Whats is Thread testing?

A version of component integration testing where the progressive integration of components follows the implementation of subsets of the requirements, as opposed to the integration of components by levels of a hierarchy.
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 Enable verbose boot logging during Windows boot up sequence

Run msconfig.exe and jump to the Boot tab. Here check options

Boot log: Use this setting to create a text log of all the drivers that are loaded during startup. File is created at location notepad %SystemRoot%\ntbtlog.txt.

OS boot information: Use this setting to display the drivers on the screen while booting.
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 Backup your Ribbon customization settings in Office 2010

The Ribbon on the Outlook 2010 can be customized to meet your various needs. Below are the steps to take backup of settings

1. Open the MS Office outlook application.

2. Go to the Ribbon and click File.

3. Select Options.

4. In the left pane of the Options window, select Customize Ribbon.

5. Go to the lower-right corner and click the Import/Export button.

6. Select Export all customizations from the dropdown menu.

7. Browse to the desired location that you want the file saved to and click the Save button.
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 Turn off the display of recent searches in Windows Explorer.

If you do not want to display recent searches in Windows Explorer, then you can do this by changing policy in Local Group Policy Editor. Run gpedit.msc with elevated rights, and navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer. Double click Turn off display of recent search entries in the Windows Explorer search box and select Enabled. Click OK and close the Group Policy Editor.
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 Change the Windows Experience Index in Windows 7.

Windows Experience Index was introduced in Windows Vista, back then the top score was 5.9. Now in Windows 7 Microsoft has increased the top score to 7.9 for balancing out some of the new recent emerging hardware like Solid State Drive, quad core, hex core CPUs and more. You can change this ranking according to your choice. Go to C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore and search for Formal.Assessment (Recent).WinSAT XML file. Search for SystemScore string and change the value to a number between 1.0 and 7.9. You can also change the values that follow for the other disk scores.
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 Create shortcut to open My Computers in Windows 7

Create a shortcut with target as %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}. This will create a shortcut that will directly open My Computers.
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 ReFS

ReFS stands for Resilient File System. Introduced in Windows 8, designed to be better in many dimensions, resiliency stands out as one of its most prominent features
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 View all drivers (even the hidden ones) from the control panel.

Run command prompt with elevated rights and execute command set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1. Now, type and execute devmgmt.msc. Device Manager window will appear, goto View > Show Hidden Devices and it will display all installed drivers.
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 List down features of coverage measurement tool?

Features of coverage measurement tool include support for:

i. Identifying coverage items (instrumenting the code).

ii. Calculating the percentage of coverage items that were exercised by a suite of tests.

iii. Reporting coverage items that have not been exercised as yet.

iv. Identifying test inputs to exercise as yet uncovered items (test design tool functionality).

v. Generating stubs and drivers (if part of a unit test framework).
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 What is coverage measurement tool?

A coverage tool is a tool that provides objective measures of what structural elements eg. statements, decisions, or branches have been exercised by a test suite.
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