Use this tutorial to get started with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). You'll learn how to launch, connect to, and use a Windows instance. An instance is a virtual server in the AWS Cloud. With Amazon EC2, you can set up and configure the operating system and applications that run on your instance. Show
When you sign up for AWS, you can get started with Amazon EC2 using the AWS Free Tier. If you created your AWS account less than 12 months ago, and have not already exceeded the free tier benefits for Amazon EC2, it won't cost you anything to complete this tutorial because we help you select options that are within the free tier benefits. Otherwise, you'll incur the standard Amazon EC2 usage fees from the time that you launch the instance until you terminate the instance (which is the final task of this tutorial), even if it remains idle. Related tutorials
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OverviewThe instance launched in this tutorial is an Amazon EBS-backed instance (meaning that the root volume is an EBS volume). You can either specify the Availability Zone in which your instance runs, or let Amazon EC2 select an Availability Zone for you. Availability Zones are multiple, isolated locations within each Region. You can think of an Availability Zone as an isolated data center. When you launch your instance, you secure it by specifying a key pair (to prove your identity) and a security group (which acts as a virtual firewall to control ingoing and outgoing traffic). When you connect to your instance, you must provide the private key of the key pair that you specified when you launched your instance. PrerequisitesBefore you begin, be sure that you've completed the steps in Set up to use Amazon EC2. Step 1: Launch an instanceYou can launch a Windows instance using the AWS Management Console as described in the following procedure. This tutorial is intended to help you quickly launch your first instance, so it doesn't cover all possible options. For information about advanced options, see Launch an instance using the new launch instance wizard. For information about other ways to launch your instance, see Launch your instance. To launch an instance
Step 2: Connect to your instanceTo connect to a Windows instance, you must retrieve the initial administrator password and then enter this password when you connect to your instance using Remote Desktop. It takes a few minutes after instance launch before this password is available. The name of the administrator account depends on the language of the operating system. For example, for English, it's If you've joined your instance to a domain, you can connect to your instance using domain credentials you've defined in AWS Directory Service. On the Remote Desktop login screen, instead of using the local computer name and the generated password, use the fully-qualified user name for the administrator (for example, If you receive an error while attempting to connect to your instance, see Remote Desktop can't connect to the remote computer. Step 3: Clean up your instanceAfter you've finished with the instance that you created for this tutorial, you should clean up by terminating the instance. If you want to do more with this instance before you clean up, see Next steps. Terminating an instance effectively deletes it; you can't reconnect to an instance after you've terminated it. If you launched an instance that is not within the AWS Free Tier,
you'll stop incurring charges for that instance as soon as the instance status changes to To terminate your instance
Next stepsAfter you start your instance, you might want to try some of the following exercises:
What is the path for the five main registry hives default Sam security software and system?The main, core system Registry hive files (specifically, SAM, Security, Software, and System) can be found in the Windows\system32\config folder, as illustrated in Fig. 1.3. Figure 1.3. Registry hive files in the Windows\system32\config folder (Windows 7).
Which registry root key contains information about file types?The HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR) key contains file name extension associations and COM class registration information such as ProgIDs, CLSIDs, and IIDs.
What is the purpose of register edit?What is regedit used for? Regedit is the Windows registry editor, a graphical tool that lets you view and monitor the Windows operating system's registry and edit if necessary.
What is stored in HKLM?Abbreviated HKLM, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE stores settings that are specific to the local computer. The key located by HKLM is actually not stored on disk, but maintained in memory by the system kernel in order to map all the other subkeys. Applications cannot create any additional subkeys.
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