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Microsoft® Windows Vista: troubleshooting and maintenance

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Class overview
Microsoft® Windows Vista: troubleshooting and maintenance Take control of your Windows Vista operating system. This class will give you a behind-the-scenes look at Windows Vista and how you can keep your system in top form with updates and maintenance. You'll learn how to fix common errors, and how to use many of Windows Vista's built-in utility programs as well as third-party applications to configure, protect and repair.
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What you'll learn
  • Learn Vista tricks for managing background applications
  • Examine hardware properties
  • Keep your system updated with the latest patches, service packs and Vista tweaks
  • Protect against Vista problems caused by viruses and spyware
  • Explore Windows Vista troubleshooting and common operating system errors
  • Run cleanup and optimization utilities to speed up Vista
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Lessons
» Lesson 1: Behind the scenes with Microsoft Windows Vista
This lesson covers the basics of Windows Vista and how it interacts with your hardware and applications. You'll learn how to change logon settings, install and remove applications, control background programs and determine which hardware you have.
Lesson 2: Vista maintenance: keeping Microsoft Windows clean and updated
In this lesson, you'll learn how Windows Vista works with your hardware, and which factors contribute to the health of your system. You'll find out how to enforce security, get updates, locate and install drivers and configure Windows Firewall.
Lesson 3: Windows Vista troubleshooting: common Vista problems
In this lesson, you'll learn what to do when Windows Vista isn't performing up to your expectations. You'll learn how to resolve problems with applications and with Vista itself, including how to recover from bad Registry edits and system crashes.
Lesson 4: Improving system performance: speed up Vista
In this lesson, you'll learn how to improve your Windows Vista system's disk and display performance with some simple Vista tweaks. You'll also learn about the powerful free add-on for Vista, TweakVI.
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Instructor
Faithe Wempen
Faithe Wempen
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Faithe Wempen, M.A., is a nationally known expert on Microsoft Office applications and A+ certification, and the author of more than 90 technical books, including Microsoft PowerPoint Advanced Presentation Techniques, Windows XP Home Edition Simply Visual, Learning Microsoft Publisher 2003, and PC Maintenance: Preparing for A+ Certification. Her articles and reviews of computer hardware and software have appeared on TechProGuild.com, TechRepublic.com, and CertCities.com, and in Microsoft Office Solutions and Microsoft OfficePRO magazines. Faithe is an adjunct faculty member at Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis in the Computer Information Technology department, where she teaches Computer Hardware and Software Architecture and is part of a team designing a new learning approach to Microsoft Office skills based on multiple learning styles. Faithe is also the co-owner and business manager for Sycamore Knoll Bed and Breakfast in Noblesville, Indiana, and is working on a B.S. in Computer Information Technology. In her spare time (which is not much!) she likes playing with her three Shetland sheepdogs and vacationing in Las Vegas.
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Class reviews

carsbe1
Nov 21, 2009
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Windows Vista

Nice overview. You get to know what things carry over from XP and what things are new. Vista actually likes more RAM than 1GB though. Similar to XP which runs much better on 1GB instead of 512KB. Vista likes 2GB much better.

MrTM1
Nov 16, 2009

Vista

Great information. Keep the classes comming.

waynec1
Nov 9, 2009

Good and basic information to know

It never hurts to review tips and basic information i.e. back ups and disk management

wyoungblood
Nov 3, 2009

Windows Vista

A very good and informative program, more like this are needed.

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