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Lesson 7-Windows XP Professional

Lesson 7-Windows XP Professional. Overview. Introduction to Windows XP Professional. Installing and configuring Windows XP Professional. Customizing and managing Windows XP Professional. Overview. Managing user security in Windows XP Professional.

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Lesson 7-Windows XP Professional

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  1. Lesson 7-Windows XP Professional

  2. Overview • Introduction to Windows XP Professional. • Installing and configuring Windows XP Professional. • Customizing and managing Windows XP Professional.

  3. Overview • Managing user security in Windows XP Professional. • Troubleshooting common Windows XP Professional problems.

  4. Introduction to Windows XP Professional • Benefits and features. • XP versions.

  5. Benefits and Features Desktop beauty and usability: • The icon text has been improved and it appears on a transparent background. • The default desktop is uncluttered with only the Recycle Bin icon. • XP solves the problems of unused desktop icons by periodically moving them into a folder named Unused Desktop Shortcuts.

  6. Benefits and Features The Windows XP Start menu

  7. Benefits and Features Speed: • Windows XP has decreased the boot-time by improving the hardware drivers, which has made it much faster than the previous versions of Windows. • It applies a special scheme called prefetching. • Prefetching identifies the files needed at boot-up in order to create a list of code or data that it can bring into memory before it is needed.

  8. Benefits and Features Speed (continued): • Windows XP keeps track of files that an application uses and creates a prefetch list, which works like prefetching for boot-up. • It also rearranges the placement of programs on the disk so that they can be launched faster.

  9. Benefits and Features Security: • A logon to Windows XP is mandatory. • The logon must be performed from an account that is a member of either the local security accounts database or the network-based security database.

  10. Benefits and Features Security (continued): • Windows XP also supports the encrypting file system (EFS) feature on an NTFS volume. • Members of the administrator group or the person who encrypts the file can access and modify the encrypted data.

  11. Benefits and Features Stability and compatibility: • Microsoft certifies the XP drivers with a digital signature before the vendor ships the product into the product driver. • A certified driver, also known as a signed driver, eliminates hardware conflicts and unnecessary delays. • Windows XP provides a compatibility mode for legacy applications and an option to automate Windows Updates.

  12. Benefits and Features File system support: • Windows XP supports NTFS version 5. • It also supports FAT12 for diskettes, and FAT16 and FAT32 for hard disks. • FAT32 is used only when the computer is going to dual-boot between Windows 98 and Windows XP.

  13. XP Versions • Windows XP provides a Home Edition suited to the average home user. • It also provides a Professional Edition, which is designed for office purposes.

  14. Installing and Configuring Windows XP Professional • XP hardware requirements. • Hardware and software compatibility. • Booting into Windows XP setup.

  15. Installing and Configuring Windows XP Professional • Installing Windows XP. • Registration versus Activation.

  16. XP Hardware Requirements XP Hardware Requirements

  17. Hardware and Software Compatibility • Windows XP provides the Windows Catalog and the Upgrade Advisor on the XP CD to check the hardware and software compatibility. • The Windows Catalog is a searchable list of hardware and software that is known to work with Windows XP.

  18. Hardware and Software Compatibility • The Upgrade Advisor examines the hardware and the installed software, and provides a list of devices and software that are known to have issues with XP. • XP does not guarantee the proper functioning of a non-signed driver or an older device running in the system.

  19. Booting into Windows XP Setup • Windows XP CDs are bootable and Microsoft no longer includes a program to create a set of Setup boot disks. • The system BIOS setting, usually described as “boot order,” is controlled through a PC’s BIOS-based setup program.

  20. Installing Windows XP Windows XP Professional Setup program screen

  21. Installing Windows XP Windows XP Professional Setup screen to create a new partition

  22. Installing Windows XP Graphical mode of Windows XP Professional Setup

  23. Installing Windows XP Windows XP Professional Setup Networking Settings window

  24. Installing Windows XP Windows XP Professional Setup Workgroup or Computer Domain window

  25. Installing Windows XP Osborne workgroup showing one computer

  26. Installing Windows XP Microsoft Windows Network showing three workgroups or domains

  27. Installing Windows XP Windows Update page

  28. Registration Versus Activation • Registration is informing Microsoft of the official owner or user of the product by providing contact information such as name, e-mail address, and so on. • Activation is a new method to combat software piracy and to ensure that each license for Windows XP is used on a single computer only. • Activation is mandatory within 30 days of installation.

  29. Customizing and Managing Windows XP Professional • The Windows XP Control Panel. • Adding a Printer to Windows XP. • Installing and Working with applications in Windows XP. • Adding or removing Windows XP Components.

  30. The Windows XP Control Panel • The Control Panel has been made easier for new users to use by grouping the Control Panel applets by functional category view called the Category view. • Windows XP includes the Display applet for changing the display resolution, background picture, color themes, and the screen saver.

  31. The Windows XP Control Panel Control Panel in Classic view

  32. Adding a Printer to Windows XP Add Printer Wizard

  33. Installing and Working with Applications in Windows XP Add or Remove Programs window

  34. Adding or Removing Windows XP Components Windows Add or remove components wizard

  35. Managing User Security in Windows XP • Users and groups in Windows XP Professional. • User Security.

  36. Users and Groups in Windows XP Professional • An accounts database, several built-in groups, and the Administrator and Guest accounts are created during the installation of Windows XP Professional. • The Administrator account is enabled by default. • Windows XP provides the User Accounts Control Panel applet to perform user management task.

  37. Users and Groups in Windows XP Professional • An account that is a member of the local Administrator group is said to be a Computer Administrator Account. • An account that belongs to the Local Users group is said to be a Limited account.

  38. Users and Groups in Windows XP Professional • A username and an initial password are required when creating a new user. • Windows XP allows the currently logged on user to create a password reset disk that can be used in the case a password is forgotten.

  39. User Security • Lock Computer is an option in Windows XP that allows a user to log off the system without closing the programs that are running. • The default Windows XP screen saver is another option that secures the computer.

  40. User Security The Computer Locked dialog box

  41. User Security The Log Off Windows Box with the Switch User button

  42. Troubleshooting Common Windows XP Problems • Windows XP supports the Last Known Good Configuration startup option for startup failures. • It also has the Task Manager tool for removing errant programs. • It has the new Rollback Driver button on the Driver tab of the Properties dialog box for devices in the Device Manager.

  43. Troubleshooting Common Windows XP Problems • The System Restore tools in Windows XP allow a user to restore the computer to its configuration at a previous point in time, called a restore point. • Booting to safe mode allows a user to access XP with a minimal set of drivers to run the Control Panel to fix any startup problems in XP.

  44. Troubleshooting Common Windows XP Problems • Windows XP allows a user to create the Windows XP startup disk and the MS-DOS startup disk. • The startup disks can be used in the event of an emergency.

  45. Summary • Windows XP boots faster and uses NTFS for system security and enables the user to encrypt files on an NTFS volume. • Windows XP is stable and compatible with older programs. • Windows XP needs to be activated within 30 days of installation.

  46. Summary • Programs can be installed and removed using the Add or Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel. • In Windows XP, at least one user must have administrator privileges. • Windows XP provides the safe mode boot option, which allows the user to fix Windows XP. • Windows XP can create two startup disks - an MS-DOS startup disk and an XP startup disk.

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