Module 3. Supporting Windows NT 4 Workstation

Unit 3.1: Features of Windows NT

Features of Windows NT

• Multiple platforms
• Multi-tasking and Multi-threading
• Security
• Support for other operating systems
• Built-in networking
• High capacity
• Multiple protocol support
• Windows NT file systems

For compatibility, Windows NT supports the older FAT family of file systems, but not FAT32. However, NT's intended file system of choice is the highly-capable NTFS

One of the key elements of NT's architecture was the file system created especially for the operating system, called the New Technology File System or NTFS. NTFS enables many of the goals of Windows NT to be realized.

Unit 3.2: Installing Windows NT

The installation process

• Required information
• The setup program (WINNT.EXE)
  • Setup switches
  • Steps to prepare for network installations

Unit 3.3: Windows NT boot process

Windows NT boot sequence

• Pre-boot sequence
• Intel-specific boot sequence
• Windows NT load sequence
  • Logon sequence

Core boot files

• ARC naming conventions
• BOOT.INI switches

Unit 3.4: Configuring Windows NT Workstation

Windows NT Registry

• Registry structure
• Hives and files
  • Last Known Good
• Value entries
  • Sample devices and services
• Registry Editors

Control Panel

• Changing system settings
  • General Tab
  • Performance Tab
  • Environment Tab
  • Startup and Shutdown Tab
  • Hardware Profiles Tab
• Adding and removing SCSI devices

Unit 3.5: User account management

Creating and managing accounts

• User account management
  • Creating new user accounts
  • User account details
  • Copying, renaming and deleting accounts
  • Renaming a user account
  • Deleting a user account

Understanding groups

• Default group accounts
  • Creating new group accounts

Setting security policies

• Account policies
• User rights policy
  • User rights
  • Abilities
• Audit policy

Unit 3.6: Managing disk resources

File system comparison

• File Allocation Table (FAT)
• New Technology File System (NTFS)
  • NTFS recovery
  • NTFS security
  • NTFS auditing
  • Ownership of files and directories

Working with multiple disks

• Stripe sets
• Volume sets

Using Disk Administrator

• The Partition Menu
• The Tools Menu

Unit 3.7: Managing files

Windows NT Explorer

• Permissions for shared directories

Local security

• File permissions
• Directory permissions
  • Copied and moved files
• How user and grpup permissions interact

Unit 3.8: Troubleshooting Windows NT

Error categories

• Event Viewer
• Windows NT Diagnostics

Emergency repair process

• Creating a repair disk
• Emergency repair disk
• Creating an NT boot disk

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