70-270: MCSE Guide to Microsoft Windows XP Professional Second Edition, Enhanced Chapter 3: Using...

70-270: MCSE Guide to Microsoft Windows XP

Professional Second Edition, Enhanced

Chapter 3: Using the System Utilities

Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 2

Objectives

• Understand and use the Control Panel applets• Describe the versatility of the Microsoft Management

Console• Understand Administrative Tools• Describe PCMCIA and PC Cards


Control Panel Overview

• Control Panel• Centralized location for management utilities

• Changes in XP:• New applets

• New view

• Applet• Small application designed for a limited range of function

or capability


Control Panel in Category View


Control Panel Categories


Accessibility Options

• Special interface features for the visual-, audio-, or movement-impaired user

• Keyboard tab• Sound tab• Display tab• Mouse tab• General tab


Add Hardware

• System polls the entire computer for new devices• Attempts to identify them• Installs drivers automatically or prompts for

alternative source path• Add Hardware Wizard

• Used for manual configuration

• Device manager• Used to manage, configure, and remove installed hardware

devices


Add or Remove Programs

• Three tools in one:• Change or Remove Programs

• Add New Programs

• Add/Remove Windows Components Wizard


Activity 3-1: Add/Remove Applications

• Objective: Review the Windows components that can be added or removed using the Add/Remove Programs Wizard

• Follow instructions to explore Add/Remove Programs Wizard


Administrative Tools

• Shortcut to Administrative Tools option in Start menu


Date and Time

• Used to set the calendar date, clock time, and time zone

• Clock is set directly in the system’s BIOS• Time Zone tab

• World map

• Pull-down list of time zones


Activity 3-2: Setting the Time

• Objective: Configure the date, time, and time zone for your computer

• Set the correct date and time using the Date and Time Applet


Display

• Used to make interface changes• Can also be accessed from desktop:

• Right click, select Properties from popup menu

• Themes tab• Overall visual styling

• Desktop tab• Set wallpaper


Display (continued)

• Screen Saver tab• Appearance tab

• Window and button scheme, color scheme, and font size

• Settings tab• Screen resolution and color quality


Advanced Display Settings

• Accessed by:• Pressing Advanced button on Settings tab of Display

• Manage DPI• Video card information• Screen refresh rate• Dualview

• Use multiple display devices (monitors)

• Supported by XP


Activity 3-3: To Add Additional Monitors to Your Configuration

• Objective: Add monitors to your configuration • Use Settings to add monitors to display


Folder Options

• Used to set the functional and visual parameters of the folders on the system

• Associate file extensions with applications


Fonts

• Lists all currently installed fonts• Add and remove fonts


Game Controllers

• Install and configure• Joysticks

• Other gaming controls

• Device-specific properties and troubleshooting aid


Internet Options

• Define settings for Internet Explorer • Settings for general Internet access


Keyboard and Mouse

• Keyboard applet• Modify keyboard functions

• Mouse applet• Modify mouse settings

• Switch left and right buttons


Network Connections

• Manage all network connections• Includes:

• LAN

• RAS

• WAN


Activity 3-4: Configuring Windows XP for Standalone Use

• Objective: Configure Windows XP to run as a standalone computer

• Use System applet to specify that computer is for home use


Phone and Modem Options

• Define dialing locations• Install and configure modems• Configure Remote Access Service (RAS) and

Telephony API (TAPI)


Power Options


Activity 3-5: Configuring Power Options

• Objective: Learn how to configure power options• Follow instructions to create a power scheme


Printers and Faxes

• Install, share, and configure many types of output devices

• Not just for physical print devices:• Film printers

• Slide printers

• Faxes

• Manage print queue


Regional and Language Options

• Regional Options tab• Define location-specific uses or requirements for:

• Numbers

• Currency

• Time and dates

• Languages tab• Configure default input language

• Input locale• Combination language and keyboard layout

• Used to define how data is entered into computer


Scanners and Cameras

• Install drivers • Configure digital cameras and optical scanners


Scheduled Tasks

• Automate starting and running various tasks• Add Scheduled Task Wizard

• Step-by-step scheduling

• Can be moved from system to system• Define administrative actions or batch files on single

computer

• Place on client systems


Activity 3-6: Scheduling Tasks

• Objective: Use Scheduled Tasks to automatically start an application (Calc.exe) at a specified time

• Use Scheduled Tasks Wizard to launch application at scheduled time


Sounds and Audio Devices

• Customize the sound scheme• Set master volume• Configure speakers• Set audio device preferences


Activity 3-7: Custom Sound

• Objective: Customize the sounds for different events on the computer

• Follow instructions to configure sound on system shutdown


Speech

• Text-to-speech capability reads document text• Microsoft’s Speech API (SAPI)• Distinct from the Narrator Accessibility Accessory


System

• Most important Control Panel applet• Driver signing

• Identifies drivers that have passed the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs evaluation and tests

• Device Manager• Lists all installed and known devices

• Indicates device status


Activity 3-8: Managing Devices

• Objective: Verify that there are no problems with the CD-ROM drive using Device Manager

• Follow instructions to export Device Manager


Activity 3-9: Hardware Resource Configuration

• Objective: Use Device Manager to verify and configure the resources for hardware

• Follow instructions to set manual configuration for a device


Activity 3-10: Multiple Hardware Configurations

• Objective: Use hardware profiles to set up different hardware configurations for a workstation

• Follow instructions to create a new hardware profile


Activity 3-11: The Mobile Computer

• Objective: Create a hardware profile that does not use a NIC

• Create a new hardware profile that does not access a network via a NIC


Taskbar and Start Menu

• Controls taskbar appearance• Controls Notification Area settings

• Display clock


User Accounts

• Create and manage • Local user accounts

• Passwords

• .NET passports

• Access the Local Users and Groups tool• Specify whether Ctrl+Alt+Delete is required to log on


Microsoft Management Console Overview

• Provides structured environment for consoles, snap-ins, and extensions

• Provides consistent interface for all management tools

• Settings and layout options can be stored as an .msc file


The MMC Console

• Like a document window• Console tree

• Left pane

• Loaded snap-ins and extensions are listed

• Details pane• Right pane

• Details associated with the active item from the console tree


Snap-Ins

• Adds control mechanisms to the MMC console for specific service or object

• Standalone snap-ins:• Provide main functions for system administration and

control

• Extension snap-ins• Add functionality to standalone snap-ins


Using the MMC

• MMC tools found mainly in Administrative Tools• Can also be used to create your own custom consoles


Activity 3-12: Microsoft Management Console

• Objective: Create an MMC for managing the local computer

• Follow instructions to create an MMC


Administrative Tools

• Component Services• Data Sources (ODBC)• Event Viewer• Local Security Policy• Performance• Services• Computer Management.


PCMCIA Or PC Cards

• Credit card-sized devices• Can be:

• Memory expansions

• SCSI cards

• NICs

• Modems

• Automatically handled by Windows XP• Three types of PCMCIA card


Summary

• Control Panel contains applets to configure everything from System to Display

• System applet is most important • Manages hardware profiles, driver signing, device

configuration, driver rollback, startup and recovery options

• MMC provides interface for management tasks• Administrative tools configure events, security,

services, etc.

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