70-270, MCSE/MCSA Guide to Installing and Managing Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 Chapter Four Adding and Configuring Devices and Drivers

Guide to MCSE , Objectives Use Control Panel applets Use Microsoft Management Console to create customized interfaces Understand the use of Administrative Tools Manage server and desktop hardware, including working with device drivers

Guide to MCSE , Objectives (continued) Configure hardware profiles Configure server processor and memory settings Configure server power options

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview Figure 4-1: Control Panel in Category view

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Table 4-1: Control Panel categories

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Figure 4-2: Control Panel applet icons in Classic view

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Accessibility Options Applet: For users with visual, audio, or movement impairments –Keyboard tab: StickyKeys, FilterKeys, ToggleKeys –Sound tab: Configure SoundSentry and ShowSounds options –Display tab: Improve readability –Mouse tab: Enable MouseKeys –General tab: General accessibility options Add Hardware Applet: Use if devices not automatically detected and installed by OS

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Add or Remove Programs Applet: Change or Remove Programs, Add New Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components, and Set Program Access and Defaults Activity 4-1: Adding and Removing Applications –Objective: Review the Windows components that can be added or removed by using the Add or Remove Programs applet Administrative Tools Applet: Points to same place as Administrative Tools Start menu item

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Figure 4-3: The Change or Remove Programs option

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Date and Time Applet: Set calendar date, clock time, and time zone for system –Clock set directly in system’s BIOS Activity 4-2: Setting the Time –Objective: Configure the date, time, and time zone for your computer Display Applet: Choose from wide range of interface and preference settings –Themes: Overall visual style of user interface –Desktop: Select wallpaper and customize desktop

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Display Applet (continued): –Screen Saver: Define screen saver properties –Appearance: Set window and button scheme, color scheme, and font size Can set display effects and advanced settings –Settings: Set screen resolution and color quality Troubleshooting and advanced settings options –Additional tabs may be hardware-specific Activity 4-3: Adding Monitors to Your Configuration –Objective: Add monitors to your configuration

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Folder Options Applet: Set functional and visual parameters of system folders Fonts Applet: Lists installed fonts and add or remove fonts Game Controllers Applet: Install and configure joysticks and other specialized gaming controls Internet Options Applet: Define settings for Internet Explorer and general Internet access Keyboard and Mouse Applets: Modify keyboard and mouse configurations –e.g., function of left and right mouse buttons

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Network Connections Applet: Manage all network connections Phone and Modem Options Applet: Define dialing locations, install/configure modems, and configure RAS and Telephony API (TAPI) drivers and services Power Options Applet: Set system’s power- saving and battery management features –Windows XP supports Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and Advanced Power Management (APM)

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Figure 4-7: The Power Schemes tab

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Power Options Applet (continued): –Power Schemes tab: Select power scheme profile –Alarms and Power Meter tab: Appears only if system has internal battery –Advanced tab: Displays different power management controls, depending hardware and whether ACPI enabled –Hibernate tab: Enable hibernate mode –Standby Mode: Lower power consumption mode –Hibernate Mode: System state saved, power turned off

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Activity 4-4: Configuring Power Options –Objective: Learn how to configure power options Printers and Faxes Applet: Install, share, and configure many types of output devices Regional and Language Options Applet: Define location-specific uses or requirements for numbers, currency, time, dates, and more –Input locale: Combination language and keyboard layout used to define how data is entered

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Figure 4-8: The Regional Options tab

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Scanners and Cameras Applet: Install drivers and configure digital cameras and optical scanners Scheduled Tasks Applet: Used to automate starting and running tasks –Tasks can be run within security context of a specific user account –Tasks can be moved from system to system Activity 4-5: Scheduling Tasks –Objective: Use Scheduled Tasks to automatically start an application (Calc.exe) at a specified time

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Sounds and Audio Devices Applet: Customize sound scheme, set master volume, configure speakers, set audio device preferences, and configure or troubleshoot multimedia devices Activity 4-6: Customizing Sound –Objective: Customize the sounds for different events on the computer Speech Applet: Configure text-to-speech functions for applications written to Microsoft’s Speech API (SAPI)

Guide to MCSE , Control Panel Overview (continued) Taskbar and Start Menu Applet: Same Properties dialog box opened by right-clicking Start button and selecting Properties command –Taskbar tab: Controls taskbar appearance and notification area settings –Start Menu tab: Select Windows XP new Start menu or Classic Start menu User Accounts Applet: Create and manage local user accounts, passwords,.NET passports; Access Local Users and Groups tool; Specify whether Ctrl+Alt+Delete required to log on

Guide to MCSE , System Applet Configure or control many system-level and core operational functions General tab: Displays OS version, service pack level, registered user name, basic computer information Computer Name tab: Used to join a domain or workgroup and change computer’s name Hardware tab: Access Add Hardware Wizard, enable/disable driver signing requirements, access Device Manager, define hardware profiles

Guide to MCSE , System Applet (continued) Startup and Recovery Options dialog box: Define system startup parameters and specify how STOP errors handled –Set default OS, selection timer for startup menu, and selection timer for recovery options –Edit boot.ini –Special controls for dealing with system crash When halts due to STOP error, contents of virtual memory can be dumped to a.dmp file Can disable dump file, or specify size of dump –Small, Kernel, or Complete memory dumps

Guide to MCSE , System Applet (continued) Figure 4-9: The Startup and Recovery dialog box

Guide to MCSE , System Applet (continued) Environmental Variables: Settings for system- wide environment variables and local user environment variables –Used to control how Windows XP operates Error Reporting: When system or application error occurs and Internet access available, anonymous error report sent to Microsoft –Helps Microsoft develop fixes and patches and possibly improve its future OS products

Guide to MCSE , Microsoft Management Console Overview Microsoft Management Console (MMC): Graphical interface shell that provides structured environment for consoles, snap-ins, and extensions that offer controls for services and objects Console is like a document window –One or more consoles can be loaded into MMC Snap-in: Component that adds control mechanisms to MMC console for specific service or object –Each can support one or more extensions

Guide to MCSE , Microsoft Management Console Overview (continued) MMC provides general-purpose framework used to consolidate systems management facilities MMC settings and layout options can be stored as.msc file –Allows custom configurations of snap-ins and extensions to be reused –Can assign, grant, or restrict access to.msc files

Guide to MCSE , The MMC Interface Figure 4-10: The Microsoft Management Console

Guide to MCSE , Snap-Ins Components added into a console that actually perform actions on services or objects –Standalone snap-ins: Provide main functions for system administration and control –Extension snap-ins: Add functionality to a standalone snap-in After snap-ins added and configured, can save console to.msc file in one of four formats –Author mode –Three user mode formats

Guide to MCSE , Using the MMC Windows XP equipped with several preconfigured consoles designed to offer administrative controls –Found mainly in Administrative Tools All snap-ins for creating Administrative Tools can be used to create custom consoles Activity 4-7: Using Microsoft Management Console –Objective: Create an MMC for managing the Windows Server 2003 computer

Guide to MCSE , Administrative Tools Collection of system configuration utilities –Powerful and potentially dangerous Component Services tool: Used mainly by application developers Data Sources (ODBC) tool: Used to configure OS to interact with various database management systems EventViewer: Used to view system messages about failure or success of key occurrences in Windows XP environment

Guide to MCSE , Administrative Tools (continued) Figure 4-11: Windows XP Professional Administrative Tools

Guide to MCSE , Administrative Tools (continued) Figure 4-12: Windows Server 2003 Administrative Tools

Guide to MCSE , Administrative Tools (continued) Local Security Policy: Used to configure local security settings for a system Performance tool: Used to access System Monitor and Performance Logs and Alerts Services tool: Used for stopping and starting services and configuring startup parameters for services Computer Management: Serves as common troubleshooting and administration interface for several tools

Guide to MCSE , Administrative Tools (continued) Figure 4-13: Device Manager selected in the Computer Management window

Guide to MCSE , Administrative Tools (continued) Computer Management System Tools Section: –EventViewer –Shared Folders –Local Users and Groups –Performance Logs and Alerts –Device Manager Computer Management Storage Section: –Removable Storage –Disk Defragmenter –Disk Management

Guide to MCSE , Administrative Tools (continued) Computer Management System Tools Section: –Indexing Service –WMI Control –Services

Guide to MCSE , Managing Server and Desktop Hardware Hardware devices that must be managed: – Disk drives – CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives – Modem – Network adapter cards – Video adapter cards – Printers and scanners – Keyboard – Mouse – USB devices – IEEE 1394 (FireWire) devices

Guide to MCSE , Hardware Compatibility Windows Server 2003 infrastructure only as reliable as hardware on which it is based –Must make sure hardware meets or exceeds minimum requirements set forth by Microsoft Windows Server Catalog: Contains listings of hardware devices that have been certified to function with Windows Server 2003 –And officially carry “Designed for Windows Server 2003” logo

Guide to MCSE , Hardware Resource Settings When hardware devices installed, assigned resource settings –To access processor and memory in different ways When resource settings configured manually, must ensure no conflicts exist Direct memory access (DMA) channels: Allow device to access system memory (RAM) directly Input/Output Ranges: Dedicated address spaces allocated for transferring information between computer and hardware device

Guide to MCSE , Hardware Resource Settings (continued) Figure 4-14: The Resources tab for a network adapter card

Guide to MCSE , Hardware Resource Settings (continued) Interrupt request (IRQ) lines: Used to gain attention of system processor Figure 4-16: Viewing IRQ settings in Device Manager

Guide to MCSE , Hardware Resource Settings (continued) Memory Addresses: Used for communication between hardware device and OS –Should be configured with dedicated and unique memory address ranges Activity 4-8: Viewing Resource Settings in Device Manager –Objective: Use Device Manager to view hardware resource settings

Guide to MCSE , Troubleshooting Resource Setting Conflicts Figure 4-18: The I/O node under Hardware Resources

Guide to MCSE , Understanding Device Drivers Required for OS to communicate with devices Driver signing: Verify that drivers have undergone rigorous testing and will function correctly Device Manager: Managing device drivers –Determining whether hardware functioning correctly –View and change resources settings –Determine and change drivers –Enable, disable, uninstall devices –Configuring advanced settings –View and print summary information

Guide to MCSE , Understanding Device Drivers (continued) Figure 4-21: Using Device Manager to identify hardware problems

Guide to MCSE , Understanding Device Drivers (continued) Figure 4-22: Accessing driver updates via a device’s Properties dialog box

Guide to MCSE , Understanding Device Drivers (continued) Activity 4-9: Exploring Device Manager –Objective: Use Device Manager to gather information about existing hardware and ways of viewing information Roll Back Driver Feature: “roll back” to previous driver version when updated driver causes problems Activity 4-10: Using the Roll Back Driver Feature –Objective: Use the Roll Back Driver feature to return to a previous version of a device driver

Guide to MCSE , Configuring Device Driver Signing Digital signature assures that driver has met quality testing standards and has not been altered or overwritten –Three driver signing options: Ignore, Warn, or Block Activity 4-11: Configuring Driver Signing Options –Objective: Configure Windows Server 2003 to block the installation of all driver files that are not digitally signed

Guide to MCSE , Configuring Device Driver Signing (continued) Activity 4-12: Using the File Signature Verification Utility –Objective: Use the File Signature Verification utility to verify that Microsoft has digitally signed all installed system files and device drivers

Guide to MCSE , Adding New Devices to a Server Two main types of hardware typically installed: PnP devices and legacy devices PnP devices: Automatically detected and configured Must be built into device Must be enabled in computer’s BIOS Must be built into computer’s OS kernel Activity 4-13: Installing a PnP Hardware Device –Objective: Use Device Manager and the Add Hardware Wizard to uninstall and then reinstall a device

Guide to MCSE , Adding New Devices to a Server (continued) Legacy Devices: Typically require installing and configuring drivers and resource settings Figure 4-29: The Add Hardware Wizard

Guide to MCSE , Configuring Hardware Profiles Hardware profile: Instructions telling OS which devices to start and which drivers to load when computer starts –Every device enabled in default profile –More convenient than installing and removing drivers Activity 4-14: Setting Multiple Hardware Configurations –Objective: Use hardware profiles to set up different hardware configurations for a desktop system

Guide to MCSE , Configuring Processor and Memory Settings Processor Scheduling: Enables configuration of how processor resources allocated programs –Use memory usage options to configure how much system memory used to run programs

Guide to MCSE , Configuring Processor and Memory Settings (continued) Figure 4-30: The Advanced tab of the Performance Options dialog box

Guide to MCSE , Configuring Processor and Memory Settings (continued) Virtual memory: Used to expand capacity of computer’s physical RAM –Slower than RAM –Paging file: Area of disk allocated for Virtual Memory Location is important Must set initial size and maximum size Activity 4-15: Viewing and Configuring Virtual Memory Settings –Objective: Configure virtual memory settings on a Windows Server 2003 system

Guide to MCSE , Configuring Processor and Memory Settings (continued) Figure 4-31: Configuring virtual memory settings

Guide to MCSE , Configuring Processor and Memory Settings (continued) Memory for Network Performance: Memory used for network connectivity related to number of user connections at a given time Table 4-2: Configuring server memory for network optimization

Guide to MCSE , Configuring Server Power Options In most situations, server should be set to Always On or Minimal Power Management –Can create own settings UPS device: Protects computer from power fluctuations –Gives window of time to safely power down Activity 4-16: Defining a Server Power Scheme –Objective: Configure a new power scheme for use on a Windows Server 2003 system

Guide to MCSE , Configuring Server Power Options (continued) Figure 4-33: Configuring power scheme settings

Guide to MCSE , Configuring Server Power Options (continued) Figure 4-35: The UPS tab of the Power Options Properties dialog box

Guide to MCSE , Summary Applets and tools in Control Panel and Administrative Tools, including Accessibility Options, Add or Remove Programs, Appearance and Themes, Regional Options, Power Options, Network and Internet Options, Performance, Printers and Other Hardware, and Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices The Microsoft Management Console allows you to use snap-ins to create a customized server management tool

Guide to MCSE , Summary (continued) Windows Server 2003 supports a variety of internal and external hardware devices Device Manager is the primary tool for managing and modifying hardware on a Windows Server 2003 system Device driver files allow Windows Server 2003 to communicate with a hardware device

Guide to MCSE , Summary (continued) Windows Server 2003 makes it possible to control the allocation of processor and memory resources as well as the use of virtual memory Hardware profiles allow administrators to control which drivers are loaded during the startup process and, by extension, which hardware devices are available