Windows® 7 Administrator's Pocket Consultant
by William R. Stanek
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Author: William R. StanekEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-08-26
ISBN: 0735626995
Number of pages: 702
Publisher: Microsoft Press
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- ISBN13: 9780735626997
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Windows® 7 Administrator's Pocket Consultant
Book Review: Little book, a lot of extremely helpful information
Summary: 5 Stars
Worth the money and extremely helpful for 70-685 and 70-680. Also completely different from any other windows 7 book I bought and completely fantastic. Overall, this pocket consultant is informative and with everything I was looking for to understand windows 7 better. If you are running windows 7, you can't do without this book. Many tips, extras and more. Covers so many things other book don't even talk about, making it perfect for anyone wanting to know more.
I'm using it to help me study for exams 70-680 and 70-685 as its better in many ways than the exam books I bought. For Exam 70-680 covers, these areas exceptionally well:
Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating to Windows 7
*Perform a clean installation.
*Upgrade to Windows 7 from previous versions of Windows.
Deploying Windows 7
*Capture a system image.
*Prepare a system image for deployment.
*Deploy a system image.
Configuring Hardware and Applications
*Configure devices.
*Configure application compatibility.
*Configure Internet Explorer.
Configuring Network Connectivity
*Configure IPv4 network settings.
*Configure IPv6 network settings.
*Configure networking settings.
*Configure Windows Firewall.
*Configure remote management.
Configuring Access to Resources
*Configure shared resources.
*Configure file and folder access.
*Configure user account control (UAC).
*Configure BitLocker and BitLocker To Go.
*Configure mobility options.
*Configure remote connections.
Monitoring and Maintaining Systems that Run Windows 7
*Configure updates to Windows 7.
*Manage disks.
*Monitor systems.
*Configure performance settings.
Configuring Backup and Recovery Options
*Configure backup.
*Configure system recovery options.
*Configure file recovery options.
For Exam 70-680, that's everything, except:
Migrate user profiles.
Configure application restrictions.
Configure authentication and authorization.
Configure BranchCache.
Configure DirectAccess.
These areas are discussed but not enough to master. The exam book was better there. For 70-685 covers most everything you'll need for support and in all areas of the exam, which is excellent. Covers these areas very well:
Identifying Cause of and Resolving Desktop Application Issues
*Identify and resolve new software installation issues.
*Identify and resolve software configuration issues.
*Identify cause of and resolve software failure issues.
Identifying Cause of and Resolving Networking Issues
*Identify and resolve logon issues.
*Identify and resolve network connectivity issues.
*Identify and resolve names resolution issues.
*Identify and resolve network printer issues.
Managing and Maintaining Systems That Run Windows 7 Client
*Identify and resolve performance issues.
*Identify and resolve hardware failure issues.
Supporting Mobile Users
*Identify and resolve wireless connectivity issues.
*Identify and resolve remote access issues.
Identifying Cause of and Resolving Security Issues
*Identify and resolve Windows Internet Explorer security issues.
*Identify and resolve issues due to malicious software.
*Identify and resolve encryption issues.
*Identify and resolve software update issues.
All areas of 70-685 are discussed throughout the book though some aspects are lacking such as specific connect the dots for licensing restrictions or digital signing causing application installion failure. Still in a lot of areas Stanek's Windows 7 pocket book was better than the exam books I bought. I used both for studying and plan to keep using this one for a long long time. Also at about half the cost of just one of the exams books alone, its an exceptionally good value.
Summary of Windows® 7 Administrator's Pocket Consultant
Portable and precise, this pocket-sized guide delivers immediate answers for the day-to-day administration of Windows 7—from desktop configuration and management to networking and security issues. Zero in on core support and maintenance tasks by using quick-reference tables, instructions, and lists. You?ll get the precise information you need to solve problems and get the job done—whether at your desk or in the field!
Here?s the ideal, on-the-go reference that desktop administrators and support professionals can carry with them as they support and manage Windows 7.
DISM Tool Techniques
The Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool (DISM) ships with business editions of Windows 7. Using DISM, you can manage online and offline images of the Windows operating system, including images for deployment and those for virtual machines. Windows Image (.wim) files are used to deploy Windows 7. Virtual hard disk (.vhd) files are used with virtual machines. The same commands work on WIM and VHD files.
You can use DISM to:
--Add and remove packages. Packages can include language packs, patches, utilities, and so on.
--Enable and disable Windows features.
--Add and remove third-party device drivers.
You can run DISM at an elevated administrator command prompt by following these steps:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Accessories.
2. Right-click the Command Prompt shortcut on the menu, and then click Run As Administrator. (If you see the User Account Control prompt, proceed as you normally would to allow the application to run with administrator privileges.)
3. In the Command Prompt window, enter dism /? to view available options for DISM.
4. To view commands available for working with online images, enter dism/online/?.
Although DISM is designed to work primarily with offline images and images you've mounted, you can use some DISM commands to get important information about the live operating system running on a computer.
For example, if you want to display a list of Windows editions to which a computer can be upgraded, you can enter the following command:
dism /online /get-targeteditions
You can customize a mounted boot or install image using the DISM utility. Available options for DISM are summarized in the table below. All components in an image are managed via the component store.
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| The Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool provides commands for working with WIM images. The syntax for mounting images is: dism /mount-wim /wimfile: Path /index:Index /mountdir:MountPath where Path is the full path to the WIM image, Index is the index position of the image number of the image within the .wim file to apply, and MountPath is the directory location where you'd like to mount the image, such as: dism /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\winpe_x86\iso\sources\boot.wim /index:1 /mountdir:c:\win7 You can then modify the image as necessary. To commit your changes at any time, you can use Dism /Commit-Wim as shown in the following example: dism /commit-wim /mountdir:c:\win7 Here, you commit changes to the WIM images mounted in the C:\Win7 directory. To unmount a WIM file, you can use Dism /Unmount-Wim as shown in the following example: dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:c:\win7 |
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