About This Book

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Notational Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this book.

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Characters or commands that you type appear in bold type.

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Italic in syntax statements indicates placeholders for variable information. Italic is

also used for newly introduced terms and book titles.

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Names of files and folders appear in Title caps, except when you are to type them

directly. Unless otherwise indicated, you can use all lowercase letters when you

type a file name in a dialog box or at a command prompt.

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File name extensions appear in all lowercase.

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Acronyms appear in all uppercase.

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Monospace type represents code samples, examples of screen text, or entries that

you might type at a command prompt or in initialization files.

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Square brackets [ ] are used in syntax statements to enclose optional items. For

example, [filename] in command syntax indicates that you can choose to type a

file name with the command. Type only the information within the brackets, not

the brackets themselves.

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Braces { } are used in syntax statements to enclose required items. Type only the

information within the braces, not the braces themselves.

Keyboard Conventions

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A plus sign (+) between two key names means that you must press those keys at

the same time. For example, “Press ALT+TAB” means that you hold down ALT while

you press TAB.

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A comma (,) between two or more key names means that you must press each of

the keys consecutively, not together. For example, “Press ALT, F, X” means that you

press and release each key in sequence. “Press ALT+W, L” means that you first

press ALT and W at the same time, and then release them and press L.

Getting Started

This training kit contains hands-on exercises to help you learn about the networking fea-

tures of Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Enterprise Edition. Use this section to prepare

your self-paced training environment. Your environment should meet the system require-

ments listed at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/sysreqs/default

.mspx.