Exercise 5 - Provide Basic System Admin
1. Record security access
 1.1 Client needs full unlimited access, so I an administrations account is what is
needed, they need to provide details on weather they need to protect the account via
password, & if so, they will need to select one.
 1.2 Client was told the access details for the new account.
 1.3 Client will be given in detail, the account details in a report, user name &
passwords will be recorded in the report.
 1.4 Client will be able to log in & change account details, audit & maintain system
integrity, they will have all details access these.
Setting up a new administration account
Step 1
Click the "Start" button. Select "Control Panel." Double click "User Accounts," and
then click "Create a New Account." Click "Next."
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Step 2
Type the name for the new account and click 'Next."
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Step 3
Pick the type of account. Computer administrators can view all files, alter all the
computer settings, make system-wide changes and add, delete or change user
accounts. A limited user can only modify the password for that user account, pick
the desktop appearance, view files created by that user or view files in the
Shared Documents folder.
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Step 4
Click "Create Account." The User Account screen will reappear. The new user
account will be listed on the list of accounts.
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Step 5
Choose "Change an Account" under the "Pick a Task" menu to customize the
new user account. Select the new account when prompted to pick and account to
change.
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Step 6
Select the option to change. Options include password creation, user name
change, picture or icon change and account type change.
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Step 7
Confirm any changes to the user account. When all changes have been completed,
close out of the "User Account" window by clicking the red box in the upper-right
corner of the screen. The new user account will appear when the computer restarts,
or when the "Switch User" command is activated at logoff.
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2. Record software licences
 2.1 Belarc is used to determine what licensed software is used within the
organisation
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2.2 Maintain records of licence number, a data base can be created in excel or any
such program, this can state the software name, location & product licence key.
2.3 There were no softwares that were listed without a licence key, so we can assume
that the softwares installed are all legaly obtained copies.
2.4 All illegal copies must be reported to the systems owner, this may include a
manager or company owner.
3. Carry out system back-up on your PC and put on a memory
 3.1 Different companies/businesses have different schedules when to perform backups
of their systems, my suggestion would be to back up all computers at the end of the
day, just before going home.
 3.2 below are some images of the steps to create backups from a system.
Step1
Open up a program designed for backing up computer systems, below is the default backup
program included in Windows 7. You can access this by going to the control panel &
selecting “create backup”
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Step2
Start setting up backup.
Step 3
Select a location that you want your backup created on, I chose an external hard drive.
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Step 4
Select the content you want to back up, in this case, I chose to let windows decide for me,
which by default backs up all system folders & files.
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Step 5
Then you come to a summary page, this will let you know what you are backing up & where.
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Step 6
Back up is in progress, you will have to wait depending on the size of your backup.
Step 7
After a short while, the backup will complete, you will get a window that says “Windows
backup has completed successfully”
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Step 8
Here is the backup image, displayed on the external hard drive, it contains all the information
to return you computer back to it’s original state, should there be a computer malfunction etc.
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3.3 The hard drive containing the backups, should be labelled & put away in a safe &
secure place, loosing this backup could be catastrophic for a business.
3.4 If there are many backups of different systems, they must all be labelled
individually, a record must be made up of all the backups, so when the need for them
is necessary, they will be easily accessible by checking the records of all the backups.
4. Restore system back-up on your PC from memory
 4.1 If there has been a problem with a PC, e.g. virus attack, you will need to
determine what might be necessary to fix the problem, if all other procedures failed,
this may include a system restore, running antivirus etc, then you may need to restore
your system from backups that you have created, which may be on DVD media, hard
drive or other media types.
 4.2 Restore via a previously saved backup.
Step 1: Navigate to your backup, made from removable media.
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Step 2
We can then browse for the individual files & folders, or we can update the complete system.
Step 3
Here you will be able to access your files/folders from the backups produced earlier, once the
system has been restored from it’s backups, the computer should be back to the stage when
you made the backup.
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4.3 Back up has restored the system to it’s original state from the backup, it took
about 8 minutes to fully complete, all files & folders are the way they are suppose to
be with no unexpected errors.
5. Advise, document and apply security access controls
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5.1 Some files & folders may need to be password protected, also computer
administration accounts will usually be locked via password, this is done by going to
the Control Panel & selecting the admin account & setting a password.
5.2 Admin accounts can be set up to allow access to certain files & folders, also it
determines whether a user can modify any part of the PC. Making a register of who
can access what content via their accounts is necessary, you may decide whether you
give complete or partial access of the PC’s resources. There is also limited access
accounts that can be set minimal access of files & folders.
5.3 The security provided by the operating system prevents anyone from accessing
personal & sensitive data, this is provided via a password protected administration
account.
5.4 We can create a limited access account for anyone using the system that the admin
does not want modifying or installing software on. They will have access only to a
limited amount of resources, files & folders, they may be restricted from changing
any settings, especially in the operating system folders.
6. Creating Users
Practical done in class on 26/08/2009 with Mr S Tonkins.
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