Step-by-Step 6.01 Pinning Items. If the students do not have Windows 7 installed, which may be the case if you plan to allow them to install Windows during Step-by-Step 6.02, be prepared to demonstrate Windows 7 pinning on the instructor’s PC.
Step-by-Step 6.02 Installing Windows 7. If the students will not be able to install Windows 7 themselves, be prepared to demonstrate Windows 7 installation. If the instructor’s computer already has Windows 7, consider doing an installation into a virtual machine for the demo.
If you did not demonstrate installing security software in Chapter 2, consider doing so now. For instance connect to www.microsoft.com/security_essentials and download and install this free security package.
Step-by-Step 6.03 Adjusting the Display Resolution. Students may be surprised at the difference it can make to simply tweak the display settings (beyond resolution).
Ask the students if any of them has a multi-display system, or if people they know at work or school have them. At this writing, Dell advertises a multi-display system and many manufacturers sell mounts for multiple displays. They should become more common if prices come down for the components (a big “if” since the disasters in Japan).
Demonstrate or have students do the Try This on page 222 to practice turning Windows Features on or off.
Step-by-Step 6.04 Burning a CD or DVD. Consider simply demonstrating this exercise, and then pass the disc around for students to test in their drives. Have each student add files to the disc
Be sure the students are clear that there is an individual account named Administrator that is all-powerful and should not be enabled under normal circumstances. To illustrate this, open the Local Users and Groups node in Computer Management and open the properties for the Administrator account. It should be disabled. Then, notice the other accounts shown. Point out the account created when you installed Windows. Open this account to see the type of account it is. Then look at the Guest account. Normally, that is all you will see: the administrator type account created during installation, the Guest account, and the Administrator account. If the students can clearly see the icons for each account, point out the down arrow that displays on the icon for any disabled account. Look for other accounts created for installed services. These accounts often have a name that ends in $. For instance, the HomeGroupUser$ account is a built-in account created when you enable the HomeGroups feature (described in Chapter 10). Some security programs create a user account.
Step-by-Step 6.05 Creating a New Account in Windows 7. Creating accounts on a desktop computer is similar to creating an account for a Windows domain, so it is good practice for students to do this if they have any aspirations of becoming a server administrator or working in desktop support.
Be sure the students are clear that there is an individual account named Administrator that is all-powerful and should not be enabled under normal circumstances. To illustrate this, open the Local Users and Groups node in Computer Management and open the properties for the Administrator account. It should be disabled. Then, notice the other accounts shown. Point out the account created when you installed Windows. Open this account to see the type of account it is. Then look at the Guest account. Normally, that is all you will see: the administrator type account created during installation, the Guest account, and the Administrator account. If the students can clearly see the icons for each account, point out the down arrow that displays on the icon for any disabled account. Look for other accounts created for installed services. These accounts often have a name that ends in $. For instance, the HomeGroupUser$ account is a built-in account created when you enable the HomeGroups feature (described in Chapter 10). Some security programs create a user account.
Point out that the illustration at the top of page 233 is the result of clicking the Edit button on the Security page shown on page 232. This is described in the second paragraph on page 233.