Posted: January 8th, 2015
CIS329 Week 3 MOAC 70-687 Lab 6:
Project description
MOAC 70-687 Lab 5.6.8:
complete 5,6,8
Submit the lab in the following manner:
Log into the MOAC Labs Online Environment.
LAB 5
INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING DESKTOP APPLICATIONS
THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:
Exercise 5.1
Exercise 5.2 Setting File Associations
Setting Compatibility Modes
Lab Challenge Modifying File Associations
Exercise 5.1 Setting File Associations
Overview
In this exercise, you will demonstrate how you can use file associations to control which application loads when you execute a file of a particular type.
Mindset Windows 8 uses file types to associate data files with specific applications. File can also appear as file name extensions.
Completion time 20 minutes
Question 1 What program is currently associated with the .jpg file name extension?
13. Take a screen shot of the Windows Photo Viewer window by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 5 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing
Ctrl+V.
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Question 2 What would happen if you double-clicked a different JPEG file with a .jpg extension in File Explorer?
Question 3 What would happen if you double-clicked a JPEG file with a .jpeg extension?
Exercise 5.2 Setting Compatibility Modes
Overview
In this exercise, you modify the compatibility mode for a specific executable file so that Windows 8 can effectively run a program designed for an earlier
version of Windows.
Mindset Compatibility modes enable you to specify what Windows version a particular program was designed to use.
Completion time 20 minutes
Question 4 What can you do if you are unsure which version of Windows you should specify in the compatibility settings?
11. Take a screen shot of the Solitaire window by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 5 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
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Lab Challenge Modifying File Associations
Overview
Windows 8 often provides more than one way to complete a given task. In this challenge, you must discover an alternate way to complete a task you performed
earlier in this lab.
Mindset Windows 8 uses its modern interface to provide alternative ways of performing tasks usually found in the Control Panel.
Completion time 20 minutes
To complete this challenge, you must once again change the default file association for JPEG files with a .jpg extension. However, this time, you cannot use the
Default Programs control panel. Change the default file association to the Paint program and, in doing so, complete the following tasks:
1. List the steps you took to complete the task.
2. Take a screen shot of the interface you used to change the default file association by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 5 worksheet file in
the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
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LAB 6
INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING WINDOWS STORE APPLICATIONS
THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:
Exercise 6.1 Using Group Policy to Restrict Access to the Windows Store
Exercise 6.2 Disabling Automatic Download Updates of the Windows Store
Lab Challenge Blocking Automatic Updates from Within the Windows Store App
Exercise 6.1 Using Group Policy to Restrict Access to the Windows Store
Overview
In this exercise, you will install the Windows 8/Windows Server 2012 Administrative Templates and then use GPOs to restrict access to the Windows Store.
Mindset To maintain security within an organization, you may choose to restrict users from using the Store to download and install applications.
Completion time 20 minutes
Question 1 What is the default installation folder?
18. Press Ctrl+Prt Scr to take a screen shot that captures both the Turn off the Store application dialog box and the Group Policy Management Editor window. Press
Ctrl+V to paste the image on the page provided in the Lab 6 worksheet file.
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Exercise 6.2 Disabling Automatic Download Updates of the Windows Store
Overview
In this exercise, you will use a GPO to disable the automatic downloading of updates from the Windows store.
Mindset Sometimes, updates can cause unforeseen problems. To avoid some of these problems, you can stop applications from downloading and installing updates for
Windows Store applications.
Completion time 10 minutes
4. Press Ctrl+Prt Scr to take a screen shot of the Turn off Automatic Download of updates dialog box and the Group Policy Management Editor window. Press Ctrl+V
to paste the image on the page provided in the Lab 6 worksheet file.
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Lab Challenge Blocking Automatic Updates from within the Windows Store App
Overview
In this lab challenge, you will demonstrate how to disable automatic download updates using the Windows Store App.
Mindset You have a local computer that is sensitive and you do not want to deploy any updates or changes to the system unless you manually update or change the system.
Completion time 5 minutes
As a local administrator for the computer running Windows 8, you want to demonstrate how to block automatic updates from within the Windows Store App by writing out
the steps that it would take to disable automatic downloads updates using the Windows Store app. Since your machine does not have Internet access, this is only a
written exercise.
LAB 8
CONFIGURE INTERNET EXPLORER
THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:
Exercise 8.1 Configuring Internet Explorer
Exercise 8.2 Testing Internet Explorer Policies
Lab Challenge Suppressing Compatibility Warnings
Exercise 8.1 Configuring Internet Explorer
Overview
In this exercise, you will configure Internet Explorer using Group Policy.
Mindset As an administrator, you need to ensure that Internet Explorer is configured based on the policy of your organization. To configure IE for the entire
organization, you can use Group Policy.
Completion time 20 minutes
Question 1 Why is it necessary to disable the Turn on Internet Explorer Standards Mode for Local Intranet policy?
Question 2 Why, in this case, is it necessary to enable both the Prevent deleting web sites that the user has visited policy and the Turn off InPrivate Browsing
policy?
Question 3 Why isn’t it necessary to enable the Turn off InPrivate Filtering as well?
17. Take a screen shot of the Group Policy Management console displaying all of the policy settings you configured in this exercise by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and
then paste the resulting image into the Lab 8 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
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Exercise 8.2 Testing Internet Explorer Policies
Overview
In this exercise, you will confirm the Internet Explorer settings that are configured with a GPO are deployed to a client computer.
Mindset When troubleshooting problems, you will need to ensure that settings that you configure with a GPO are actually deployed to the clients.
Completion time 20 minutes
23. Take a screen shot of the Group Policy Management console showing the Internet Explorer policy settings displayed with the Group Policy Results by pressing
Alt+Prt Scr and then paste the resulting image into the Lab 8 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
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Question 4 If you have confirmed GPO settings are configured correctly, and the GPO is assigned to the correct container, which command can be used to ensure that
the GPO settings is deployed to the user immediately?
Lab Challenge Suppressing Compatibility Warnings
Overview
To complete this challenge, you must demonstrate how to suppress the compatibility warnings.
Mindset The Windows 8 users at Contoso, Ltd. are restricted to a predefined set of applications, all of which have been recently updated and carefully tested for
compatibility. To prevent users from attempting to run down-level applications, you have been instructed to disable the Windows 7 compatibility mode controls using
Group Policy.
Completion time 10 minutes
To complete this challenge, you must locate and configure the appropriate Group Policy settings to accomplish these goals in the GPO you created in Exercise 8.1. Write
out the procedure you used to configure the settings, and then take a screen shot of the container where the settings are located by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then
paste the resulting image into the Lab 8 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
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