Installing and Configuring the Windows Vista Operating System
Course ID: HLT 5115
Course Length: 3 days
Course Description:
This three-day instructor-led 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 Objective:
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Target Student:
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.
Prerequisites:
To ensure your success, we recommend you first have equivalent knowledge:
- 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.
Delivery Method:
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Performance-Based Objectives :
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Install Windows Vista.
- Upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate Edition.
- Configure post-installation system settings.
- Configure basic networking.
- Configure advanced networking.
- Configure user account security.
- Configure network security.
- Configure Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Installing Windows Vista
Topic 1A: Introduction to Windows Vista
Topic 1B: Performing a Clean Installation of Windows Vista
Topic 1B: Installing and Configuring Windows Vista Device Drivers
Lesson 2: Upgrading and Migrating to Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
Topic 2A: Upgrading and Migrating to Windows Vista from a Previous Version of Windows
Topic 2B: Upgrading Between Windows Vista Editions
Lesson 3: Configuring Post-Installation System Settings
Topic 3A: Configuring the Windows Aero Experience
Topic 3B: Configuring Accessibility Features
Topic 3C: Configuring Parental Controls
Lesson 4: Sharing Files by Using Windows Vista
Topic 4A: Sharing Data with Others
Topic 4B: Managing Windows Vista Files
Lesson 5: Configuring Advanced Networking
Topic 5A: Configuring Network Connectivity
Topic 5B: Configuring Remote Access
Lesson 6: Configuring User Account Security
Topic 6A: Configuring User Account Control
Topic 6B: Troubleshooting User Account Control
Lesson 7: Configuring Network Security
Topic 7A: Configuring Windows Defender in Windows Vista
Topic 7B: Configuring Windows Firewall Settings
Lesson 8: Configuring Internet Explorer 7.0
Topic 8A: Configuring Internet Explorer 7.0
Topic 8B: Configuring Dynamic Security for Internet Explorer 7.0