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Other Windows NT Administration Tools
Introduction to other
administration tools
Key Topics
System Control Panel
Services
System Properties
System Printing Installation
Printer Setup
Setting up the Network
System Registry
System Registry Keys
Regedit and Regedt32.exe
Task Manager Monitoring
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The tools mentioned within this
module
can be used by the system
administrator
to configure the system and
are not included in the administrative tools
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They range in function from
setting up the printer to changing the registry
keys and can be found
predominantly in the Control panel
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Control Panel
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System Services
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System Properties
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Printer Installation
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Printer Configuration
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Network Setup
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System Registry
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Task Manager
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The control panel is the
configuration center of your Windows NT
system where you can
effectively configure and install all hardware and software
required by your system.
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Since Windows NT
does not support plug and play
the only practical method of adding a new hardware component is to use the
control panel and to plan and configure all new hardware manually
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The control panel is the safe
method of configuration in Windows NT
. The other method is directly changing the registry
, which is a lot more risky.
The
system icon in the control panel has six separate properties tabs:
General
Hardware
Profile
Performance
Environment
Startup/Shutdown
User
Profiles
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Windows NT
provides you with an improved
printer installation
wizard, which is both easy to
use and quick.
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There are two sorts of printers
installed on a Windows NT
system, a Local Printer and a
Network Printer.
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Local printers
installed on a computer can be
shared on a network
if a network has been setup.
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High levels of security may be
set on the printer in secure operating systems such as windows NT
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Printer properties
can be used to view and
configure our printer hardware configuration
and security within the
network
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You could also install other
operating system
printer drivers
on a windows NT print server
for other operating system client to access the printer.
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Windows NT
allows you to redirect print
jobs to an identical printer if this printer has problems.
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The network
settings of Windows NT
can only be installed manually
within Windows NT using the
network option in the control panel or using the plug and play
configuration during the Windows NT installation
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Once the hardware devices
have been installed you can
configure the networking services
and protocols.
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The network
services
within Windows NT
contain all the standard
clients of windows 9x
and also include Remote Access
Service (RAS
), Data Link Control (DLC
) for networked HP printer etc.
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The registry
can be viewed inside Windows
NT
either by using REGEDIT
.EXE or REGEDT32.EXE.
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REGEDIT
is the same as the windows 9x
registry
editor allowing the user to
change the standard system keys, save the registry, import a registry and
search the registry for particular keys.
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REGEDT32
is Windows NT
’s recommended editor which includes all previous functionality of
regedit.exe plus allowing the user to view and change security settings
inside windows NT with regards to the registry
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Windows NT
task manager gives you a real
time monitoring capability and a timed report of computer performance
, system processes and running applications
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The Task manager
can also start new tasks, stop
any applications
and processes currently
running which have stopped responding, and adjust the priority of
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What options are a part of the
system properties?? (Choose all that apply)
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General
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Hardware
profile
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Performance
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Registry
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Add remove hardware
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What options are a part of the
system properties? (Choose all that apply)
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Printer
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Startup disk
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Environment
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Startup/Shutdown
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User profile
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What are the new icon of the
control panel in windows NT? (Choose all that apply)
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Devices
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Keyboard
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Fonts
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Server
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Accessibility option
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What are the new icons of the
control panel in Windows NT? (Choose all that apply)
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Display
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Services
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Fonts
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SCSI
Adapter
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Telephony
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What
are the new icon of the control panel in windows NT? (Choose all that
apply)
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UPS
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Printers
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Tape Devices
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Dial Up Monitor
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Modems
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How can you view the system
registry
in Windows NT? (Choose all
that apply)
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Use Regedit
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Use Regedit32
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Use Registry
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Use Regedt32
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Use ViewReg
Answers
1.
A,B,C
6. A,D
2.
C,D,E
3.
A,D
4.
B,D
5.
A,C,D
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