© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 Third Edition Chapter 6 Today’s Windows Windows Vista and Windows 7 McGraw-Hill

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Learning Outcomes Compare Windows 7 and Windows Vista Install and configure Windows 7 and Windows Vista Manage Windows 7 and Windows Vista Manage local security in Windows 7 and Windows Vista

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Windows Vista & Windows 7 Overview Comparison of Windows Vista and Windows 7 – Windows 7 has an enhanced user interface – Windows 7 has improved speeds … everywhere – They have nearly identical hardware requirements

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Table 6-1 (page 194) Windows Vista and Windows 7 Retail Editions

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Windows Vista & Windows 7 Overview Windows Vista Features – Windows Aero – User Account Control (UAC)

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 Table 6-2 (page 195) Windows Vista Features in the Retail Editions

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Windows Vista & Windows 7 Overview Windows Vista Features – Windows Aero Glass Flip 3D – User Account Control Solved a security problem But users found it annoying

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Figure 6-1 Windows Vista with Aero enhancements, including transparent Glass

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 9 Figure 6-2 Using Flip 3D in Windows Vista

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 Windows Vista & Windows 7 Overview Windows 7 Features – Desktop Enhancements Aero – Aero Snap – Aero Shake Jump Lists and Pinning

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 Table 6-3 (page 197)

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Figure 6-3 Windows 7 with Aero enhancements, including transparent Glass

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 13 Figure 6-4 Using Flip 3D in Windows 7

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 14 Figure 6-5 A Jump List for Microsoft Office Publisher

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 15 Figure 6-6 Pinned items on a ta skbar, along with the button for a running program

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 16 Figure 6-7 Right-click a pinned item to view its Jump List

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 17 Windows Vista & Windows 7 Overview Windows 7 Features (cont.) – Desktop Enhancements (cont.) Notification Area – Hidden Status icons – Action Center icon Libraries – File System Support

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 18 The hidden status icons revealed by clicking the Show hidden icons button

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 19 Figure 6-8 The new and improved notification area

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 20 Figure 6-10 The two default locations for the Documents library

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 21 Windows Vista & Windows 7 Overview Windows 7 Features (cont.) – Security Improved UAC BitLocker and BitLocker To Go AppLocker Windows Defender – Compatibility Compatibility settings Windows XP Mode

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 22 Windows Vista & Windows 7 Overview Windows 7 Features (cont.) – Recovery Tools on System Recovery Options menu Startup Repair System Restore System Image Recovery Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool Command Prompt

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 23 Figure 6-11 The Windows 7 System Recovery Options

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 24 Installing Windows Upgrade Paths – Only from certain versions and editions – Windows XP to Windows Vista – Windows Vista to Windows 7

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 25 Table 6-4 Upgrade Paths to Windows Vista

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 26 Table 6-5 Upgrade Paths to Windows 7

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 27 Installing Windows Recommended System Requirements – Nearly identical for Windows Vista and Windows 7 – Hardware requirements hurt Windows Vista – Same requirements are now reasonable – Memory maximums (Table 1-1 in Chapter 1) 4 GB limit for 32-bit Windows Vista or Windows GB limit for 64-bit Vista Ultimate or Enterprise 192 GB limit for 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate or Enterprise 8 GB limit for 64-bit Home Basic (both) 16 GB limit for 64-bit Home Premium (both)

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 28 Table 6-6 Windows Vista Recommended System Minimums

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 29 Table 6-7 Windows 7 Recommended Minimum Requirements

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 30 Installing Windows Preparing to Install Windows 7 – Types of Installation Upgrade Multi-boot Clean Installation

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 31 Figure 6-12 The Windows Boot manager menu showing two choices: Windows 7 and Windows Vista

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 32 Installing Windows Preparing to Install Windows 7 (cont.) – Run Windows Upgrade Advisor – Prepare to Transfer Settings and Data Windows Easy Transfer – Download latest version from – Transfer files and settings from 32-bit or 64-bit Windows

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 33 Insert illo showing Upgrade Advisor on page 207

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 34 Figure 6-13 Windows Easy Transfer for Windows 7

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 35 Installing Windows The Installation – Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) Scaled-down Windows OS Like the old Windows Setup program Limited drivers Support for NTFS Support for TCP/IP Supports some chipsets and storage devices Supports 32-bit and 64-bit programs Supports the Windows Setup GUI

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 36 Installing Windows Post-Installation Tasks – Verifying Network Access – Installing Security Software – Installing Updates – Virtual Machine Additions

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 37 Figure 6-15 Options for Windows Update

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 38 Managing Windows Preparing the Desktop for Users (cont.) – Adding a Local Printer Windows has many drivers Simple installation New Devices and Printers applet

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 39 Managing Windows Preparing the Desktop for Users (cont.) – Connecting to a Network Printer Open Devices and Printers applet, click Add a printer Install a local driver to prepare document

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 40 Managing Windows Installing and Removing Applications – Installing Applications Most have custom installation programs Update application after installing

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 41 Figure 6-21 You can update Microsoft Applications through Windows Update

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 42 Managing Windows Installing and Removing Applications (cont.) – Removing Applications Preferred method is application’s uninstall Use Add or Remove Programs if no uninstall program

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 43 Figure 6-22 Uninstall unwanted programs

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 44 Managing Windows Managing Windows Components – Open Windows Features – Turn features on and off

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 45 Use the check boxes to turn Windows features on or off

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 46 Managing Local Security in Windows Administering Local User Accounts – User Accounts Applet – Working with User Accounts in Windows Administrator can see other local user accounts Open User Accounts and click Manage another account Local Administrator account – Not visible by default – Administrator disabled by default – Do not recommend enabling Administrator because it is immune to UAC security feature

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 47

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 48 Step-by-Step 6.05 Creating a New Account in Windows 7 Managing Local Security in Windows

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 49 Managing Local Security in Windows Administering Local User Accounts (cont.) – User Account Control Introduced in Windows Vista, improved in Windows 7 Consent Prompt – A computer administrator only needs to click Yes to give consent to perform an administrative task Credentials Prompt – A Standard user must provide an Administrator password

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 50 Figure 6-27 The Consent Prompt appears when an Administrator needs to provide consent for certain actions

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 51 Figure 6-28 The Credentials Prompt will display when something requiring an Administrator occurs while a Standard user is logged on

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 52 Managing Local Security in Windows Local Security for Files and Folders – Folder-level encryption – BitLocker Drive Encryption encrypts an entire physical disk – File and Folder Permissions Access Control List (ACL) Access Control Entries (ACE) – Change permissions by opening a file or folder’s Security page

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 53 Figure 6-29 The list of permissions Windows creates on a user’s personal folder

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 54

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 55 Managing Local Security in Windows Local Security for Files and Folders (cont.) – NTFS Permission Inheritance Inherited through folder hierarchy Cannot alter inherited permission Block inheritance and assign new permission

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© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 57 Managing Local Security in Windows Windows Firewall – Personal firewall – Select a network location Home or work (private) networks Public networks (untrusted networks, such as Wi-Fi at a coffee shop)

© 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 58 Figure 6-30 On this page “Public networks” refers to public Wi-Fi networks and other untrusted public networks