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Windows Administration Basics

Learn essential Windows administration skills from the ground up. Master user account provisioning, service management, task scheduling, and core administrative tasks that every IT professional and cybersecurity analyst needs to know.

55 min · Beginner

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What you will learn

  • Create, disable and delete local accounts and manage group membership
  • Start, stop and reconfigure services, and find out why one failed
  • Schedule a task from the command line and manage it afterwards
  • Name the security event IDs an analyst reads first
  • Work a fault through the six-step process without skipping to a fix

Lessons

  • Windows User Account Management

    Learn how to create, modify, and manage Windows user accounts and groups, including permission assignment and access control fundamentals.

  • Managing Windows Services

    Discover how to start, stop, configure, and troubleshoot Windows services using both GUI tools and command-line utilities.

  • Task Scheduler Essentials

    Master the Windows Task Scheduler to create automated tasks, schedule scripts, and manage routine administrative operations.

  • System Administration Fundamentals

    Explore essential Windows administrative tools including Event Viewer, Computer Management, and basic system troubleshooting techniques.

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