Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing pdf

Contents Overview 1 Lesson: Configuring Hardware for Mobile Computing 2 Lesson: Configuring Power Management for Mobile Computing 7 Lesson: Making Files and Web Sites Available Offline 16 Course Evaluation 30 Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, is subject to change without notice. Unless otherwise noted, the example companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious, and no association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, place or event is intended or should be inferred. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Microsoft, the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property.  2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT, ActiveX, Active Directory, MSDN, PowerPoint, and Windows Media are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing iii Instructor Notes This module provides students with the skills necessary to support mobile users of Microsoft ® Windows® XP Professional. After completing this module, students will be able to: ! Configure hardware for mobile computing. ! Configure power management for mobile computing. ! Make files, folders and Web sites available offline. You need the Microsoft PowerPoint® file 2285A_07.ppt to teach this module. It is recommended that you use PowerPoint 2002 or later to display the slides for this course. If you use PowerPoint Viewer or an earlier version of PowerPoint, all the features of the slides may not be displayed correctly. To prepare for this module: ! Read all the materials for this module. ! Complete the practices and demonstrations. ! Read all the materials listed under “Additional reading” in this module. Presentation: 75 minutes Required materials Important Preparation tasks iv Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing How to Teach This Module This section contains information that will help you to teach this module. There are references to additional information for some topics in this module. References appear in notes at the end of a topic. Read the additional information in preparing to teach the module. During class, ensure that students are aware of the additional information. Demonstrations, Pages, Practices, and Labs Explain to students how the course demonstrations, practices, and labs are designed. A module includes two or more lessons. Most lessons include pages and a practice. Demonstration pages are designed for the instructor to show students how to do a task. Students do not perform the tasks on these pages with the instructor, but will use these steps to perform the practice at the end of each lesson. After you have presented the contents of the topic, and demonstrated the procedures for the lesson, explain that the practice gives students a hands-on opportunity to learn all the tasks discussed in the lesson. There is no lab for this module. Lesson: Configuring Hardware for Mobile Computing This section describes the instructional methods for teaching this lesson. This lesson provides an overview of the process of creating and using hardware profiles. This topic introduces hardware profiles. Explain to students that the improved hardware recognition and Plug and Play technologies in Windows XP Professional should reduce the need to create hardware profiles. Demonstrate the process for creating a profile, and discuss how you must restart the computer and choose that profile to configure it. Lesson: Configuring Power Management for Mobile Computing This section describes the instructional methods for teaching this lesson. This lesson describes how users of mobile computers have special power management needs. Demonstrate the procedures for selecting and modifying a power scheme and using standby and hibernation options. In this topic, introduce students to power schemes and settings and their appropriate use. Describe to students the differences between the standby option, which is available only on mobile computers, and the hibernation option. Emphasize that because students are not working on mobile computers, the power management options that they see will differ from the interface shown in the course. In this demonstration you will configure the power management options of a computer by using power schemes, standby and hibernation. Be aware that not all options demonstrated will appear on every computer. Demonstration pa g es Practices Labs What Are Hardware Profiles and Warm Docking? Demonstration: Creating Hardware Profiles What Are Power Schemes? Demonstration: Selecting a Power Scheme Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing v Explain to the students that practices provide hands-on learning of the tasks presented in this lesson. This practice provides experience using power schemes and enabling hibernation. Lesson: Making Files and Web Sites Available Offline This section describes the instructional methods for teaching this lesson. This lesson starts with a discussion about how offline file access works, describes how it applies to files and folders, and finally describes how it applies to Web sites. Use the slide in this topic to discuss the steps for offline file access. Explain what happens when the offline or online version of the same file changes. Explain that there are three components for making files and folders available offline: configuration of the network share, configuration of the client computer, and configuration of the specific files and folders. You may briefly demonstrate the process. Use this topic to discuss best practices for configuring Offline Files settings. The best practices should include the three headings listed in the slide. You may choose to lead a discussion on the use of offline files in the students’ organizations; it is a great opportunity for the students to learn from each other. Use this demonstration to configure offline files and folders on Windows XP Professional. Explain the differences for Windows 2000. Do not configure exactly the same options that the students will use in the following practice. The Glasgow computer was placed into a workgroup in the previous module. Rejoin Glasgow to the Nwtraders.msft domain before performing this demonstration. Explain to the students that practices provide hands-on learning of the tasks presented in this lesson. This practice provides experience configuring files and folders for offline use. Use this demonstration to emphasize and configure file synchronization as delivered in the previous topic. Also, demonstrate the ways to handle possible conflicts between files. Explain to the students that practices provide hands-on learning of the tasks presented in this lesson. This practice provides experience using file synchronization. Demonstrate how to use Microsoft Internet Explorer to make Web pages and related links available for offline access. Demonstrate the wizard that you use to specify how much content to make available offline. This practice is optional. Making Web pages available offline requires an Internet connection. Verify that an Internet connection is configured properly prior to running this demonstration. Practice: Configuring Power Management for Mobile Computin g How Offline File Access Works Guidelines for Configuring Cache Settings Demonstration: Configuring Files and Folders for Offline Use Note Practice: Configuring Files and Folders for Offline Use Demonstration: Configuring S y nchronization Practice: Managing File S y nchronization Demonstration: Making Web Pages Available Offline. Important vi Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing Assessment Assessment questions for this module are located on the Student Materials compact disc. You can use them as pre-instruction assessments to help students identify areas of difficulty, or you can use them as post-instruction assessments to validate learning. Consider using the assessments to reinforce learning at the end of the day or use them as a review for the content that you taught on the previous day. Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing 1 Overview ***************************** ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER USE****************************** A growing number of employees regularly perform work on mobile computers. As an IT support professional, you will help users configure and customize their laptop computers for mobile computing. Microsoft ® Windows® XP Professional includes advanced power management capabilities that extend the battery life of the mobile computer. Also, because Windows XP Professional makes files, folders, and Web sites available offline, users can work in files, folders, or Web sites whether they are connected or disconnected, and can easily manage the synchronization of those resources. After completing this module, you will be able to: ! Configure hardware for mobile computing. ! Configure power management for mobile computing. ! Make files, folders and Web sites available offline. Introduction Objectives 2 Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing Lesson: Configuring Hardware for Mobile Computing ***************************** ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER USE****************************** To optimize boot times and maximize battery life on your mobile computers, you must limit the impact of unnecessary hardware and drivers. After completing this lesson, you will be able to: ! Explain how hardware profiles and warm docking improve boot time and battery life. ! Create hardware profiles for mobile computing users. Introduction Lesson ob j ectives Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing 3 What Are Hardware Profiles and Warm Docking? ***************************** ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER USE****************************** Windows XP Professional uses Plug and Play to recognize all attached devices. A hardware profile is a set of instructions that tells Windows which devices to initialize when you start your computer, or which settings to use for each device. Every device installed on your computer is enabled in the default profile. ! For desktop computers, the default hardware profile is named Profile 1. ! For laptop computers, the default hardware profile is named either Docked Profile or Undocked Profile, depending on whether your computer can read a Dock ID from a docking-station device. You may create hardware profiles in the following situations: ! When creating profiles to avoid the startup delay that occurs when Windows searches for a missing device. To avoid this delay, you can run a Windows computer with two profiles, one with the device and settings included, and another without the device. When you start the computer and the device is not attached, you can improve start times by choosing the appropriate profile. ! Although Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional can automatically detect Plug and Play hardware on most mobile computers, if Windows cannot detect the hardware for a setting in which the computer is used, you can create a hardware profile for that setting. What are hardware profiles? Why create new hardware profiles? 4 Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing Windows XP Professional has built-in support for docking stations. Users can dock and undock the computer without restarting it. This procedure is called warm docking. Warm docking is helpful when you move a portable computer from one environment to another. For example, you can move a portable computer from an office docking station to a conference room for a presentation and then back again without restarting the computer. Users can eject their computers from docking stations by using the Undock PC command on the Start menu. A message is displayed to indicate that it is safe to undock the computer. If the docking station is motorized, the computer automatically undocks. If not, the user must undock the computer manually. Some computers also have an eject button on the docking station. Pressing the eject button undocks the computer. For more information about the eject procedure, see the manufacturer’s documentation. A switch box is a device that enables more than one computer to use the same mouse, keyboard, and monitor. When using a switch box, Windows XP Professional may not be able to detect the peripheral devices connected to the switch box, and therefore cannot properly enable those devices during warm docking. If you use a docking station that is connected to a switch box, you may need to shut down the computer before redocking it. Warm docking Note Docking with a switch box [...]... options for Windows ! Explain the available power schemes and settings, and when they are appropriate ! Configure power management for a computer by using power schemes, standby, and hibernation 8 Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing Power Management Options *****************************ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER USE****************************** Introduction Windows XP Professional. .. hibernates To hibernate a computer manually: 1 Click Start, and then click Shut Down 2 In the Shut Down Windows dialog box, click Hibernate Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing 13 Practice: Configuring Power Management for Mobile Computing *****************************ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER USE****************************** Objectives In this practice, you will create a custom... available for offline use Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing 17 How Offline File Access Works *****************************ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER USE****************************** Key points A file on a network can be configured for offline use, provided that the Offline Files feature is enabled for the folder in which it resides When users configure files for offline... must supply power-management software APM is designed for portable computers Additional reading For more information about ACPI and APM, see the ACPI Power Management home page at http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/onnow Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing 9 What Are Power Schemes? *****************************ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER USE****************************** Introduction... Save Scheme dialog box, type Mobile User and then click OK 9 Under Settings for Mobile User power scheme, configure the monitor to turn off after 10 minutes and the hard disk to turn off after 15 minutes 10 In the Power Options Properties dialog box, click OK, and then close the Performance and Maintenance window 14 Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing Scenario The department... Windows is resuming 13 Unlock the computer, and then verify that Calculator, Notepad, and Disk Defragmenter are running 14 Close all applications and windows, and then log off 16 Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing Lesson: Making Files and Web Sites Available Offline *****************************ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER USE****************************** Introduction Mobile. .. Note To use standby and hibernation in Windows XP Professional, you must have a computer that supports them Check the documentation provided with your computer to determine whether your computer supports these options Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing 11 Demonstration: Selecting a Power Scheme *****************************ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER USE******************************... network, Windows XP Professional synchronizes any offline file that the user has modified with the network version of the file If the file has been modified on both the network and the user’s computer, Windows XP Professional prompts the user to choose which version of the file to keep, or the user can rename one version of the file and keep both versions 18 Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for. .. Manual caching for documents Users must manually specify any files that they want available when working offline The server version of the file is always open to ensure proper file sharing Folders containing user documents Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing 19 Demonstration: Configuring Files and Folders for Offline Use *****************************ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER... Computer textbox, type the name of the network computer for which you want to make the exception c Under When a network connection is lost, select an option, and then click OK twice 22 Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing Practice: Configuring Files and Folders for Offline Use *****************************ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER USE****************************** Objective . Objectives 2 Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing Lesson: Configuring Hardware for Mobile Computing ***************************** ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER. computer. Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing 7 Lesson: Configuring Power Management for Mobile Computing ***************************** ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER. Note Module 7: Configuring Windows XP Professional for Mobile Computing 13 Practice: Configuring Power Management for Mobile Computing ***************************** ILLEGAL FOR NON-TRAINER