Windows 7 - Getting Started Tutorials

System Recovery Options

Configure system recovery options. This objective may include but is not limited to configure startup settings; configure System Restore; determine when to choose Last Known Good Configuration; perform a complete restore; perform a driver rollback; and pe Read more...

Create and Manage Active Directory Users and Computers

Users and computers are the basic leaf objects that populate the branches of the AD DS tree. Creating and managing these objects are everyday tasks for most AD DS administrators. Read more...

Windows 8 Startup Troubleshooting

How to fix a problem involving Windows startup. Obviously, your computer isn't much use to you if you can't start it up and get to the logon screen. The startup system for Windows changed significantly in Windows Vista, and it has changed again with Windo Read more...

Virtual Environment

The uptake and usage of virtualization varies depending on the industry and application, but there can be no doubt that even as portable computers and smartphones become more powerful-now equipped with quad-core processors as standard- virtualizing operat Read more...

Monitor and maintain Windows Clients

Over the years, you've probably seen new Windows versions as well as hundreds, if not thousands, of updates from Microsoft. Updates can offer new functionality, fix problems, plug security holes, and update drivers. Read more...

Windows 8 Productivity and System Performance Tips

In this tutorial, you'll find plenty of ways to improve system performance and get more productive when using Windows 8. Whether using the Task Manager to rev up your PC, using the new File History tool for recovering old versions of files, or finding out Read more...

Configuring and Managing Windows Server Backups

There is an old saying that nothing lasts forever, which means one should live it up, take chances, and never have any regrets. That might be sound advice in some situations, but it's not the approach you want to take when it comes to protecting your data Read more...

Server Authentication

Authentication is the act of confirming the identity of a user or system and is an essential part used in authorization when the user or system tries to access a server or network resource. Read more...

Advanced File Management

Perhaps you have noticed that In the language of Microsoft Windows dialog boxes, the word advanced does not invariably mean technically complex, obscure, esoteric, or arcane. Sometimes its meaning is closer to miscellaneous. Read more...

Automating Windows 7 Installation

Images are an important topic to master when learning about Windows 7 deployment. All deployments of Windows 7 deploy images. The basic installation DVD includes images, and you can also use several tools to capture. Read more...