Windows 2000 Professional Networking & Tech Support

1.     Review class policies and online resources [20 min]

Class website:   http://www.speakeasy.org/~lennyb/sfsu

Microsoft What's New in Windows 2000 Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/client/prousability.asp

Microsoft Windows 2000 Technical Resources http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/default.asp

MCMCSE W2K Pro Study Notes
http://www.mcmcse.com/win2k/guides/win2kpro.shtml

Windows 2000 Tech Tutorials --More technical thumbnail studies http://www.techtutorials.com/tutorials/2000/win2kpro.shtml

Lycos Windows 2000 Tutorials http://howto.lycos.com/lycos/cl/1,,9+50,00.html

Windows 2000 FAQ from PC World
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,61687,00.asp

Introduction to Windows 2000 Networking
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/ty_net_intro.asp

MCSE Exam Study Guide
http://ftq.itpoints.com/w2kp/

Basic Windows 2000 Tutorials
http://howto.lycos.com/lycos/topic/1,,9+50+80,00.html

DeAnza College Classes on Windows 2000 televised on TV
These classes are broadcast on KCSM, ch. 60 or ch. 17 on cable), currently, on Wednesdays and Thursday mornings at 1AM. Windows NT4 is currently Saturdays and Sundays at 1A).

2.  Differences between DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 9.x, and Windows 2000 Pro [45 min]
     See class notes handout, Exercise 1 in Labs.doc, and      http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/client/prousability.asp

     Windows 2000 Resource Kit Online Documentation
      http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/w2rkbook/default.asp

3.   Working with MMCs -- Exercise 2 [20 min]

4.    Windows 2000 Task Scheduler Exercise 3 [15 min]

5.     Windows 2000 Registry & Windows Update Exercise 4 [30 min]

6.    Emergency Recovery Disk and Installing Emergency Recovery Console Exercise 5
       See http://www.mcmcse.com/win2k/guides/win2kpro.shtml#rconsole [30 min]

[Break]

7.    Working in Windows Control Panel
       See http://www.pcworld.com/features/article/0,aid,104690,pg,5,00.asp   [35 min]

8.    Installing Windows 2000 Professional (Exercise 6). See class notes handout, p. 6-7 and
       http://howto.lycos.com/lycos/topic/1,,9+50+26738,00.html [90 min]

      Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Database
      http://www.microsoft.com/hwdq/hcl/

9.     Intro to Network Topology (time permitting) [45 min]
        See http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/ty_net_intro.asp
       
       

 

Homework:

Read Windows 2000 Networking Tutorials: pictorial Lycos version,  more detailed onlinr discussion above, and class notes handout, p. 11-15. Review Exercises 7 and 8 in Labs handout. This is what we'll be doing next Monday. Read about NTFS File Permissions.

Check out the Windows 2000 Professional tutorials at various locations & prepare list of questions (if any?).