Configuring Windows 7 (Training Kit) - Part 58. This training kit is designed for IT professionals who operate in enterprise enviroments that use Windows 7 as a desktop operating system. You should have at least one year of experience in the IT field, as well as experience implementing and administering any Windows client operating system in a networked environment. | 4. On the Networking Software Allows This Computer To Accept Connections From Other Kinds Of Computers page select which networking components will be enabled for the incoming connections. The default settings have IPv4 and File And Printer Sharing enabled. IPv6 is disabled by default. 5. By clicking the Properties for each network component type you can decide whether a remote user can have access to the LAN that the computer running Windows 7 is connected to. As Figure 10-24 shows you can also specify how the client gets its address either through Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP through an IP address pool or by allowing the incoming client to specify its own IP address. FIGURE 10-24 Incoming IP address properties 6. Click Allow to allow the connections. The Network Connections control panel contains a new item called Incoming Connections as shown in Figure 10-25. You can modify the properties of incoming connections and specify which users you will permit to initiate incoming connections by right-clicking the Incoming Connections item and selecting Properties. FIGURE 10-25 Incoming connection configured Lesson 2 Remote Connections CHAPTER 10 543 Auditing Remote Connections If you configure Windows 7 to support incoming VPN or dial-up connections you may want to audit those connections. Auditing incoming connections provides you with a record of which users have connected to the client running Windows 7 remotely. If you are using basic auditing you should enable the Computer Configuration Windows Settings Security Settings Local Policies Audit Policy Audit Logon Events policy. This policy records all attempts to log on and off the computer to which the policy applies. If you enable the Computer Configuration Windows Settings Security Settings Local Policies Security Options Audit Force Audit Policy Subcategory Settings policy you can use the more detailed auditing policies that are available in the Computer Configuration Windows Settings Security Settings
