3 hours

Familiarity with the Microsoft Windows environment, a basic understanding of PC concepts and operating system fundamentals, and completion of all preceding content in this curriculum or its equivalent

To provide the necessary training for managing user and group accounts, as well as performance optimization

After this course the student should be able to:
1. Describe the creation and management of user accounts
2. Describe the creation and management of group accounts
3. Discuss the principles and concepts of performance optimization, with particular attention to automatic and manual optimization

3 hours

Familiarity with the Microsoft Windows environment, a basic understanding of PC concepts and operating system fundamentals, and completion of all preceding content in this curriculum or its equivalent

To introduce the components of wide area networks

After this course the student should be able to:
1. Describe how modems and repeaters are used to create wide area networks
2. Describe what bridges are and how to use them to extend a network

4 hours

Familiarity with the Microsoft Windows environment, a basic understanding of PC concepts and operating system fundamentals, and completion of all preceding content in the CBT Systems Networking Essentials curriculum or its equivalent

To introduce six key advanced WAN transmission technologies

After this course the student should be able to:
1. describe the main features of ISDN networks
2. explain how Frame Relay networks function
3. describe the main characteristics of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

4 hours

Familiarity with the Microsoft Windows environment, a basic understanding of PC concepts and operating system fundamentals, and completion of all preceding content in this curriculum or its equivalent

To introduce the concepts of network management and troubleshooting, and describe how to use various resources to solve common network problems

After this course the student should be able to:
1. Outline the steps involved in planning and monitoring a network
2. Describe the most common network troubleshooting tools and outline some of the tools used in Windows NT
3. Describe and respond to the most common network troubleshooting situations
4. Describe how to use emergency repair disks and boot disks in Windows NT