Week 4 - January 27
  
Due Today
Preparation for Class
 | We are still in a bit of "catch-up" mode, so we will focus on
both Intermediate Tutorials 1 and 2. |
| Read the MCSE book pages on Windows NT for general understanding of the
differences only. I have postponed discussing this in class. |
| Review your understanding of Windows 95 architecture and be ready to ask
questions about areas you have trouble with. We will be going further with
this today and your understanding of prior topics is important. |
Topics To Be Covered in this Class
| Intermediate Tutorial 1
 | Finding files |
| Wild Card search specifications |
| Recent Documents |
| Using Quickview |
|
| System Startup
| Boot Sequence in DOS and Windows |
| Windows files |
| Windows drivers |
| Plug and Play |
|
| Disk Organization and File Systems
| Partitions and the MBR |
| FAT16 File System |
| FAT32 File System |
| NTFS File System |
| Disk space calculations |
|
| Intermediate Tutorial 2
| Using Paint |
| Graphics Terminology |
|
| How images are stored
| Spatial resolution |
| Color and resolution |
| Palette versus non-palette formats |
| File Compression |
| Common Image file formats : TIF, BMP, GIF, JPEG |
| Image file size calculations |
|
Handouts
| Booting Process covers the
steps that the system goes through at startup. |
| Areas Formed During Formatting
describes the layout of a disk formatted with the FAT file system. |
| FAT File
System Disk Size Limitations shows the calculation of cluster sizes and how
it affects disk layout. |
| How to Determine the
Version of Windows 95 is a copy of a Microsoft Knowledge Base
article that tells how to figure out which version of Windows 95 you have.
You should be able to use this method to find out exactly what version of
the Operating System is running on a machine. You need to know this when you
are applying service updates, downloading patches, etc.
|
Assignments
|
