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70-270: MCSE Guide to Microsoft Windows XP
Professional Second Edition, Enhanced
Chapter 3: Using the System Utilities
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Objectives
• Understand and use the Control Panel applets• Describe the versatility of the Microsoft Management
Console• Understand Administrative Tools• Describe PCMCIA and PC Cards
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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
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Control Panel in Category View
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Control Panel Categories
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Accessibility Options
• Special interface features for the visual-, audio-, or movement-impaired user
• Keyboard tab• Sound tab• Display tab• Mouse tab• General tab
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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
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Add or Remove Programs
• Three tools in one:• Change or Remove Programs
• Add New Programs
• Add/Remove Windows Components Wizard
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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
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Administrative Tools
• Shortcut to Administrative Tools option in Start menu
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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
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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
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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
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Display (continued)
• Screen Saver tab• Appearance tab
• Window and button scheme, color scheme, and font size
• Settings tab• Screen resolution and color quality
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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
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Activity 3-3: To Add Additional Monitors to Your Configuration
• Objective: Add monitors to your configuration • Use Settings to add monitors to display
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Folder Options
• Used to set the functional and visual parameters of the folders on the system
• Associate file extensions with applications
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Fonts
• Lists all currently installed fonts• Add and remove fonts
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Game Controllers
• Install and configure• Joysticks
• Other gaming controls
• Device-specific properties and troubleshooting aid
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Internet Options
• Define settings for Internet Explorer • Settings for general Internet access
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Keyboard and Mouse
• Keyboard applet• Modify keyboard functions
• Mouse applet• Modify mouse settings
• Switch left and right buttons
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Network Connections
• Manage all network connections• Includes:
• LAN
• RAS
• WAN
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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
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Phone and Modem Options
• Define dialing locations• Install and configure modems• Configure Remote Access Service (RAS) and
Telephony API (TAPI)
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Power Options
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Activity 3-5: Configuring Power Options
• Objective: Learn how to configure power options• Follow instructions to create a power scheme
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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
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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
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Scanners and Cameras
• Install drivers • Configure digital cameras and optical scanners
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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
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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
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Sounds and Audio Devices
• Customize the sound scheme• Set master volume• Configure speakers• Set audio device preferences
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Activity 3-7: Custom Sound
• Objective: Customize the sounds for different events on the computer
• Follow instructions to configure sound on system shutdown
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Speech
• Text-to-speech capability reads document text• Microsoft’s Speech API (SAPI)• Distinct from the Narrator Accessibility Accessory
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Taskbar and Start Menu
• Controls taskbar appearance• Controls Notification Area settings
• Display clock
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Using the MMC
• MMC tools found mainly in Administrative Tools• Can also be used to create your own custom consoles
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Activity 3-12: Microsoft Management Console
• Objective: Create an MMC for managing the local computer
• Follow instructions to create an MMC
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Administrative Tools
• Component Services• Data Sources (ODBC)• Event Viewer• Local Security Policy• Performance• Services• Computer Management.
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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
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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.