
b. Scroll down and click on Taskbar behaviors.
c. Change the Taskbar alignment to Left.
Take a screenshot like below and upload it to Blackboard

d. Close the Settings screen.

2) Change File Explorer settings to open up to This PC instead of Quick Access:

NOTE: Test this now, if you open File Explorer, by default in Windows 11, it opens to
the Quick Access folder, which some people don’t like.

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a. Open File Explorer, and click on the … to the right of the View tab.
b. Click on the Options button.
c. Change the Open File Explorer to setting from Quick Access to This PC and click OK.
d. Close File Explorer and open it again, it should not open to Quick Access anymore.
Take a screenshot like below and upload it to Blackboard

e. Close File Explorer.

3) Disable Sleep and Suspend Mode:

NOTE: This is done so our VM won’t lock or suspend when you are doing labs.

a. Click Start, click on Settings (Gears icon).

b. Scroll down to Power or (Power & Sleep in Windows 10) and click on it.
c. Change all the Screen and Sleep options to Never.
d. Click the Allow my device to sleep link.
e. Click the Allow my screen to turn off link.
Take a screenshot like below and upload it to Blackboard

f. Close the Settings screen.

NOTE: Don’t worry about clicking the 2 allow links above the settings, this does not
seem to work anyways.

4) New Windows Terminal option in Right click Menu:

NOTE: Windows has been trying to get rid of the command prompt since Powershell
came out. Now they introduce this new option and call it Windows Terminal, again
copying something from the Linux world.

a. Right anywhere on the desktop.

b. Click on Open in Windows Terminal.

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c. Type alias and hit Enter.

NOTE: Here is a list of aliases Windows uses to allow you to run these commands in
Powershell, using the Powershell equivalent for that command.
NOTE: You will notice a mixture of Windows and Linux commands.

d. Scroll back to the top of the Powershell terminal.

Take a screenshot like below and upload it to Blackboard

e. Close Powershell.

5) Enable God Mode:

NOTE: This will give you access to settings and options that are normally hidden deep
inside of menu’s and are hard to find.

a. Right click your desktop and click on New > Folder.

b. Call the new folder the following name (cut and paste it is easier)
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
c. Click on your new renamed folder and hit the F5 key to refresh it.
d. When you do this, it will change the folder to a God Mode App.

e. Double click on this new App.

f. Have a look through these settings to see what can be changed.
Take a screenshot of the God Mode App screen and upload it to Blackboard

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g. Close the new God Mode App.

6) Enable the title bar shake:

a. Click Start, click on Settings (Gears icon).
b. Scroll down to Multitasking and click on it.
c. Click on Off and enable it, turn it ON, for Title bar window shake.
d. Close the Settings screen.

7) Turn off Notifications:

a. Click Start, click on Settings (Gears icon).
NOTE: Notifications are enabled by default.
NOTE: You can disable them if you want, or just individual apps.
b. Close the Settings screen.

8) Where to find the Classic Right click menu:

a. Right anywhere on the desktop.
NOTE: You will see that you cannot copy or paste in Windows, or any of the Right click
options, you basically do not see the Windows 10 menu. They moved it.
NOTE: You will now see these options listed under Show more options of the Right
click menu.

b. Close the Settings screen.

9) New and improved Snap feature:
NOTE: In Windows 10, you could drag and snap your open screens to one corner of your
desktop or one side and open multiple screens at the same time. Now it has improved so
you can just click on the Snap positions you would like.

a. Open File Explorer.

b. Hover your mouse over the Maximize button at the top right of the File Explorer window.

c. Close File Explorer.

10) Missing Task Manager from the taskbar:

NOTE: In Windows 10, you could open Task Manager by right clicking the taskbar. That
option has been removed.

a. Right click on the taskbar and you will notice that there is no option to launch the Task
Manager in Windows 11 anymore.
b. Right click the Start Menu and you will see you can still launch it that way, among other
ways to launch the Task Manager, so it is still there.
c. NOTE: You will also see a new option (Powershell being called Windows Terminal) and
a couple options have been removed.

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Part 3: Run chkdsk

The next step in routine maintenance is to use Windows chkdsk to examine the hard
drive and repair errors.

1) Click Start and type cmd in the Start Search box, then right-click the command prompt and
click on run as Administrator
2) Click Yes at the User Account Control screen.
NOTE: Several switches (options) are associated with the chkdsk utility. To show all available
switches, type chkdsk /? at the command prompt and press Enter.
NOTE: To use the chkdsk utility to scan the C: hard drive for errors and repair them, type
chkdsk C: /R and press Enter. (Note: You may have to substitute a different drive letter
depending on your computer's configuration).

3) Type chkdsk c: /r and hit Enter.

4) Type y and hit Enter when prompted, to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the
system restarts.
5) Type shutdown /r and hit Enter to reboot the virtual machine.
Take a screenshot of the chkdsk command running and upload it to Blackboard