Windows XP Professional MCSE 70-270 - Online Course

This series prepares users for MCSE Exam 70-270: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional. Courses cover such topics as attended and unattended installations, managing resources and hardware, networking and security, desktop configuration, and monitoring and optimizing performance. Students taking this course should have general knowledge of Microsoft Windows networking and administration.

This series is for anyone who wants to take the MCSE Exam 70-270 for Windows XP Professional. This online course contains 7 lessons and should take approximately 31 hours to complete.

Lesson 1: Installation (3.0) hours

Installation teaches you how to devise an installation plan for Windows XP Professional, perform an attended Windows XP Professional install, perform an unattended Windows XP Professional install, and troubleshoot failed installations. This course provides users with an overview of the installation process for Microsoft Windows XP Professional. Topics include Attended Installations, Automating Installations, Creating Unattended Installation Files, and Upgrading and Troubleshooting.

Lesson 2: Administering Resources (5.0) hours

Administering Resources teaches you how to configure and manage compression and encryption for files and folders, configure file systems using FAT, FAT32, or NTFS, convert from one file system to another, control access to files and folders by using NTFS permissions, explain network printing under Windows XP, and set up and manage a print server with Windows XP. This course shows how to manage files, folders, and file systems. In addition, it describes the process and capabilities of managing resources shared on a network. Topics include Sharing Files, NTFS Permissions, Managing File Resources, and Administering Printers.

Lesson 3: Configuring Hardware (5.0) hours

Configuring Hardware teaches you how to describe features of basic and dynamic storage, view disk properties on local and remote computers, format disks and perform disk maintenance, manage removable media, install, configure, and manage input/output devices, troubleshoot hardware devices, and update device drivers. This course describes how to view properties of disks, configure disks, maintain disks, and work with removable media. It also describes the installation and configuration of hardware devices in Windows XP Professional. Topics include Installing Hardware, Media Devices, Input and Output Devices, and Other Devices.

Lesson 4: Optimizing the System (5.0) hours

Optimizing the System teaches you how to manage and troubleshoot driver signing, configure, manage, and troubleshoot the Task Scheduler, manage and troubleshoot the use and synchronization of offline files, optimize and troubleshoot the performance of Windows XP Professional, manage hardware profiles, and back up and recover system state and user data. This course teaches users how to monitor, troubleshoot, and back up the system for optimum performance. Topics include Driver Signing and Hardware Profiles, Scheduling and Offline Profiles, Optimizing Performance, Optimizing Disks, Network, and Applications, and Recovering from Disaster.

Lesson 5: Configuring the Desktop (3.0) hours

Configuring the Desktop teaches you how to configure and manage user profiles, configure support for multiple languages or multiple locations, manage applications using Windows Installer packages, configure and troubleshoot desktop settings, configure and troubleshoot fax support, and configure and troubleshoot accessibility services. This course describes how to configure user profiles and support for multiple languages and locations. Topics include Configuring User Profiles, Configuring and Securing the Desktop, Installing and Configuring Applications, and Fax and Internet Options.

Lesson 6: Networking the System (6.0) hours

Networking the System teaches you how to configure network components, connect to computers using dial-up networking, connect to shared resources on a Microsoft network, and configure and troubleshoot the TCP/IP protocol. This course teaches users how to configure and connect a network with Microsoft Windows XP Professional. It also shows users how to configure and troubleshoot the TCP/IP protocol in a Windows XP environment. Topics include Networking Models, Networking Basics, Configuring TCP/IP, Troubleshooting TCP/IP, Name Resolution, Connecting to Resources, and IIS and Remote Desktop.

Lesson 7: Securing the System (4.0) hours

Securing the System teaches you how to create and manage local user accounts, create and manage domain user accounts, create and manage group accounts, modify user rights for users and groups, encrypt data on a hard disk by using Encrypting File System (EFS), implement, configure, manage, and troubleshoot local security policy, and implement, configure, manage, and troubleshoot a security configuration. This course provides the user with an overview of user and group accounts. It also provides users with an overview of configuring, monitoring, and maintaining systems security using audit policies, security templates, and encryption technology for Microsoft Windows XP Professional. Topics include Managing Users, Creating User Accounts, Managing Groups, User Rights and Policies, Security Events, and Security Templates and File Encryption.