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OS & Windows XP

Cost: $749 + GST

Duration: 15 Hrs (5 lessons, 3 hrs/day)

Grade 5 to 12 recommended

Course Content

  • INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS XP
    • Hardware and software support
      • Seamless access to resources
      • Differences between XP editions
      • Purchasing Methods
      • Licensing and activating Windows XP
  • SETTING UP A WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL WORKSTATION
    • Preparing for installation
      • Migrating user settings
      • Evaluating hardware compatibility
      • Choosing between a clean install and an upgrade
    • Performing a Sysprep installation
      • Installing the operating system
      • Working with the Setup Wizard
  • STRUCTURING WINDOWS XP FOR MULTIPLE USERS
    • Providing personalized user environments
      • Creating local users and groups
      • Managing user profiles
    • Implementing local security
      • Enabling account security
      • Setting file permissions
      • Securing data with Encrypting File System (EFS)
      • Creating a local EFS Data Recovery Agent
  • OPERATING WITHIN DOMAIN ENVIRONMENTS
    • Enterprise networking concepts
      • Small business vs. corporate networks
      • Remotely controlling XP Professional
      • Using Windows 2003 Terminal Services
    • Functioning within an enterprise infrastructure
      • Joining a Windows domain
      • Locating resources with a directory service
  • SHARING AND SECURING RESOURCES
    • Hosting shared resources
      • Sharing files and printers with other Windows users
      • Making resources available via the Web with Internet Information Server (IIS)
      • Setting permissions on network resources
    • Building a Windows XP network
      • Configuring protocols and clients
      • Bridging networks
      • Enabling Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
      • Protecting Windows XP with the Internet Connection Firewall
  • MANAGING THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND ITS APPLICATIONS
    • Installing and configuring devices
      • Plug and Play concepts
      • USB
      • Universal Plug and Play
      • Devices
      • Code signing
      • Auto Update options
      • Windows File Protection
      • Wizards
      • ACPI power management
      • Hardware management
    • Adding and troubleshooting software
      • Installing user applications with the Windows Installer Service
      • Overcoming compatibility problems
      • Creating custom file associations
      • Customizing compatibility with the Application Compatibility Toolkit
    • Maintaining and recovering the system
      • Editing the Registry
      • Recovering with System Restore points
      • Restoring the system with Automated System Recovery (ASR)
      • Evaluating and installing Service Packs and hot fixes
    • Evaluating new Service Pack 2 features
      • Working with the Security Center
      • Configuring the Windows Firewall
      • Locating and connecting to wireless networks
      • Blocking Internet pop-ups
      • Preventing unsafe data execution
      • Detecting and blocking spy ware

For more information on any course, please call us at (647)-430-7478 or Email us at: hr@whizkids.ca

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