Configuring Devices and Device Drivers: This Lab Contains The Following Exercises and Activities
Configuring Devices and Device Drivers: This Lab Contains The Following Exercises and Activities
Configuring Devices and Device Drivers: This Lab Contains The Following Exercises and Activities
LAB 3
CONFIGURING
DEVICES AND DEVICE
DRIVERS
Table 3-1
Computers required for Lab 3
Computer Operating System Computer Name
Server (VM 1) Windows Server 2012 R2 LON-DC1
Client (VM 2) Windows 10 LON-CL1
In addition to the computers, you will also require the software listed in Table 3-2 to
complete Lab 3.
Table 3-2
Software required for Lab 3
Software Location
Lab 3 student worksheet Lab03_worksheet.docx (provided by instructor)
SCENARIO
Mindset A native VHD boot file allows you to mount and boot from the
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2. Right-click the Start button. Then, from the context menu that appears, choose
Disk Management. The Computer Management console opens, as shown in
Figure 3-1.
Figure 3-1
The Disk Management node
5. In the Location text box, type C:\Win10VHDA. For the Virtual hard disk size setting,
specify 20 GB. For the Virtual hard disk type setting, select Dynamically expanding.
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6. Take a screen shot of the Create and Attach Virtual Hard Disk dialog box by pressing
Alt+PrtScr and then paste it into your Lab03_worksheet file in the page provided by
pressing Ctrl+V.
[copy screen shot over this text]
7. Click OK to close the Create and Attach Virtual Hard Disk dialog box.
8. Right-click the new disk (20.00 GB Unallocated disk) and choose Initialize
Disk.
10. Right-click the Disk 5 Unallocated disk space and choose New Simple Volume.
11. In the Welcome to the New Simple Volume Wizard, click Next.
13. On the Assign Drive Letter or Path page, answer the following question and then
click Next.
14. On the Format Partition page, answer the following question and then click Next.
16. If a dialog box displays, prompting you to format a disk, click Cancel to close
the dialog box. Close any File Explorer windows that might open.
17. On Disk Management, to detach the VHD file, right-click the virtual disk and
choose Detach VHD. On the Detach Virtual Hard Disk, dialog box, click OK.
18. To reattach the VHD file, click Action > Attach VHD.
19. Click the Browse button and browse to the c:\Win10VHDA.vhd file. Click
Open. In the Attach Virtual Hard Disk dialog box, click OK.
Close Disk Management and any File Explorer windows, but leave the computer
logged in for the next exercise.
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2. Expand the Ports (COM & LPT) node (see Figure 3-2).
Figure 3-1
Expanding the Ports (COM & LPT) node
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4. When you are prompted to confirm that you want to disable the device, click
Yes.
10. Right-click the Standard floppy disk controller and choose Properties.
Question Which IRQ, DMA, and I/O port ranges are used by the
8 Standard floppy disk controller?
IRQ: 0X00000006
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14. Double-click IRQ. In the Edit Interrupt Request dialog box, change the Value to
05. Click OK to close the Edit Interrupt Request dialog box.
15. Click OK to close the Standard floppy disk controller Properties dialog box.
16. When you are prompted to confirm that you want to continue, click Yes.
17. When you are prompted to restart the computer, click No.
Question
What is the device status now?
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22. Click OK to close the Standard floppy disk controller Properties dialog box.
23. When you are prompted to restart the computer, click Yes.
24. Log on to LON-CL1 using the adatum\administrator account and the Pa$
$w0rd password.
27. Expand the Ports (COM and LPT) node and then click Communications Port
(COM2) port.
28. Right-click Communications Port (COM2) port and choose Update Driver
Software.
29. On the How do you want to search for driver software? page, click Search
automatically for updated driver software.
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Question Which driver was located and what information was provided
11 about the driver?
30. Click Close to close the Update Driver Software – Communications Port
(COM2) dialog box.
34. On the How do you want to search for driver software? page, click Browse my
computer for driver software.
35. On the Browse for driver software on your computer page, click Let me pick
from a list of device drivers on my computer.
36. On the Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware page, click to
deselect the Show compatible hardware.
37. For the Manufacturer, click Trimble and then click Trimble PCMCIA GPS
Adapter (Rev. B). Click Next.
40. Take a screen shot of Device Manager by pressing Alt+PrtScr and then paste it
into your Lab03_worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
Mindset Sometimes when you upgrade or load a device driver, the device
for which the device driver is used stops working or causes other
problems with Windows. With Device Manager, you can roll
back a device driver to the previous device driver.
Completion time 5 minutes
Figure 3-3
Managing drivers
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4. When you are prompted to confirm that you are sure you would like to roll back
to the previously installed driver software, click Yes.
5. Take a screen shot of the Communications Port (COM2) Properties dialog box by
pressing Alt+PrtScr and then paste it into your Lab03_worksheet file in the page
provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
End of lab.