Week |
Date |
Topics
Covered |
Readings |
1 |
1/6 |
Introduction
and class outline. Using Windows. Using the tutorial labs. OS Concepts and
History. OS architectures: DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT. |
Tutorials:
1-3
(see note 3) |
2 |
1/13 |
Customization
of Windows 95 versus earlier systems. Customizing the Windows desktop.
Shortcuts, Windows Registry, User Profiles, Control Panel apps. |
Tutorial:
4
MCSE: 309-331
Assignment #1 |
3 |
1/20 |
Using
Find. More on Windows architecture: files, drivers, Plug & Play, Boot
Sequence, File Systems, disk layout, DOS commands and programs under
Windows. |
Tutorial:
I1
Assignment #2 |
4 |
1/27 |
Working
with Graphics. Spatial and Color Resolution.
Image file formats, File compression. Windows 95 versus Windows 98 versus
Windows NT versus Windows 2000. |
Tutorial:
I2
MCSE: 89-103
MCSE: 133-151
Assignment #3 |
5 |
2/3 |
Planning for Windows Installation. Making a boot disk. Creating
partitions and formatting the hard drives. Installing DOS and Windows. |
MCSE:
331-338
MCSE: 103-119
Assignment #4 |
6 |
2/10 |
Mid-Term
Exam
|
MCSE:
339-351
MCSE: 120-133 |
7 |
2/17 |
Object
Linking &
Embedding, Processes & Threads, COM, OLE, More Registry,
cross-process and cross-machine communications. |
Tutorial:
I3
Assignment #5 |
8 |
2/24 |
Printers & Fonts. Video & Printer drivers. Character coding and
display. Character sets: SBCS, MBCS & Unicode. Input Method Editors.
Text layout. Locales and Internationalization of programs. |
Tutorial:
I4
Assignment #6 |
9 |
3/2 |
Network
Neighborhood. Networking concepts, the OSI model. Clients and servers. Protocols,
drivers and services. Security and logon. TAPI, MAPI, and RAS. |
Tutorial:
I5
MCSE: 15-48
Assignment #7 |
10 |
3/9 |
Disk
Maintenance, Backup & Recovery, Fragmentation, Security, Viruses, Internet security
and privacy, Planning for regular maintenance.
|
Tutorial:
I6
MCSE: 351-366
MCSE: 53-58
Assignment #8 |
|
3/16 |
Final Exam |
|
