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CIS179 Intro to
Client Server Networks

James Finholt, MCT, MCSE, MCTS, MCSA


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AGENDA
Introductions
Facilities
Syllabus
LABS
MOAC
Grading Due Dates
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
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Lesson 1: Evaluating
Hardware Readiness and
Capability
MOAC 70-687: Configuring Windows 8 (8.1)
Overview
Exam Objective 1.1: Evaluate hardware
readiness and compatibility
Determine which SKU to install
Determine whether 32 bit or 64 bit is
appropriate
Choose between an upgrade or a clean
installation
Determine screen resolution
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Introducing Windows 8
Lesson 1: Evaluating Hardware Readiness
and Capability
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Windows 8
Windows 8 is a major release that represents a
fundamental departure in Windows operating
system design. Many of the familiar Windows
components are gone or substantially
changed, and there are new ways of doing
almost everything.
For IT specialists responsible for installing,
configuring, and maintaining Windows 8
computers, many of the familiar configuration
tools are still there, such as Control Panel and
Administrative Tools; you just have to become
accustomed to accessing them in different
ways.
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Using the Start Screen
Designed to support both touch-based
screens and the traditional mouse
Contains a series of tiles that provide access
to the various operating system elements
Tiles are larger than icons found on Windows
desktop
Live tiles can contain dynamic content
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Using the Start Screen
The Windows 8 Start screen
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Accessing Start
Screen Controls
Navigation by touch screen or mouse
When you swipe a finger from the right edge
of a touch screen toward the center, a fly-
out panel with icons on it called the edge UI
appears.
The mouse equivalent to this gesture is to
place your cursor in the right-side top or
bottom corner of the screen.
Windows - C
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Charms
(Right Swipe)
The edge UI contains a series of buttons
called charms
Charms provide access to common
operating system functions such as:
o Search (Global vs Local)
o Share (Screen shots to OneDrive)
o Start (Start Screen to Desktop) WINDOWS
o Devices (Projection)
o Settings (User Environment)
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Accessing Start Screen Controls
(Left Swipe)
The Windows 8 thumbnail bar
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Accessing Start Screen Controls
START MENU
The Windows 8 apps screen
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Running Start
Screen Apps
Apps are programs that launch from the
Start screen and run exclusively in the WinRT
environment. (x86)
WinRT is a runtime environment that is
designed to run apps.
Most of the tiles that appear on the default
Windows 8 Start screen launch apps.
Many others are available for purchase (or
for free) through the Windows Store.
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Closing Start Screen Apps
To close an application:
o On the thumbnail bar, drag a thumbnail to the
bottom of the screen or right-click a thumbnail
and select Close from the context menu.
o On a full screen app, tap or mouse over the top
of the screen and, when the cursor changes to a
hand, drag it down to the bottom of the screen.
o Press Alt+F4 on the keyboard.

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Windows Desktop
To access the Desktop from the Start screen,
tap or click the bottom left tile (photograph
of daisies, by default).
To return to the Start screen from the
Desktop, mouse over the lower left corner of
the screen, select the Start charm on the
charm bar, or tap the Win key.
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Using the Settings Bars
Clicking or tapping the Settings charm
displays a Settings bar, the contents of
which differ slightly, depending on whether
you are accessing it from the Start screen or
the Desktop.
The Start screen version enables you to
modify the behavior of the screen tiles.
The Desktop version provides access to the
main Windows Control Panel and the
Personalization and System control panels.
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Using the Settings Bars
The PC settings screen
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WINDOWS 8 WINDOWS 8.1
Personalize PC Devices
Users Accounts
Notifications SkyDrive
Search Search and Apps
Share Privacy
General Network
Privacy Time and Language
Devices Ease of Access
Ease of Access Update and Recovery
Sync Your Settings
HomeGroup
Windows Update
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Windows (8) Tools Menu
Mouse over the lower left corner of the screen and
right-click the resulting thumbnail, or press the Win+X
key combination, to open a Windows tools context
menu that provides access to:
o Programs and Features
o Event Viewer
o System control panel
o Device Manager
o Disk Management
o Computer Management
o Command Prompt (PS)
o Command Prompt (Admin) (PS Admin)
o Task Manager
o Control Panel
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Using Keyboard Shortcuts
Some of the most useful Win key combinations:
Win+X: Displays the Windows tools menu that
contains links to the Event Viewer, Control
Panel, Command Prompt, Task Manager,
Device Manager, Computer Management,
and File Explorer windows
Win+Tab: Displays the task switcher
Win: Displays the Start screen
Win+D: Displays the Windows Desktop
Win+C: Displays the charms bar
Win+Q: Displays the apps search bar
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More Keyboard Shortcuts
Win+F: Displays the files search bar
Win+H: Displays the Share menu for the
currently running app
Win+W: Displays the settings search bar
Win+I: Displays the Settings bar for the
currently running app
Win+E: Displays a File Explorer window
Win+R: Displays the Run dialog box
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Introducing Windows 8
Editions
Lesson 1: Evaluating Hardware Readiness
and Capability
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Windows 8 Editions
The four Windows 8 editions are
o Windows RT
o Windows 8
o Windows 8 Professional
o Windows 8 Enterprise

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Feature Support in
Windows 8 Editions
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Windows 8 RT Windows 8 Windows 8
Professional
Windows 8
Enterprise
Platform ARM X86/x64 X86/x64 X86/x64
Max
Number of
Processors
2 1 2 2
Licensing OEM only Retail/OEM Retail/OEM Volume only
AD DS
Domain
Support
No No Yes Yes
AppLocker No No No Yes
Boot from
VHD
No Yes Yes
BitLocker/
BitLocker
To Go
No No Yes Yes
Feature Support (cont.)
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Windows 8 RT Windows 8 Windows 8
Professional
Windows 8
Enterprise
Branch
Cache
No No No Yes
Direct
Access
No No No Yes
Encrypting
File System
(EFS)
No No Yes Yes
Group
Policy
No No Yes Yes
Hyper-V
Client
No No Yes Yes
Install
x86/x64
desktop
apps
No Yes Yes Yes
Feature Support (cont.)
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Windows 8 RT Windows 8 Windows 8
Professional
Windows 8
Enterprise
Microsoft
Office
Yes No No No
Remote
Desktop
Client only Client only Client and
host
Client and
host
Storage
Spaces
No Yes Yes Yes
Windows
Media
Player
No Yes Yes Yes
Windows
To Go
No No No Yes
Differences between Windows 8
32-bit and 64-bit Platforms
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32-bit 64-bit
Maximum
addressable
memory
4 GB 192 GB
Hyper-V
support
No Yes
Understanding Windows 8
System Requirements
Lesson 1: Evaluating Hardware Readiness
and Capability
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Minimum System
Requirements for Windows 8
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32-bit (x86) 64-bit (x64)
Processor speed 1 gigahertz (GHz)
or faster
1 GHz or faster
System memory 1 gigabyte (GB) 2 GB
Available hard
disk space
16 GB 20 GB
Graphics adapter DirectX 9 graphics
adapter with
WDDM driver
DirectX 9 graphics
adapter with
WDDM
driver
Selecting Installation
Options
Lesson 1: Evaluating Hardware Readiness
and Capability
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Will the Hardware Support
the New Operating System?
If the computer does not meet the Windows
8 hardware specifications, you should
consider a hardware upgrade.
For the home user, a hardware upgrade
might mean purchasing and installing a new
memory module or two, or perhaps a
graphics adapter.
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Will the New Operating System
Support the Existing Applications?
In enterprise environments, application
testing is as important as hardware testing.
Even if an updated version of an application
is available, test it carefully with the new
operating system to ensure that it functions
properly.
The alternative could be the failure of a
mission-critical application across the entire
enterprise, resulting in extended downtime
and lost productivity.
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Which Windows 8 Edition
Should I Install?
You should select a Windows 8 edition
based on several factors, including:
o The tasks the user will be performing
o Your budget
If you are running an AD DS domain, you
must have Professional installed on your
computers to join that domain.
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Which Windows 8 Edition
Should I Install? (cont.)
Most enterprise installations require their
workstations to log on to an Active Directory
Domain Services domain, eliminating the
base Windows 8 edition as a possible choice
because it lacks domain support.
Windows 8 Professional is a retail product,
available in stores everywhere, while
Enterprise is only available directly from
Microsoft as part of a volume license
agreement.
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Should I Perform an Upgrade
or a Clean Installation?
New computers, or computers with new
hard disk drives, require a clean installation.
With a clean installation, you boot from the
Windows 8 setup disk and create or select a
blank partition where the operating system
will reside.
The primary advantage of performing a
clean installation is that Windows 8 will
achieve its best possible performance.
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Upgrade or a Clean
Installation? (cont.)
Performing an in-place upgrade to Windows
8 means that whatever disk and registry
clutter is present under the previous
operating system will remain in place.
The advantage to performing an in-place
upgrade is that all of the users applications,
data files, and configuration settings remain
intact, but even this could be a problem.

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Do I Have to Install
Multiple Languages?
The main problems for multilingual users in
the past have been the availability of the
languages they need and the complex
procedure for implementing multiple
languages on a single computer.
Windows 8 contains a multilingual user
interface (MUI) architecture that makes it
easier to install multilingual support on a
computer.
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Running Windows 8
Upgrade Assistant
Lesson 1: Evaluating Hardware Readiness
and Capability
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Upgrade Assistant
Upgrade Assistant is a Windows application
that scans an individual computers
hardware and software to determine
whether it is capable of running Windows 8
at peak efficiency.
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Run Upgrade Assistant
The Buy Windows 8 page
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/upgrade-assistant-download-online-faq
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Run Upgrade Assistant
The Heres what we found page in the Windows 8
Upgrade Assistant
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Run Upgrade Assistant
The Choose what to keep page in the Windows 8
Upgrade Assistant
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Run Upgrade Assistant
The Windows 8 for you page in the Windows 8 Upgrade
Assistant
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Identifying Upgrade Paths
Lesson 1: Evaluating Hardware Readiness
and Capability
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Upgrading Windows 8
Editions
In Windows 8, the Anytime Upgrade feature
from Windows 7 and Windows Vista is
replaced by an Add Features to Windows 8
control panel, which enables retail users to
purchase and install upgrades.
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Upgrading from
Windows 7
To perform an in-place upgrade from
Windows 7 to Windows 8, run the Windows 8
Setup.exe program from within Windows 7
and select the Upgrade option.
Users can purchase a Windows 8 upgrade
disk or download the operating system after
purchasing it at an upgrade price.
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In-Place Upgrade Paths from
Windows 7 to Windows 8
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To Windows 8 To Windows 8
Professional
To Windows 8
Enterprise
From Windows
7 Starter
Yes Yes
From Windows
7 Home Basic
Yes Yes
From Windows
7 Home
Premium
Yes Yes
From Windows
7 Professional
Yes Yes (volume
license only)
From Windows
7 Enterprise
Yes (volume
license only)
From Windows
7 Ultimate
Yes
Upgrading from Earlier
Windows Versions
Users running Windows Vista with Service Pack 1
installed can upgrade to Windows 8, but they
cannot perform a full, in-place upgrade, as
Windows 7 users can.
For users of Windows XP with Service Pack 3, an
upgrade can only preserve personal files.
For computers running operating system
versions prior to Windows XP, including Windows
2000, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95,
and Windows 3.1, there is no upgrade pricing
available, so you must purchase the full version
of Windows 8, and you can only perform a
migration.
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