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Lesson 8
Managing and Monitoring Windows 7 Performance
Learning Objectives
Students will learn to: • Update Windows 7. • Use Event Viewer. • Use Performance Monitor. • Manage Performance Settings.
ODN Skills
Configure updates to Windows 7. 7.1 Monitor systems. 7.3 Configure performance settings. 7.4
Lecture Notes
Updating Windows 7
List the types of updates and explain the differences between them: • Hotfixes • Security Updates • Cumulative Updates (or Rollups) • Service Packs
Demonstrate how to configure the Windows Update client, both manually and using Group Policy.
Briefly demonstrate the server side of Windows Server Update Services. Then, demonstrate the Group Policy settings required for a computer to use a WSUS server for its updates.
Using Event Viewer
Demonstrate the basic functionality of Event Viewer.
Do not demonstrate the process of creating subscriptions, as the students will have to do that themselves in Lab 11.
View the component logs in Event Viewer.
Demonstrate how to create a custom view in Event Viewer.
Using the Performance Monitor Console
Do not demonstrate how to use the basic functions of Performance Monitor or how to create a performance counter log.
Demonstrate how to create an alert and what happens when you trigger it.
Demonstrate how to interpret Reliability Monitor data.
Managing Performance
Working with Processes
Demonstrate how to view and manipulate processes with Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and Process Explorer.
Managing Services
Ask the students to define what a service is.
Demonstrate the use of the Services console, including starting and stopping services and configuring their Startup Types.
Configuring Performance Option Settings
Demonstrate the effects of the settings in the Performance Information and Tools control panel.
Configuring Power Settings
Do not
Managing and Monitoring Windows 7 Performance
Learning Objectives
Students will learn to: • Update Windows 7. • Use Event Viewer. • Use Performance Monitor. • Manage Performance Settings.
ODN Skills
Configure updates to Windows 7. 7.1 Monitor systems. 7.3 Configure performance settings. 7.4
Lecture Notes
Updating Windows 7
List the types of updates and explain the differences between them: • Hotfixes • Security Updates • Cumulative Updates (or Rollups) • Service Packs
Demonstrate how to configure the Windows Update client, both manually and using Group Policy.
Briefly demonstrate the server side of Windows Server Update Services. Then, demonstrate the Group Policy settings required for a computer to use a WSUS server for its updates.
Using Event Viewer
Demonstrate the basic functionality of Event Viewer.
Do not demonstrate the process of creating subscriptions, as the students will have to do that themselves in Lab 11.
View the component logs in Event Viewer.
Demonstrate how to create a custom view in Event Viewer.
Using the Performance Monitor Console
Do not demonstrate how to use the basic functions of Performance Monitor or how to create a performance counter log.
Demonstrate how to create an alert and what happens when you trigger it.
Demonstrate how to interpret Reliability Monitor data.
Managing Performance
Working with Processes
Demonstrate how to view and manipulate processes with Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and Process Explorer.
Managing Services
Ask the students to define what a service is.
Demonstrate the use of the Services console, including starting and stopping services and configuring their Startup Types.
Configuring Performance Option Settings
Demonstrate the effects of the settings in the Performance Information and Tools control panel.
Configuring Power Settings
Do not