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Lifestyle Behaviors That Promote Oral Health Also Decrease Risks for Chronic Disease
In a widely publicized study from the CDC and the German Institute of Human Nutrition,1 adult men and women who followed four healthy lifestyle factors—never smoking, healthy diet, physical activity, and body mass index (BMI) under 30—were 78 percent less likely to develop chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer and stroke. Adults who adhered to just one of the four healthy behaviors lowered their chronic disease risk by nearly 50 percent, and their risk levels decreased progressively as their number of healthy behaviors increased.
Although the study did not include dental assessments, the findings are significant for dentists and patients because three of the four unhealthy factors—tobacco use, poor dietary practices, and excess body weight—have strong correlations with oral health, periodontal disease, and systemic health conditions, including cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. The study, published in the August 10/24, 2009 Archives of Internal Medicine,1 received online news coverage from the Los Angeles Times,2 HealthDay News,3 MedPageToday4 and others.
In the study, scientists from the CDC examined data from 23,153 German adults aged 35 to 65 years who were recruited between 1994 and 1998 to participate in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Potsdam study. At baseline, participants' weight and height were measured, and personal interviews were completed to obtain baseline data on chronic disease history, physical activity, dietary practices (i.e., maintaining a diet high in fruits, vegetables, and whole-grain bread, but low in red meat), and other lifestyle factors. The participants were tracked for nearly eight years (through December 2006) with periodic questionnaires, and the authors reviewed the associations between self-reported healthy lifestyle behaviors and the incidence of chronic disease over time.
While only 9 percent of the study participants practiced all four healthy behaviors, they had a 78 percent reduction in risk when compared with those who engaged in no healthy behaviors. Those who followed each of the four health behaviors had 93 percent reduced risk for diabetes, 81 percent lower risk for heart disease, 50 percent reduction in risk for stroke, and 36 percent lower risk for cancer.
Study participants who followed just one healthy behavior reduced their chronic disease risk by nearly half (47 to 53 percent), and having a BMI under 30 (the standard threshold for obesity) reduced risk for chronic disease more than any other factor, especially for diabetes. German adults who followed two healthy lifestyle factors, such as never smoking and keeping BMI under 30, saw their chronic disease risk drop 72 percent, the largest reduction among all dual combinations of health behaviors. Similarly, adults with a BMI under 30 who exercised more than 3.5 hours each week were 64 percent less likely to develop chronic disease. Overall, each individual lifestyle factor was associated with reductions in chronic disease risk for men and women. Based on these findings, the authors draw a simple conclusion that often goes underemphasized: "adopting a few healthy behaviors can have a major impact on the risk of morbidity."
This conclusion complements a well-established body of evidence that has shown the substantial benefits of healthy lifestyle practices (e.g., never smoking and proper diet) on oral disease, general health, and longevity. The study strongly suggests that following one or more healthy practices can significantly improve patient health and reduce the risks for morbidity and mortality. The study also underscores the importance of promoting health interventions for tobacco cessation and proper nutrition in clinical settings. By following this guidance, dentists can help patients optimize oral health and prevent oral and systemic disease.
Dentists commonly treat patients who follow one or more of the unhealthy behaviors assessed in the EPIC-Potsdam study, such as tobacco use, poor dietary practice, or insufficient physical activity. The dental community can provide a substantial public service by promoting the benefits of tobacco cessation, healthy diet, and weight management to improve oral health and prevent chronic disease across the lifespan. As seen in one recent study, oral health professionals who initiated behavior interventions for tobacco cessation in dental offices increased tobacco abstinence rates by over 40 percent.5
Dentists have long recognized the association between frequent exposure to sweetened soft drinks and other sugar-containing substances in the oral cavity with increased risks of dental decay. Clinicians can educate patients about proper nutrition and oral health, including eating a well-balanced diet and limiting the number of between-meal snacks. Obesity and physical inactivity are important risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes, which is also associated with increased risk for periodontal disease. Dentists are encouraged to promote patient awareness of the relationship between obesity and early-onset diabetes, an increasing public health problem among overweight children. Patients can also be referred to their physician or a registered dietician for further nutritional counseling. For more information on tobacco cessation and healthy dietary practices, dentists and patients are encouraged to consult the following resources:
- Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update—the U.S. Public Health Service guideline that provides evidence-based recommendations supporting effective treatments for tobacco cessation; and
- the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which are designed to promote optimal health and to prevent obesity-related diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and cancers.
1. Ford ES, Bergmann MM, Kroger J, Schienkiewitz A, Weikert C, Boeing H. Healthy living is the best revenge. Arch Intern Med 2009;169(15): 1355–1362. Available at: http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/169/15/1355. Accessed August 18, 2009.
2. Yurkiewicz S. Four healthy choices to change your life. Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2009. Available at: http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/scimedemail/la-sci-lifestyle11-2009aug11,0,2836626.story. Accessed August 18, 2009.
3. More Evidence Healthy Living Brings Long Life. HealthDay News, August 10, 2009. Accessed August 18, 2009.
4. Fiore K. Four lifestyle factors prevent cancer, diabetes, and CVD. MedPage Today, August 10, 2009. Available at: http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/DietNutrition/15458. Accessed August 18, 2009.
5. Carr AB, Ebbert JO. Interventions for tobacco cessation in the dental setting. A systematic review. Community Dent Health 2007; 24(2):70–4.
Additional Resources
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid (JADA "For the Dental Patient" page, September 2006)
- Diet and Tooth Decay (JADA "For the Dental Patient" page, April 2002)
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The Norwegian magazine Skipsrevyen recently named the research vessel M/S G.O. Sars the "Ship of the Year." The new ship, which was named after a famous Norwegian zoologist, is highly advanced, including such features as extreme silent operation, fully comparable in class to military submarines. The auxiliary engine and emergency genset onboard are from Volvo Penta.
With four completely new diesel engines, two new Aquamatic Duoprops, one new Saildrive, new propellers and a completely newly developed electronic platform, 2003 is the most intensive launch year to date in Volvo Penta's history. The profit earned in recent years has been ploughed back into intensive product investments, which are now being taken to market. And each of these product innovations will, in its own way, set new standards within the marine leisure craft industry.
Volvo Penta is now launching an entirely new alternative for sport boats of up to about eight meters. The new D3 is a technically advanced five-cylinder diesel, completely constructed in aluminum. The basic design is the same as for Volvo Cars' recently launched diesel engine, which was a success with the automotive press and customers. The D3 has 130 or 160 horsepower and is equipped with an Aquamatic drive or as an inboard with gearbox.
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Within the next few years, the EU and the US plan to introduce regulations regarding exhaust emissions, and many other countries are expected to follow their lead. For a number of years, Volvo Penta has actively participated, through various organizations, in the formulation of the new regulations, and is now launching a series of products that will meet the requirements planned for introduction in Europe and the US in 2006. As part of the Volvo Group, Volvo Penta is also working purposefully to limit the environmental impact of all parts of its operations.
Volvo Penta controls the entire engine and driveline package. Developing drivelines and propellers specifically for each engine series ensures high efficiency, which in turn provides high performance and reliability. The two new drives now being launched have been tailored specially for the new D4 and D6 marine diesels.
Volvo Penta is now introducing a totally and newly developed generation of diesel engines, D4 and D6, to the leisure boat industry. The latest technology, including electronically controlled, common rail, direct fuel injection, combines performance with environmental properties that were previously impossible. The results are powerful torque and high power output combined with low exhaust and noise emissions. The D4 and D6 will meet comprehensive environmental requirements planned for introduction in Europe and the US in 2006.
The new D3 diesel engine is a financially attractive alternative compared with outboard engines, according to Volvo Penta's internal tests. The major difference between the engine types is noticeable in the fuel account and the ears. In tests, the D3 has been operated, in principle, for half the cost compared with an outboard engine and at a significantly lower noise level.
Volvo Penta has tested two Ryds boats with identical hulls. One was equipped with the new Volvo Penta 130-hp D3 engine, and the other with a modern 135-hp two-stroke, fuel-injected outboard engine. The conditions during the tests were the same and all data were measured using Volvo Penta's advanced measuring equipment.
With the launch two years ago of D2-55, Volvo Penta further strengthened its position as a supplier of drive systems for sailboats. Volvo Penta is now following its recent success with the launch of the new D2-75 – a compact, four-cylinder marine diesel engine developed primarily for sailboats, but also for smaller motorboats. The new 75-hp engine operates at low rpms and offers exceptionally powerful torque and low emissions – qualities that make it perfect for the engine's application areas. The engine also comes with a new version of Volvo Penta's well-known Saildrive.

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So I started out on the New York thruway. I was just galumphing along in such a high state that I was hanging out with various forms of the Divine. I was doing my mantra, which I usually am doing one way or another, to remember that this isn't the only game in town. So I'm holding onto the steering wheel and I'm keeping enough consciousness to keep the car on the road. At another part I'm singing to Krishna, who is blue, is radiant, plays the flute, is the seducer of the Beloved, all of whom we are, back into the merging with God, back into the formless. I am in ecstasy hanging out with blue Krishna, driving along the New York freeway, when I noticed in my rear view mirror a blue flashing light.
Now, there is enough of me down, so I knew it was a state trooper. I pulled over the car, and this man got out of the car and he came up to the window. I opened the window and he said, "may I see your license and registration?" I was in such a state that when I looked at him, I saw that it was Krishna who had come to give me darshan. How would Krishna come in 1970? Why not as a state trooper? Christ came as a carpenter.
So Krishna comes up and asks for my license. He can have anything, he can have my life. All he wants is my license and registration. So I give him my license and
registration, and it's like throwing flowers at the feet of God. I am looking at him with absolute love.
So he goes back to the car and he calls home. Then he comes back and he walks around the car and he says, "what's in that box on the seat?" I said, "they're mints, would you like one?" He said, "well the problem is you were driving too slow on the freeway, and you'll have to drive off the freeway if you're going to drive this slowly." I said, "yes, absolutely." I'm just looking at him with such love.
Now, if you put yourself in the role of a state trooper, how often do you suppose they are looked at with unconditional love? Especially when they're in their uniform. So after he had finished all the deliberations, he didn't want to leave. But he had run out of state trooper-ness. So he stood there a minute, and then he said, "great car you've got here!" That allowed me to get out. And we could kick and spit and hit the fenders and say, they don't make `em now like they used to, and tell old car stories. Then we ran out of that. I could feel he still didn't want to leave. I mean, why would you want to leave if you're being unconditionally loved? Where are you going to go? You've already got what you wanted. What are you going to do? That takes care of your power needs, all of it.
So finally he runs out, he knows he's got to come clean that he's Krishna, so he says, "be gone with you," which isn't state trooper talk, but what the hell. As I get into the car and I start to drive away, he's standing by his cruiser and I look in the mirror and he's waving at me. Now you tell me, do you think that was a state trooper, or was that Krishna? I don't know.
-Ram Dass
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- Suzanne
It was Krishna……
- bonnie
Love conquers all. No tickets were issued, no guns existed. Grace was manifested. Thank you for sharing this. I really hope he was a state trooper. That would be a very cool story.
- Tina M
Love pulled you over and asked for some love.
- Tom
It was Krishna…or maybe it was you?
Perhaps he was expecting you to be hostile and he had no answer to your demeanor! He was after all just like you and me-made of the same stuff-we all get upset if folk are upset with us and he is probably used to folk being upset with him !
- Hanuman Tirtha
It was one blessed trooper, his inner light went on for sure.
- http://www.livingearthgatherings.org Betsy Toll
It sure just sounds like blissful blue Krishna met his blissful beautiful Radha! And danced together, kicking tires. That just lit up my face with a great big smile.
- http://www.theindiespiritualist.com Chris Grosso
This just shattered my heart center wide open. Ram Ram Ram. Thank you. Much love.
- http://www.MakeYourLifeShine.com Suzanne Love Lerner
thanks Ram Dass, you are Divine Sweetness itself brought down into delicious prasad form! You are better than BROWNIES…I LOVE YOU!!!
- Glenn
That is a beautiful story. Thank you.
- Tom
This post gave me the message: treat everyone as Krishna, with love and love and love. And tonight when I go home, that's how I'll be to my girlfriend. Who for so long, was never loved, not even by herself. I love Krishna
- http://http.www.retirewithpurpose.org Margo Knox
taling the sacred to the mundane ..thankyou for demonstration of love
- Catherine Hilker
State Trooper, Krishna same person, yes?
- evoc
Krishna came in the form of the State Trooper. Had RD come down more, he'd have seen only the Trooper, not Krishna, and it would have been Trooper driver business. Though even then I think RD would have sensed that was a Krishna moment.
Maharaji has done this many times, many times.
- Cathy
Love love love you! and my son, being somewhat the equivalent of a state trooper, driving around on two wheels for the county sheriff, handing out "love letters" I call them! How beautiful that I just read your post and I've had this name for the tickets he hands to people!
- Mary Jones Baumann
Krishna loving back.
- Shri Shankar
Jai Shri Krishna! Jai Maharajji! Jai Ram Dass!
- Trisha
We can all have these cool experiences. Sometimes I just get in my car and allow myself to end up wherever to experience whatever. Those are the moments when I feel and see the divine in others. It's a pretty wonderful intense way to spend a few hours. I never know who or what will happen because I'm just the conscious chess piece there to experience.
- Facebook User
HA! Cool, I choose the $1008 per month, when does it show up in my mail box???!! The lord does provide!
- Joanna Christopher
Why not? Aren't we all Krishna?
- dustynator
Sometimes I'm the driver and sometimes I'm Krishna. I guess I've even been the car.
- stephanie
All we need is love. Thank you Ram Dass. You gave him the love that he was waiting for. Now, he knows how it feels. Krishna was you!
- evoc
The 'give away' was the sudden attention grabbing blue light. Krishna came to Ram Dass. Oneness was shared.
- Patricia Whitewing
ah, hahahaah! love it, love you. you just made my day.
- Jane Jones
Yes, of course it was Krishna~! State Troopers do not say things like that~!!! And if they did they would be partaking in the sphere of mantra, the nectar of the essence of the divine space surrounding Baba Ram Dass. HOW COOL is this~!!! Yes, VERY COOL…~!!! <3
- evoc
Absolutely Krishna as a State Trooper. Lovely.
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Sen. Rand Paul wrote a letter to Mr. John Brennan asking if "the president has the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and without trial." The U.S. attorney general answered the question, and not Mr. Brennan (who was running for the position of CIA director and was a known drone advocate).
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Wife used steel wool(Jeez) to try to get a mark off a marble countertop, now it has a 2" circle with no shine. How can I restore the original shine? Would extra fine pumice do it? Or rottenstone? Jeweler's rouge on a cloth buffing wheel? Don't have any marble to experiment on so do not want to make it worse by trying different things that won't work right.
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Larry46 wrote:In please!
Dukasaur wrote:When you sign up, indicate which of the three maps you prefer. There will be four groups of eight players. Each group will have one of the three maps as a primary map, but you will also need to play a few games on the other two. You are not guaranteed to get in the group you want, although I will of course give people their preference as much as possible, starting with the principle of first come first served. The fourth group will take up the overflow. Its primary map will be that map chosen by the most people who didn't get into their first choice. You MUST indicate a preference, even if you don't really care which one you end up with. Edit: Group 1 (Great Lakes) is now full. You can still go in Group 4 if you choose Great Lakes, but we need more USA Great Lakes and Rail USA players.
Please also indicate your choice of spoils, reinforcement, and fog for the 1v1 phases, although the multiplayer phases will use predetermined settings as indicated below.
All games will be Automatic Sequential 24-hour Chained. Other setting vary as indicated.
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Great lakes, escalating, chained and foggy!
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BunnRee wrote:USA Great Lakes, Chain, FR, Fog ~ Peas! Bee
Epitaph1 wrote:I can't pass this up. . .what with living in downtown Cincinnasty and all!
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Room: Building D Lobby
Sep 24, 2012 (one day)
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The Community Health Education Center (CHEC) informs and empowers patients, families, community members and hospital staff by providing accurate health information and connecting them to appropriate hospital and community services and programs.The Salem Hospital Foundation raised 4.1 million to create the Community Health Education Center (CHEC). Over 1,200 Foundation partners, neighbors and friends made gifts that helped turn the dream of the CHEC into a reality.
Things you need to know: Pre-registration is required for most Salem Hospital classes. We sometimes have to cancel classes because there aren't enough people registered. Please don't wait until the last minute to register - you may find the class has been cancelled!Assistance - Do you, or anyone who may be coming with you, need any special arrangements? (Examples: language interpreter, hearing assistance, mobility issues). Please let us know when you register for the class, and at least 24 hours in advance so we can make arrangements for you. Thank you. [Espanol: ¿El participante, o cualquier persona que pueda acompañarlos, tienen todas las necesidades que requieren arreglos especiales? (Ejemplos: intérprete de lenguaje, audición, problemas de movilidad) Por favor, háganos saber por lo menos 24 horas de antelación para que podamos hacer los arreglos necesarios.]Bad weather - We generally follow the Salem-Keizer School District. If Salem-Keizer Schools close due to weather, most likely any CHEC classes that day will be canceled. If you're not sure, please call 503-814-2432 to find out. But no matter what, if you don't feel safe driving, please stay home: we'd rather have you miss a class than risk hazardous roads and sidewalks!Cancellation - If Salem Health cancels a class, a full refund or a class transfer will be issued.Withdrawal - If you notify us at least 7 days before the start of a class or session that you can't attend, we will give you a full refund.Medical Refund - A full refund will be issued if an illness or injury causes you to miss a class or part of a class. A note from your physician may be needed to get a medical refund. Refund checks will be mailed, which takes about 3 weeks. Cash refunds are not available.


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Photography Finally Wrapped!
Principal photography on "The Crown and the Dragon"has finally wrapped! Over the weekend, we had actress Amy de Bhrun far from her Dublin home and into the snowy mountains of Utah… by which we mean, an indoor heated pool. But we did take her to visit the mountains.
We had two underwater scenes that we couldn't get in the icy waters of the Atlantic when we were filming the rest of the movie, so we brought our nymphs and heroine to a far more civilized location, and spent the day bobbing up and down in a wonderfully warm pool.
Add some sea weed, some lights, some VFX in post, and voila, the ocean.
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HE'S won a bravery medal but Steve Taylor doesn't consider himself a hero.
The Penrith resident bashed down the door of an apartment engulfed in flames, rescued the sole stranger from the raging inferno and evacuated the apartment block's remaining residents — which included his young son and daughter — before collapsing in the car park with smoke inhalation.
That was on the evening of August 3, 2005.
Last Friday, in recognition of Mr Taylor's courageous and selfless act, a Royal Humane Society of NSW bronze medal was awarded to him by the Governor of NSW, Marie Bashir, at a ceremony at Government House.
"I banged the door down, saw the flames, saw the fire, and went straight in and pulled him out," Mr Taylor said.
"I didn't stop to think or hesitate, nothing, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat, not a problem."
Mr Taylor was in his apartment with his then four-year-old son, Ty, and two-year-old daughter, Courtney, when he heard a "big bang" downstairs and went to investigate.
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Welcome to Microsoft Windows OS
Microsoft operating operating systems have undergone many changes since MS-DOS was released way back in August 1981. Few will remember those early pioneering days before GUI systems changed computing forever. It was perhaps the launch of Windows 3.0 in May 1990 that had the biggest impact on most people. Here we had an operating system that you didn't require a computer science diploma to use! However these early platforms were of course far from perfect and many will remember the dreaded 'blue screen' with the now infamous phrase "Windows has encountered a problem and has to close".
Since then Microsoft operating systems have evolved into far more stable and user-friendly platforms. There have been ups and downs over the years with arguably Windows XP being better in many ways than it's successor in the form of Vista. Some believe we are seeing a similar scenario with Windows 7 & 8. In any case, it is hoped that this blog will provide practical help and advice on how to install and obtain the best from Microsoft operating systems from Windows 7 onwards.
Managing User Account Control in Windows 7
User Account Control (UAC) is an administrative tool that raises an alert if you modify the privileges of the administrator. It was introduced with Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. User Account Control improves the security of Windows by limiting the access to the standard user until the author authorizes an increase in the privilege. The different options in UAC are:
1. Privilege elevation: All users on Windows 7 have Standard user right by default. If a user tries to create a new user account, then user rights has to be raised from the standard user to the administrative user. This increase in rights is known as privilege elevation. Privilege Elevation occurs only for a specific task.
2. Admin Approval Mode: In this mode administrator should approve for the elevation by responding to the UAC prompt. The UAC prompt requires clicking 'Yes' to the prompting for consent, or entering a user name and passwords which is called prompting for credentials.
3. Secure Desktop: Secure Desktop ensures that malicious software is unable to alter the display of the UAC prompt.
Types of UAC Settings:
1. Always Notify me when: This is the most secure setting. It prompts a warning message asking for administrator permission if anyone tries to make some changes in the computer. The desktop appearance is dimmed because of the secure desktop. The request has to be answered within 150 seconds or else it denies the request for privilege elevation and computer returns to the standard desktop.
2. Notify me when Programs try to make changes to my computer: If you select this option you are shown with a warning about the changes made to your computer or windows settings and require administrator permissions. The notification always occurs at the secure desktop.
3. Notify me only when the programs try to make changes to my computer (Do not dim my desktop): If this option is selected, you will be prompted with a message that requires administrator permissions.
4. Never notify me when: IF this option is selected, you are notified about any changes made to your computer or windows settings when you log on as administrator. If you have logged on as a standard user, any changes that require administrative privileges are denied.
Managing user accounts and groups is an essential part of any organization. To do this an administrator should understand 'User accounts & groups' and how they work. How users are authenticated to the system. There are several methods of Authentication in the User accounts. It depends upon the function and the needs of an organization which authentication method best suits them. The different authentication methods in Windows 7 are as follows:
1. Username and password
2. Smart Cards
3. Biometric Devices
4. Use of Digital Certificates
Steps to configure the behaviour of UAC elevation prompt:
1. Go to 'Start' – 'Control panel' – 'System and security' – 'Administrative tools' – 'Local security policy' – 'Local policies' – 'Security options'.
2. In the right hand pane scroll down to 'User Account Control: Behaviour of Elevation for administrators in Admin Approval Mode'.
3. Double click on the 'User account Control: Behaviour of Elevation for administrators in Admin Approval Mode'.
4. Select the required option from the list.
5. Click 'Apply'. Click 'Ok'.
Steps to Configure Local security Policies related to UAC:
1. Go to 'Start' – 'Control panel' – 'User Accounts and family safety' – 'User Accounts' – 'Change User Account Control Settings'.
2. In the 'User Account Control Settings', slide down the slider to change the settings of the User Account Control as per your requirement.
3. Click 'Ok'.
Windows Disk Management
Disk management utility is used to convert disk types and change the partition styles. Windows 7 also provides you with Disk part command line tool to manage the disk. Disk management utility also helps you to convert disk types and change the partition styles. Windows 7 allows you to convert the following partition styles:
1. Master Boot Record (MBR) can be converted into GPT if there are no volumes on the disk.
2. MBR can be converted to dynamic, but the disk will become unbootable.
3. GPT can be converted to MBR if there are no volumes on the disk.
4. GPT can be converted on to dynamic, but the disk will become unbootable.
5. Dynamic can be converted to MBR if there are no volumes on the disk.
Master Boot Record (MBR): It is the information on the first sector of the Hard disk or diskette that is used to identify the location of the operating system.
GUID Partition Table (GPT): GPT stands for GUID partition table is a standard for the layout of the partition table on a physical Hard disk. We cannot apply GPT partition on removable media.
Basic Disk:
Basic Disk uses a partition table to manage all partitions on the disk. It is supported by DOS and Windows system. All disks are initially basic disks. Basic disk can contain partitions like Primary partition, Extended Partition and Logical drives. You can create maximum of 4 partitions on basic disk.
Dynamic Disk:
Dynamic Disks do not use a partition table to track all partitions as basic disk does. IT uses a hidden database (LDM) to track information about dynamic volumes or dynamic partitions on the disk. In dynamic disks you can create volumes such as Spanned and Striped volumes, and can also create fault-tolerant volumes such as Mirrored volume and RAID 5 volumes.
Converting a Basic disk to Dynamic disk:
1. Right click on 'Computer' icon on the desktop, select 'manage'. The computer management window will be displayed.
2. Click on 'Disk management' in the left pane. You will see all the list of storage devices connected to the computer. Right Click on 'Disk 0', select 'Convert to Dynamic disk'.
After conversion all the existing partition of basic disk will be converted to simple volumes.
Steps to Shrink a Volume:
1. Go to 'Start' – 'Control panel' – 'System and security'.
2. Click on 'Administrative tools' from 'System and security' console.
3. Open 'Computer management' and click on 'Disk Management'. The Disk management window appears. Right click on the volume you want to shrink and choose 'Shrink Volume'.
4. Enter the amount of space to shrink in the value field and click on 'Shrink'.
Steps to Extend a Volume:
1. Go to 'Start' – 'Control panel' – 'System and security'.
2. Click on 'Administrative tools' from 'System and security' console.
3. Open 'Computer management' and click on 'Disk Management'. The Disk management window appears. Right click on the volume you want to shrink and choose 'Extend Volume'. Click 'Next'.
4. Select the amount of space to extend in the value field. Click 'Next'.
5. Click 'Finish'.
Steps to create a Simple Volume:
1. Go to 'Start' – 'Control panel' – 'System and security'.
6. Click on 'Administrative tools' from 'System and security' console.
2. Open 'Computer management' and click on 'Disk Management'. From 'Disk Management', select the disk on which you want to create a simple volume.
3. Right click on the 'Unallocated space' of the selected disk; click 'New simple Volume'. The 'New
Simple Volume' wizard appears.
4. Click 'Next' – Enter the 'Volume size' in MB, click 'Next'. Select a 'Drive letter' for the volume and click 'Next'. Select a 'File system' (NTFS/FAT), give a 'Volume label' to the new volume you are creating. Click 'Next'.
5. Click 'Finish'.
Maintaining and Updating Windows Server 2008
Windows Server Update Service (WSUS)
WSUS is a windows feature that can be set up to automatically check for updates that are published on Windows Update or WSUS server. WSUS uses this windows feature to publish administrator approved updates on an intranet. We can configure the Windows operating system to install updates from WSUS.
Windows Server 2008 provides you with different types of updates:
1. Critical updates:
Security fixes and other important updates that keep computers current and networks secure. A computer that is missing one more critical updates should be considered a security risk, unstable or both.
2. Recommended downloads:
The latest Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer service packs and other important updates.
3. Windows Tools:
Utilities and other tools that are provided to enhance performance facilitate upgrades and ease the burden on system administrator.
4. Internet and Multimedia updates:
Includes Internet Explorer upgrades and patches upgrades to Microsoft Windows Media player and similar updates.
5. Additional Windows Download:
Updates for desktop settings and other Windows Operating system features
6. Multilanguage Features:
Menus and dialogue boxes, language support and Input method editor for a variety of languages
7. Documentation:
Deployment guides and other software –related documents are also available.
Windows Server Update Service (WSUS)
Windows Server update service has following Software and Hardware requirements:
1. Windows Authentication
2. ASP.Net
3. IIS 6.0 management compatibility
4. Microsoft Report viewer Redistributable
5. WSUS service pack 2.0 or higher
6. A minimum of 1 GB free space on system partition
7. 20 GB of free space on the Volume used to store WSUS downloaded content
8. 2 GB free space on the volume where WSUS stores the Windows Internal Database
Steps to Configure WSUS
1. Go to 'Start' – 'Administrative tools' – 'Server Manager' – 'Roles' – 'Add Roles' – 'Next' – Select 'Web server IIS'.
2. Click 'Add required Features' – 'ASP.NET', 'Windows Authentication' and 'IIS 6 Met abase compatibility'. Select 'Add required features' – 'Next' – 'Install' – 'Close'.
3. Go to 'Start' – 'Administrative tools' – 'Server Manager' – 'Add features' – 'Windows Internal Database'. Click 'Yes' – 'Yes' – "Install' – 'Close'.
4. Double click 'Microsoft Report Viewer' downloaded from the internet. Click 'Next' – 'Next' – 'Install.
5. Double click 'WSUS installation file' from the Web, 'Next' – 'Full Server installation including Administration console' – 'Next' – Select ' I accept the terms of the License agreement' – 'Next' – 'Synchronize from Microsoft update' – 'Next' – On Database option accept the default value and click 'Next' – 'Finish'.
6. The 'Windows Server updates services' Window will be displayed, click 'Next' – 'Choose upstream server' screen appears. Select 'Synchronize from Microsoft updates' – 'Next'.
7. 'Specify the Proxy server settings' Wizard appears – Enter proxy information if necessary – Click 'Start Connecting'. This will take several minutes to connect to Microsoft update server depending on the Internet connection speed.
8. Select 'Language screen' will appear. Select 'Download updates only in these languages. Place the check mark in the appropriate language. Click 'Next'.
9. 'Choose product screen' appears. Select the appropriate options and click 'Next'.
10. 'Choose classification' window, Accept default value and click 'Next'. Set 'Synch schedule', Click 'Next' — 'next' – 'Finish'.
Steps to configure any client machine to receive updates from the WSUS server:
1. Go to 'Run' – type 'gpedit.msc'. In the 'Group policy editor', click on 'Computer management' – 'Admin templates' – 'Windows Components' – 'Windows updates'.
2. In the right hand pane, double click 'Configure automatic updates', select 'Enable' radio button – Click 'Ok.
3. In the right hand pane click 'Specify intranet Microsoft update service location' – select 'Enabled'. In 'Set the intranet update service' enter 'http://computername of WSUS server'.
4. Go to 'Start' – 'Admin tools' – 'Services' – Right click 'Windows update' click on 'Restart' option.
5. Go to 'cmd' – 'wuauclt /detectnow and press 'Enter'.
Installing and Configuring Routing and Remote Access Services
Router is a device which determines routes from a source network to a destination network. It decides where to send the network packets based on the addressing in the packet. Since router works on layer 3 of OSI model they are also referred to as layer 3 devices.
Functions of a Router:
1. To join networks together over extended distances over WAN's. WAN traffic often travels over multiple routes, and the routers choose the faster or cheaper route between a source computer and destination.
2. To connect dissimilar LANs, such as Ethernet LAN to a Fibre Distributed Data Interface (FDDI).
LAN routing
You should have at least 2 LAN cards on your server machine, configured with two IP address belonging to different subnets.
1. Go to 'Server manager' – 'Roles' – 'Add roles'— 'Next'— 'Network policy and Access services.'
2. Click 'Next' – read the information—Place a check mark next to 'Routing' — click 'Add required role services' —'Next' –'Install' —- The installation begins —click 'Close' when installation completes.
1. Go to 'Start' — 'Administrative tools'— 'Routing and Remote Access' – Right click and select 'Configure and enable Routing & Remote Access' – 'Next' – 'Custom configuration' – 'Next' – 'LAN Routing' – 'Next' – 'Finish'.
2. 'Routing and Remote Access' screen appears – Click 'Start service'. Now just Ping and check the 'IP addresses from both the sides.
You will see that the network connection has been established between both the subnets.
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
I am running organisation ABC enterprises, and my marketing executive is a person who has to visit several customer sites for promoting my business. He visits places which are at remote locations. The problem which I am facing now is he needs to connect frequently to the company's branch office for data transactions and updating. Here I cannot provide him with dedicated connection from service provider since his location is not fixed. So now only VPN can help me in doing secure transaction.
Steps to install and Configure VPN:
1. Now go to 'Start' – 'Administrative tools' – 'Routing & Remote Access Service'. Right click on 'Server name' and click on 'Configure & Enable Routing & Remote Access Service' – 'Next' –select 'Remote Access (Dial up or VPN).
2. Click 'Next' — place a checkmark next to 'VPN', click 'Next' — VPN screen appears (select the LAN interface which is named as Internet)—'Next' — click 'From a specified range of IP addresses' –'Next' –click 'New' — provide a range of IP address (start 188.8.131.52 to 126.96.36.199)—'Ok.
3. Click 'Next' – 'Managing multiple Remote Access Server' screen appears – Accept the default value – 'Next' – 'Finish' – 'Ok' (When the warning message is displayed)
Steps to Configure of Network Policy server:
1. Go to 'Start' – 'Administrative tools' – 'Network Policy Server' — Click on 'Policies' — Click on 'Network policies.'
2. Right click 'Network policies' — click 'New' — Provide a 'Network policy name' (lets say LAB1) — in the 'Type of Network Access Server' select '(RAS VPN dial up)' – 'Next'.
3. In 'Specify conditions' screen 'Click Add' — Select 'Windows group' — Add — Add groups select 'Remote Desktop Users' group from the option — Click 'Ok' – 'Ok' and then click 'Next' — select 'Access Granted' option – 'Next' — in 'Authentication Methods' select 'Default values' and say 'Next'.
4. In 'Configuration constraints' screen – 'Idle timeout' — enter a specified value say '20 minutes' – 'Next' – 'Accept default' selections — Click 'Next' and the Click 'Finish'.
Client side configuration:
1. Go to 'Network and sharing centre' – 'Setup a Network Connection' – 'Connect to my work place' — Select 'VPN' – Configure 'Internet settings later'.
2. Put the 'Clients IP address' or the 'Servers private address'. Enter 'Username and Password' provided by the server – 'Finish'.
3. Click 'Manage Network Connections' — Double click 'VPN connection' — Enter 'Username and Password' – 'Connect or Dial'.
4. Right click on 'VPN connection' and see the status you will get an IP provided by the VPN Server.
How to Install and Configuring DNS
Each computer on the network has to locate every other computer in the network and so they need to communicate with each other. For this they require IP address and the names. The process of mapping an IP address to its computer name and computer name to IP address is called as Name Resolution. Human beings can remember names easily than numbers. So it is very important that there should be some system which maps name to IP address and IP address to name. Domain Naming System is the service which provides this Name resolution service in Local Area Network (LAN) as well as Wide Area Network (WAN).
Advantages of having DNS
1. Scalability: Since DNS is capable of distributing workload across several databases or computers, it can scale to handle any level of name resolution required.
2. Constancy: Hostnames remain constant even when associated IP addresses change, which makes locating network resources much easier.
3. Ease of use: Users access computers using easy to remember names such as www.gmail.com then a numerical IP address such as 188.8.131.52.
4. Simplicity: Users need to learn only one naming convention to find resources on either the internet or intranet.
Steps to install and Configure DNS server
1. Go to 'Start' – 'Server Manager' – 'Roles' – 'Add Roles'. Click 'Next'; select the 'DNS server' checkbox.
2. Click 'Next' – 'next' – 'Install' – click the 'Close' button once the installation is done.
Steps to configure Primary Zone:
a. To configure a primary zone go to 'Start' – 'Administrative tools' – 'DNS' – Select 'Forward lookup zone'. Right click on 'Forward lookup zone', select 'New zone' – 'Next' – Select the 'Primary Zone' option.
b. Click 'Next' – in the 'Zone name' textbox enter the zone name as 'abc.com' – 'Next'.
c. The Zone file windows will appear. Select 'Create a new file with this filename' – 'Next' – 'Do not allow dynamic updates' – 'Next' – 'Finish'.
d. To configure 'Reverse lookup zone' go to 'Start' – 'Administrative tools' – 'DNS' – 'Reverse lookup zone'. Right click the 'Reverse lookup zone' and click 'New zone' — 'Primary Zone'.
e. Select 'To all DNS servers in the Domain' – 'Next' – 'IP version 4 Reverse Lookup Zone' – 'Specify network Id of your network'. For e.g. 192.168.10.
f. Select the 'Allow both non secure and secure dynamic updates' radio button.
g. Click 'Next', click 'Finish'.
Steps to add Hostnames
a. Double click on 'Forward lookup Zone' – select you zone name – Right click and select 'New host' – 'Specify the name of the host' for e.g. sales.
b. Assign an 'IP address' for the host to resolve the name. Click on 'Add host'.
5. Configuring Zone transfers:
a. Double click 'Forward lookup zone'. Select the 'Zone name' and right click on it.
b. Select 'Properties' — click on 'Zone transfer' tab. select 'Allow zone transfers' – 'only to following server' radio button. Enter the 'IP address of the server. Click 'Apply' –
c. Click 'Ok'. Transfer the reverse lookup zone in the same way.
Steps to configure Secondary Zone: (On another server)
a. Go to 'Start' – 'Administrative tools' – 'DNS'. Right click and select 'New zone'.
b. Select 'Secondary Zone' — Specify 'abc.com' in the 'Name of the Zone' window.
c. Click 'Next' – Select the 'Ip address of the Primary Zone' server. Click 'Next' – 'Finish'.
d. Press 'F5' function key to refresh the records if necessary. All the DNS records from the primary zone are automatically updated in the secondary zone.
e. Repeat the same procedure for Reverse lookup Zone.
Testing the DNS settings
Nslookup or the 'Name Server lookup' is a tool used to test the DNS settings. In the command prompt type the command 'Nslookup abc.com'. The name should be resolved to the IP address if you successfully configured the DNS.
Installing and Configuring DHCP
DHCP is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. The function of DHCP server is to assign IP address to its clients. It functions at application layer of OSI model.
Terms in DHCP
1. DHCP Server: It is a server that provides DHCP configuration information to multiple clients, the IP address and configuration information that the DHCP server makes available to client are defined by the DHCP administrator.
2. DHCP client: A computer that obtains its IP address configuration from the DHCP server.
3. DHCP lease: It defines the duration for which a DHCP server assigns an IP address to a DHCP client. The lease duration can be any amount of time between 1 minute and 999 days or unlimited. Default lease duration is 8 days.
How DHCP Works
The DHCP works on the process of DORA. DORA stands for:
a. Discover: It is sent by clients via broadcast to locate a DHCP server.
b. Offer: Sent by one or more DHCP servers to DHCP clients in response to Discover, along with offered configuration parameters.
c. Request: Sent by the DHCP clients to signal its acceptance of the offered address and parameters.
d. Acknowledgement: Sent by the DHCP server to a DHCP client to confirm an IP address and provide the client with configuration parameters.
Commands to configure DHCP client
1. To view IP address configuration.
ipconfig /all
2. To renew the IP address.
ipconfig /renew
3. To release the IP address.
Ipconfig /release
Steps to install and configure DHCP
1. Right click 'Computer' – 'Sever Manager' – Click on 'Roles' – 'Add Roles'.
2. Select the 'DHCP' option , 'Next' – 'Next'
3. Select the 'Disable IP version 6' option – 'Next'.
4. Add DHCP scope – Click on' Add'. Enter a 'Scope range' and 'Scope name'
5. Check the 'Active the scope immediately' checkbox. Click on 'Install' – 'Ok'.
Reservation in DHCP
Reservation in DHCP means to bind a particular host by assigning a permanent IP address to it which will not change even if the computer restarts. It requires the MAC address information of the Host device. Reservation is generally done on Network printer in corporate networks where Network printers are accessed frequently by users.
Steps to configure DHCP Reservation:
1. Go to 'Start' – 'Administrative tools' – 'DHCP – 'Address pool' – Check the range of scope.
2. Check the 'Reservations'. By default there are no reservations.
3. Double click on 'Reservations'. Right click 'New Reservation'.
4. Assign IP address and bind a MAC address to give a reservation to it. Click 'Create' and 'OK'.
Steps to configure Exclusion range
1. Right click on the scope where you want to exclude ip addresses.
2. Select 'New exclusion range', type the range of IP addresses which you want to exclude from the scope.
3. Click 'Next' – 'Ok'.
Steps to configure DHCP client computer:
1. Go to 'Network and Sharing centre' –'View statuses – 'TCP/IP properties'.
2. Select 'Obtain an IP address automatically' – 'Obtain DNS server automatically' – 'Ok'.
3. Click 'Ok' one more time. The client will show a status as 'Identifying' and then after sometime an IP address will be assigned to the computer.
DHCP Relay Agent
If we consider a scenario where we have several networks and each network having its own subnets. The DHCP server is configured on one of the network. We all learned that DHCP broadcasts the DORA process and hence clients on other networks will not be able to get IP addresses from DHCP. Do we have to configure DHCP Relay agent who will forward this broadcast to the DHCP server. Without DHCP relay agent the clients from other sub networks will not be able to receive IP address from DHCP server.
How to Install and Configure Active Directory Services
Active Directory Domain Services is a directory service by Microsoft that provides centralized authentication and authorization services. It is a powerful service to store and manage security principals, such as users, groups and computers. It also offers centralized and secure access to network resources. ADDS in server 2008 is one of the most important role. It provides the basis for authentication and authorization for virtually all other server roles in Windows Server 2008. Applications like Exchange server and Windows SharePoint services require ADDS.
New features of ADDS in Windows Server 2008
1. Auditing. In Windows server 2008 the ADDS provide more granular auditing capabilities through four new auditing categories:
a. Directory Services Access
b. Directory Services Changes
c. Directory Services Replication
d. Detailed Directory Services Replication
Auditing also provides the capability to log old and new values of an attribute when a successful change is made to that attribute.
2. Fine grained Password Policies. In windows Server 2008 there are different password and account lockout policies for different sets of users in domain. User and group password and account lockout policies are defined and applied via 'Password Setting Object' (PSO).
3. Read only domain controllers. Windows server 2008 introduces a new type of Domain controller called a Read only Domain Controller (RODC). RODC contains read only copy of ADDS database.
4. Restart able Active Directory Domain Services. Windows Server 2008 can be stopped and restarted through MMC snap ins and the command line. The Restart able ADDS service reduces the time required to perform certain maintenance and restore operations. Other services running on the server remain available to satisfy the client request while ADDS is stopped.
5. ADDS database mounting Tool. Windows Server 2008 comes with a ADDS database mounting tool which provides a means to compare data as it exists in snapshots or backups taken at different times. The ADDS database mounting eliminates the need to restore multiple backups to compare the AD data that they contain and provides the capability to examine any change.
Active Directory terms
Domain. Domain is defined as a logical group of network objects that share a common active directory database.
Tree. A tree is a collection of one or more domains and domain trees in a contagious namespace, linked in a transitive trust.
Forest. A forest is a collection of trees that share a common global catalog, Schema, logical structure and Directory configuration. It represents the security boundary within which users, computers, groups and other objects are accessible.
Steps to install Active Directory Domain Services
1. Go to 'Server Manager' – 'Roles' — 'Add Roles'. The 'Add Role wizard will be displayed.
2. Click 'Next' and Select 'Active Directory Domain Services' from the list.
3. Click 'Next' – 'Install'. The installation process will begin and click 'Close' when the Wizard finishes the installation.
4. Go to 'Server manager'—'Roles'. Select 'ADDS role' and click the 'Dcpromo.exe' link.
5. The 'Active Directory Domain services' window will be displayed. Click 'Next' – 'Next'.
6. Select 'Create a New Domain in a new Forest' radio button. Click 'Next'. Give a particular name to the domain like 'abc.com'. Click 'Next'.
7. Select Forest functional level as 'Windows Server 2008'. The Domain functional level is also 'Windows Server 2008'. Click 'Next'.
8. Select the 'DNS server' checkbox. Click 'Next'. Keep the default database location and select' Next'. The 'Directory services Restore mode' password Window is displayed.
9. Type the password for 'Directory Services Restore mode'.
10. Click on 'Next' and select 'Reboot on completion' checkbox so that the server will restart once the ADDS is installed in your computer.
Understanding Windows Workgroups & Domains
Difference Between Workgroups and Domains
The difference between a workgroup and a domain network is the way of managing network resources. Computers in domains have a centralised database and the computers in Workgroups have a distributed database. Computers in the home are usually in Workgroup whereas computers in the workplace and corporate networks are normally 0n Domains.
1. Every computer has its own unique database called as SAM database
2. NetBIOS protocol is used for Name resolution.
3. There could be 10 to 15 computers in a Workgroup.
4. All computers must be on the same network or subnet.
5. Workgroup works in LAN environment.
6. All computers have client Operating system.
1. Domain shares a centralised database called as NTDS with all the computers in the network.
2. DNS is used for Name resolution.
3. There could be unlimited no. of computers and users in Domain.
4. Different computers are in different Sub networks.
5. Domain works in LAN and WAN environment.
6. Computers in Domain can have server as well as client operating system.
Advantages of having a Workgroup
1. It is commonly used for home and small business network.
2. IT is also called as peer to peer network.
3. Computers communicate directly with each other and share resources.
4. Each user can decide the resource that he wants to share with others in the network.
5. Less expensive and easy to setup for small networks.
6. No dedicated Administrator required.
Advantages of having a Domain
1. Domain provides user and group based security, centralised management of network resources and can be physically stored in one room or Span international borders.
2. Security is more as compared to workgroup.
3. A lot of Scalability
4. Lot of Extensibility
5. Single Sign On.
Steps to join a single client computer into a particular workgroup:
1. Go to 'Start' – 'Computer' – 'Right click' and select 'Properties.'
2. Click 'Change settings' – 'System properties' window will be displayed.
3. Click on 'Change' button. 'Computer name/Domain changes' window will be displayed.
4. In the bottom click 'Workgroup' radio button. Enter the name of the workgroup where you want to join your computer.
5. Click' Ok'. You will need to restart.
6. After the computer restarts your computer will be joined to the particular Workgroup.
Steps to join a single client computer into a Domain:
1. Go to 'Start' – 'Computer' – 'Right click' and select 'Properties.'
2. Click 'Change settings' – 'System properties' window will be displayed.
3. Click on 'Change' button. 'Computer name/Domain changes' window will be displayed.
4. In the bottom click 'Domain' radio button. Enter the name of the domain where you want to join your computer.
5. This will ask you to provide the administrative credentials of the domain. Enter the credentials.
6. Click 'Ok'. You will need to restart the computer.
7. After the computer restarts your computer will be joined to the particular Domain.
How to Create a Windows 7 Home Network
The Home group:
Home group is a new feature in windows 7 which allows you to connect to other computers and also allows you to share music, pictures, documents, printers and other files with other computers. Home group cannot be created on a Domain network. We can allow other computers on home group to modify our files o make them read only. You can set permissions for other users to access your files.
Steps to create a Home group:
1. You require minimum 2 computers on the same network.
2. Click 'Start' and select 'control panel'. In control panel select 'Network and Internet' and click on choose 'Home group and sharing'. This will display the home group window.
3. Click the 'Create a Home group' button. The Create Home group window will appear. Now select the check box for which items you want to share and click 'Next'. Then it opens a window with password information to other computers.
4. You have to use this same password to add other computers to your network. You can also click on 'Print password and instruction' and give this password to other computers running windows 7 on the network to join your Home group.
5. Click 'Finish' to complete the creation process.
Note: When a computer is connected to the home network where you created your home group, windows 7 prompts you that there is Home group available to join.
Steps to Join a Home group which is already created:
1. Click 'Start' – 'Control Panel' – 'Network and Internet' – 'Home group'. The Home group window will appear.
2. Click 'Join now' button to join your Home group. The join a Home group wizard will appear.
3. On the join a Homepage window, select the items that you want to share with other computer and click 'Next'.
4. Enter the Home group password that you got from the person who created the Home group and click on 'Join now' button.
5. If you want to leave the home group, open the Home group item in the 'Network and sharing center' and then click 'Leave the Home group' option.
Sharing Data in your home group:
1. Type 'compmgmt.msc' in start search box, click on 'Shares' under 'Shared folders'.
2. Right click on shares node and click 'New share'. Then it will open 'Create a shared folder' wizard.
3. Click 'Next' and specify the folder which you want to share. After entering the folder path 'Create a shared folder' wizard appears. Enter 'share name, share path & description' to specify how users see and use this shared folder over a network and click 'Next'.
4. Set the appropriate permission that you want for the shared folder.
5. Click 'Finish' so that the sharing completes.
Sharing a printer in your Home group:
1. Click 'Start' – 'control panel'- 'Hardware and sound'- 'Devices and printers'.
2. Locate the printer and right click the printer which you want to share. Select 'Printer properties'.
3. Click 'Sharing 'tab of the printer properties and enable the 'Share this printer' option.
4. To add additional drivers for the printer, Click 'Additional drivers'.
5. Click 'Apply'- 'Ok'.
Stop or change folder sharing:
1. Open windows explorer. Select the folder and right click the folder for which you want to stop sharing. Select 'Share with' and select 'Nobody'. The sharing wizard will appear.
2. Click 'Change sharing permissions. This will allow you to change the existing permissions.
3. To stop sharing permission, click 'Stop sharing' option from share wizard.
You can assign three different kinds of permissions:
1. Owner permissions: For the user who shared the folder.
2. Read permissions: Allows the user to access files in the shared folder but not to delete or modify them.
3. Write permissions: Allows the user to read, add, delete and modify the files in the shared folder.
Application Compatibility in Windows 7
That software's which worked fine in previous version of Windows is unable to function in Windows 7. This is called as Application Compatibility issue. This happens when the administrator tries to migrate earlier Windows client operating system to Windows 7. There are many methods in which Application Compatibility issue could be resolved.
Program Compatibility Trouble-shooter:
The program compatibility trouble-shooter in windows 7 is a tool that automatically selects compatibility settings to run the applications in earlier versions of Windows mode. Operating system detects the compatibility problem and determines the solution to resolve the problem while troubleshooting the issue. Once the operating system has fixed the compatibility issue, it remembers the solution and will prevent the same issue from occurring in future. Program compatibility trouble-shooter cannot troubleshoot installation of .MSI format and is applicable only for executable files.
Built in Compatibility modes and option:
Windows 7 provides several built in compatible modes that configure application to run using settings which provide earlier Windows operating system Environment. The steps to configure compatibility mode for any application are as follows:
1. Select the 'setup file' of the application, right click on it. Click 'Properties'.
2. In 'Properties' window, select the environment for your application in the 'Compatibility' tab.
3. Click 'Apply' — 'Ok'.
Application Compatibility Toolkit:
Application Compatibility Toolkit is a collection of tools that allow you to resolve application compatibility issues. This tool determines if existing applications are compatible with Windows 7 before migrating to new operating system. The features of Application Compatibility Toolkit are:
1. Application Compatibility Manager
2. Application Compatibility Administrator
3. Internet Explorer Compatibility Test Tool
4. Setup Analysis Tool
5. Standard User Analyzer
Application compatibility Manager:
It is used to configure, collect, analyze and test the compatibility data to resolve any kind of compatibility issue which occurs when you deploy a new operating system in your organization. Application Compatibility manager communicates with Microsoft SQL server database which stores all the data.
Application Compatibility Administrator:
It helps you to resolve large number of compatibility issues before deploying new windows to your organization. Compatibility Administrator provides a set of compatibility fixes and compatibility modes that can be used to resolve compatibility issues with particular applications. Compatibility fix is a piece of software which stops application programming interface calls from applications and modifies these application to run to run on Windows 7 platform.
Internet Explorer Compatibility tool:
It helps in testing the compatibility problems of websites which will display on the Internet Explorer 8. The steps to use Internet Explorer toolkit are:
1. Go to 'Start' – 'All programs' – 'Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit' – 'Developer and test tools' – 'Internet Explorer Compatibility test tool' – 'Enable'.
2. Open 'Internet Explorer' and it will inform you that compatibility tool is enabled.
3. Now you can open the website and web applications that you want to test.
Internet Explorer Compatibility Toolkit tests the site that you visit and keeps all the information about compatibility issue related with specified websites and web applications.
Setup Analysis Tool:
Setup Analysis Tool detects the compatibility issue that can occur during the installation and configuration of an application. Setup Analysis Tool detects and monitors the action taken by application installer and checks their compatibility issues.
Standard User Analyzer:
It determines whether the User Account Control causes any compatibility issue while deploying new Operating system in your organization. The Standard User Analyzer provides data about problematic files, processes, registry keys, .ini files and other related items that are used by the applications that might cause problems while successfully running on Windows 7.
Steps to install Application Compatibility Toolkit:
1. Download Application Compatibility Toolkit from the below link:
2. http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=7352
3. Run the downloaded toolkit. In 'Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit' wizard click 'Next'. Accept the license agreement and click 'Next'. The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit wizard opens to enter the destination path. Enter the destination path and click 'Next'.
4. Click 'Install' to start the installation process. You can view the tools on start menu of the computer once the installation process completes.
Steps to configure Application Compatibility Toolkit:
1. Click on 'Start' – 'All programs' – 'Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit' – 'Application Compatibility Manager'. Click 'Next' to select the configuration wizard.
2. Select the appropriate configuration option. Select 'Enterprise configuration' – click 'Next'.
3. Enter the name of the SQL server and the name for the database and click 'Create' button.
4. Click 'Next' – 'Finish'. (Note down the log file location of your machine).
A quick way to learn all of the new features in Windows 7 is to take a course. Many colleges run short courses such as award winners City and Islington in London. There are also a number of training organisations which deliver 1 day Microsoft courses. Designed primarily for businesses, these are a quick way to get employees skilled in the use of Windows 7. Paul Brown Associates are a UK based National training Company and run an in house Windows 7 training course. This type of training is normally more expensive than a college course but has the advantage of teaching skills quickly.


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The tour through the large and old Colonial and Republican houses will introduce you to the opulence that this city lived, during that period of its history. The aged-residences stand out for their sober facades, while the artistic bars of cast iron on its large windows add a touch of distinction and elegance. In the interior, its luxuriously decorated rooms and its ample patios with tiles of the era stick out. Some of the houses you will visit are:
The Casa Urquiaga, now housing the Banco de la Reserva, hosts a collection of furniture, art, mirrors and pre-Columbian ceramics. The House of Marshal Orbegoso from the 17th. century is a traditional Colonial house with pitted floors, simple ceilings, and with ample decorated rooms. This was the home of José Luis Orbegoso, who led troops during the War of Independence and served as president of Peru from 1833 to 1838.
The Casa de la Emancipación, a beautifully restored republican home where Marquis Torre Tagle signed a document declaring Trujillo's independence from Spain in 1820-long before the libertadores arrived. The house also contains a small exhibit on César Vallejo, Peru's most famed poet, who was born in the nearby mountain town of Santiago de Chuco.
The Palacio Itúrregui which houses the Club Central (a private club). The house was built in 1855 in the Italian Neo-Renaissance style by General Juan Manuel Itúrregui and has three plazas ringed with ornate columns, marble floors and ceilings with golden moldings.
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