Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional: Getting Started

General Information

Course Duration
4 hours

Audience
End-users who wish to gain a level of knowledge that will enable them to use Windows 2000 Professional effectively in their daily work

Prerequisites
General computer awareness and basic familiarity with Windows operating systems

Topics Covered

  • Background
  • Starting up and shutting down
  • Running operating system programs
  • Navigating resources
  • Hands-on: Using Windows Explorer
  • Exploring the network
  • Hands-on: Adding a new network place
  • Searching for files and folders
  • Hands-on: Finding a file
  • Searching for objects
  • Installing programs
  • Hands-on: Installing a program
  • Online Help and troubleshooting
  • The Start menu
  • Hands-on: Managing the Start menu
  • The taskbar and shortcuts
  • The Control Panel
  • Creating a user account

Course Aim

To introduce Windows 2000 Professional and demonstrate basic end-user tasks such as logging on, exploring, installing applications, and customization

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, the student should be able to

  • log on, log off, start, and shut down Windows 2000

  • install and run applications

  • browse, search, and locate network resources and Active Directory objects

  • customize the Windows 2000 working environment