Configuring Windows Vista Applications and Tools

Description:
This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully configure mobile computers and applications that run Windows Vista.

It will also provide them with the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure successful configuration of the IT Pro tools and productivity applications that ship with Windows Vista.

Students will focus on six main areas: maintenance and optimization tools, media applications, productivity applications, notebook computers, mobile devices, and Tablet PCs.

Target Audience:
This course is intended for IT Professionals who want to become technology specialists. A Windows Vista technology specialist is defined as a technology specialist interested in learning about, assessing skills, using reference products, or taking exams to prove his or her knowledge/skills/experience related to Microsoft's Windows Vista technologies.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Maintain and optimize Windows Vista systems
• Configure Windows Vista Media Applications
• Configure Windows Vista Productivity Applications

• Completed or have equivalent knowledge and skills to 5115: Installing and Configuring the Windows Vista Operating System
• Familiarity with computer hardware and devices, such as the ability to look into device manager and look for unsupported devices
• Basic TCP/IP knowledge, such as knowing why you need to have a valid IP address
• Basic Microsoft Windows and Active Directory knowledge, such as knowledge about domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership
• Experience with mapping network file shares, such as being familiar with UNC paths and mapping local resources to server/share
• Experience with running commands from a command window, such as the DOS command prompt
• Experience with reviewing BIOS settings

• Maintaining Performance by Using Windows Vista Performance Tools
• Optimizing Windows by Using Windows Vista Diagnostics Tools
• Configuring Windows Update
• Configuring Windows Media Player for Windows Vista
• Configuring Windows Media Center
• Configuring Windows Sidebar
• Configuring Windows Mail
• Configuring Windows Meeting Space
• Configuring Windows Calendar
• Configuring Windows Fax and Scan
• Configuring Mobile Computer Settings
• Configuring Mobile Devices
• Configuring Power Options
• Configuring Windows Vista Tablet PC Settings
• Configuring Pen and Input Devices
• Networking Without Wires
• Connecting to a Wireless Network
• Working with Offline Files

• Exam 70-620: TS: Microsoft Windows Vista Client, Configuring