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- Using the System Utilities
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- Understand and use the Control Panel applets
- Use the Scheduled Tasks to automate tasks
- Install and configure new hardware
- Create hardware profiles for changing system configurations
- Describe the versatility of the Microsoft Management Console
- Create your own custom MMC consoles
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- Control Panel
- Collection of tools and utilities within Windows, where most system-
and hardware-level installation and configuration take place
- Applets
- Tool or utility found in the Control Panel that typically has a single,
focused purpose or function
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- The Control Panel hosts the applets and utilities used to install and
configure devices and software (particularly services)
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- This applet is where special interface features can be enabled and tuned
for the visual-, audio-, and movement-impaired user
- Keyboard tab
- Sound tab
- Display tab
- Mouse tab
- General tab
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- Plug and Play (PnP)
- Technology that allows an operating system to inspect and identify a
device, install the correct driver, and enable the device, all without
user interaction
- Driver
- Software element used by an operating system to control a device
- The Add Hardware applet is used to add a new hardware device or
troubleshoot a device that is not functioning properly
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- This applet is actually three tools in one:
- Change or Remove Programs (see Figure 3-4)
- Add New Programs (see Figure 3-5)
- Add/Remove Windows Components Wizard (see Figure 3-6)
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- Administrative Tools
- This applet is actually a folder pointing to the same place as the
Administrative Tools item in the Start menu
- Date and Time
- This applet is used to set the calendar date, clock time, and time zone
for the system
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- Display
- This applet is used to choose from a wide range of interface changes
and preference settings
- Folder Options
- The four tabs of this applet are used to set the functional and visual
parameters of the folders on the system
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- This applet lists all fonts currently used by the Windows XP system
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- Game Controllers
- This applet is used to install and configure the operation of joysticks
and other specialized gaming controls
- Internet Options
- This applet is used to define settings for Internet Explorer and
general Internet access
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- Keyboard and Mouse
- This applet is used to modify keyboard functions
- Network Connections
- This applet is used to manage all network connections of a Windows XP
system
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- Phone and Modem Options
- This applet is used to define dialing locations, install and configure
modems, and configure RAS and TAPI related drivers and devices
- Power Options
- This applet is used to set the system’s power-saving features
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- Printers and Faxes
- This applet is used to install, share, and configure many types of
output devices
- Regional and Language Options
- This applet is used to:
- Set location-specific uses or requirement
- Configure the default input language to use for text entry
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- Scanners and Cameras
- This applet is used to install drivers and configure digital cameras
and optical scanners
- Scheduled Tasks
- This applet is used to automate task launching
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- Sounds and Audio Devices
- This applet is used to customize the sound scheme, set master volumes,
configure speakers, set audio device preferences, and configure
- Speech
- This applet configures the text-to-speech functions for applications
written to Microsoft’s Speech API
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- The System applet is used to configure or control many system-level and
core operational functions of Windows XP
- Hardware profiles
- A collection of custom device settings used on computers with changing
physical components
- Virtual memory
- The combination of physical RAM and pagefile space used by the
operating system to enlarge usable memory for processes
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- Driver Signing
- Used to identify drivers that have passed the Microsoft Windows
Hardware Quality Labs evaluation and tests
- Device Manager
- Once a device is installed, you can verify it is working through the
Device Manager
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- The four main areas of hardware resource conflict are:
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- Hardware profile
- Similar to a user profile
- Collection of custom device settings used on computers with changing
physical components
- Most often used on portable computers for which hardware configurations
change often
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- The Startup and Recovery Options dialog box allows you to define system
startup parameters and specify how STOP errors are handled
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- Environmental Variables
- The top pane of the tab controls settings for system-wide environment
variables
- The bottom pane controls local user environment variables
- Error Reporting
- Provides Windows XP the ability to report errors regarding the OS and
installed applications
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- Taskbar and Start Menu
- This applet is the same properties dialog box accessed by
right-clicking over the Start button and selecting the Properties
command from the pop-up menu
- User Accounts
- This applet is used to create and manage local user accounts,
passwords, and .NET passports, the Local Users and Groups tool, and to
specify whether Ctrl+Alt+Delete is required to log on
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- MMC
- A graphical interface shell
- Provides a structured environment for consoles, snap-ins, and
extensions that offer controls over services and objects
- Does not provide any management capabilities itself
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- The components added into a console that actually perform the actions on
services or objects
- There are two types of snap-ins:
- Stand-alone snap-ins
- Extension snap-ins
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- Once you’ve added and configured a console’s snap-ins, you can save the
console to an .msc file in one of four formats:
- Author Mode
- User Mode formats
- Full Access
- Delegated Access, Multiple Windows
- Delegated Access, Single Window
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- Windows XP is equipped with several preconfigured consoles designed to
offer administrative control over your system
- These tools are found mainly in Administrative Tools, a folder within
the Control Panel
- You can utilize all of the snap-ins used to create the Administrative
Tools to create your own custom consoles
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- Collection of system configuration utilities that Microsoft deemed
powerful and dangerous enough to separate from the Control Panel applets
- You must have administrative privileges to use the seven Administrative
Tools on Windows XP Professional
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- Component Services
- Data Sources (ODBC)
- Event Viewer
- Local Security Policy
- Performance
- Services
- Computer Management
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- Divided into three sections:
- System tools
- Storage
- Services and Applications
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- System Tools section contains five tools:
- Event Viewer
- Shared Folders
- Local Users and Groups
- Performance Logs and Alerts
- Device Manager
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- Storage section has three tools for storage device administration
- Removable Storage
- Disk Defragmenter
- Disk Management
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- Service and Applications section contains management controls for
various installed and active services and applications, including the
following controls:
- Indexing Service
- WMI Control
- Services
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- PCMCIA
- Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
- PC Cards
- Modern name of PCMCIA technology
- Credit card-sized devices typically used to expand the functionality of
notebook or portable computers
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- Be familiar with the various applets and tools found in the Control
Panel and Administrative Tools
- Be familiar with the MMC and the Administrative Tools
- Be familiar with the process of installing hardware, using hardware
profiles, and dealing with PC Cards
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