Course Outline

1. BASIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES

NT IS A MULTI-USER SYSTEM

DEFAULT ACCOUNTS

• The Administrator account
• The Guest account

TERMINOLOGY

THE DEFAULT GROUP ACCOUNTS

• The Administrator group
• The Power User group
• The Users Group
• The Guests group
• The Backup Operators group
• The Replicator group

THE USER MANAGER

• Security ID (SID)

CREATING NEW ACCOUNTS

• To create a new account

ASSIGNING USER ACCOUNTS TO GROUPS

• An example of adding a new user account to the Administration group

THE USER ENVIRONMENT PROFILE

• The User Profile Path
• System Default Profile
• User Default Profile
• Local User Profile
• Roaming Profile
• Mandatory Profile
• Specifying a Logon Script name
• Setting a home directory

COPYING, DELETING, RENAMING AND DISABLING USER ACCOUNTS

• To copy an account
• To delete an account
• To disable an account
• To re-enable an account
• To rename an account

2. CREATING A CUSTOMIZED LOCAL GROUP

MODIFYING ACCOUNT POLICIES

• To change the default account policy
• Account Policy Options

USER RIGHTS

• To grant a user right to a group
• To remove a user right from a group

AUDIT POLICIES

• To enable Auditing
• Viewing the security log

SECURITY AND SHARED FOLDERS

SECURITY AND NT

• The WINLOGON process
• The Local Security Authority (LSA)
• The Security Account Manager (SAM)
• The Security Reference Monitor

SHARING FOLDERS

• To share a folder
• To stop sharing a folder

CONNECTING TO A SHARED FOLDER

• To connect to a shared folder on a network
• To disconnect from a network drive/folder

3. NETWORK PRINTER ISSUES & ADMINISTRATION

NETWORK PRINTERS VS. PCS WITH PRINTERS

ADDING A LOCAL PRINTER

• To add a local printer

SHARING PRINTERS

• To share a local printer
• To connect to a shared printer

CONFIGURING A PRINTER

• To configure a printer
• Printer Properties - General
• Printer Properties - Ports
• Printer Properties - Scheduling
• Printer Properties - Sharing
• Printer Properties - Security
• Printer Properties - Device Settings

SETTING PRINTER AND DOCUMENT DEFAULTS

• To set a printer as the default printer
• To set up defaults for documents
• Setting Advanced Document Defaults

4. INSTALLATION TECHNIQUES

DOMAIN VS. WORKGROUP INSTALLATION

• The workgroup model
• The domain model
• Primary domain Controllers and Backup Domain Controllers

PARTITIONING YOUR DISKS

• FAT VS NTFS
• FAT
• FAT 32
• NTFS

CONVERTING FAT TO NTFS

• To convert a FAT formatted volume to NTFS

CREATING A SET OF WINDOWS NT BOOT DISKS

• To create a set of Startup disks from the command line

HARDWARE AND THE HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST

• Recommended Minimum Hardware for NT workstation
• What is the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)?

WINNT AND WINNT32

NETWORK INSTALLATION STARTUP DISKS

• What is a Network Installation StartUp Disk?
• To Create a Network StartUp Disk
• To use a Network Installation StartUp Disk

WINNT & WINNT32 SYNTAX

• Help on WINNT syntax

UNATTENDED INSTALLATIONS

TROUBLESHOOTING

TROUBLESHOOTING ISSUES AND TECHNIQUES

THE NT BOOT PROCESS

• The original DOS boot process
• The Windows NT Boot process
• NTLDR
• BOOT.INI
• BOOTSECT.DOS
• NTDETECT.COM
• NTOSKRNL.EXE
• HAL
• NTBOOTDD.SYS
• The Registry
• WINLOGON.EXE
• BOOT.INI SWITCHES
• To edit the BOOT.INI file
• LAST KNOWN GOOD

THE EMERGENCY REPAIR DISK

• To create an Emergency Repair Disk
• To use an Emergency Repair Disk

RECOVERY OPTIONS

• To set STOP recovery options

REMOVING 'NON-RESPONDING' PROCESSES

• To use the Task Manager to remove a program

THE EVENT VIEWER

• What is the Event Logger?
• To view the Event Logger

WINDOWS NT DIAGNOSTICS (WINMSD)

• To display the Windows NT Diagnostics
• Running the WINMSD from the command line

SERVICE PACKS

• To obtain a service pack

'THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH'

TECHNET AND RESOURCE KITS

AUDITING, PERFORMANCE & BACKUP ISSUES

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

APPLICATIONS, PROCESSES AND PERFORMANCE

• To display the Task Manager
• The Task Manager Applications Tab
• The Task Manager processes tab
• The Task Manager Performance tab

5. GENERAL BACKUP ISSUES

VIRUSES

BACKING UP AND RESTORING DATA

• To back up data
• To restore Data
• To schedule an unattended backup
• To format a tape

DISKPROBE AND DISKSAVE