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1. INTRODUCTION TO NT SERVER 1

1.1 WHAT IS WINDOWS NT SERVER? 1

1.2 WHAT'S NEW IN NT SERVER 4.0? 1

1.2.1 Windows 95 GUI 1

1.2.2 Current Network Integration 2

1.2.3 File Sharing 2

1.2.4 Security 2

1.2.5 Integrated Web Server 2

1.2.6 New Protocol support 2

1.2.7 Telephony Functions 2

1.3 QUIZ 4

2. INSTALLING WINDOWS NT SERVER 5

2.1 AIMS 5

2.2 INTRODUCTION 5

2.3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 5

2.4 INSTALLING AND SETTING UP NT SERVER 6

2.4.1 Installing NT Server using boot media 6

2.4.2 Installing NT Server using a network 7

2.4.3 Setup Walk-through 7

2.5 WINDOWS NT SETUP WIZARD 10

2.5.1 Choosing a Set-up type 10

2.5.2 Choosing a Server type 11

2.5.3 Creating an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) 12

2.5.4 Optional Components 12

2.6 NETWORKING SETUP 12

2.6.1 Internet Information Server 12

2.6.2 Network Adapters 13

2.6.3 Network Protocols 13

2.6.4 Selecting Network Services 13

2.6.5 Network Bindings 14

2.6.6 Workgroups and Domains 15

2.6.7 Finishing Installation 15

2.7 QUIZ 16

3. STARTING WINDOWS NT 18

3.1 AIMS 18

3.2 GETTING STARTED WITH NT SERVER 18

3.2.1 Logging On 18

3.2.2 Shutting Down 19

3.2.3 Logging Off 20

3.3 QUIZ 22

4. THE REGISTRY 24

4.1 AIMS 24

4.2 INTRODUCTION 24

4.3 INI FILES AND THE REGISTRY 24

4.4 REGISTRY STRUCTURE 24

4.5 EXAMPLES USING THE REGISTRY 26

4.6 QUIZ 29

5. USER ACCOUNTS 30

5.1 AIMS 30

5.2 UNDERSTANDING ACCOUNTS 30

5.2.1 Permissions 30

5.2.2 Rights 31

5.3 UNDERSTANDING GROUPS 31

5.4 INTRODUCTION TO USER MANAGER FOR DOMAINS 32

5.5 COPYING ACCOUNTS 35

5.6 MANAGING SECURITY 36

5.6.1 Accounts 36

5.7 USER RIGHTS 37

5.8 AUDITING 37

5.9 QUIZ 39

6. MANAGING DOMAINS 40

6.1 AIMS 40

6.2 INTRODUCTION 40

6.3 ADDING COMPUTERS TO A DOMAIN 42

6.4 MANAGING SERVICES 43

6.5 SCHEDULING EVENTS 44

6.6 DIRECTORY REPLICATION 45

6.7 MANAGING DOMAIN CONTROLLERS 48

6.8 QUIZ 49

7. FILE MANAGEMENT 51

7.1 AIMS 51

7.2 USING WINDOWS NT EXPLORER 51

7.2.1 Changing the view of Explorer 52

7.2.2 Changing Explorer options 53

7.3 CREATING FOLDERS 53

7.4 COPYING FILES 54

7.5 MOVING FILES 55

7.6 COPYING FILES TO A DISK 55

7.7 TAKING OWNERSHIP OF FILES 56

7.8 CREATING SHORTCUTS 57

7.9 USING DISK ADMINISTRATOR 58

7.10 MANAGING HARD DISKS 58

7.10.1 FAT/VFAT File System 59

7.10.2 NTFS (Windows NT File System) 59

7.11 UTILISING VOLUME AND STRIPE SETS 59

7.11.1 Volume Sets 60

7.11.2 Stripe Sets 60

7.11.3 Disk Mirroring and Disk Duplexing 60

7.12 QUIZ 62

8. NETWORKING WITH WINDOWS NT 65

8.1 AIMS 65

8.2 INTRODUCTION 65

8.3 SHARING RESOURCES 66

8.3.1 What does sharing mean? 67

8.3.2 Sharing resources with other users 67

8.3.3 Why should you share? 69

8.4 USING NET COMMANDS 69

8.4.1 Help at the Command Prompt 69

8.5 QUIZ 71

9. DIALUP NETWORKING 73

9.1 AIMS 73

9.2 OVERVIEW 74

9.3 INSTALLATION 74

9.3.1 Dial-up Networking Modem Setup 74

9.3.2 Dial-up Networking RAS Setup 76

9.4 USING DIAL-UP NETWORKING 78

9.5 CONFIGURING A PHONEBOOK ENTRY 79

9.6 QUIZ 80

10. WINDOWS MESSAGING 81

10.1 AIMS 81

10.2 WHAT IS WINDOWS MESSAGING? 81

10.3 WORKING WITH POST OFFICES 81

10.4 WORKING WITH USER ACCOUNTS 83

10.5 WORKING WITH PROFILES 84

10.5.1 Creating a New Profile 84

10.6 COMPOSING AND SENDING MESSAGES 85

10.7 RECEIVING MESSAGES 86

10.8 PRINTING MESSAGES 86

10.9 ORGANISING FOLDERS 86

10.9.1 Creating new Folders 87

10.10 USING INTERNET MAIL 87

10.11 CUSTOMISING MAIL 89

10.12 QUIZ 90

11. NT & OTHER MS OPERATING SYSTEMS 90

11.1 AIMS 90

11.2 CONNECTING TO A DOS WORKSTATION 90

11.3 CONNECTING WORKGROUPS WORKSTATION TO NT NETWORKS 90

12. PRINTING 90

12.1 AIMS 90

12.2 MANAGING PRINTING SERVICES 90

12.3 USING THE ADD PRINTER WIZARD 90

12.4 INTRODUCTION 90

12.5 CONFIGURING PRINTERS 90

12.5.1 General 90

12.5.2 Job Scheduling 90

12.5.3 Device Settings 90

12.6 PRINTER POOLING 90

12.7 MANAGING PRINT QUEUES 90

12.8 FINDING SOLUTIONS TO PRINTING PROBLEMS 90

12.9 QUIZ 90

13. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 90

13.1 AIMS 90

13.2 INTRODUCTION 90

13.3 BENEFITS TO USERS 90

13.4 AVAILABLE UTILITIES 90

13.4.1 Disk Administrator 90

13.4.2 Event Viewer 90

13.4.3 Event Types 90

13.4.4 Selecting a Log 90

13.4.5 Performance Monitor 90

13.4.6 Monitoring Events 90

13.4.7 Windows NT Diagnostics 90

13.4.8 Viewing Information on your system 90

13.5 MULTITASKING PERFORMANCE 90

13.6 SECURITY AND PERFORMANCE 90

13.7 QUIZ 90

14. SECURITY 90

14.1 AIMS 90

14.2 UNDERSTANDING NT SECURITY 90

14.3 BACKING UP YOUR SYSTEM 90

14.4 VIRUS PROTECTION 90

14.5 UPDATING EMERGENCY REPAIR DISK (ERD) 90

14.6 QUIZ 90

15. TROUBLESHOOTING 90

15.1 AIMS 90

15.2 USING HELP 90

15.3 USING THE HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST 90

15.4 COMMON INSTALLATION PROBLEMS 90

15.4.1 Devices 90

15.4.2 Virus Threats 90

15.4.3 Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) 90

15.5 RE-INSTALLING NT 90

15.6 QUIZ 90

16. WINDOWS NT & TCP/IP RELATED TOPICS 90

16.1 AIMS 90

16.2 MS WINS 90

16.2.1 Installing WINS 90

16.2.2 Adding permanent addresses (static mappings) 90

16.3 SETTING UP DHCP 90

16.3.1 Configuring the DHCP Server 90

16.3.2 Installing DHCP 90

16.3.3 Setting up DHCP 90

16.3.4 Setting up the TCP/IP Parameters. 90

16.3.5 The DHCP Relay Agent 90

16.4 MS DNS 90

16.4.1 Planning Phase for DNS in Your Company 90

16.4.2 DNS Manager Tool 90

16.5 ZONE TRANSFERS 90

17. USER & SYSTEM POLICIES 90

17.1 AIMS: 90

17.2 CREATING A USER POLICY IN THE SYSTEM POLICY EDITOR. 90

17.3 USING MANDATORY PROFILES 90

18. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 90

18.1 CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION TO SERVER 90

18.2 CHAPTER 2 - INSTALLING SERVER 90

18.3 CHAPTER 3 - STARTING WINDOWS NT 90

18.4 CHAPTER 4 - THE REGISTRY 90

18.5 CHAPTER 5 - USER ACCOUNTS 90

18.6 CHAPTER 6 - MANAGING DOMAINS 90

18.7 CHAPTER 7 - FILE MANAGEMENT 90

18.8 CHAPTER 8 - NETWORKING WITH WINDOWS NT 90

18.9 CHAPTER 9 - DIALUP NETWORKING 90

18.10 CHAPTER 10 - WINDOWS MESSAGING 90

18.11 CHAPTER 11 - PRINTING AND PRINTERS 90

18.12 CHAPTER 12 - PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 90

18.13 CHAPTER 13 - SECURITY 90

18.14 CHAPTER 14 - TROUBLESHOOTING 90