Microsoft Windows 98 Power User

Course Code NGE71013

Contents

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

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Description

This course is for users who want to take advantage of the most advanced features and capabilities of Windows 98. At the completion of this course participants will learn to connect to the Internet with Internet Explorer; send e-mail messages with Outlook Express; configure their computer to suit individual work styles; maintain files by timely backup of a hard drive, restoring files and updating critical system files; maintain data on a hard disk by performing disk defragmentation and ScanDisk.

Audience

This course is intended for users who want to learn the most-used facilities of Windows 98. Participants should have taken Introduction to PCs and Application Software (Course 12994), Microsoft Windows 98 User Fundamentals (Course 71011) and Microsoft Windows 98 Advanced User (Course 71012).

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Identify how Windows 98 simplifies connecting to the Internet by providing new features and tools.
• Send email messages by using Outlook Express and faxes with Microsoft Fax.
• Configure a Windows 98 system to suit individual work styles.
• Use a Windows 98 system to manage the system environment.
• Maintain files on a Windows 98 system by ensuring timely backup of a hard drive, restoring files and updating critical system files.
• Maintain data on a hard disk by performing disk defragmentation and ScanDisk.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Windows 98 and Internet

• Match the new Internet utilities supported by Windows 98 with their functions.
• Configure the Internet Explorer browser.
• Identify the features of Internet Explorer 4.0.
• Identify the uses of NetMeeting.
• Start a chat session.
• Play a multimedia file in NetShow Player.
• Connect to a Web site using Internet Explorer.
• Access a previously visited Web page.
• Add a link to a frequently accessed site in the Favorites Folder.
• Save content of a Web page on your hard disk.

Unit 2: Outlook Express and Microsoft Fax

• Identify the functions of Outlook Express.
• Create an e-mail message in Outlook Express by using stationery.
• Post a reply to a newsgroup message to the whole newsgroup by using Outlook Express.
• Attach a document to a message.
• Add a contact in the Address Book.
• Configure a computer to support fax services.
• Send a fax.
• Create a fax cover page.

Unit 3: Configuring Windows 98

• Change the speed of the keyboard.
• Enable the keyboard to support multiple languages.
• Customize the mouse button settings.
• Select a set of mouse pointers.
• Customize the mouse pointer motion settings.
• Display the appearance of a font.
• Install a new font.
• Delete a font.
• Format a floppy disk.
• Label a floppy disk.
• Copy the contents of a floppy disk into another floppy disk.
• Create a startup disk.
• Format a hard disk drive from the MS-DOS mode.
• Convert a hard disk drive to a 32-bit file system.

Unit 4: System Management

• Identify the functions of My Briefcase.
• Create a My Briefcase folder on the Desktop.
• Place copies of files in the My Briefcase folder in synchronization with the originals on your system.
• Synchronize files between the My Briefcase folder and a floppy disk.
• Synchronize files on two computers connected over a network.
• Split the relationship that a file in a Microsoft Briefcase folder has with its original.
• Configure the virtual memory of a computer.
• Configure the settings for managing the power consumption of a computer.
• Add a hardware component to a Windows 98 system.
• Install an application.
• Remove an application.

Unit 5: System Maintenance

• Back up a folder on a hard disk.
• Restore files from a backup.
• Scan a hard disk for viruses by using the McAfee VirusScan virus checker.
• Update system files.
• Defragment a hard disk.
• Scan errors on hard disks by using ScanDisk.
• Compress information on a drive by using DriveSpace 3.
• Schedule system maintenance tasks by using the Windows Tune-up wizard.
• Delete unused files on your hard disk by using the Disk Cleanup Manager.
• Track the performance of a hardware item in a Windows 98 computer by using System Monitor.
• Restore corrupt files by using the System File Checker Utility.
• Manually fix a corrupt registry file by using the Registry File Checker.
• Create a system snapshot by using Dr. Watson.
• Collect system configuration information by using the Microsoft System Information Utility.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently, only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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