Select Course Lesson # to study or review... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A+ Operating Systems Exam Objectives from Comptia Cramession Review Guides online for A+ Operating Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lesson 1: Overview of the DOS Operating System Lesson 2: Introduction to the 9X Family of Products Lesson 3: Introduction to 9x Networking Lesson 4: Windows 9x Architecture Lesson 5: Supporting Printers Lesson 6: Troubleshooting 9x Lesson 7: Introduction to the Windows 2000 Family of Products Lesson 8: The Windows 2000 Boot Process Lesson 9: Windows 2000 System Administration Basics Lesson 10: Introduction to Networking with TCP/IP Lesson 11: Name Resolution Services Lesson 12: Customizing a Windows 2000 Installation Lesson 13: Managing Network Printing Lesson 14: Managaing Hard Disks and Partitions Lesson 15: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Windows 2000
A+ OPERATING SYSTEMS STUDY GUIDES, GLOSSARYS and GLOBAL RESOURCES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STUDY GUIDES A+ OS Technolgies Study Test Questions A+ OS practice Exam to download A+ OS free download for Network portion of Exam A+ Central A+ Certification Study on Learnthat.com: A whole online course A+ Core Exam Questions Online A+ Certification Hints A+ free online course: Learthat.com A+ Study Guides and practice exams A+ Test Prep Question: Pages by Dave Intro to Hardware Glossary of Terms: Need Acrobat Neil's A+ Braindump PC Guide: Systems and Components reference guide Study Question for A+ Certification: Nice Powerpoint Pverview! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GLOSSARIES USING MS-DOS7 Commands: Glossary of most commands ONLINE COMPUTING DICTIONARY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Microsoft Download Center: Search by any OS for all! MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE" Search by OS and then your problem! Microsoft Software Library: Mirror of Content from 91-94 MICROSOFT Public Newsgroups for help: search by OS SearchTechTarget.com: many categories to search by.. SearchWin2000.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDOWS 98 Windows 98 Resource Kit Online
OPERATING SYSTEMS HISTORY and FUN STUFF --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HISTORY OF COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS History of Microsoft DOS MICROSOFT MUSEUM TRIUMPH OF THE NERDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUST INTERESTING Are you a geek? Guess the computer Cable 101 Exam Classic Arcade games from MIDWAY: "Play classic games" link Demotivator posters FlashBIOS.org: links to all motherboard mfgs INTEL JIGSAW Puzzles NEAVE: classic video games here! Tower of HANOI puzzle Tower of Hanoi puzzle and FYI ZD Net HARDWARE REVIEWS
OS HOMEPAGES and SOFTWARE VENDORS by category --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATING SYSTEMS HOMEPAGES Windows 95 Homepage Windows 98 Homepage Windows Millenium Homepage Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Windows NT 4.0 Server Windows 2000 all versions Windows XP all Versions Windows 2003 SYSTEM UTITLITES Partition Manager: for Multi-boot OSs BACKUP SOLUTIONS VERITAS Backupo Exec Brightstrore ARCserve tape backup from CA
REGULATORY BODIES 1394 Trade association Accelerated graphics Forum ANSI: American National Standards Institute Blackberry Bluetooth EIA: Electronic Industries Alliance EPA: Environmantal Protection Agency FCC: Fedral Communications Commission IEEE IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force ISO: International Standards Organization ITU: International Telecommunications Inion MSDSOnline OSHA SCSI Trade Association T13 Technical committee: AT attachment USB Implementers Forum US Consumer Product Safety Commission
TOOLS, UTILITIES and DOWNLOADS: FREEWARE and SHAREWARE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows 95 Downloads Homepage Windows 98 Downloads Homepage Windows NT 4.0 Downloads Homepage Windows 2000 Homepage Downloads Microsoft Download Center: Search by any OS for all! FTP Site to download all free 2000 resource kit tools 2000 Server Resource Kit Tools: those hyperlinked can be dowloaded! Templates and Checklists from Tech Repulic Deployment Plan in MS Project for Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Enterprise Planning Workbook Tool --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOS Bootdisk downlaods and Examples DOS Utilities Archive DOS utilities @ DOWNLOAD.com OFFICE DOWNLOAD CENTER FOR VIEWERS POWERTOYS: Only works for Windows 95 POWERTOYS: For WIndosw XP SIMTEL: FREEWARE AND SHAREWARE for MANY OS's SUBNET Calculator: Wildpackets TRENDMICRO: Antivirus Software for the Enterprise VISUAL ROUTE: GUI Trace route utility WINZIP: file compression utility download eval copy link WNTIPCFG: like Winipcfg, but for all NT platforms!
Module 1: Overview of the MS-DOS Operating System MS-DOS Boot Process Common MS DOS Commands Vital DOS Commands .....scroll down a little MS-DOS Boot Sequence and basic commands Using FDISK: The Screens Module 2: Introduction to the Windows 9x Family of Products Microsoft Timeline Animated click "start the timeline" lower right Windows Operating Systems Family History Windows 95 Support Center Windows 98 Support Center Troubleshoot Autoexec.bat and Config,sys back to menu Module 3: Introduction to Windows 9x Networking Introduction to Networking Configuration Windows 98 on MS Networks from the 98 Resource Kit How to create a peer-to-peer Network with Windows 98 Windows Sockets Hostory of Windows Networking API to menu Module 4: Windows 9x Architecture Windows 98 Network Architecture very detailed and technical Description of Dr. Watson How to troubleshoot Program faults with DR. WATSON Registry Editors Causes of General Protection Fualts and troubleshooting Device Manager Resources Module 5: Supporting Printers Print processors and Data Types Printing Definition of Terms see Module 13 below for more networking printing details Module 6: Troubleshooting 9X How to use Troubleshooters in Windows 98 Windows 98 Troubleshooters
MS-DOS Boot Process Common MS DOS Commands Vital DOS Commands .....scroll down a little MS-DOS Boot Sequence and basic commands Using FDISK: The Screens
MS-DOS Boot Process
Common MS DOS Commands
Vital DOS Commands .....scroll down a little
MS-DOS Boot Sequence and basic commands
Using FDISK: The Screens
Microsoft Timeline Animated click "start the timeline" lower right
Windows Operating Systems Family History
Windows 95 Support Center
Windows 98 Support Center
Troubleshoot Autoexec.bat and Config,sys
back to menu
Introduction to Networking Configuration Windows 98 on MS Networks from the 98 Resource Kit How to create a peer-to-peer Network with Windows 98 Windows Sockets Hostory of Windows Networking API to menu
Introduction to Networking Configuration
Windows 98 on MS Networks from the 98 Resource Kit
How to create a peer-to-peer Network with Windows 98
Windows Sockets
Hostory of Windows Networking API to menu
Windows 98 Network Architecture very detailed and technical Description of Dr. Watson How to troubleshoot Program faults with DR. WATSON Registry Editors Causes of General Protection Fualts and troubleshooting Device Manager Resources
Windows 98 Network Architecture very detailed and technical
Description of Dr. Watson
How to troubleshoot Program faults with DR. WATSON
Registry Editors
Causes of General Protection Fualts and troubleshooting
Device Manager Resources
Print processors and Data Types Printing Definition of Terms see Module 13 below for more networking printing details
Print processors and Data Types
Printing Definition of Terms
see Module 13 below for more networking printing details
How to use Troubleshooters in Windows 98 Windows 98 Troubleshooters
How to use Troubleshooters in Windows 98
Windows 98 Troubleshooters
Key Benefits of each Operating System Deploying Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Centralized Management Domain Sizing and Capacity Planning for Windows Server NT 4.0 Customizing and Automating Unattended Installations
Key Benefits of each Operating System
Deploying Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Centralized Management
Domain Sizing and Capacity Planning for Windows Server NT 4.0
Customizing and Automating Unattended Installations
Windows 2000 Startup Process Sample Boot.ini Startup process and Boot.ini swithces Troubleshooting Startup Process Summary of the Startup process (same as for 2000) Device Management
Windows 2000 Startup Process
Sample Boot.ini
Startup process and Boot.ini swithces
Troubleshooting Startup Process
Summary of the Startup process (same as for 2000)
Device Management
MMC White Paper Webcast: An overview of MMC How to create custom MMC snap-in tools Registry Editing Tools A crash course for Editing the NT reigistry NT 4.0 Directory Services Overview
MMC White Paper
Webcast: An overview of MMC
How to create custom MMC snap-in tools
Registry Editing Tools
A crash course for Editing the NT reigistry
NT 4.0 Directory Services Overview
Windows 2000 Server TCP/IP Core Networking Guide Microsoft TCP/IP and Related Services for Winodws NT NT 4.0 Server Networking Guide
Windows 2000 Server TCP/IP Core Networking Guide
Microsoft TCP/IP and Related Services for Winodws NT
NT 4.0 Server Networking Guide
DNS Resources Windows 2000 Server TCP/IP Core Networking Guide WINS Architecture and Capacity Planning NT 4.0 Server Networking Guide
DNS Resources
WINS Architecture and Capacity Planning
Network Printing Windows 2000 Print Services Adding print drivers for other versions of Windows Checklist" Setting up a printer for 2000 Print processors and Data Types
Network Printing
Windows 2000 Print Services
Adding print drivers for other versions of Windows
Checklist" Setting up a printer for 2000
NTFS compared to FAT and FAT32 Benefits of NTFS File System
NTFS compared to FAT and FAT32
Benefits of NTFS File System