Week 2

Week 2 - January 13

Due Today

	Work through Tutorial #4
	Read MCSE: 309-331
	Assignment #1

Preparation for Class

	Be sure you have completed any review of Windows basics which you may need before this class. From this point on, new material will be coming pretty quickly.
	Compare what you read in the MCSE book with your lecture notes and the handouts from the first class. Is there anything you don't understand well? Make a list of questions to ask at the start of the class.

Topics Covered in this Class

Basics of the Windows Architecture (from Week 1)

	Main Components of Windows 95 & 98
	Differences from DOS
	Differences from earlier Windows

Using the Tutorial Labs

	Student Disks
	Turning in Assignments

Tutorial 4

	Context Menus
	Document-centric Desktop
	Creating Shortcuts
	Deleting, Moving and Copying Shortcuts
	Desktop Properties and Appearance
	Screen Settings
	Screensaver
	Control Panel Apps
	Customizing the Mouse
	Accessibility Options

Shortcuts

	What they are and how they work
	Shortcuts versus directory links
	Kinds of shortcuts
	Using shortcuts to customize the Desktop and Start Menu
	Explorer Shortcuts
	Control Panel Shortcuts

Handouts

	Parts of Windows 95 is a diagram showing Windows 95 components with some description of what each component does
	Five Shortcut Types is a document that goes into more detail than I did in the class about kinds of shortcuts and what they do.

Resources

	The Windows 95 Architecture chapter in the Windows 95 Resource Kit provides an excellent description of all the architectural features of Windows 95.
	Go to the Technet CD Online and navigate to the Windows 98 Architecture chapter in the Windows 98 Resource Kit does the same for Windows 98.
	For a perspective on how NT was designed to be different from Windows NT, take a look at the Windows NT Architecture chapter in the Windows NT 3.51 Resource Kit.

Assignments

	Tutorial I1
	Assignment #2

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