Microsoft Desktop Operating Systems
Up and Running with Windows NT

Audience details

Duration: 4 hours
Audience: End-users new to Windows NT
Workstation Prerequisites: Familiarity with Windows 95 or Windows NT Workstation 4.0, as covered in the course Windows NT 4.0: Getting Started
Course aim: To bring students new to Windows to a level of competence that will allow them to use Windows NT Workstation in their everyday work

Learning objectives:
After taking this course, the student should be able to demonstrate how to:

1. Log on to a domain
2. Customize the taskbar
3. Create shortcuts
4. Change local and network passwords
5. Use My Computer
6. U se Network Neighborhood
7. Use Explorer to navigate the network
8. Use Control Panel
9. Secure their personal resources
10. Lock the system
11. Shut down the system

Course incorporates: Test, hands-on exercises

Course structure:

1. Customizing your NT environment
   1. Using the Control Panel
   2. Hands-on: Customizing your display
   3. Using the Taskbar
   4. Hands-on: Customizing your Taskbar Using shortcuts
   5. Hands-on: Creating a shortcut
      
      
2. Networking with NT
   1. An introduction to networking with NT
   2. Shared resources
   3. Hands-on: Connecting to a printer
   4. Accessing shared resources
   5. Hands-on: Mapping a drive
   6. Sharing your resources
   7. Hands-on: Sharing a folder
      
      
3. Securing your NT environment
   1. Securing the system
   2. Hands-on: Securing your resource
      
      
4. Using Mobile Windows NT
   1. Using Dial-Up Networking
   2. My Briefcase
   3. Hands-on: Using My Briefcase
      
      
5. NT and the Internet
   1. Browsing the Internet
   2. Hands-on: Using Internet Explorer