IS 2101—FALL 2009 Chapter 6 Getting Started with Windows Vista 9/22/08 and 9/24/08 9/21/09 1 IS Fall 2009

Getting Started with Windows Vista Chapter 6 9/21/09 2 IS Fall 2009

Versions and Features 9/21/09 3 IS Fall 2009

Versions  Home Basic  Home Premium  Business  Enterprise  Ultimate 9/21/09 4 IS Fall 2009

Features  Security Center  Defender  Firewall  Encryption  Mail  Internet Explorer  Multimedia  Media Player  Movie Maker 9/21/09 5 IS Fall 2009

Firewall Services  Firewall software examines network traffic going into and out of the machine  Restrictions are placed, especially on incoming service requests  Client/Server outlined  Illustrate configuration 9/21/09 6 IS Fall 2009

Encryption  A function applied to data to produce other data  Original is called clear text  New data is called encoded text  It is reversible  Depends on a key value  If you don’t know the key, it is very difficult to discover the clear text from the encoded text 9/21/09 7 IS Fall 2009

Public Key Encryption  Encryption used by web sites is often public key encryption  The browser is provided a public key which can be used to encrypt data to send to a server  The server has a private key that is used to decrypt the data  It is very difficult to discover the private key even if you know the public key 9/21/09 8 IS Fall 2009

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Encryption Services  The main service is to manage public keys  These keys also include information identifying the issuer  Also, the keys include information that indicates how well the key can be trusted 9/21/09 10 IS Fall 2009

PGP and GPG  Pretty Good Privacy  Gnu Privacy Guard 9/21/09 11 IS Fall 2009

Utility Features  Calendar  Sidebar  Search  Aero Glass  Remote Desktop 9/21/09 12 IS Fall 2009

Explore the Desktop  Sidebar  Gadgets (Applets) 9/21/09 13 IS Fall 2009

The Taskbar  Start button  Taskbar  Quickstart  Program buttons  Notification area  Customizing  Clock  Adjusting 9/21/09 14 IS Fall 2009

Configuring the Notification Area  Demonstrate adjusting what icons show  All the time  When active  Never 9/21/09 15 IS Fall 2009

Adjusting the Clock  Setting the time zone  Automatic DST  GMT -5 ???  Synchronizing the time 9/21/09 16 IS Fall 2009

Start Menu  Pinned Items  Recently used Programs  Windows Folders  Customization Options  List of all programs  Search 9/21/09 17 IS Fall 2009

Elements of a Window  Figure 8 on page 269 9/21/09 18 IS Fall 2009

Question  Given a window, identify components of that window 9/21/09 19 IS Fall 2009

Modifying Windows  Open  Size  Move  Close  See the desktop 9/21/09 20 IS Fall 2009

Seeing all Windows  Stack  Cascade 9/21/09 21 IS Fall 2009

Options in Dialogue Boxes  Dialogue Boxes  Option buttons (aka radio button)  Spin button  Check box  Command buttons  Text box  Drop-down arrow 9/21/09 22 IS Fall 2009

Question  Identify different components in a dialogue box 9/21/09 23 IS Fall 2009

Help and Support  Start menu  Online extensions  Features  Search Results  Print  Browse 9/21/09 24 IS Fall 2009

Folder Operations  Creating  Renaming  Deleting 9/21/09 25 IS Fall 2009

Operations on Multiples  To select multiple files and/or folders for an operation  Hold own Ctrl key and click each item desired  Click first, hold down Shift and click last item  Using checkboxes to select  The folder options dialogue 9/21/09 26 IS Fall 2009

Windows Search  Instant Search  Advanced filters  Saving searches 9/21/09 27 IS Fall 2009

Recycle Bin  What is in it?  Viewing  Deleting from recycle  Restoring from recycle 9/21/09 28 IS Fall 2009

Question  What is in the recycle bin? 9/21/09 29 IS Fall 2009

Question  Can data be recovered fully from the recycle bin?  Can data be completely removed from the recycle bin? 9/21/09 30 IS Fall 2009

The Control Panel  Removing programs  Localization  System and Maintenance 9/21/09 31 IS Fall 2009

Settings  Screen saver  Check system settings  System and maintenance then System  Mouse and Printers  User accounts  Privilege level  Security settings 9/21/09 32 IS Fall 2009

Question  What is the type of software that allows you to run one OS inside another? 9/21/09 33 IS Fall 2009