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Learn Microsoft Windows 7
Learn Windows 7 operating system in this video based windows 7 training from the Microsoft e-learning experts.
Created byClipTraining Inc
Last updated 3/2013
English
What you'll learn
- After completing this course you will know how to completely navigate Windows 7 and personalize it to suit your style. This series takes users from beginner status to advanced user in 6 hours of in-depth tutorials. This advanced knowledge is helpful in both the personal and professional aspects of operating system use.
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Course content
8 sections • 97 lectures • 6h 14m total length
- Introductory Lecture1:43
In this lecture clip we will provide an introduction to ClipTraining and information on how to best use our training materials.
- ClipStart Guide for Windows 72:00
Download this 2 page guide to help get you and your team up and running fast with Windows 7!
- Getting Started4:22An introduction to the Windows 7 desktop, and brief discussion of what is the same and what has changed, as well as the new features in Windows 7. Microsoft’s goal with this new operating system was to deliver a better user experience, and they’ve made great strides in that direction with Windows 7.
The goal of our series is to provide a thorough understanding of Windows 7 and help you get the most out of your PC.
In this video we will review the following:
- The Desktop
- The Start Orb
- The Start Menu
- Gadgets
- The Getting Started Center
- Working with Desktop Gadgets4:00This lesson introduces you to Desktop Gadgets, mini applications that you can place on your desktop to provide you with information or amusement. Some standard Gadgets include:
- Analog Clock
- Calendar
- Slide Show
- Weather
- Currency Exchange Calculator (and more)
In Windows 7, Gadgets can be placed anywhere on the desktop, and additional Gadgets can be downloaded and added to your computer to add a wide variety of functionality to your desktop.
- The Value of Shortcut Keys4:00This lesson will discuss using keyboard shortcuts. Even though you may love using your mouse, there are many benefits to using the keyboard shortcuts available in Windows 7. A shortcut is a combination of keys that you press on the keyboard simultaneously that result in an action that might have taken you several steps to do manually. You may find out that with just a couple of keystrokes you can accomplish quite a lot - if you know what buttons to push. We'll demonstrate a few of the new shortcuts available in Windows 7 that may help you manage your windows and applications better, and where to find complete lists of all available shortcuts.
- New Taskbar Features3:36This lesson will review some of the new features on the Taskbar in Windows 7. The new task bar looks a little different then previous versions, as it is taller. In the past the task bar simply gave you access and control to your open programs and documents, but this new Taskbar also allows you to store program or folder shortcuts, and to reorder them however you would like. We’ll also discuss the Show Desktop button and Desktop Peek functionality.
- Making Changes to the Taskbar6:39This Lesson will demonstrate how to make changes to your Taskbar to personalize it to your liking. We’ll discuss:
- Navigating to the Taskbar Properties
- Taskbar Appearance options
- The Notification Area
- Desktop Preview
- Taskbar Toolbars
- Drag and Drop onto the Taskbar
- Making Changes to the Start Menu5:02This lesson will review your options for customizing your Start Menu. Windows 7 has made some subtle changes and improved on the functionality of the Start Menu, while making it easier to use and configure. Topics include:
- Navigating to the Start Menu Properties
- Changing the Power Button actions
- Privacy Settings
- Customization Options
- Pinning an application to the Start Menu
- Changing Your Date and Time3:26By right-clicking the time you can select Adjust Date/Time and you will be in the Date and Time Properties dialog. Here you can change the Date and Time, the Time Zone and choose an Internet time server. You can also configure two additional clocks to display different time zones.
- Altering Your Personalization Settings4:05Applying and changing themes
Customizing themes
- Display Configuration Options3:36The Display Configuration Options affect the looks as well as the performance of your system. These configurations include:
- Screen Resolution
- Settings for Single or Multiple Monitors
- Font size
- Quality Settings
- Jump Lists Help You Work Faster3:12Windows 7 introduces a new feature called Jump Lists that can be accessed from each Taskbar icon, as well as the Start Menu. Jump lists give you quick access to common tasks and functions for an application, as well as frequently or recently opened sites or documents. You can also pin sites or documents to the application jump lists to allow you to quickly find and open them.
- Working with Windows Explorer3:26This lesson reviews the new layout and features of Windows Explorer in Windows 7, as it has changed slightly since Vista and more significantly since XP. Topics include:
- The Address Bar
- The Navigation Pane
- The Library Pane
- The Details Pane
- The Preview Pane
- Creating a New Folder
- Working with Libraries4:32Default libraries are created for Documents, Music, Pictures, and Video, but you can create your own folders and customize anyone to add additional locations.
- Searching in Windows 73:43What can search do for you? Let's see how the Search Orb can instantly search for documents, files, emails, and so forth.
- Federated Search3:59We’ll demonstrate how to use a search connector, and how to download and install one
- Shutting Your System Down4:59In this clip you will learn all about how to shut your system down.
- Notepad and Wordpad4:42Notepad and Wordpad are two applications that have been in the Windows OS for a long time. Even though Notepad remains the same in Windows 7 (as you will soon see from this clip), Wordpad receives the new ribbon interface and a host of other new features.
- Paint4:44Paint has been in the Windows OS for quite some time. However in Windows 7 it gets a bit of an overhaul with the addition of the ribbon interface, some new brushes and a host of other features.
- New Calculator Features3:26The Calculator has always been a staple in Windows, but Windows 7 has added additional functionality to make it even more of useful and functional tool. Topics include:
- Standard View
- Scientific View
- Programmer View
- Statistics View
Options for Unit Conversion and Date Calculation are also available, as well as a set of four worksheets to assist you with mortgage calculations, determining vehicle lease costs, and calculating fuel economy.
- The Snipping Tool3:54If a picture is worth a thousand words, then why not send one? Windows 7 includes the Snipping Tool to help you do just that. The Snipping Tool makes it quick and easy for you to capture any image on your screen to paste into another application or send it in the body of an email, or as an attachment. You can save images in a variety of popular formats, and even annotate your images to highlight or markup your snipped image before saving.
- Windows Live Essentials3:05Windows Live Essentials is a set of programs that can be downloaded at no cost and installed to enhance your Windows 7 operating system. They include Windows Mail, Writer, Calendar, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Messenger, Toolbar, and Family Safety. Some of these applications used to be part of the installed operating system, but in it's effort to build a leaner, meaner Windows 7, Microsoft has now taken them out of the OS to make them standalone applications, and grouped them together under the name “Windows Live Essentials.” This approach allows users to download and add just the ones they want at no additional cost.
This lesson will walk through the process of downloading and installing Windows Live Essentials.
- Windows Live Mail5:23Windows Live Mail is a fully functional email application and the next evolution of Outlook Express. It allows you to easily manage multiple email accounts in one place, all your contacts, and a calendar that syncs with Windows Live Calendar at calendar.live.com, so you can access and update your calendar from anywhere. One nice new addition is the Photo Email feature that gives you tools to manage displaying multiple pictures in your email with customized borders and other enhancements. It also includes some enhanced, yet easy to use security features. This lesson will provide an overview walk-through of the Live Mail.
- Windows Live Photo Gallery4:54Windows Live Photo Gallery is a comprehensive tool for organizing and managing your digital photo library. It allows you to organize and view your photos a variety of ways, and allows you to easily create and assign “people” or “descriptive” tags to your photos so that you can easily group and find them when needed. There are several new enhancements from the previous version of Photo Gallery, including the ability to publish your photos to an online album or group album to share with friends, or post videos to Soapbox, YouTube, or other services. An important new feature is Live Sync, which allows you to synchronize the photo library between two systems that use the same Windows Live ID, allowing you to back up your gallery on another PC. The session provides an overview walk through of Windows Live Photo Gallery.
- Windows Live Writer5:03Live Writer is a blog-publishing application that enables you to create and maintain a blog, add photos and videos, and then publish to popular blogging services such as Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, WordPress, and TypePad. If you don't have a blog yet, Writer can help you set one up. It includes an easy to use text editor that allows you to work in HTML if you choose, and a good assortment of photo editing and enhancement tools. This clip will walk through creating and posting a blog entry.
- Windows Live Messenger5:37Windows Live Messenger is the latest version of MSN Messenger, and includes some great new features. It requires a Windows Live or Hotmail account to login, and can talk with just about every IM program out there, including AOL, Yahoo, Google Talk, and others. Like other IM programs, Messenger lets you categorize you contacts. A new feature allows you to create IM Groups by inviting contacts to an ongoing shared conversation where all contacts see the comments of all. You can store mobile numbers as well to send SMS messages as well. Messenger let’s you easily share and transfer pictures and documents with your contacts.
- Windows Live Movie Maker5:16Windows Live Movie Maker allows you to automatically turn your videos, photos, and music into a movie files that can be burned to CD or DVD or published to an online video service like YouTube. It even includes an AutoMovie feature that adds a title, credits, transitions, and effects, and music to save you time; but you can always edit this, or start from scratch to create your own movie. This clip will walk through creating a short movie from a video clip and a few images.
- An Overview of Internet Explorer 8.06:37
In this lesson will provide an overview look at IE 8.0 and give you a walk through introduction to the interface. If you are familiar with Internet Explorer 7, there are many carry over features that you will recognize, and there are some nice new features that we'll briefly introduce and cover further in later lessons.
We'll review changes to the toolbar and point out the location of familiar browser options, including:
- Zoom Settings
- The Home button
- Quick Tabs
- Favorites/RSS/History
- The Back/Forward buttons
- The Address Bar
- The Tools Options
Some of the new toolbar features we'll touch on include:
- Email & Print Settings
- Page Options
- Safety Options
- Help Options
- Tab Navigation Tools4:02This lesson will review Tab navigation in IE8, and your different options for working with tabs, including>
- Opening a new tab
- Recovering closed tabs
- Scrolling multiple tabs
- The Tab List
- Using Quick Tabs
- Tab Settings
- Grouped Favorites and Multiple Home Pages4:05This lesson demonstrates how you can organize your favorite sites into groups and save time by storing them as Grouped Favorites. We'll also discuss how your home page can be more than page. In fact, you can automatically open a number of pages with IE8 starts up. Topics include:
- The Favorites icon
- Grouped Favorites
- Adding a Favorites Group
- Deleting from a Favorites Group
- Adding to the Favorites Toolbar
- Creating a Home Page Tab Set
- Tab Settings
- Accelerators3:43Accelerators are a new enhancement in IE8, and enable you to do in one click (or a few) what used to require more user action, perhaps including cutting and pasting and so forth. The tasks include:
- mapping locations
- translation of words
- defining words
- search encyclopedias or the web
- post to a blog or email (and more)
To use an accelerator, just select the text you are interested in. A blue icon will appear above and to the left of the text. Click on this and choose the accelerator action you'd like to take. You can choose to find more accelerators online and add them with one click. Accelerators help you do what you want to do faster
- Web Slices3:47Web Slices are another new feature in Internet Explorer 8. Web slices are a type of "automatic feed update" and must be turned on within your browser to work. Well then isn't that just the same things as an RSS Feed, you might ask? It is similar, but there is an important difference. An RSS Feed lets you subscribe to a site or blog to automatically receive updates of new content as it is published on the site.
A web slice is really a subscription to a specific part of a website and will notifiy you of changes to that part of the website. A great example is a changing auction price on an item you are following, or the current temperature, or stock information. And the web slice checks are made even if IE isn't on. We'll cover:
- Two methods for adding a web slice
- Web Slice Properties
- Deleting a web slice
- InPrivate Browsing and InPrivate Filtering3:01This lesson focuses on two new features in IE8 that protect you when you are browsing the internet - InPrivate Browsing and InPrivate Filtering.
InPrivate Browsing is useful feature for when you are away from home or the office, and working on a public location of PC. InPrivate Browsing allows you to start a session that prevents IE from storing any information about your browsing, keeping your data and history private.
InPrivate Filtering works different. When activated, it prevents websites from collecting any information about you when you visit, so that you can remain anonymous.
- SmartScreen Filter5:24In IE 7, Microsoft introduced a Phishing Filter into the browser to help protect users. The Phishing Filter helps by notifying you if a site is suspicious. It can do this by comparing the site you type in to a list of known phishing sites. If you type in a site that isn’t on that list, but seems suspicious, it will go ahead and check that site automatically, too. Sites are sent to a Microsoft server for confirmation, and these servers are updated constantly with new phishing sites. This global database is compiled from information supplied by service providers and from reports that come in from users who stumble upon sites that appear "phishy."
In IE 8, Microsoft has built upon the feature set of the Phishing Filter and provided something new called the SmartScreen Filter. According to the IE Team at Microsoft, this new filter improves upon the Phishing Filter in a number of ways.
- Add-Ons and Pop-Ups3:14Add-Ons are small programs or pieces of code that may enhance your browser by adding functionality to it. Internet Explorer 8 provides a favorites link to allow you to download more Add-Ons from the Microsoft website
We discuss the pros and cons of downloading Add-Ons, including inadvertently downloading a program that includes unwanted pop up windows, possibly for advertising. Internet Explorer 8 includes a Pop-Up Blocker to help control and eliminate unwanted popup Windows. - Compatibility View3:10Internet Explorer 8 has become more standards compliant, but many of the websites on the internet have yet to catch up, and may not display as intended. To allow the user to view these sites, IE8 includes a Compatibility View feature. When activated, Compatibility View allows IE8 to fix these pages to display as intended with the former coding.
Microsoft also maintains a Compatibility List of websites that have reported compatibility issues with IE8, and you can set your browser to check against this list and automatically use Compatibility View when visiting websites included on the list.
- Suggested Sites3:49Suggested Sites is an online service that uses your browsing history to make personalized website suggestions based on the websites you visit most. Your browsing history is sent to Microsoft, where it’s saved and compared to a frequently updated list of related websites. By default, Suggested Sites is off, and can be turned on and off at anytime. To turn it on, go under the Tools Menu and select Suggested Sites.
- The Action Center4:58The Action Center is a one-stop access point for all things having to do with system security and system maintenance. Working in conjunction with a system tray alert icon, it provides visibility to security and maintenance issues and alerts, and access to make changes to the alerts and notifications you receive from Windows 7 to tailor them to your needs.
The Action Center also includes a Reliability Monitor that allow you to view your systems performance over a timeline, and explore the factors that effected performance at various points to determine what, if any, changes to make.
- User Account Control4:20User Account Control is a special security mechanism built into the Windows 7 operating system. It allows you to create users for your PC and assign them one of two types: Standard or Administrator.
This lesson will review your options for each type, and discuss the similarities and differences. In contrast to earlier operation systems, Windows 7 allows the standard user a greater level of control than ever before, while providing administrative restrictions on actions that may risk harm to the system or affect other users.
- Using the UAC Slider3:59The User Account Control (UAC) slider allows you to set each user to a different security notification level to customize when the user will receive security prompts. This is accomplished with a new, easy to use slider control. We’ll review each level to discuss their benefits and dangers. We’ll also demonstrate the Secure Desktop Mode and explain its purpose.
- Windows Defender4:06Spyware can do any number of things to annoy you and slow down your system, such as displaying pop-up ads, altering your Internet settings, and even using private information without permission. Windows Defender is Microsoft’s answer to spyware, and in included in Windows Vista and Windows 7. It’s a simple but powerful tool that is always active in the background, and can be used to perform an immediate scan of your system to look for the latest spyware and eliminate it from your system. This lesson will review how to access Defender and run scans, and discuss some of the menu options.
- Windows Defender Tools and Settings7:14This lesson continues our look at Windows Defender, and focuses on the available Tools and Settings. We’ll review Automatic Scanning and the default actions that Defender can take when it finds a suspect file, as well as ways to exclude locations or file types from the scan. Defender also allows membership options for Microsoft’s Spynet, an online user community that shares information on spyware and other harmful programs so that all users can benefit, and Microsoft can test and update it’s definition files. You can choose not to participate, or choose a basic or advanced membership.
Other topics include:
- Advanced and Administrator options
- Quarantined Items
- Allowed Items
- Windows Firewall4:39This lesson will review the Windows Firewall that is included in Windows 7. The firewall allows for a flexible configuration that can adapt to changing network conditions on you computer, which is very important for laptops that may move back and forth from home, work, and public internet connections. The firewall is broken into private and public categories, which allows you more openness and sharing within your private network, while public networks are configured with a stricter set of protection. Instead of having to modify your firewall settings on the fly when you travel, your system will just adjust to the new network and be more protective based on the settings you put in place for public networks.
Topics include:
- Turning the Firewall on and off
- Blocking and allowing programs
- Block notification
- Network Profiles
- BitLocker Drive Encryption3:50One of the biggest security issues in large corporations is the amount of sensitive information traveling around unsecured on employee laptops. If the laptop is stolen the information is out of your control and fair game. Windows 7 has an answer for this issue, called BitLocker, which is included in Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions. When activated, BitLocker will encrypt your drive, and only allow access when verified by the method chosen during setup. We’ll discuss the different methods and requirements to run BitLocker.
BitLocker To Go also allows you to extend this security function out to external hard drives and USB Flash drives, allowing you to encrypt and protect them as well. - Parental Controls5:37This lesson demonstrates the option in Windows 7 to turn specific features on or off. This is accomplished with a Control Applet in Programs and Features. Windows 7 includes a comprehensive list of available features and and allows you to check or uncheck boxes to turn the features on or off. Making changes will require administrative privileges, as the changes affect all users.
- Turn Features On and Off2:38This lesson demonstrates the option in Windows 7 to turn specific features on or off. This is accomplished with a Control Applet in Programs and Features. Windows 7 includes a comprehensive list of available features and and allows you to check or uncheck boxes to turn the features on or off. Making changes will require administrative privileges, as the changes affect all users.
- Windows Live Family Safety7:36Windows Live Family Safety is focused on your family's safety when they venture onto the internet. It allows you as a parent to control the web content and contacts that your children view and communicate with, and to block or allow access appropriately. It requires a Windows Live ID for each user account, and then provides a personalized Family Safety Site where you can manage your children's accounts and permissions on multiple PCs, and view reports that give you the amount of your children spend online, and where they spend it.
- Getting to Know the Control Panel3:44The Control Panel, although considered scary to some, is really just the location of small applications (applets) that you can use to make configuration changes. You can access tools that help you to either configure the functionality of your system to better suit your needs, or adjust security and networking options to help the system perform properly. This lesson will give you an overview of the Control Panel, and we'll go into the details of many of the tools it provides in the following clips. Topics include:
- Control Panel Categories
- Changing your View
- Display as a Menu on the Start Menu
- AutoPlay1:50AutoPlay allows you to control the default action that takes place when you insert or connect any type of media to your PC. Your action options will vary depending on the type of media, and you can always choose to take no action at all. AutoPlay is found in the Hardware & Sound Category in the Control Panel.
- Credential Manager2:30Credential Manager enables you to save your credentials (usernames and passwords) for websites you log into and other resources you connect to (like network servers or remote PCs). These credentials are saved in the Windows Vault, and can be backed up and restored, or loaded onto another PC. We’ll review the three types of credentials:
- Windows Credentials
- Certificate-based Credentials
- Generic Credentials
- Default Programs3:05The Default Programs Control Panel applet allows you to specify what programs you want Windows 7 to use for specific functions, such as your default browser, email program, media player, or image viewer. You can make individual custom changes, or default to all Microsoft or all non-Microsoft programs. Topics include:
- Associating a File Type with a Program
- AutoPlay settings
- Set Program Access and Computer Defaults
- Device Manager2:21Device Manager is one of the best tools to use when troubleshooting a hardware issue, because it allows you to quickly view which devices or drivers are not functioning properly. In this lesson will review it’s features, including:
- Scanning for Hardware Changes
- Adding Legacy Hardware
- Updating and rolling back drivers
- Resource conflicts
- Ease of Access Center3:13In Windows XP, the Ease of Access Center was called Accessibility Options. It now has a new name in Vista and Windows 7, but it’s goal is the same: to enhance the functionality for users with limited vision, hearing, or manual dexterity. It gives you quick access to four common tools that you can easily use, but there are many other options that can be configured here. To help understand what features may want to use, you can take a short questionnaire to explain the considerations you need, and the operating system will present you with recommendations. All options can also be explored individually, and are grouped into seven functional areas:
- Use the computer without a display
- Make the computer easier to see
- Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard
- Make the mouse easier to use
- Make the keyboard easier to use
- Use text or visual alternatives for sound
- Make it easier to focus on tasks
- Fonts2:20All aspects of font management can be accessed in place thanks to the Font applet in Control Panel. This lesson will review the available options, including:
- New layout and grouped font styles
- Font Preview
- Hiding and Deleting a Font
- Finding a Character
- Increasing Windows display font size
- Power Options1:57It makes good sense for business reasons and environmental reasons to make sure your computer is running as power-efficiently as possible. Power Options in the Windows 7 Control Panel allows you to do this, by providing three different power plans to suit your needs. The standard plans include:
- Balanced
- Power Saver
- High Performance
- Programs and Features1:32If you need to remove or repair an installed program, or turn specific windows features on or off, then you will need to use the Programs and Features applet in the Control Panel. If you have used Add/Remove Programs in an earlier release of Windows, you will be familiar with Programs and Features. You can select form a list of applications and choose to uninstall, change, or repair the application. There is also a link to “Turn Windows features on or off”. That process is covered in more detail in the Security section of this series.
- Region and Language2:04The Region and Language control panel applet allows you to adjust your PC to the language and data format styles of your region. You can select a language and region, and adjust the format style for dates, times, numbers, and currency. This lesson will review the options in each of the four tabs:
- Format
- Location
- Keyboards and Languages
- Administrative
- Speech Recognition2:33Windows Speech Recognition has two primary functions. One is to allow you to control the computer by giving specific voice commands, so that you can open, close, and navigate around programs and within documents. The other is to allow you to dictate text (or have text read back to you). These features can help an individual with manual dexterity or vision issues to use the computer effectively. This lesson will review the available options in the Speech Recognition applet.
- Sync Center1:56Today we have so many devices that we sync to our computers, and Windows 7 provides a control panel applet to help automate and manage our synchronized devices. Through the Sync Center applet, you can establish “sync partnerships” with devices you use. The Sync Center maintains a relationship with the device that allows it to track display reports on sync progress, problems, and conflicts. You can also schedule your syncs to occur automatically, as long as the device is connected.
- User Accounts2:51The User Account applet in the Control Panel allows you to create multiple user accounts for you PC, with individual logins and permission levels. You may want to setup separate logins for your children or coworkers, so that each can have their own programs, document, music, and picture folders, and a separate login providing a level of privacy. This lesson will review the options for creating and managing user accounts in Windows 7.
- Windows Cardspaces4:06Windows CardSpace is a new concept in digital identities, aimed at protecting the user’s personal identity from phishing or identity theft when logging into internet sites and services. If you do any business, banking, or pay bills online, then you probably have a more than enough different user names and passwords to remember. And you have to be constantly vigilant not to be tricked into giving your login information away. Windows CardSpace will provide you with a virtual “wallet” where you can store digital ID cards that can be used to gain access to your sites on the website, and it does it in a quick and secure fashion that does not require you to input a username and password. You can create personal identities and install managed identities provided by the sites you connect to. But to use CardSpace ID cards, the site has to be configured to offer information card logins. As this is a relatively new approach, it is not yet widely utilized, but we anticipate seeing more widespread use in the future.
- Windows Cardspaces2:37Windows Update allows you to connect to a Microsoft database to check for software updates, and download and install them. You can handle updates manually, or you can establish an automatic schedule to keep you system up-to-date. This lesson will review the configuration options of Windows Update and options for it’s use.
- System Properties5:32The System item provides a variety of different settings you can configure for your system. Initially when looking at the System item through Control Panel you will be shown basic information about your computer with a variety of different links. Those links will take you to configuration dialogs that will help you perform tasks like changing your computer name, adjusting remote access settings and much more.
The Sytem Properties dialog has 5 different tabs including:
- Computer Name
- Hardware
- Advanced
- System Protection
- Remote
- Changing the Computer Name and Domain Settings3:19In this lesson you will be shown how you would change the name of your computer, as well as how you would switch your computer from a Workgroup network arrangement to that of a Domain.
- Advanced System Properties: Performance Settings4:41From the System item in Control Panel you can select a link titled 'Advanced system settings' that will take you into the System Properties, to the Advanced tab. From here you can configure Performance, User Profiles and Startup and Recovery settings. In this lesson we will walk you through the Performance Settings, which include the following tabs:
- Visual Effects
- Advanced
- Data Execution Prevention
- Advanced System Properties: User Profiles2:57From the System item in Control Panel you can select a link titled 'Advanced system settings' that will take you into the System Properties, to the Advanced tab. From here you can configure Performance, User Profiles and Startup and Recovery settings. In this lesson we will focus on the User Profiles settings.
- Advanced System Properties: Startup and Recovery2:33From the System item in Control Panel you can select a link titled 'Advanced system settings' that will take you into the System Properties, to the Advanced tab. From here you can configure Performance, User Profiles and Startup and Recovery settings. In this lesson we will focus on the Startup and Recovery settings, which include both 'System startup' configuration options and 'System failure' configuration options.
- System Properties: System Restore Points4:44When viewing the System item in Control Panel you will note in the tasks pane a link for 'System protection'. It takes you to the System Protection tab of System Properties. From here you can configure system restore points that you can establish to go back to a point in time when your system was functioning properly. You can use system protection to undo unwanted system changes and restore previous versions of files, as you will see in this clip.
- Enabling Remote Connectivity3:40When viewing the System item in Control Panel you will note in the tasks pane a link for 'Remote settings'. It takes you to the Remote tab of System Properties. From here you can configure both Remote Assistance options and Remote Desktop options, as you will see in this clip.
- Changing Your IP Address5:06When viewing the System item in Control Panel you will note in the tasks pane a link for 'Remote settings'. It takes you to the Remote tab of System Properties. From here you can configure both Remote Assistance options and Remote Desktop options, as you will see in this clip.
- The Network and Sharing Center3:39The Network and Sharing Center is your one-stop location for all things networking related on your system. This clip will take you on a walking tour of the center and will describe the purpose of the settings you can configure and how you locate them.
- Opening an Administratrive Command Prompt2:52While it is true that many settings for your system can be configured through a GUI (graphic user interface) there are times when you might choose to use a command prompt. Some items will work fine under the typical prompt. At times, however, you may wish to make serious changes to your system. This will require an Administrative command prompt. This lesson will show you how to open one of these prompts.
- The Windows Experience Index4:20The Windows Experience Index is designed to show you at a glance how your system's key components are rated according to a Windows system assessment. The end result is a base score that is provided that will indicate the lowest subscore of your component ratings.
Components that are rated include: Processor, Memory (RAM), Graphics, Gaming Graphics, and Primary Hard Disk. These are rated on a scale of 1.0 to 7.9.
- Advanced Performance Tool4:11From within the System item through Control Panel you have the ability to see your Windows Experience Index (covered thoroughly in another clip). From within the index rating you can click a link to Advanced Tools from the task pane on the left. This will take you to the Performance Information and Tools | Advanced Tools sections. Performance Issues (if you have any) will be displayed, as well as a list of links toward other tools that will assist in avoiding, detecting or eliminating performance issues.
- The Reliability Monitor4:26The Reliability Monitor can be located through the Action Center. It reviews your computer's reliability and problem history and displays a stability index to the viewer. The index assesses your system's overall stability on a scale of 1 to 10. You can review periods of time and see areas where your system became mildly (or majorly) unstable and the monitor will help you determine the cause of the instability.
- The Resource Monitor2:59The Resource Monitor is one of the tools you can find by typing 'Resource Monitor' in the Instant Search bar located off the Start menu. This lesson will show you the practical value of using the Resource Monitor.
- The Problem Steps Recorder3:13We all have corporate users within our job, or family members and/or friends who call us up with computer problems they need help fixing. At times we need to see the problem before our own eyes to render assistance but this may be problematic. The Problem Steps Recorder is a very easy to use tool that will allow persons to record what they are doing on their system when a problem occurs. The steps they performed combined with images of the problem are taken and put into a zip file that can be emailed to you (or that you might email to another, if you are the person in need of assistance). This lesson will show you how this works.
- Configuring Your Network Adapter2:33This is the first of a collection of videos to help you learn some of the more advanced features of Windows 7 that typically relate to networking and the enterprise. These have been prepared by Brien Posey.
Brien Posey is a freelance technical writer who has received Microsoft's MVP award six times for his work with Exchange Server, Windows Server, IIS, and File Systems Storage.
Brien has written or contributed to about three dozen books, and has written well over 4,000 technical articles and white papers for a variety of printed publications and Web sites.
In addition to his writing, Brien routinely speaks at IT conferences and is involved in a wide variety of other technology related projects.
Prior to going freelance, Brien served as CIO for a national chain of hospitals and healthcare companies. He has also served as a Network Administrator for the Department of Defense at Fort Knox, and for some of the nation's largest insurance companies. - Using the Network Map2:20One of the nice features of the Network and Sharing Center is the Network Map, which can help show you how your desktop is connected to the rest of your network.
This lesson will show you how to work with the Network Map.
- Wireless Network Connections2:26Wireless networking is becoming more common both in homes and at work. There tends to be a tad more difficulty in working with wireless connections but this lesson will help you to work through the different settings involved so you can be connected in no time.
- Remote Desktop5:55With the increase in virtual machine use (with products like Hyper-V and/or vSphere) the Remote Desktop connection tool has become a staple for connecting to these different systems for Admins.
In this lesson we show you the new features to Remote Desktop in Windows 7.
- Disk Management3:35Disk space is certainly cheaper than it has ever been. Having such a large hard drive or even multiple drives requires you to know how to mange and maintain the health of your storage. In this lesson you will learn how to use the Disk Management tool, located under Computer Management in Administrative Tools.
- Working with Event Viewer3:58The first place to turn when your system is giving you trouble is the Event Viewer. But you can easily get lost if you don't know how to use this robust tool. This lesson will show you the many features of the Event Viewer.
- Working with Task Scheduler3:48Task Scheduler is a great tool for establishing important schedules for various maintenance, backup, etc.. features that you need to have happen automatically. This lesson will show you how to work with the Task Scheduler.
- Overview of Performance Monitor3:30Performance Monitor is a great tool for showing you what is happening on your system in realtime, as well as logging how your system performance at various times during the day. You can monitor just about anything but some standard items include the % Processor Time, RAM and disk activity. This lesson will help you get started with the Performance Monitor.
- Performance Monitor: Objects and Counters3:40To work with Performance Monitor and tailor it to your specific needs you have to choose specific objects and counters. For example, while your object might be the Processor, your counter might be the % Processor Time. This lesson will help explain how the Performance Monitor uses the Objects and Counters to provide you the insight into your system's performance that you are looking for.
- Performance Monitor: Data Collector Sets4:25Data Collector Sets are preconfigured from Microsoft to look at specific performance objects and counters. You can use the standard ones or you can create your own (perhaps using the standard ones as a template). This lesson will show you how to work with Data Collector Sets
- AppLocker8:57You may want to have more control over desktop systems in terms of what software can be installed or upgraded. Using either the local policy or Group Policy you can use AppLocker settings to help control this aspect of a desktop, as you will learn in this lesson.
- Backup and Recovery4:38One of the most important aspects to desktop administration is that you can restore the system itself or files and such in the event there is a corruption, a disk crash or a disaster. This lesson will show you how to backup and recover your Windows 7 systems.
- Windows XP Mode5:50XP Mode is a new feature in Windows that is designed to help you get around applications that will only work in Windows XP. Now you can install them in a virtual XP (called XP Mode). This lesson will show you how to install and work with XP Mode.
- Overview of PowerShell v25:38PowerShell v2 is included by default with Windows 7. It allows for a great deal more control at the hands of an administrator (especially remotely). There is also a great new interface for working with it (although you can continue to use the traditional cmd prompt version as well) and in this lesson we will demonstrate how it works.
- DirectAccess Overview2:02DirectAccess is a new feature in Windows 7 (when used with Server 2008 R2) that allows you to connect to your corporate network without going through a VPN. This lesson will walk you through the basic overview of DirectAccess.
- Configuring DirectAccess on a Server3:55Configuring DirectAccess requires Server 2008 R2. This lesson will show you how to configure the server-side to DirectAccess.
- Using DirectAccess with Windows 71:20Once you have DirectAccess configured on your server, you can configure clients. This lesson will walk you through the concepts.
- BranchCache Overview3:27BranchCache helps to speed up access to files from a branch office because the files, once viewed once by a person at the remote branch office, are retained either on a server or on a client system. This lesson will explain this feature (which requires both Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2).
- Implementing BranchCache on the Server4:23BranchCache doesn't necessarily require a local server to hold the cached copy of files (although that is a solid method of implementation) but you do have to configure a Server 2008 R2 system to enable this feature within your organization. This lesson will explain the process in greater detail.
- Implementing BranchCache with Windows 71:10Implementing BranchCache from the client perspective is not quite so difficult as you will see in this lesson.
Requirements
- Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System
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