Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) Practice Exam

The INF02 file, which is part of the Windows operating system's data management regarding installed devices, gets recreated upon a system restart. When Windows starts up, it initializes various system components and checks for necessary files, including those related to hardware management and device configurations. If it finds that the INF02 file is missing, it will re-create it to ensure that the necessary configurations for devices are restored and the system can properly manage its hardware components.

Restarting Windows effectively prompts the operating system to re-assess and regenerate any required system files, including the INF02, ensuring that device management can continue without issues.

While killing running processes in Task Manager or running antivirus or anti-spyware tools may affect how certain applications run or react, these actions do not trigger the system to recreate the INF02 file as a restart does. Only the initialization process that occurs when the system boots up can lead to the necessary recreation of this file.