Microsoft Windows XP Administration

This course presents the learner with the skills to become proficient at Microsoft Windows XP. It builds from some basic assumptions about the learner's previous experience within a Windows environment and it comprehensively guides the learner through the basics of using this latest version of Windows with the emphasis on learning by doing.

Audience

The intended audience for this course is anyone who is familiar with and has a basic mastery of any other Windows operating system. Clerical and secretarial staff, network users, most people in an office environment who use computers with an acceptable degree of proficiency will benefit from these courses. These courses assume that the learner has worked in a Windows environment in the past and they set out to develop existing knowledge so that the learner can become proficient in the latest Windows.

Course Contents

Installation and Configuration

• Identify methods for determining whether system hardware and software are compatible with Windows XP Professional.
• Identify factors that dictate which file system to select when formatting a partition for Windows XP Professional.
• Identify key features of the text-only portion of the Windows XP Professional installation procedure.
• Identify advantages of automating Windows XP Professional installation by using answer files and Uniqueness Database Files (UDFs).
• Identify user interaction level, distribution method, and essential general and network settings for an answer file.
• Identify additional network and advanced settings for creating an answer file.
• Identify guidelines for installing hardware devices on a computer running Windows XP Professional.
• Identify features of configuring multiple monitors in Windows XP Professional.
• Identify Scanner and Camera Installation Wizard options that can be selected when installing a scanner or camera on a computer running Windows XP Professional.

Microsoft Windows XP Professional User Fundamentals

• Match Windows XP new features with their functions.
• Log on to Windows XP in Workgroup mode.
• Log on to Windows XP in Domain mode.
• Find a file by using the Search Companion task pane.
• Identify features of file and folder tasks in Windows XP.
• Identify features of folder views in Windows XP.
• Match new features of Internet Explorer with their functions.
• Identify new features of Outlook Express.
• Identify features of the Add Network Place Wizard.

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Advanced User

• Upload files from a computer.
• Download files to a computer.
• Identify features of Windows XP Disk Cleanup.
• Identify features of the Add Printer Wizard in Windows XP.
• Share a printer for multiuser access.
• Match Windows XP Printer Tasks options with their functions.
• Identify characteristics of Windows XP broadband connections.
• Configure a modem for a dial-up connection.
• Identify features of Windows XP incoming connections.

Delivery

Computer Based Training (CD-ROM)

Content

Interactive, skills based

Duration

Approx. 24 hours

Qualifications

Keimos Certificate of Study

Prerequisites

Learners will need a basic knowledge of one or more previous Windows operating systems i.e. Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, 98SE, 2000, NT or ME.

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Keimos Operating Systems Courses

Our courses use simulations extensively to provide opportunities for students to learn & practice skills-based content. This 'learning by doing' model is far more effective than the traditional true/false, multiple choice approach. Live application software is not needed.

Interactive content is used often in the courses to engage the learner's attention, to reinforce and exercise skills being taught, and to provide feedback on the learner's grasp of a skill or concept.