5115: Installing and Configuring the Windows Vista Operating System

This three-day 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.

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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 drilling down into the details of Windows Vista technologies.
• 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, and they are interested in drilling down into the details of the technologies themselves.
• On the job, work from functional specifications, defined polices/conventions/standards, and documented operational procedures from superiors.

Windows Vista technology specialists may work for an enterprise, a medium sized organization, a small organization, or a retail organization.

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Before attending this course, students must have:

• Familiarity with PC hardware and devices. For example, ability to look into device manager and look for unsupported devices.
• Basic TCP/IP knowledge. For example, that you need to have a valid IP address.
• Basic Windows and Active Directory knowledge. For example, domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership.
• Experience with mapping network file shares. For example, familiar with UNC paths, mapping local resources to server/share.
• Experience with running commands from a command window. For example, DOS command prompt.
• Experience with reviewing BIOS settings.

Important: This learning product will be most useful to people who intend to use their new skills and knowledge on the job immediately after training.

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Module 1: Installing Windows VistaThis 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.

Lessons

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

Lessons

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

Lessons

• Sharing Data with Others
• Managing Windows Vista Files

Lessons

• Configuring Network Connectivity
• Configuring Remote Access

Lessons

• Configuring User Account Control
• Troubleshooting User Account Control

Lessons

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

Lessons

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