Using WindowsNT

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Using WindowsNT
Class 3
MA194-201
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Class announcements

• Check the mailing list!
• Tonights topics
• Display customization
• Making the mouse more useful
• Task bar configuration
• Files and Folders via the Explorer

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Join the class mailing list

• Send some e-mail to this address
• ma194-class-request_at_ms.uky.edu
• Include
• Your name
• Your preferred e-mail address

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Visit the class web page

• http//www.ms.uky.edu/ma194
• Syllabus, class announcements,
• homework assignments/solutions and
• exams (midterm, finals)

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Homework One

• Send some e-mail to the class account
• ma194_at_ms.uky.edu
• Include
• Your name
• Your preferred e-mail address
• If/When you are registered
• How you receive the course

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WindowsNT - Overview

• What is an Operating System?
• Server vs. Workstation
• Ver 3.51 vs. Ver 4.0
• Goals of the WIndowsNT design
• Differences between 3.51 and 4.0
• Upgrading from Windows95
• Hardware Requirements

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WindowsNT Design Goals

• Compatibility
• Portability
• Scalability
• Security
• Localization
• Distributed Processing
• Marketability (Just kidding.)

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Contact Information

• Dan Chaney (chaney_at_ms.uky.edu)
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• URL http//www.ms.uky.edu/chaney
• US Mail
• 715 Patterson Office Tower, UK
• Lexington, KY 40506-0027