TOPICS COVERED ON THE EXAM
NT Workstation 4.0 - 70-73
Hardware | Minimum hardware requirements of NT 4 (processor, disk, memory) |
Setup | Lots of Qs on
UDFs: computer specific info (comp name) (35 out of 162 Qs in Beta: UDFs, unattend.txt, sysdiff.exe) |
Printing | Printers vs
printing devices
How do you set up a pool? How to modify the priority of a printer so than one group has higher priority? Changing the spool directory (different from NT 3.51) How to install a printer (local or network) How to clear a print job that's stuck in the spooler Protocols used for a NIC printing device (eg. HP JetDirect) Printing to (LPR) Unix printers. NT printing to an Apple Laserwriter printer. Setting up printers to server to serve various OS: Win95, NT 3.51/4.0 |
Permissions | File/Directory
permissions (NTFS) - interaction with share
permissions
Permissions table: what are effective - locally and over the network |
Registry | regedt32.exe (NT
version; supports registry permissions)
regedit.exe (comes for Win95/search keys and branches) |
User accounts | Default groups on
NT WS (rights and abilities they have)
Limitations of an ordinary user vs a power user Logging on to a domain vs local logon Know how to change from on domain to the other |
Upgrading | Can't upgrade
from Win95 to NT WS 4 directly: registry contents not
compatible
Upgrading from WFW, Win95, NT WS 3.51, NT Server 3.51, OS/2. (how to retain, if possible, previous OS settings; - same dir) |
Profiles | User profile vs
System policy
When to use a Mandatory user profile instead of a system policy? Location of NT System policy file. Roaming user profile (how to create, default location on local machine) All users & Default User (see note page - exam spotlight notes) How to create a MANdatory user profile Which takes precedence: system & user policies. |
Domains | Single scenario, multiple solutions |
Connectivity | Know what PWS do:
FTP, Gopher, WWW services (2 Qs)
Know about GSNW, Migration Tool for Netware, FPNW, CSNW Know about multilink modem connectivity in RAS |
TCP/IP | Three basic items
for IP (IP address, S/N mask, default
gateway)
Know what DHCP does Know what WINS does Know what DNS does: name resolution Internet Domain names à IP address (several Qs) |
Architecture | Start an
application min/maximised: start /min *.exe or start /max
*.exe
Start an application with different priority: start /low, /normal, /high, /realtime Running a 16-bit app in its own memory space Application types supported in NT 4 (DOS, Win16, Win32, OS2, Posix) How do you run a Posix application under NT 4? Which type of OS/2 apps are supported under NT 4 |
Netware | Protocol needed to
interact with Netware 4.x and 3.x
How to process a logon script How to print a banner page & map drives. x.500 naming CSNW: NDS support (yes) - cannot run Netadmin or Nwadmin (12 Qs: 2 on Context Setting Qs) |
RAS | PPTP protocol (3
Qs)
Multi link: setting up dial out with Multilink and setting server callback |
Disk Administrator | How and why to set
up stripe sets
How much free space can you get out of a given configuration When (or if) to use volume sets. (few Qs) |
Troubleshooting | Know about
boot.ini and ARC naming convention
When to use ERD When to use Windows NT Setup disks When to use boot disk (which files are on it?) What happends if an NT boot file is missing from C:\. Difference of ERD, NT Setup disks and boot floppy How to save system and application crash dumps in NT 4 (Control Panel/System properties à System, Dr Watson à applications) Last known good (how to use) |
Hardware Profiles | When to use them |