WINDOWS NT/W2K/XP TROUBLESHOOTING AND TUNING (two-days, hands-on)
Instructor: Constantine Kaniklidis

This intensive hands-on course provides registrants with the essential survival skills for dealing with NT/W2K/XP troubleshooting, configuration, recovery and optimization. Fully updated, the course presents extensive Windows 2000 and XP coverage to aid in migration to these platforms. The NT/W2K/XP Registry is discussed comprehensively, with safeguards for backup and restoration, and the critical topic of recovering from and resolving stop actions (BSOD: Blue Screen of Death) receives extensive coverage. Throughout registrants are provided with invaluable tips and tricks, documented and undocumented, for control of the Win32 environment.

The Win32 Family Overview
        General Design and Structure
        What's New in W2K and XP

Special Issues
        Setup and Installation 
        Understanding BOOT.INI:  Basics and Hidden BOOT.INI Switches
        System Recovery and the W2K Recovery Console

Troubleshooting and Recovery Procedures 
        Troubleshooting Strategies 
        Bootable Diskettes and the ERD (Emergency Repair Disk)
        Failsafe Recovery Procedures 
        Using the W2K Recovery Console
        W2K System File Protection
        Mirroring and Drive Imaging/Cloning
        Anatomy of a BSOD: Diagnosis and Recovery 
        Using XP System Restore

A Guided Tour of the Registry
        Hardcore Registry Settings for Power Users
        How to Backup the Live Registry
        Registry Restore
        Cleaning and Optimizing the Registry

Optimization
        Optimizing Virtual Memory: Pagefile and Registry Size Tuning
        How to Solve Insufficient Virtual Memory / Storage Conditions
        Optimizing CPU, Disk and Video/Graphics Resources
        Optimizing Applications
        Optimizing Network Resources

Tuning and the Performance Monitor