This is a free room on TryHackMe.com which is targeted at giving a introduction into Windows.
The task starts by giving a history of windows operating systems starting from Windows XP. The task does not cover Windows 95 or MS-DOS. We also touch upon topics such as end of life support and the impact it can have on security and organizations.
My overall rating of this room was extremely beginner friendly, anyone with over 3 months of use of a windows environment should be able to answer this questions with extreme ease.
Task 2
This was easy question but important one, as Bitlocker was developed by Microsoft in 2004, It is the default Encryption offered.
Question 1 of 1
What encryption can you enable on Pro that you can’t enable in Home?
-Bitlocker
Task 3
In task 3 we cover some basic navigation of the windows environment UI I would recommended this for people who are new or inexperienced with the windows operating system.
Question 1 of 3
Which selection will hide/disable the Search box?
-hidden
Question 2 of 3
Which selection will hide/disable the Task View button?
-show task view button
Question 3 of 3
Besides Clock, Volume, and Network, what other icon is visible in the Notification Area?
-Action Center
Task 4
This task taught me the most mainly about the history and the use of NTFS, FAT16/FAT32 and HPFS aswell as touching upon Alternate Data Streams (ADS).
ADS further reading as this is an extremely interesting and in-depth topic:
https://www.winitor.com/pdf/NtfsAlternateDataStreams.pdf
Thank you to Marc Ochsenmeier for your amazing work
Question 1 of 1
What is the meaning of NTFS?
-New Technology File System
Task 5
This was another easy task touching upon Environment variables and Sytem32 structure within windows.
Question 1 of 1
What is the system variable for the Windows folder?
-%windir%
Task 6
This is a useful task as it introduces us into the usage of lusrmgr.msc to mange users,groups and polices, In a corporate environment you would be using Active Directory to do this.
Question 1 of 4
What is the name of the other user account?
-tryhackmebilly
Question 2 of 4
What groups is this user a member of?
-remote desktop users, users
Question 3 of 4
What built-in account is for guest access to the computer?
-guest
Question 4 of 4
What is the account status?
-Account is disabled
Task 7
Introduction to UAC, not covered in the task but something to note UAC is extremely easy to bypass and you should not rely on this.
Question 1 of 1
What does UAC mean?
- User Account Control
Task 8
This was another basic task of exploring the Windows UI and in particular this time this control panel.
Question 1 of 1
In the Control Panel, change the view to Small icons. What is the last setting in the Control Panel view?
-Windows Defender Firewall
Task 9
Task 9 was a useful task about a keyboard shortcut to access Task Manager, it is really useful to learn and use keyboard short cuts as it can saves lot’s of time.
Question 1 of 1
What is the keyboard shortcut to open Task Manager?
-Ctrl+Shift+Esc
