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647 Chapter 13 Configuring Mobile Devices Mobility is one of the current buzzwords. People who travel expect their work and resources to travel with them. They expect to be able to access a wireless network wherever they are, without needing to remember where in the Control Panel hierarchy they can find the settings. They expect to be able to attend a meeting, set up an ad hoc network, and give a presentation by extending their screen on to a plasma display or by connecting to a network projector. They do not want to memorize the locations of the icons that control these features—they want a sin- gle, easily accessible tool that does everything. When users are out of the office, they want access to the files they were working on back at base. When they return, they want the files on the office network server to automatically update with the changes they made while away. A home user wants to be able to connect her digital camera or camera phone with a computer and automatically upload any new photo- graphs on to the computer. Another user wants to copy any new tunes that his computer downloads to a portable mp3 player. The same user wants to back up files on his personal dig- ital assistant (PDA) on his computer, copy files from the computer to the PDA, and install soft- ware on the computer on to the PDA. Still another user wants to be able to access e-mail on her computer while sitting on the other side of the room without needing to walk over to the com- puter or even turn it on. She wants to check the status of her mobile PC while it is hibernating, and she does not want to pull it right out of her carrying case. As administrators, we are all accustomed to unrealistic user expectations—except these are not unrealistic. They are here, now. Windows Vista does all this and more. This chapter tells you how. NOTE Mobile PCs vs. mobile devices This chapter discusses both mobile PCs and mobile devices extensively. Sometimes, there’s confu- sion about the difference between them. This is understandable. A mobile PC is by definition mobile, and many mobile devices, such as PDAs, are undeniably computers. In the context of this chapter, and the 70-620 examination, a mobile PC is a wireless-enabled laptop PC running Windows Vista. A mobile device is a handheld device such as a PDA, mobile phone, or mp3 player. Exam objectives in this chapter: ■ Configure Mobile Display Settings. ■ Configure Mobile Devices. 648 Chapter 13 Configuring Mobile Devices Lessons in this chapter: ■ Lesson 1: Configuring Mobile Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 ■ Lesson 2: Configuring Mobile Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 Before You Begin To complete the lessons in this chapter, you must have done the following: ■ Installed Windows Vista Ultimate on a personal computer, as described in Chapter 1, “Installing Windows Vista Client” and Chapter 2, “Upgrading Windows Vista Migra- tions and Upgrades.” For this chapter, you need Windows Vista running on a mobile PC. You also need a second computer on your network that is acting as a network server (it does not need to be running Windows Vista). Before you start Practice 2 in Lesson 2, you need to enable a folder for offline use on the network server and place two files in that folder, as described in the introduction to the Practice. You also need an additional monitor. ■ Created an administrator account and standard accounts and enabled the Run com- mand on the Start menu, as described in Practices 1, 2, and 3 in Lesson 1, “Configuring and Troubleshooting Parental Controls and Content Advisor,” of Chapter 4, “Configur- ing and Troubleshooting Internet Access.” No additional configuration is required for this chapter. Internet access is required to com- plete the practices. If you want to try out all the technologies described in this chapter, you need access to a net- work projector, a mobile device (for example, a PDA or mobile phone) running Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, and either an integrated or connectable SideShow-compatible device. However, you can study the chapter and com- plete all the practice sessions without this equipment. Before You Begin 649 Real World Ian McLean I’ve always been a bit of a dinosaur. This has less to do with having a very large body and very small brain or smelling as if I became extinct millions of years ago and more to do with always being marginally behind the latest cutting-edge technology. I remember turning up to do a demonstration and unpacking a large computer and even larger (and much heavier) monitor, a mouse, a keyboard, and a pile of cables tied in a Gordian knot. Having staggered up two flights of stairs with all of it, I entered the demonstration room where a fellow demonstrator showed me a new concept in com- puter hardware. In those days, it was called a portable computer. Now we would call it a laptop. I recall carefully preparing transparencies from a PowerPoint file for use with an over- head projector, walking into a lecture room, and meeting my first data projector. Now, of course, I am mobile. I can take my wireless laptop almost anywhere and connect to the Internet. I can set up or join an ad hoc network during a meeting and connect wirelessly to a projector to give a presentation. I have a handheld device about a hundred times more powerful than the old AT personal computer that I used to drag up stairs. I think I might finally have evolved. Friends and colleagues sigh and shake their heads. One attends meetings and confer- ences all over the world and often gives presentations. He only ever leaves his desk to go to a net-conferencing room. Another hardly ever leaves her home but holds down a full- time job at a senior level and has an international reputation. Of course, there are times when you need to be there. I’ve used every remote teaching gadget and technique available. I still believe students learn better when you’re there to show them. I prefer to seal deals with a handshake. Most dinosaurs do. Mobile computing has its place, and Windows Vista offers some neat and useful facili- ties. It’s a completely up-to-date technology, and I’m not denigrating it in any way. How- ever, don’t be fooled into thinking it’s the only technology, the only way of doing things. To coin a cliché—horses for courses. 650 Chapter 13 Configuring Mobile Devices Lesson 1: Configuring Mobile Display Settings Windows Vista offers a number of facilities for configuring display settings on a mobile PC. Most of these facilities are designed for users who give presentations, talks, and lectures. Sometimes, as a technical support person, you will be called on to give a demonstration of Windows Vista features, possibly as an induction talk for new staff. If you provide system sup- port for a school, college, or university, you could be called on to prepare presentation settings for teachers or academics. This lesson discusses the Windows Mobility Center, which is a collection of panes that pro- vide a single tool, or “one stop shop,” for configuring mobile PC settings. It then goes on to look at specific presentation settings and how you would configure multiple monitors and net- work projectors. After this lesson, you will be able to: ■ Access and use the Mobility Center. ■ Turn presentation settings on and off. ■ Connect to an additional monitor. ■ Configure presentation settings for additional monitors. ■ Connect to a network projector and configure settings. Estimated lesson time: 40 minutes Using the Windows Mobility Center The Mobility Center is available only on mobile PCs. It lets you quickly access your mobile PC settings in one convenient location. You could, for example, check the status of your wireless network connection, adjust the speaker volume, and adjust the display brightness all from one location. You access the Mobility Center by clicking Mobile PC in Control Panel and selecting Windows Mobility Center. You can also press the Windows logo key and the X key simultaneously. The Mobility Center, shown in Figure 13-1, is especially useful if you need to adjust settings so you can use your mobile PC at your desk, at off-site meetings, or sitting in an airport. It lets you, and users you support, adjust all the required settings from a single tool, rather than needing to remember how to access each one from Control Panel. The Mobility Center on your mobile PC might not have the same tiles that are shown in the figure. Lesson 1: Configuring Mobile Display Settings 651 Figure 13-1 The Windows Mobility Center Depending on your system configuration, the following tiles might appear in the Mobility Cen- ter window: ■ Brightness Temporarily adjusts the brightness of your display. To adjust the display brightness settings for your power plan, click the icon on the tile to open Power Options in Control Panel. ■ Volume Adjusts the speaker volume of your mobile PC and lets you select the Mute check box. ■ Battery Status Shows how much charge remains on your battery and lets you select a power plan from the list. ■ Wireless Network Indicates the status of your wireless network connection and lets you select a network to connect to or turn your wireless adapter on or off. ■ Screen Rotation Lets you change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape or vice versa. ■ External Display Lets you connect an additional monitor to your mobile PC and cus- tomize display settings. ■ Sync Center Lets you view the status of an in-progress file synchronization, start a new synchronization, set up a synchronization partnership, and adjust your synchronization settings. ■ Presentation Settings Lets you adjust presentation settings, such as the speaker volume and the desktop background image. If you need to access Control Panel to make additional adjustments, you can click the icon on a tile to open Control Panel for that setting. If a tile does not appear, it might be because the required hardware or drivers are missing. NOTE Additional tiles Your mobile PC manufacturer might add tiles to the Mobility Center. For more information, check the manufacturer’s documentation or access the manufacturer’s website. 652 Chapter 13 Configuring Mobile Devices Configuring Presentation Settings Presentation settings are a collection of options on a mobile PC that you can apply when you or a user you support needs to give a presentation. For example, you can change the volume level and block notifications and reminders. Enabling presentation settings also blocks instant messaging—the last thing a lecturer or salesperson wants is for private instant messages to pop up on the screen when giving a presentation. When presentation settings are turned on, the mobile PC stays awake and system notifications and instant messages are turned off. You can also choose to turn off the screen saver, adjust the speaker volume, and change your desktop background image. The settings can be automati- cally saved and applied every time the computer is used to give a presentation, unless you, or the computer’s user, manually turns them off. You can turn on presentation settings when connecting the mobile PC to a network projector or connecting it to an additional monitor. You can enable presentation settings by clicking Turn On in the Presentation Settings tile of the Mobility Center. You can configure presentation settings at any time by clicking Presenta- tion Settings in the Presentations Settings tile of the Mobility Center. Figure 13-2 shows the Presentation Settings dialog box. You typically configure display and audio settings when con- necting to an additional monitor or a network projector. You configure presentation settings in the practice session later in this lesson. Figure 13-2 Presentation Settings dialog box Presentation settings automatically turn off when you disconnect a mobile PC from a network projector or additional monitor or when you shut down or log off from the mobile PC. You can manually turn off presentation settings by opening the Mobility Center and clicking Turn Off in the Presentation Settings tile. Lesson 1: Configuring Mobile Display Settings 653 Configuring Multiple Monitors If you, or a user you support, are using a mobile PC to give a presentation or demonstration to a small number of people—for example, in a conference room—it is usually sufficient to connect a large monitor such as a wall-mounted plasma display or TV-type monitor to the PC for this purpose. You can also treat a non-networked data projector as if it were an additional monitor. Also, smaller and neater mobile PCs have a limited screen size—probably acceptable for work- ing on a train but inconvenient when working in the office. In this case, you can connect a sec- ond, larger monitor for your own use. You can connect an additional monitor to your mobile PC and configure presentation settings for that monitor. These presentation settings are disabled when you disconnect the monitor from the PC. If you have the appropriate hardware, you can connect multiple monitors to your mobile PC and configure presentation settings for each of them. If you connect an additional monitor to your mobile PC, Windows Vista might (depending upon the monitor you connect) automatically detect the monitor and display your computer’s desktop. You can then choose how you want your desktop to appear and customize the dis- play settings, such as screen resolution and color depth. If Windows Vista cannot identify the monitor, press the keyboard shortcut that opens the New Display Detected dialog box by using the keyboard shortcut that turns on an additional dis- play. In most mobile PCs this is FN+F5, but if this does not work on your mobile PC, check the manufacturer’s documentation or go to the manufacturer’s website. You can also use the Mobility Center to connect to the monitor by clicking Connect Display on the External Display tile. If Windows Vista detects the new monitor, the New Display Detected dialog box appears. The following display options are available: ■ Mirrored Mirrors, or duplicates, your desktop on each display that you connect. This is the default display option and is useful if you plan to use your mobile PC to give a pre- sentation on a data projector or a fixed display. ■ Extended Extends your desktop across all of the displays to which you connect. You can use this if you want to increase your desktop area. ■ External Display Only Shows your desktop on each display to which you connect, but not on the mobile PC display. You can use this if you are employing a mobile PC to give a demonstration and want to conserve battery power. You can also use this option when you play a digital versatile disk (DVD) on a mobile PC that supports full-screen video playback on only one display. If Windows Vista cannot identify the connected monitor but only the monitor type, it auto- matically applies the last display settings that you used for that type of monitor and asks whether you want to keep the settings. You can click OK to keep these settings; if you click 654 Chapter 13 Configuring Mobile Devices Cancel or do nothing or if no settings are available for the type of monitor selected, the Display Settings dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 13-3. You can then manually choose the dis- play settings. Figure 13-3 The Display Settings dialog box Any time you want to change your display settings you can access the Display Settings dialog box, shown in Figure 13-3, by opening Control Panel, clicking Appearance And Personaliza- tion, clicking Personalization, and clicking Display Settings. You can also use this method to install external monitors that Windows Vista does not automatically detect or to install more than one external monitor. You manually configure an external monitor and extend your desktop onto it in the practice session later in this lesson. Quick Check ■ You want to play an educational video from the DVD-ROM drive on your mobile PC on a wall-mounted plasma display. Your mobile PC supports full-screen video playback on only one display. What display option should you select in the New Display Detected dialog box? Quick Check Answer ■ External Display Only Using a Network Projector A Windows Network Projector is a display device such as a conference room projector that uses Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) over an Internet Protocol (IP) network (typically a wireless network) to display the desktop of a Windows Vista-based mobile PC. Using this Lesson 1: Configuring Mobile Display Settings 655 technology, you can quickly connect your mobile PC to a conference room projector over the local wireless network. MORE INFO Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) For more information about RDP, access http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383015.aspx. Although this article does not mention Windows Vista, the information it gives is valid for the Windows Vista operating system (OS). The following connection scenarios exist: ■ Infrastructure Network Connection The network projector is part of an organization’s infrastructure. If it is on the same subnet as the computer you want to connect to it, you can use the connection wizard or specify a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to the projector. A step-by-step procedure for doing this is given later in this lesson. If the network projector is a component in an Internetwork, you can identify it by using a URL. ■ Ad Hoc Connection Ad hoc connections were described in Chapter 7, “Configuring Network Connectivity.” If you are at a meeting (for example, in a hotel conference room) where you and other participants have formed an ad hoc network, a network projector can be included in that network, enabling you or any other participant to give a presen- tation. ■ Connection through a Network Projector Adapter If you or the organization for which you work does not have a network projector, you can use an existing data projector for that purpose by connecting to it through a network projector adapter. Typically, the adapter connects to the network wirelessly but has a wired connection to the projector. Figure 13-4 illustrates the various network projector connection scenarios. Figure 13-4 Network projector scenarios Infrastructure Network Connection Windows Network Projector Windows Vista-based Laptop Existing Projector Windows Vista-based Laptop Windows Network Projector Adapter Display Cable Ad-hoc Network Connection Using a Network Projector Adapter Windows Network Projector Windows Vista-based Laptop Wireless Access Point Network [...]... it from Accessories in the All Programs menu The Sync Center is shown in Figure 13-12 Figure 13-12 NOTE The Sync Center Windows Vista editions and network folders The ability to sync with network folders is not included in Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, and Windows Vista Home Premium Each time you sync files between two or more locations, the Sync Center compares the files in each location... typically runs a server OS, such as Windows Server 2003 However, in a limited small office/home office (SOHO) network, the network server can be a computer running a client OS, such as Windows Vista or Windows XP Any computer that shares files and folders on a network is a network server Figure 13-16 shows a folder being configured for offline use on a computer running Windows Vista Ultimate that is used as... of Microsoft Windows Media Player music files ■ Picture management that detects new photos on a Windows Mobile device, tags them, and imports them to Windows Vista Photo Gallery WMDC runs on Windows Vista Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium, and Home Basic editions It is compatible with Microsoft Outlook 2000, Outlook XP, Outlook 2003, and Outlook 2007 messaging and collaboration clients (Microsoft... you are using an OS other than Windows Vista, or if Windows Vista is set not to display the Sharing tab, search for “File and printer sharing” in the computer’s help files for more information on how to configure files for offline use Lesson 2: Configuring Mobile Devices Figure 13-16 673 Configuring a folder for offline use Using the Windows Mobile Device Center The Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC)... clients (Microsoft recommends Outlook 2007) WMDC does not (currently) ship with Windows Vista, and you need to download it Microsoft recommends connecting your mobile device to your Windows Vista PC by using a universal serial bus (USB) cable so it installs through plug and play and then using Windows Update to scan for updates Windows Update detects your mobile device and downloads and installs the WMDC... some mobile devices are not in the Windows Vista plug and play library, and you need to install the necessary software from 674 Chapter 13 Configuring Mobile Devices the CD-ROM that came with the device Windows Update might not recognize the connected device, in which case you need to navigate to the Windows Mobile Device Center webpage at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx and... can connect to Windows Media Player to synchronize these files All media synchronization settings are set in Windows Media Player To connect to Windows Media Player, first connect your device to the computer WMDC starts automatically, and you click Pictures, Music, And Video, as shown in Figure 13-22 This opens the Windows Media Player You can then click Add Media To Your Device From Windows Media Player... downloads they store on their Windows Vista computers are also available on their portable music players Copying files manually can be tedious and is an irksome task when a user is in a hurry to get home It is error prone, and a user can all too easily copy an old version of a file over the most recent version rather than vice versa, losing several hours of work In Windows Vista, the easiest, most efficient,... efficient, and safest way is to sync files automatically by using Sync Center Sync is short for synchronization In Windows Vista, sync is the process of storing two or more matching versions of the same file in different locations If you add, change, or delete a file in one location, Windows Vista adds, changes, or deletes the same file in the other locations whenever you choose to sync Sync Center allows... presentation settings Practice 1: Manually Connecting an External Monitor and Configuring Colors and Resolution Settings In this practice, you connect a second monitor and extend the Windows Vista desktop to this monitor When Windows Vista detects the monitor automatically and applies the optimum settings for this monitor, the procedure is trivial However, you might be called upon to install an older monitor . following: ■ Installed Windows Vista Ultimate on a personal computer, as described in Chapter 1, “Installing Windows Vista Client and Chapter 2, “Upgrading Windows Vista Migra- tions and Upgrades.”. projector scenarios Infrastructure Network Connection Windows Network Projector Windows Vista- based Laptop Existing Projector Windows Vista- based Laptop Windows Network Projector Adapter Display Cable Ad-hoc. chapter, you need Windows Vista running on a mobile PC. You also need a second computer on your network that is acting as a network server (it does not need to be running Windows Vista) . Before