MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Installing ...

21-6 Chapter 21 Installing Windows XP Professional (1.0)
❑ Practice 2: Use the Files And Settings Transfer Wizard to migrate the settings
from one computer to another. The originating computer can be running
Windows XP Professional, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT Workstation
4.0, or Windows 2000 Professional; the destination computer must be
running Windows XP Professional.
❑ Practice 3: Use the User State Migration Tool (USMT) to implement an automated
migration of a user’s settings from one computer to another. Customize
the USMT process by making some changes to the .inf files used by the tool.
Important For the following task, you should complete at least Practices 1 and 2. If you
want a more well-rounded understanding of installation options, you should also complete
Practice 3. If you want hands-on experience with every aspect of the exam and you have the
extra lab resources needed to do Practices 4 and 5, complete those practices as well.
■ Performing post-installation updates and product activation.
❑ Practice 1: Download and install the network package of the latest service
pack for Windows XP Professional. Extract the package and run Update.exe
with the -? switch, and then review the available command-line switches. Use
the appropriate command-line switches to perform an unattended installation.
Then, uninstall the service pack by using Add Or Remove Programs.
❑ Practice 2: Using an unpatched Windows XP Professional installation, use Internet
Explorer to visit the Microsoft Windows Update site at http://windowsupdate
.microsoft.com/. Choose to perform a custom installation of the available patches
and explore each of the available updates to understand what changes they
make. Bring your Windows XP installation up-to-date by installing the latest service
packs and all available critical updates.
❑ Practice 3: Use the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer, available from http://
www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx, to identify any
computers on your network that are missing critical updates.
❑ Practice 4: Install Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS), available from
http://www.microsoft.com/sus/—on a Windows Server 2003 computer. Configure
Automatic Updates on a Windows XP Professional computer to retrieve
updates directly from SUS. Be familiar with how to configure Automatic
Updates for Windows XP Professional stand-alone computers and members
of an Active Directory domain.
❑ Practice 5: If you have time, install Windows XP Professional on a computer,
but do not activate it. Wait until the 30-day grace period expires, and note the
limited functionality that Windows XP provides you until you have activated it.