70-098 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows 98

70-098 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows 98

General Info
Exam #: 70-098
Status: Active
Time Limit: 90 min.
Passing Score: 709
# of Questions: 59
Format: Form-based
Certifications: MCP, MCSE, MCSE+I
Cost: $100.00 USD
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Objectives

Planning
Develop an appropriate implementation model for specific requirements in a Microsoft environment or a mixed Microsoft and NetWare environment. Considerations include:
  • Choosing the appropriate file system
  • Planning a workgroup


Develop a security strategy in a Microsoft environment or a mixed Microsoft and NetWare environment. Strategies include:
  • System policies
  • User profiles
  • File and printer sharing
  • Share-level access control or user-level access control

Installation and Configuration
Install Windows 98. Installation options include:
  • Automated Windows setup
  • New
  • Upgrade
  • Uninstall
  • Dual-boot combination with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0


Configure Windows 98 server components. Server components include:
  • Microsoft Personal Web Server 4.0
  • Dial-Up Networking server
Install and configure the network components of Windows 98 in a Microsoft environment or a mixed Microsoft and NetWare environment. Network components include:
  • Client for Microsoft Networks
  • Client for NetWare Networks
  • Network adapters
  • File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks
  • File and printer sharing for NetWare Networks
  • Service for NetWare Directory Services (NDS)
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) components
  • Virtual private networking and PPTP
  • Browse Master
Install and configure network protocols in a Microsoft environment or a mixed Microsoft and NetWare environment. Protocols include:
  • NetBEUI
  • IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol
  • TCP/IP
  • Microsoft DLC
  • Fast Infrared

Install and configure hardware devices in a Microsoft environment and a mixed Microsoft and NetWare environment. Hardware devices include:
  • Modems
  • Printers
  • Universal Serial Bus (USB)
  • Multiple display support
  • IEEE 1394 Firewire
  • Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
  • Multilink
  • Power management scheme

Install and configure Microsoft Backup.

Configuring and Managing Resource Access
Assign access permissions for shared folders in a Microsoft environment or a mixed Microsoft and NetWare environment. Methods include:
  • Passwords
  • User permissions
  • Group permissions


Create, share, and monitor resources. Resources include:
  • Remote computers
  • Network printers
Set up user environments by using user profiles and system policies.
Back up data and the registry and restore data and the registry.
Configure hard disks. Tasks include:
  • Disk compression
  • Partitioning
  • Enabling large disk support
  • Converting to FAT32

Create hardware profiles.

Integration and Interoperability
Configure a Windows 98 computer as a client computer in a network that contains a Windows NT 4.0 domain.
Configure a Windows 98 computer as a client computer in a NetWare network.
Configure a Windows 98 computer for remote access by using various methods in a Microsoft environment or a mixed Microsoft and NetWare environment. Methods include:
  • Dial-Up Networking
  • Proxy Server


Monitoring and Optimization
Monitor system performance by using Net Watcher, System Monitor, and Resource Meter.
Tune and optimize the system in a Microsoft environment and a mixed Microsoft and NetWare environment. Tasks include:
  • Optimizing the hard disk by using Disk Defragmenter and ScanDisk
  • Compressing data by using DriveSpace 3 and the Compression Agent
  • Updating drivers and applying service packs by using Windows Update and the Signature Verification Tool
  • Automating tasks by using Maintenance Wizard
  • Scheduling tasks by using Task Scheduler
  • Checking for corrupt files and extracting files from the installation media by using the System File Checker


Troubleshooting
Diagnose and resolve installation failures. Tasks include:
  • Resolve file and driver version conflicts by using Version Conflict Manager and the Microsoft System Information utility

Diagnose and resolve boot process failures. Tasks include:
  • Editing configuration files by using System Configuration Utility

Diagnose and resolve connectivity problems in a Microsoft environment and a mixed Microsoft and NetWare environment. Tools include:
  • Winipcfg
  • Net Watcher
  • Ping
  • Tracert


Diagnose and resolve printing problems in a Microsoft environment or a mixed Microsoft and NetWare environment.
Diagnose and resolve file system problems.
Diagnose and resolve resource access problems in a Microsoft environment or a mixed Microsoft and NetWare environment.
Diagnose and resolve hardware device and device driver problems. Tasks include:
  • Checking for corrupt registry files by using ScanReg and ScanRegW