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.

Module 1: Installing Windows Vista
This 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.

Module 2: Upgrading and Migrating to Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
This module explains how to upgrade and migrate to Windows Vista Ultimate edition from previous versions of Windows and from other Windows Vista editions.

Lessons

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

Module 3: Configuring Post-Installation System Settings
This module explains how to configure the Windows Aero Experience and the Accessibility features of Windows Vista. This module also explains how to configure Parental Controls.

Lessons

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

Module 4: Sharing Files by Using Windows Vista
This module explains how to use Windows Vista to share files with others and also describes how to manage the various file types that Windows Vista supports.

Lessons

• Sharing Data with Others
• Managing Windows Vista Files

Module 5: Configuring Advanced Networking
This module explains how to connect Windows Vista to a network and also explains how to configure and troubleshooting the Remote Access features of Windows Vista.

Lessons

• Configuring Network Connectivity
• Configuring Remote Access

Module 6: Configuring User Account Security
This module explains how to configure and troubleshoot User Account Control in Windows Vista.

Lessons

• Configuring User Account Control
• Troubleshooting User Account Control

Module 7: Configuring Network Security
This module explains how to configure the Windows Defender and Windows Firewall applications in Windows Vista.

Lessons

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

Module 8: Configuring Internet Explorer 7.0
This module explains how to configure the Internet Explorer 7.0 options and explains how to configure the dynamic security settings.

Lessons

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