A three day practical course

Language: English, Dutch

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

	This course will learn users how to move around the NT 4 operating system.
	It is not a system administrator course but a course adapted for users who need to install, configure and understand NT 4.0.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

This course is intended for support professionals who support or are evaluating Microsoft Windows NT 4

ASSUMED KNOWLEDGE

Students should be familiar with the windows interface.

System overview

• Network configuration options
• Workgroups vs. domains
• Windows NT Server
• Windows NT workstation

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND SUPPORT

• The Registry
• Role and structure
• Safe editing

The System Policy Editor

• Making Registry changes
• Using policy templates
• Creating policy files

Gathering system data

• Event Viewer
• Event logs
• Control Panel
• Task Manager
• Windows NT diagnostics

INSTALLING WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION AND SERVER
Installation

• Hardware requirements
• File system choices

Server choices

• Designing and implementing domains
• Locating domain controllers (PDC/BDC)
• Accounts database replication

WINDOWS NT SERVER Configuration options

• Domain models and security
• Trusted and trusting domains
• PDC and BDC configuration
• Netlogon services
• Member servers
• Promoting and demoting domain controllers
• Remote administration

NETWORKING WITH WINDOWS NT
Built-in network support

• Support for multiple protocols
• Understanding and configuring Ethernet connections
• Browsing
• Integrating Microsoft clients
• Viewing: network connections, active services and bindings
• TCP/IP addressing
• DHCP
• WINS
• DNS

SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
Using Control Panel

• Installing and updating device drivers
• Configuring hardware profiles

Data and disk management

• Backup and restore options

TROUBLESHOOTING AND OPTIMIZATION
System processes

• The boot process
• Creating a boot disk
• Dump and auto-restart
• Problem areas
• Emergency repair disk
• Event Viewer
• Event classification

Optimization and performance

• Virtual memory
• Performance Monitor
• Processes, threads and multitasking

Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting strategy
• Troubleshooting configuration problems