Duration: 30 hours 

INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS XP

CONFIGURING THE WINDOWS XP USER INTERFACE

Personalizing the desktop

                   Selecting and modifying themes

                   Active Desktop

                   Animation effects

Optimizing functionality

                   Customizing the Start Menu and Taskbar

                   Creating floating toolbars

                   Using the command line interface

MANAGING THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Installing and configuring devices

                   Plug and Play

                   USB

                   Drivers

                   Code signing

                   Auto Update

                   Power management

                   Wizards

Adding and troubleshooting software

                   Installing user applications with the Windows Installer Service

                   Overcoming compatibility problems

                   Creating custom file associations

Maintaining and recovering the system

                   Editing the registry

                   Recovering with System Restore points

                   Restoring the system with Automated System Recovery (ASR)

                   Evaluating and installing Service Packs and hotfixes

CONFIGURING WINDOWS XP FOR MULTIPLE USERS

Providing personalized user environments

                   Creating local users and groups

                   Managing user profiles

                   Supporting multiple languages

Implementing local security

                   Enabling account security

                   Setting file permissions

SHARING AND SECURING RESOURCES

Hosting shared resources

                   Sharing files and printers with other Windows users

                   Making resources available via the Web with Internet Information Server (IIS)

                   Setting permissions on network resources

Building a Windows XP network

                   Configuring protocols and clients

                   Bridging networks

                   Enabling Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

                   Protecting Windows XP with the Internet Connection Firewall

SETTING UP A WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL WORKSTATION

Preparing for installation

                   Migrating user settings

                   Evaluating hardware compatibility

                   Preparing the hard disk

Performing the installation

                   Choosing between a clean install and an upgrade

                   Working with the Setup Wizard

OPERATING WITHIN DOMAIN ENVIRONMENTS

Enterprise networking concepts

                   Small business vs. corporate networks

                   Locating resources with a directory service

Functioning within an enterprise infrastructure

                   Remotely controlling XP Professional

                   Joining a Windows domain

MULTIMEDIA AND INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES

                   Speech and handwriting recognition

                   Integrating sound, video and Internet radio with Windows Media Player

                   Sending and responding to Remote Assistance invitations

                   Recording video with Windows Movie Maker