How to View Disk Properties Before you replace a hard disk, it is important to know the manufacturer, model number, drive type, and capacity of the drive so that you can find a comparable or exact replacement. After you install the new disk, you...
ICS Connection Types The Network Setup Wizard must be run on each computer that is a part of your workgroup. When you run the wizard, you can choose whether the computer should be the ICS ho...
Importing a Foreign Disk In this practice, you will import a foreign disk. A hardware failure has occurred on a file server. You must move the disk from the file server to another computer to access the information on that disk while the file server is being repaired. The disk on the file server...
Installing and Running the Setup Manager Wizard You can use the Setup Manager Wizard to create an answer file. The wizard provides an easy way to create an answer file without having to know the proper syntax for each Setup option. The Setup Mana...
Installing Windows XP Professional from a Product CD You will perform a new installation, sometimes called a .clean install,. when: There is no existing operating system on the partition on which you will install Windows XP Professional. . or...
Internet Connection Firewall Windows XP provides the added security of firewall protection to small networks that are connected to the Internet. A firewall checks all communications that cross the connection between the Internet and your compu...
Introduction to Microsoft Management Console One of the primary tools used to manage computers running Windows XP Professional is MMC. MMC itself does not provide management functions, but instead hosts management applications, called snap-ins , which you use to configure security on local and r...
Joining a Domain A computer in a workgroup, or a stand-alone computer, may easily be joined to an available domain. Joining a domain enables users with domain user accounts to gain access to the resources contained on that domain. Joining a domain also makes the computer and users subject to Gro...
LMHOSTS File The LMHOSTS file is a text file that contains the IP address-to-NetBIOS name mappings. A portion of the LMHOSTS file is pre-loaded into memory and is referred to as the NetBIOS name...
Managing Mounted Drives Using mounted drives can help you manage and organize data on your server. For example, to provide a more intuitive name for your drive, you can use a mounted drive to add a drive description of an existing partition. Use a mounted drive when you have two drives of relate...
