Basic Knowledge for to be Windows Desktop Support Engineer


Windows Services: Managing from command line


Windows Services: Managing from Powershell



Windows Registry Basics:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-registry-basics

Event Viewer:
https://www.howtogeek.com/school/using-windows-admin-tools-like-a-pro/lesson3/

Task Manager:
https://www.howtogeek.com/school/using-windows-admin-tools-like-a-pro/lesson6/

Windows Administrative Tools:
https://www.howtogeek.com/193922/21-windows-administrative-tools-explained/

Device Manager
https://www.lifewire.com/device-manager-2625860

A Beginner Guide to Windows Command Line
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-beginners-guide-to-the-windows-command-line/

System and User Environment Variable in Windows - Explained
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/system-user-environment-variables-windows

 Problem Steps Recorder
https://www.lifewire.com/using-windows-7-problem-steps-recorder-3506871

 Windows Performance Monitoring Tool - PerfMon
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-performance-monitor-windows-10

Windows Performance Counters:
http://www.appadmintools.com/documents/windows-performance-counters-explained/

Troubleshoot Windows 10 Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-troubleshoot-blue-screen-errors-windows-10

Network Basics

Understanding DNS - Beginner Guide to DNS
http://www.steves-internet-guide.com/dns-guide-beginners/'

Understanding IP v4 Addressing
http://www.steves-internet-guide.com/ipv4-basics/

DHCP Basics
https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2013/03/dhcp-basics


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