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Installing and Configuring the Windows Vista Operating System

Course No: 5115

Duration: 3 days

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.

Prerequisite: Students should have familiarity with computer hardware and devices, such as the ability to look into device manager and look for unsupported devices. Students should have basic TCP/IP knowledge, such as knowing why you need to have a valid IP address and basic Microsoft Windows® and Active Directory® knowledge, such as knowledge about domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership. Also helpful to students is experience with mapping network file shares, such as being familiar with UNC paths and mapping local resources to server/share and experience with running commands from a command window, such as the DOS command prompt. Students should have comfort level with reviewing BIOS settings.

Summary:
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.



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