System Reliability and the Desktop in Windows XP Professional


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number


Overview/Description
To demonstrate how to monitor and improve system performance and how to configure desktop settings in Windows XP Professional

Target Audience
Students preparing for the Microsoft Exam 70-270; Installing, configuring and administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Prerequisites
Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 98/95, or Windows NT Workstation 4 from administrative, support, and architectural perspectives

Expected Duration (hours)
4.6

Lesson Objectives

System Reliability and the Desktop in Windows XP Professional

  • determine system information and understand the four subcategories of the system information folder.
  • use the task manager to monitor performance.
  • to discuss monitoring processes and process measures.
  • discuss networking options in Task Manager and to monitor statistics for network connections.
  • use maintenance tools to improve performance.
  • configure processor scheduling and memory usage.
  • monitor event logs, locate events, and configure the event log.
  • archive an event log, clear all events in an event log, and limit the size of log files.
  • manage applications by using Windows Installer packages.
  • configure desktop settings.
  • configure and manage accessibility services in Windows XP Professional.
  • configure and manage accessibility services in Windows XP Professional.
  • configure and manage user profiles.
  • configure language support in Windows XP Professional.
  • configure language support in Windows XP Professional.
  • configure language support.

    • Course Number:
    113713_eng