Chapter 3. Mastering Administration
IN THIS CHAPTER
- The Desktop Tech: A Modern-Day Hermes
- User Accounts
- Computer Management
- Sharing System Resources
- The System Window
- More Useful Tools
The Desktop Tech: A Modern-Day Hermes
If you research the Greek god Hermes, you come to appreciate the similarities to your desktop administrators. He was the chief messenger between humans (computer users) and gods (network administrators). He was the swiftest—nobody could get there faster than Hermes—and was later called Mercury in Roman mythology. He was also called the “most shrewd and resourceful” of the gods. Yes, all these descriptions aptly fit our desktop admins.
Although the Control Panel tools (discussed in Chapter 2, “Mastering the Control Panel”) ...
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