Installing and Configuring the Windows Vista Operating System

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Vendor: 
Microsoft
Subject: 
Operating Systems
Overview: 

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to install and configure Windows Vista desktops. It will focus on four main areas: installing, securing, networking, and browsing. By the end of the course, the student will have installed and configured a Windows Vista desktop that is secure, on the network, and ready for browsing. This is the first course in the Windows Vista curriculum and will serve as the entry point for other Windows Vista Technology Specialist courses.

Course Contents: 

Module 1: Installing Windows Vista

This module describes the new features of the Windows Vista operating system and then explains how to perform a clean installation. This module also explains how to install and configure Windows Vista device drivers.

Lessons

  • Introduction to Windows Vista
  • Performing a Clean Installation of Windows Vista
  • Installing and Configuring Windows Vista Device Drivers

    Module 2: Upgrading and Migrating to Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

    This module explains how to upgrade and migrate to Windows Vista Ultimate edition from previous versions of Windows and from other Windows Vista editions.

    Lessons

  • Upgrading and Migrating to Windows Vista from a Previous Version of Windows
  • Upgrading Between Windows Vista Editions

    Module 3: Configuring Post-Installation System Settings

    This module explains how to configure the Windows Aero Experience and the Accessibility features of Windows Vista. This module also explains how to configure Parental Controls.

    Lessons

  • Configuring the Windows Aero Experience
  • Configuring Accessibility Features
  • Configuring Parental Controls

    Module 4: Sharing Files by Using Windows Vista

    This module explains how to use Windows Vista to share files with others and also describes how to manage the various file types that Windows Vista supports.

    Lessons

  • Sharing Data with Others
  • Managing Windows Vista Files

    Module 5: Configuring Advanced Networking

    This module explains how to connect Windows Vista to a network, and also explains how to configure and troubleshooting the Remote Access features of Windows Vista.

    Lessons

  • Configuring Network Connectivity
  • Configuring Remote Access

    Module 6: Configuring User Account Security

    This module explains how to configure and troubleshoot User Account Control in Windows Vista.

    Lessons

  • Configuring User Account Control
  • Troubleshooting User Account Control

    Module 7: Configuring Network Security

    This module explains how to configure the Windows Defender and Windows Firewall applications in Windows Vista.

    Lessons

  • Configuring Windows Defender in Windows Vista
  • Configuring Windows Firewall Settings

    Module 8: Configuring Internet Explorer 7.0

    This module explains how to configure the Internet Explorer 7.0 options and explains how to configure the dynamic security settings.

    Lessons

  • Configuring Internet Explorer 7.0
  • Configuring Dynamic Security for Internet Explorer 7.0
    • Objective: 

    Credit towards professional certification exams MCTS: Windows Vista, Configuring, and MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician, MCITP: Customer Support Technician and MCITP: Enterprise Administrator.

    Prerequisites: 
  • Familiarity with computer hardware and devices, such as the ability to look into device manager and look for unsupported devices
  • Basic TCP/IP knowledge, such as knowing why you need to have a valid IP address.
  • Basic Microsoft Windows and Active Directory knowledge, such as knowledge about domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership.
  • Experience with mapping network file shares, such as being familiar with UNC paths and mapping local resources to server/share.
  • Experience with running commands from a command window, such as the DOS command prompt
  • Experience with reviewing BIOS settings.
    • Audience: 

    The primary audience for this course is IT Professionals wishing to become technology specialists. A Windows Vista technology specialist is defined as a technology specialist interested in learning about, assessing skills, using reference products, or taking exams to prove his or her knowledge/skills/experience related to Microsoft's Windows Vista technologies. Technology specialists:

  • Value and may be working toward an extensive, deep technical knowledge in a particular technology.
  • Are interested in learning about Windows Vista technologies in greater detail.
  • Want to learn or test that they know and can apply existing concepts, practices, procedures, policies, and guidelines.
  • Work in roles where most questions have clear right and wrong answers.
  • Focus primarily on the "how to" associated with Windows Vista technologies.
  • On the job, work from functional specifications, defined polices/conventions/standards, and documented operational procedures received from superiors. Windows Vista technology specialists may work for an enterprise, a medium-sized organization, a small organization, or a retail organization.
    • Materials Available: 
    Yes
    Duration: 
    25 hours
    For more information on Installing and Configuring the Windows Vista Operating System please feel free to contact us online or call us at 416-513-1535.