MD-100 Windows 10
Module 03:
Post-installation Configuration
and Personalization
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Configure and Customize the Windows Start Menu
Common Configuration Options
Module
agenda
Advanced Configuration Methods
Managing Drivers and Devices
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Lesson 1: Configure and Customize the
Windows Start Menu
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Lesson 1: Configure and Customize the Windows Start Menu
Customizing the User Interface
Action Center
Configure Cortana
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Customizing the user interface
You can perform the following
customizations from the Start screen:
• Manage tiles:
- Add tiles
- Remove tiles
- Pin items to taskbar
• Resize tiles:
- Configure live tiles
• Group tiles
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Action Center
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Configure Cortana
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Lesson 2: Common Configuration Options
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Lesson 2: Common Configuration Options
Using the Settings App
Using Control Panel
Power Plans
Display Options
Options for Mobile Devices
Windows 10 Privacy
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The Settings app
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Using the Control Panel
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Power Plans
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Display options
• Found in Settings app:
- Display item in the System category
• Can detect and configure multiple
displays
• Can configure text size, resolution
• Can adjust orientation on tablets:
- Portrait or Landscape
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Power Plans
• Includes:
- Laptops & notebooks
- Tablets
- Windows 10 Mobile
- Tablets
• Settings app:
- Display, Power, Tablet mode
• Action Center:
- Quick Actions
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Windows 10 Privacy
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Lesson 3: Advanced Configuration Methods
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Lesson 3: Windows PowerShell
Active Directory
Group Policy
Applying Group Policy Objects
Windows PowerShell Overview
Using Windows PowerShell
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Activation
Three main methods:
• Retail
• OEM
• Microsoft Volume Licensing
Volume activation methods:
• MAK
• KMS
• ABDA
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Group Policy
Method for applying settings to clients and servers.
• Group Policy Objects
- Users
- Computers
• Group Policy Settings
- User Settings
- Computer Settings
• GPMC
• Settings and Preferences
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Applying Group Policy Objects
Effective Policy based on order:
1 Local GPOs
2 Site GPOs
3 Domain GPOs
4 OU GPOs
5 Child OU Policies
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What is Windows PowerShell?
Windows PowerShell is an
administrative tool that
provides:
• Operating-system integration
• Remote management
functionality
• Script-based execution
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Using Windows PowerShell
Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell designed for system administration
• Windows PowerShell drives provide access to:
‒ The file system
‒ The registry
‒ Variables in memory
• Cmdlets:
‒ Have a verb-noun format
‒ May have parameters
‒ Example:
Start-Service –Name “Application Identity”
You can use Windows PowerShell to efficiently perform bulk operations
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Lesson 4: Drivers and Devices
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Lesson 4: Drivers and Devices
What is a Device Driver?
Device Manager
Installing Printers on Clients
Understanding Type 3 and 4 Printer Drivers
Managing Client-Side Printing
Managing Print Server Properties
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What is a device driver?
• Enable interaction between the operating
system and hardware devices:
‒ Hardware-dependent, operating system-dependent
‒ 32-bit drivers do not work with 64-bit Windows 10
and vice versa
• Device drivers that ship with Windows 10 have
a Microsoft digital signature
• The driver store is the driver repository
• You install devices in two stages:
‒ Staging. Adding driver packages to the store
‒ Installation. From store, when PnP detects device
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Using Device Manager
• View connected devices, their details and
settings
• Enable and disable devices
• Install, update, and uninstall device drivers
• Troubleshoot issues
• Manage devices locally
• Other tools:
‒ Devices and Printers
‒ Devices in Windows 10 Settings
‒ Windows PowerShell
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Installing Printers on Clients
Printing device Printer port: Printer Print Driver
Physical device that creates Port through which printing Windows 10 representation Used for communicating
print job output device is connected of printing device with printing device and
processing print jobs
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What are Type 4 printer drivers?
Benefits of Type 4 printer drivers:
• A single Type 4 driver can support multiple
devices
• Driver files are isolated,
preventing file-naming
conflicts
• Clients download drivers
from Windows Update
• Driver packages are smaller
and install faster
• Can deploy print driver and
printer user interface
independently
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Managing client-side printing
Typical client-side printing
tasks that you can manage:
• Modifying printer properties
• Selecting default printer
• Viewing and managing the print
queue
• Pausing or resuming printer
• Pausing, resuming, restarting, or
canceling print job
• Reordering print jobs in a print
queue
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Managing print server properties
Print Management manages
print servers:
• Add and delete printers, and
add and manage drivers
• Manage print queues, and
modify printer status
• Create custom filters
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Practice Labs
Managing Windows 10 Synchronizing settings Managing local and network
Settings between devices printers
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