Configuring Account Policies The Group Policy snap-in contains Computer Configuration settings. All settings under Computer Configuration affect every user who logs on to the computer. One part of configuring computer security is configuring Account Policies on the computer. To gain access to Ac...
Configuring Advanced Settings and Saving the Answer File When preparing the answer file, you can configure Advanced Settings, although you are not required to do so. Configuring Advanced Settings Under Advanced Settings, you will find: Telephony Enables you to provide information about your lo...
Configuring an Answer File to Automate the Mini-Setup Wizard You can reduce the amount of configuration information that the user needs to supply when the Mini-Setup Wizard runs. You do this by co...
Configuring Ctrl Alt Del Options Changes to settings under User Configuration affect users or groups of users on the local computer. In a domain, User Configuration affects users or groups of users on any computer that they log on to. User Config...
Configuring DNS Query Settings You can specify which DNS servers are queried for name resolution in the Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog box. When multiple DNS servers are specified, the host name resolution process is the same; however, instead of querying a single DNS server, multiple DNS server...
Configuring General Settings After configuring the user interaction level and the distribution method, the Setup Manager Wizard changes to a nonlinear wizard. A tree on the left side of the wizard lists General Settings, Network Settings, and Adv...
Configuring IP Addresses Windows XP Professional provides two methods for assigning IP addresses to devices on TCP/IP networks: Dynamic addressing by using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to assign an IP...
Configuring Local Security Microsoft Management Console (MMC) enables you to gain access to administrative tools, and also to create custom consoles focused on particular tasks or computers, for example to create a console focused on local security. When you configure local security, you set pol...
Configuring Microsoft Windows XP Professional to Operate in Microsoft Networks Both workgroups and domains are network environments; however, the way in which user accounts, authentication, and security are handled in each is quite different. To configure Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional to op...
Configuring Network Settings If you continue through the Setup Manager Wizard in the default order, you will configure Network Settings after you configure General Settings. Under Network Settings you will find the following configurable settings...
