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| Introduction | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| About This Book | |
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| Quick Assessment questions | |
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| Labs | |
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| Tables | |
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| Prep tests | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| Getting Ready for the Exam | |
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| The Workstation 4.0 Exam | |
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| Your Workstation Exam Blueprint | |
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| Planning | |
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| Installation and configuration | |
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| Managing resources | |
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| Connectivity | |
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| Running applications | |
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| Monitoring and optimization | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Number of questions | |
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| How questions are structured | |
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| Success from Start to Finish | |
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| Preparation | |
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| Exam day | |
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| Starting with a smile | |
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| Keeping your cool | |
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| Leaving with the results | |
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| Registering for the Exam | |
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| Mapping an Exam Prep Strategy | |
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| Comparing NT | |
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| ... And Windows 95 | |
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| ... And MS-DOS and Windows 3.x | |
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| ... And NT Server | |
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| Windows NT Feature Set and Architecture | |
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| Portability | |
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| Multitasking | |
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| Multithreading | |
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| File systems | |
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| Security | |
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| Client support | |
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| Multiprocessor support | |
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| Connectivity | |
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| NT memory architecture: Virtual memory and demand paging | |
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| Planning, Installation, and Configuration | |
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| File Systems and Disk Administration: Setting Up Shop | |
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| FAT and NTFS File-Storage Systems: A Place for Everything | |
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| FAT versus NTFS: Choosing the right system | |
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| Compatibility: FAT is king | |
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| Security: NTFS rules | |
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| Hard disk structure | |
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| Sector and cluster sizes | |
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| File and partition sizes | |
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| Volume size | |
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| Compression | |
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| Supported filenames | |
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| Converting between NTFS and FAT | |
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| NTFS fault tolerance | |
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| Disk Administrator: NT's Answer to DOS Disk Operations | |
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| Partitions | |
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| Volume sets | |
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| Stripe sets | |
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| Formatting partitions, volumes, and stripe sets | |
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| Drive letters | |
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| Installing and Uninstalling NT Workstation | |
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| Planning the Installation | |
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| Meeting hardware requirements | |
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| Minimum requirements for Intel and RISC systems | |
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| Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) | |
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| NT Hardware Qualifier (NTHQ) | |
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| Partitioning the hard drive | |
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| Choosing a file system | |
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| Setting up a dual-boot system | |
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| Upgrading to NT | |
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| Installing Windows NT | |
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| Starting the setup with or without the CD-ROM | |
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| From the CD-ROM | |
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| From the hard disk or a network | |
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| Going through the setup | |
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| Performing an unattended installation (server-based deployment) | |
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| Answer files and Uniqueness Database Files (UDFs) | |
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| Installing other applications along with Windows NT | |
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| Removing Windows NT | |
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| Installing and Uninstalling | |
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| Booting NT Workstation | |
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| Running through the Boot Process for Intel Systems | |
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| Editing Boot.ini | |
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| Structure | |
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| Boot loader | |
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| Operating systems | |
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| ARC naming convention | |
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| Switches | |
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| What you can do in the Control Panel | |
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| Setting Up a Dual-Boot System | |
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| Configuring the Desktop | |
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| Configuring Software with the Control Panel | |
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| System | |
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| General | |
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| Performance | |
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| Environment | |
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| Startup/Shutdown | |
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| Hardware Profiles | |
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| User Profiles | |
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| Ports | |
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| Services | |
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| Telephony | |
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| UPS (software settings) | |
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| Configuring Hardware with the Control Panel | |
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| Network | |
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| SCSI adapters | |
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| Tape devices | |
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| UPS (hardware settings) | |
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| Display | |
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| Mouse | |
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| Working in the Registry | |
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| Registry structure | |
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| Searching the Registry | |
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| Using Windows NT Diagnostics | |
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| Managing Resources | |
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| Users and Groups: The Digital Commune | |
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| Creating and Managing User Accounts | |
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| Using the default accounts | |
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| Creating user accounts | |
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| Changing user profiles | |
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| Disabling, removing, and renaming user accounts | |
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| Group Accounts | |
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| Using Default groups | |
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| Administrators | |
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| Power Users | |
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| Users | |
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| Guests | |
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| Backup Operators | |
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| Creating your own local groups | |
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| Editing your groups | |
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| Deleting groups | |
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| Users and Groups | |
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| Security Policies and Tools: NT Lays Down the Law | |
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| Controlling the Workstation with Security Policies | |
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| Account policy: Passwords and automatic account lockout | |
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| User rights | |
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| Audit policy | |
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| Applying Security Functions to Objects | |
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| Access Control Lists (ACLs) | |
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| Logon authentication and access tokens | |
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| Customized logons and the Registry | |
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| Securing Your Data with NT Backup | |
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| File and Folder Permissions: Saying Please | |
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| Share Permissions | |
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| Sharing a folder and viewing permissions | |
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| Using the default shares | |
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| Accessing a share by mapping to it | |
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| Removing a share | |
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| NTFS Permissions | |
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| Setting, gaining, and viewing permissions | |
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| Copying and moving files and folders | |
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| When Permissions Collide: How Different Permission Levels Interact | |
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| Connecting Networks | |
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| Adding and Configuring Network Components | |
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| Working with NT Workstation Components | |
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| Network Protocols Are NT's Alphabet Soup | |
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| DLC (Data Link Control) | |
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| NetBEUI | |
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| NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport | |
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| TCP/IP | |
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| Routing | |
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| Network Services | |
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| Network Bindings | |
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| Creating Domains and Workgroups | |
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| Choosing Workgroup or Domain | |
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| Workgroups | |
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| Domains | |
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| Joining a domain | |
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| Servers and domain controllers | |
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| Just Browsing | |
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| Determining browser roles | |
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| Browser elections | |
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| Configuring a Preferred Master Browser | |
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| NetWare and Connectivity: The True Story | |
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| Linking Up to NetWare | |
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| Installing NWLink | |
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| Configuring NWLink | |
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| Frame type | |
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| Integrating with Client Service for NetWare (CSNW) | |
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| Installing and configuring CSNW | |
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| Changing your password in CSNW | |
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| Running command-line utilities in CSNW | |
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| NetWare and Connectivity | |
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| Connecting to the Internet | |
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| Do You See What I TCP/IP? | |
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| TCP/IP Overview | |
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| TCP/IP and the OSI Layers | |
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| Network layer | |
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| Internet layer | |
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| Transport layer | |
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| Application layer | |
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| TCP/IP Configuration | |
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| Configuring via DHCP | |
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| Manually configuring TCP/IP | |
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| IP address | |
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| Subnet Mask | |
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| Default Gateway | |
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| Name resolution | |
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| Reconfiguring TCP/IP | |
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| TCP/IP Tools | |
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| Ping | |
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| Tracert | |
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| Ipconfig | |
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| The Internet and Intranets: Walking the Wire | |
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| Accessing the Internet with NT Workstation | |
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| Direct LAN Internet connection | |
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| Remote-Access Service Internet connection | |
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| Using Peer Web Services (PWS) | |
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| Installation | |
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| Limitations of Peer Web Services | |
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| Advantages of Peer Web Services | |
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| Data protection | |
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| Name resolution | |
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| WINS | |
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| DNS | |
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| Remote-Access Service: Commanding from Beyond | |
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| Remote-Access Service (RAS) Requirements | |
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| Using multi-link with communication devices | |
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| Remote access via Point-to-Point Tunneling | |
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| Installing RAS | |
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| Troubleshooting RAS | |
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| RAS Port and RAS Total counters | |
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| Dial Up Networking Monitor and Device.log | |
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| RAS Security | |
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| RAS and the Internet | |
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| Remote Access versus Remote Control | |
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| Compression | |
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| Commanding Remote-Access Service | |
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| Running Applications | |
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| Working with Legacy and 32-Bit Applications | |
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| Legacy Applications | |
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| Virtual DOS Machines (VDMs) | |
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| Working with DOS legacy applications | |
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| Working with WIN16 legacy applications | |
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| Running WIN16 applications | |
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| NT Application Subsystems | |
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| Processes Prioritization | |
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| Threads and scheduling | |
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| Memory protection | |
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| Printing: Putting It Down on Paper | |
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| Printing Overview and the NT Print Model | |
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| Managing Printers | |
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| Managing print jobs | |
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| Installing a local printer (print device) | |
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| Connecting to a remote printer | |
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| Configuring Printers | |
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| General | |
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| Ports | |
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| Scheduling | |
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| Sharing | |
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| Security | |
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| Device Settings | |
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| Troubleshooting Printer Problems | |
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| Monitoring, Optimizing, and Troubleshooting | |
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| Workstation Monitoring and Performance | |
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| Monitoring System Performance By Using Various Tools | |
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| Identifying and Resolving a Given Performance Problem | |
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| Bottlenecks | |
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| Object counters | |
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| Monitoring memory performance | |
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| Monitoring processor performance | |
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| Monitoring physical disk performance | |
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| Monitoring logical disk performance | |
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| Optimizing Memory Performance | |
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| Optimizing the pagefile | |
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| Optimizing Processor Performance | |
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| Optimizing Disk Performance | |
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| Application Performance | |
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| Processes Prioritization | |
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| Processes | |
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| Threads | |
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| Workstation Monitoring and Performance | |
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| Troubleshooting without Guilt | |
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| Installation | |
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| Hardware | |
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| New computers | |
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| DOS | |
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| BIOS problems | |
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| Hardware conflicts (IRQs) | |
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| Hard disk controllers | |
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| The Boot Process: Restoration and ERD | |
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| Windows NT Diagnostics | |
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| Event Viewer | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| Don't Panic! And Other Test-Day Tips | |
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| Join a Study Group | |
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| Organize Your Study Notes | |
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| Use Flash Cards | |
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| Memorize with Phonetics | |
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| Go over the Exam Preparation Guide with a Fine-Tooth Comb | |
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| Check out Microsoft TechNet | |
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| Using the MS Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Resource Guide | |
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| Take the Exam with a Friend | |
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| Don't Cram | |
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| Get a Good Night's Rest | |
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| Taking Advantage of the Net | |
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| Microsoft Home Page | |
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| Microsoft Training and Certification | |
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| The Microsoft Training and Certification Download Page | |
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| Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | |
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| Yahoo! | |
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| Transcender Corporation | |
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| Bookpool | |
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| Saluki Study Resources | |
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| MCSE Info Page | |
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| MCSE Connect! | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Practice Exam 1 | |
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| Practice Exam 2 | |
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| MS Certified Professional Requirements | |
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| Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) | |
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| Qualifying exams | |
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| Benefits | |
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| Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCT) | |
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| Requirements | |
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| Benefits | |
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| Microsoft Certified Professional+Internet (MCP+I) | |
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| Qualifying exams | |
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| Benefits | |
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| Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) | |
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| Windows NT 4.0 certification requirements | |
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| Core exams | |
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| Elective exams | |
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| Windows NT 3.51 certification requirements | |
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| Benefits | |
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| MCSE+Internet | |
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| MCSE+I requirements | |
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| Core exams | |
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| Elective exams | |
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| Benefits | |
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| Online References | |
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| About the CD | |
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| System Requirements | |
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| Using the CD | |
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| What You'll Find | |
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| Dummies test prep tools | |
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| Commercial demos | |
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| If You Have Problems (of the CD Kind) | |
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| Index | |
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| IDG Books Worldwide End-User License Agreement | |
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| Installation Instructions | |
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| Book Registration Information | |