Network Management

Identify the features of TCP/IP networking.
Identify the features of TCP/IP tools.
Identify the features of the Domain Name System (DNS).
Identify the features of a domain.
Identify the guidelines for maintaining and supporting the Domain Name System (DNS).
Identify the guidelines for maintaining and supporting the Domain Name System (DNS).
Identify the features of Network File System (NFS) common variants.
Identify the guidelines for installing and operating Network File System (NFS) servers.

Create a Personal Screen Saver

For a great way to put your digital photos to work, try creating a slide show presentation for use as a screen saver.
Right–click an empty spot on your desktop, and then click Properties.
Click the Screen Saver tab.
In the Screen saver list, click My Pictures Slideshow.
Click Settings to make any adjustments, such as how often the pictures should change, what size they should be, and whether you’ll use transition effects between pictures, and then click OK.
Now your screen saver is a random display of the pictures taken from your My Pictures folder.

Windows XP Professional Utility: Setup Disks for floppy boot install.

The Windows XP startup disk allows computers without a bootable CD-ROM to perform a new installation of the operating system. The Windows XP startup disk will automatically load the correct drivers to gain access to the CD-ROM drive and start a new installation of Setup. You cannot upgrade from a Windows XP startup disk.Windows XP Home Edition startup disks will not work for Windows XP Professional installations and vice-versa.

Systems Administration and Security

Identify the features of the Network Information Service (NIS).
Identify the guidelines for configuring the Network Information Service (NIS).
Identify the features of the Name Service Switch (NSS) file.
Identify measures that can be taken to maintain basic host security.
Identify the features of user authentication with Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM).
Identify the features of the Internet daemon (inetd) program.
Identify the features of tcp_wrappers.
Identify the features of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
Identify the features of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol.
Identify the security strategy for running services.
Identify the function of the set group id (setGID) bit scheme.
Identify the features of the Computer Oracle and Password System (COPS).
Identify the features of user process accounting in RedHat Linux.
Set the system time in RedHat Linux.
Identify the features of system log files.
Configure automatic management tasks for log files by using logrotate.
Configure the swatch utility.

To install 4-in-1 drivers

a) Extract and Save the drivers on a floppy diskette. b) Near the start of the Windows XP installation routine, the system prompts you to Press F6 to install other drivers. Press F6, then insert the floppy to install the drivers. Windows XP, like Windows 2000, recognizes the drivers as SCSI -- this is normal. With any luck, your installation should then proceed without a hitch.
Our long-term suggestion is to avoid VIA as the maker of your next motherboard's chipset.

Dual booting with Windows XP

Been browsing Microsoft's website a lot here lately, looking for some good information that I can pass on too you all. Found a series of how to articles, one of interest in particular, dual booting, or multibooting as they call it, with Windows XP, a subject I haven't covered much yet. From their site, "You can install two or more operating systems on your computer, and then choose the one that you want to use each time you restart. This is known as multibooting. You can configure your computer to start Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and either Windows 95 or Windows 98 or Windows ME." Here is the link to the main page, here is the article for installing Windows 2000 and Windows XP, this article is for Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Windows XP, and this article is for dual booting MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows XP, be aware that each of these links are for different pages of the same article, so if you just want to read the whole thing and not a particular setup, then start here. In almost all cases, Windows XP must be installed last, and in the case of pc's that participate in Windows domains, each installation must use a different computer name, because a unique security identifier (SID) is used for each installation of Windows XP on a domain, the computer name for each installation must be unique—even for multiple installations on the same computer.

Windows XP Troubleshooting

Installation1) By far the most common report we receive from users who have encountered difficulties while upgrading to Windows XP is: "I had do the upgrade for me and now all of my email messages and addresses have disappeared and none of my old programs work. How can I get them back?"
The short answer is "from your backup." If you don't have a current backup of your hard drive, make one now. We recommend PowerQuest's Drive Image or Symantec Norton Ghost, both of which can clone your hard drive(s) to another drive or to one or more CD-R discs. Backing up to CD-R (this, of course, requires a CD writer) is a particularly cost-effective way of safeguarding your data.
If a computer running Windows 98 or Windows Me is upgraded to Windows XP, it should preserve all the existing messages, email addresses, programs and desktop configuration settings. However, if a "clean installation" or "dual boot" configuration is set up, it will not. In any event, it's always a good idea to have a current backup.