Description
This course will introduce users to the advanced features of Windows 2000 Professional. At the completion of this course, students will learn to add new hardware and applications; customize the desktop, the Start menu and toolbars in Windows 2000; identify the advanced features of Windows 2000; modify the properties of Internet Explorer; and search for people and Web pages on the Internet.
Audience
This course is intended for users who want to learn the advanced features of Windows 2000 Professional. Participants should have completed Introduction to PCs and Application Software (Course 12994) and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional User Fundamentals (Course 72006) or have equivalent knowledge.
Prerequisites
(Currently no course prerequisite information)
Objective
- Add new hardware and applications.
- Customize the desktop, the Start menu and toolbars in Windows 2000.
- Identify the advanced features of Windows 2000.
- Modify the properties of Internet Explorer.
- Search for people and Web pages on the Internet.
Topics Include
Unit 1: Windows 2000: Basic Features - Identify the Control Panel icon that enables you to perform a specified function.
- Match the accessibility options available in Control Panel with their functions.
- Change the folder settings by using Control Panel.
- Add a printer to the computer by using Control Panel.
- Modify the regional settings of Windows 2000 by using Control Panel.
- Match the system tab pages available in Windows 2000 with the information that they contain.
- Install a new application from a network to a computer by using Control Panel.
- Install hardware to a computer by using Control Panel.
- Customize the background of the desktop by using Control Panel.
- Customize screen savers for the desktop by using Control Panel.
- Change the appearance of the desktop items by using Control Panel.
- Add web content to the desktop by using Control Panel.
- Customize the desktop display settings by using Control Panel.
- Create a shortcut on the desktop by using Windows Explorer.
- Add an application shortcut to the Start menu.
- Delete an application shortcut from the Start menu.
- Move entries in the Start menu.
- Add a toolbar to the Taskbar by using the Taskbar shortcut menu.
- Remove a toolbar from the Taskbar by using the Taskbar shortcut menu.
- Move a toolbar on the Taskbar by using the drag and drop method.
Unit 2: Windows 2000: Advanced Features - Match the system tools available in Windows 2000 with their functions.
- Create a backup of the data on the hard disk.
- Clean a disk by using the Disk Cleanup tool.
- Defragment a disk by using the Disk Defragmenter tool.
- Schedule a specified task by using the Schedule Task wizard.
- Set up remote access to the Internet by using Make New Connection Wizard.
- Make files or folders accessible offline.
- Make Web pages accessible offline by using the Internet Explorer window.
- Synchronize files or folders that are offline by using Synchronization Manager.
- Identify the role of Infrared technology in Windows 2000.
- Identify the features of the public key security.
- Identify the features of NTFS file system.
- Identify the features of the Kerberos protocol.
- Identify the features of Smart Card technology.
- Identify the advantages of virtual private networks.
Unit 3: Windows 2000 and the Internet - Match the tab pages of the Internet Properties dialog box with their functions.
- Modify the general Internet settings of a computer.
- Match the Web content zones with their recommended security level settings.
- Match the Web content setting components with their functions.
- Match the Internet connection setting buttons with their functions.
- Modify the Internet program settings of your computer.
- Add applications from the Internet by using Control Panel.
- Search the Internet for a specific Web page.
- Search for specific information about people on the Internet.
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).
The network 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 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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