Windows 95 ? Preparation

Windows 95 Preparation

Prerequisites: Familiarity with other Windows family operating system products is required

Audience: Independent trainers or trainers in large corporations with students interested in: expanding their knowledge of Windows 95, implementing Windows 95 and migrating to Windows 95 as an end-user.

Course Length: 1 day

Preparing for Windows 95 is designed to:

Give students as near a "real world" introduction to Windows 95 as possible. The emphasis is on need information and procedures for migrating from existing Microsoft Windows family products to Windows 95.
Introduce system administrators with basic support and management requirements.

Key Topics:

· installation procedures

· Windows 95 basics

· Windows 95 user interface

· hardware and software management

· networking with Windows 95

· on going management

Hands-On Exercises:

· practice Windows 95 installation procedures, including determination of requirements

· learn Windows 95 basics, such as mastery of the new Windows 95 interface

· tackle the basics of hardware management, including plug-and-play and hard disk management

· optimize software supported by Windows 95

· connect to both a NetWare server and a Windows NT server

Course Outline

Introduction

Windows 95 Features

Windows 95 Benefits

Implementation Guidelines

Installation Procedures

Installation Requirements

Installation Procedures

Upgrade Concerns

Windows 95 Basics

Startup and Access

User Interface

Navigating Windows 95

Hardware Management

About Plug-and-Play

Hard disk management

Memory Management

Other Management Issues

Software Management

Supported Applications

Optimizing Support

Potential Pitfalls.

Networking with Windows 95

Windows 95 Workgroups

NT Server Domain Client Implementation

Novell NetWare Client Implementation

Windows 95 in a Mixed Environment

Ongoing Management

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