Windows NT System Administration Courseware Outline

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Basic Administration Issues

• NT is a Multi-User System
• Default Accounts
• Terminology
• The Default Group Accounts
• The User Manager
• Creating New Accounts
• Assigning User Accounts to Groups
• The User Environment Profile
• Copying, Deleting, Renaming and Disabling User Accounts
• Creating a Customized Local Group
• Modifying Account Policies
• User Rights
• Audit Policies

Security and Shared Folders

• Security and NT
• Sharing Folders
• Connecting to a Shared Folder

Network Printer Issues & Administration

• Network Printers vs. PCs with Printers
• Adding a Local Printer
• Sharing Printers
• Configuring a Printer
• Setting Printer and Document Defaults

Installation Techniques

• Domain vs. Workgroup Installation
• Partitioning Your Disks
• FAT Vs NTFS
• Converting FAT to NTFS
• Creating a set of Windows NT Boot Disks
• Hardware and the Hardware Compatibility List
• WINNT and WINNT32
• Network Installation Startup Disks
• WINNT & WINNT32 Syntax
• Unattended Installations

Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting Issues and Techniques
• The NT Boot Process
• BOOT.INI Switches
• Last Known Good
• The Emergency Repair Disk
• Recovery Options
• Removing 'non-responding' Processes
• The Event Viewer
• Windows NT Diagnostics (WinMSD)
• Service Packs
• 'The Blue Screen of Death'
• TechNet and Resource Kits

Auditing, Performance & Backup Issues

• Performance Analysis
• Applications, Processes and Performance
• General Backup Issues
• Viruses
• Backing up and Restoring Data
• DiskProbe and DiskSave