Franske ITC-2000 Windows Tools Lab

In this lab you will explore a number of built-in tools and utilities in Windows 7. You can complete this lab using the Windows 7 virtual machines (VMs) that you installed in a previous lab.

Task Manager

1. Log on to your system with an administrative account
2. Open an Internet Explorer browser window and minimize it
3. Open a folder on the system and minimize that window as well
4. Open the Task Manager by right clicking on the taskbar and selecting Task Manager then try closing task manger.
5. Open the Task Manager by pressing CTRL+ALT+DELTE on your keyboard and selecting Task Manager from the menu. Note that if you're in a VM you can't do this on your physical keyboard because it will do it on the host system instead of in the VM. Instead you should look through the menu options on the VM window to find one to send a CTRL+ALT+DELETE combination to the guest VM.
6. Try closing the Internet Explorer browser session by selecting it on the Applications tab and choosing to "End Task". This can often be used to close unresponsive applications.
7. Spend several minutes looking through each of the other tabs in the Task Manager window. You should be able to identify the usefulness of each of these tabs in troubleshooting various system issues. If you are unsure about something discuss it with your partner and neighboring groups or ask the instructor.

Creating Additional User Accounts

1. Log on to your system with an administrative account
2. Open the system control panel and open the "User Accounts" control panel
3. Click the link to "Manage another account" and then "Create a new account"
4. Read about the different types of accounts and then create a new standard user account with the user name "ITC-Standard"
5. Set the password for the ITC-Standard account to "standarduser" and the password hint to "stanadarduser"
6. Close all open windows
7. Log out of the administrative user and in as the ITC-Standard user
8. Try to change some system settings and see if you are able to do so
9. Log out of the ITC-Standard account and back in as an administrator