Introduction to This Study Guide | p. 1 |
Plan Your MCSE Process | p. 1 |
Core and Elective Exams | p. 2 |
Required Software and Hardware | p. 5 |
MCSE Myth #1 -- Everyone Must Take Six Exams to Earn the MCSE | p. 8 |
MCSE Myth #2 -- Only One Year to Finish | p. 10 |
MCSE Myth #3 -- Two-week Wait for a Retest | p. 12 |
MCSE Myth #4 -- You Must Pass Exam A Before Exam B | p. 12 |
Old Exams Are Eventually Retired | p. 19 |
Prepare for Each Exam | p. 24 |
Pass One Exam at a Time | p. 30 |
Choose the Best Answer | p. 30 |
Choose All That Apply | p. 31 |
Carefully Read the Scenario Questions | p. 31 |
Scheduling an Exam | p. 35 |
When You Arrive at the Testing Center | p. 36 |
Hardware Hunger | p. 45 |
Minimum Hardware Requirements | p. 45 |
Popular Hardware Options on the Exam | p. 48 |
Disk Sets | p. 55 |
The Famous NT Hardware Compatibility List | p. 57 |
For Review | p. 58 |
From Here | p. 59 |
The Windows NT File System | p. 61 |
File Systems | p. 62 |
Disk Management | p. 63 |
For Review | p. 69 |
From Here | p. 70 |
Keeping Everything Secure | p. 71 |
Logon Security | p. 72 |
Account (Password) Policies | p. 73 |
User-Level Security | p. 74 |
Shares and Permissions | p. 75 |
Auditing | p. 76 |
Printer Security | p. 76 |
For Review | p. 78 |
From Here | p. 78 |
Keeping It All Running | p. 79 |
Applying Service Pack 3 | p. 80 |
RegClean 4.1 | p. 83 |
For Review | p. 85 |
From Here | p. 85 |
Installation Overview | p. 87 |
Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) | p. 88 |
NT Hardware qualifier, or NTHQ | p. 88 |
Minimum Hardware Requirements | p. 88 |
Installation Phases | p. 89 |
Dual Booting | p. 97 |
Removing Windows NT Workstation | p. 97 |
For Review | p. 98 |
From Here | p. 100 |
Upgrade Installations | p. 101 |
Upgrading from Windows NT 3.51 to Windows NT 4.0 | p. 101 |
An Upgrade from Windows 95 to Windows NT 4.0 Is Not available | p. 102 |
For Review | p. 102 |
From Here | p. 103 |
Installation Methods | p. 105 |
Fresh Install of Windows NT Workstation | p. 105 |
Server-Based Install from the Installation Files | p. 106 |
Unattended Installation | p. 107 |
For Review | p. 110 |
From Here | p. 111 |
Installing and Configuring Hardware | p. 113 |
System Settings | p. 115 |
User Settings | p. 129 |
For Review | p. 132 |
From Here | p. 133 |
Configuring and Using Software Services | |
Backup | p. 136 |
Backup Types | p. 139 |
File and Directory Sharing | p. 141 |
Policy Editor | p. 144 |
Regedit | p. 150 |
Regedt32 | p. 152 |
Service Applets in Control Panel | p. 153 |
Windows Explorer Enhanced with Administrative Tools | p. 157 |
For Review | p. 158 |
From Here | p. 160 |
Users | p. 161 |
User Manager | p. 161 |
For Review | p. 175 |
From Here | p. 175 |
Profiles | p. 177 |
Default User Profile | p. 178 |
Local User Profile | p. 178 |
Roaming User Profile | p. 178 |
Mandatory User Profile | p. 179 |
For Review | p. 182 |
From Here | p. 182 |
Share and NTFS Permissions | p. 183 |
Sharing Folders on the Network | p. 184 |
FAT Partitions | p. 186 |
NTFS Permissions | p. 188 |
Share Permissions versus NTFS Permissions | p. 190 |
Resolving a User's Access to a Resource | p. 191 |
Taking Ownership | p. 194 |
Moving and Copying Files and Folders on a NTFS Partition | p. 194 |
For Review | p. 195 |
From Here | p. 195 |
Printers and Print Devices | p. 197 |
Hardware Compatibility List | p. 198 |
Printers versus Print Devices | p. 198 |
Windows Print Architecture | p. 199 |
Printers or Printer Drivers | p. 200 |
Sharing | p. 203 |
Remote Printers versus Local Printers | p. 205 |
Attaching the Print Device | p. 206 |
Printer Properties | p. 208 |
Print Management | p. 215 |
Non-Windows Printing | p. 217 |
Troubleshooting Common Print Problems | p. 219 |
For Review | p. 221 |
From Here | p. 221 |
Groups | p. 223 |
Windows NT Workstation Built-In Groups | p. 224 |
Windows NT Workstation Special Built-In Groups | p. 226 |
Windows NT Workstation Local Groups | p. 227 |
For Review | p. 228 |
From Here | p. 228 |
Policies | p. 229 |
System Policy Editor | p. 229 |
Policies and Profiles | p. 230 |
For Review | p. 232 |
From Here | p. 232 |
Available Protocols | p. 233 |
What Is a Protocol? | p. 233 |
Routable Protols | p. 236 |
Frame Types | p. 236 |
Transport Protols | p. 237 |
TCP/IP | p. 241 |
AppleTalk Protocol | p. 245 |
Data Link Control (DLC) Protocol | p. 246 |
STREAMS | p. 247 |
Dial-up Protocols | p. 247 |
Other Protocols | p. 248 |
For Review | p. 249 |
From Here | p. 249 |
Binding Order | p. 251 |
For Review | p. 254 |
From Here | p. 254 |
Mixing and Matching Resource Access | p. 255 |
TCP/IP Requirements | p. 255 |
Name Resolution Services | p. 256 |
Peer Web Services | p. 257 |
For Review | p. 257 |
From Here | p. 258 |
Implementing and Supporting Windows NT 4.0 Workstation in a Mixed or NetWare Environment | p. 259 |
Windows NT and NetWare | p. 259 |
NetWare Directory Services (NDS) or Bindery? | p. 259 |
RIP and SAP | p. 264 |
Client Services for NetWare | p. 264 |
Gateway Services for NetWare | p. 268 |
Gateway Services for NetWare versus Client Services for NetWare | p. 268 |
For Review | p. 269 |
From Here | p. 269 |
Dial Up Networking | p. 271 |
Modem | p. 271 |
X.25 | p. 272 |
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol | p. 272 |
For Review | p. 285 |
From Here | p. 285 |
Go App, Go! | p. 287 |
Multitasking, Multithreading and Multiprocessing | p. 287 |
The Kernel's Dispatcher | p. 289 |
DOS Applications | p. 291 |
WIN16 Applications | p. 291 |
Running Programs on Every Startup | p. 292 |
For Review | p. 294 |
From Here | p. 294 |
Setting Application Priority | p. 295 |
The start Command | p. 296 |
The Task Manager\Processes | p. 297 |
Control Panel\System Properties\Performance | p. 298 |
For Review | p. 299 |
From Here | p. 299 |
Monitoring the Network | p. 301 |
Performance Monitor | p. 302 |
Task Manager | p. 308 |
For Review | p. 310 |
Performance Tuning and Optimization | p. 313 |
For Review | p. 317 |
From Here | p. 317 |
Index | p. 319 |
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