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power supply.Figure 7-32 Power supply fanSome power supplies come with a built-in sensor to help regulate theairflow. If the system gets too hot, the power supply fan spins faster (seeFigure 7-33).
Figure 7-33 3-wire fan sensor connectorCase fans are large, square fans that snap into special brackets on the caseor screw directly to the case, providing extra cooling for key components (seeFigure 7-34). Most cases come with a case fan, and no modern computershould really be without one or two.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORMichael Meyers is t
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Copyright © 2019 by McGraw-Hill Ed
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To my grandson, William Siegmund Ke
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Chapter 21 The InternetChapter 22 V
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The Computing ProcessThe Computing
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Chapter ReviewQuestionsAnswersChapt
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Supplying DCInstalling and Maintain
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Maintaining and Troubleshooting Har
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Chapter 12 Windows Under the Hood10
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AnswersChapter 15 Working with the
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Application ProblemsApplication Ins
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Chapter 19 Local Area Networking100
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Internet Application Protocols10021
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Hardware/Device ReplacementTroubles
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ScannersCopy and Fax ComponentsAuto
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Implementing Change (Scenario)Disas
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Looking forward to many more.To Dud
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with every day? Seriously, count th
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by the Computing Technology Industr
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CompTIA offers several tracks to pu
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Network Associate (CCNA), plus nume
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Try This! Recommending an OSImagine
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asked how to set up and maintain vi
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Finding a Testing CenterPearson VUE
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their Web site and schedule the exa
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information they must know for the
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• Installing, running, and closin
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Safety and ProfessionalismCHAPTER 1
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Figure 1-1 Casual FordI have a ques
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you an idea of what we are trying t
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Figure 1-3 Don’t do this!It’s f
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rarely felt that technicians I’ve
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down, or do anything else necessary
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Figure 1-4 Never accuse!Follow up w
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this book!Beyond basic manners, nev
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Be Prepared!Effective communication
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prevalent in dry, cool environments
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Although having an antistatic wrist
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speakers in particular, are suscept
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Figure 1-10 Author’s go-to iFixit
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Figure 1-12 What a strange, bad tri
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Troubleshooting MethodologyAn effec
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cover backup options in detail in C
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fundamental understanding of the co
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Figure 1-16 Ford the Tech asks for
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malware is installed so a computer
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and check the records to find other
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C. Document any particularly import
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CHAPTER 2The Visible ComputerIn thi
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calculations. The most common types
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Figure 2-4 A point of sale computer
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Figure 2-5 The Microsoft Windows 10
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Figure 2-7 Monument Valley II game
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(CPU), usually a single, thin wafer
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what makes a good computer technici
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Figure 2-11 PC with common peripher
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Figure 2-13 Inside the system unitF
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Figure 2-16 Tablet computerWe could
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• The OS enables users to determi
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Other visible items are as follows:
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such as Windows Phone, to create a
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Figure 2-21 Windows 8 Start screen
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Figure 2-23 Apps sorted by nameWind
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Figure 2-25 Charms accessed by curs
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interface with an active applicatio
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WINDOWS LOGO KEY + LEFT ARROW or RI
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Figure 2-30 Mission Control button
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Figure 2-33 Ubuntu Linux desktop en
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Figure 2-35 File ExplorerThe defaul
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Figure 2-36 File Explorer viewing M
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Figure 2-38 Mike’s Home directory
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NOTE The Control Panel enables you
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Figure 2-41 Windows 7 System Tools
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Command Line The Windows command-li
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from the big three in Windows 7. Th
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Figure 2-47 Search charm with Contr
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Command Line The command-line inter
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line (cmd.exe) by typing cmd or com
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macOSmacOS has two key launch point
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Figure 2-55 Accessing All SettingsF
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A. CharmsB. DesktopC. Mission Contr
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9. C. Terminal is the equivalent of
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EXAM TIP CompTIA only uses the term
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Imagine that we install a set of 16
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Figure 3-5 Here “1” means on,
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Figure 3-7 CPU codebookIn this code
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wire (most diagrams label the clock
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Figure 3-11 Clock speed printed on
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directly to the CPU’s clock wire,
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decimal number 5 written in binary.
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Figure 3-14 RAM as a spreadsheet•
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Figure 3-16 Extending the EDBWait a
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Figure 3-18 Address busBy turning t
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Well, yes, I am, but not out of mal
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00000000000000001000Hey, wouldn’t
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portable computers. Most of Intel
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companies use code names to keep tr
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Desktop Versus MobileMobile devices
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All modern CPUs run at some multipl
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64-Bit ProcessingOver successive ge
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Parallel ExecutionModern CPUs can p
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part, the arithmetic logic unit (AL
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many times.Pipelining CPUs work fan
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Figure 3-28 CPU-Z displaying the ca
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Figure 3-30 Windows Task Manager wi
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Figure 3-31 CPU-Z showing the cache
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discrete microprocessor that differ
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Everybody calls the NX bit technolo
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EXAM TIP The CompTIA A+ 1001 object
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based motherboards, the sockets hav
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Figure 3-36 Underside and top of a
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Figure 3-38 Fully opened socketAlig
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Figure 3-39 Intel stock heat-sink a
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Figure 3-41 Liquid-cooled CPUSevera
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Figure 3-42 CPU fan power standout
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Figure 3-44 AMD stock heat-sink and
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NOTE Chapter 5, “Firmware,” goe
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Figure 3-47 CMOS-clear jumperTo cle
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result in a system running slowly o
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C. The external data bus provides a
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Answers1. B. The CPU uses registers
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Figure 4-1 Mass storage holds progr
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computers—not just PCs—since th
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So if some of the commands are more
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Figure 4-7 A 72-pin SIMMModern CPUs
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Development of newer, wider, and fa
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RDRAMWhen Intel was developing the
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Figure 4-13 172-pin DDR SDRAM micro
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Figure 4-14 A motherboard showing f
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Figure 4-16 DDR2 DIMM on top of a D
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that can reduce the air conditionin
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Figure 4-17 Double-sided DDR SDRAML
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notice when such a rare event happe
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Working with RAMWhenever people com
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Let’s assume you have a PC with 4
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Figure 4-23 Program B being unloade
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Figure 4-26 Program C is swapped to
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sealed. Today many desktop and lapt
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Figure 4-30 Dedicating a flash driv
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NOTE The freeware CPU-Z program tel
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Your motherboard should detect and
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hard to handle. Wide acceptance of
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memory issues but not necessarily s
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cause an error. Still, you can find
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D. Fetch interval5. How does an NMI
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for the proper slots.)7. A. You can
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We Need to TalkFor a keyboard or a
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Figure 5-4 Ancient 430VX chipset sh
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Figure 5-6 Everything connectingIt
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Figure 5-8 Electronic view of the k
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erased every time you turned off th
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Figure 5-11 Function of the flash R
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needs a place to store all its sett
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Figure 5-14 Gigabyte system setup u
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Figure 5-15 ASUS UEFI system setup
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CPUs, hard drives and optical drive
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Figure 5-20 Boot tabThe Tool tab (s
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Figure 5-22 Information tabThe Conf
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default in BIOS, so if your virtual
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computing. We’ll hit the subject
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EXAM TIP BIOS security-related opti
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drive controller—basically just a
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almost any device for your computer
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codes before and during the video t
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Figure 5-31 POST card in actionPOST
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devices so you can run utilities to
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Figure 5-34 Options for resetting C
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Figure 5-36 Changing shunt location
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booting are slim—but you’ll sti
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NOTE A failed BIOS/UEFI update—wh
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needs BIOS.C. All hardware built in
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4. B. Most likely the device has an
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Figure 6-1 Traces visible beneath t
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EXAM TIP CompTIA A+ 1001 exam objec
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NOTE In case your curiosity has run
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Figure 6-5 Keyboard connector on th
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Figure 6-7 ATX portsThe ATX form fa
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Figure 6-9 A microATX motherboardEX
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Figure 6-10 Mini-ITXOne of the grea
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vary in features, performance, and
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Figure 6-13 Driver disc for ASUS mo
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building a custom rig is selecting
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case, another example (like USB) of
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Figure 6-18 Expansion slots connect
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architecture (see Figure 6-22) in t
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PCI ExpressPCI Express (PCIe) is st
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Figure 6-25 PCIe ×1 slot (top)NOTE
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Optimally, a card should always be
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Figure 6-27 Always secure all cards
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Figure 6-28 Properly seated expansi
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Figure 6-30 Uninstalling a deviceUn
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Figure 6-32 Installation menuDriver
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should open Device Manager and veri
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Figure 6-35 Running Add Hardware Wi
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Figure 6-37 Updating the driverIf y
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Upgrading a motherboard can very qu
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NOTE If you have a motherboard with
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Figure 6-40 Standoff in a case, rea
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Figure 6-41 Motherboard wire connec
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a CPU fan can be a bear of a task,
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Page 416 and 417: CHAPTER 7Power SuppliesIn this chap
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Dedicated RAID BoxesMany people add
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cables reach the drive? A quick tes
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Figure 8-26 Drive label showing mas
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configure SATA version/speed (1.5,
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information whenever you installed
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If you want your computer to run, i
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A. 5200B. 7200C. 9200D. Not applica
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2. C. The M.2 (and mSATA) SSD has a
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After you’ve successfully install
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The CPU and operating system never
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EXAM TIP You might see the terms ba
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EXAM TIP Only one master boot recor
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Figure 9-8 GRUB in actionExtended P
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partitioning called dynamic storage
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limited Windows to 128 partitions.
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common situations likely to require
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SIM Check out the excellent Chapter
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Figure 9-14 Drive with four partiti
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file is larger than 4096 bytes, it
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Figure 9-17 Bad blocks markedNOTE H
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Windows finds the first open cluste
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FAT32 is still very much commonly u
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Figure 9-21 Piriform Recuva in acti
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over the hard drive to retrieve a s
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defragment an NTFS partition, you
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Figure 9-25 Hard drive quotas in Wi
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bigger in capacity, however, the fi
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You cannot follow the procedure in
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Partitioning and Formatting with th
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Figure 9-29 Disk Management showing
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The Disk Management utility is the
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Figure 9-32 Unknown drive in Disk M
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properly with the computer.• Offl
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tool, diskpart, offers options not
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Figure 9-37 Turning on compressionD
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Figure 9-38 Converting to a dynamic
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Figure 9-40 Simple volumesSpanning
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Figure 9-42 The Extend Volume Wizar
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without using dynamic disks. You ca
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Figure 9-45 Selecting a new mirror
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While partitions and volumes can be
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one partition into two, you need to
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blocks and is a handy option when y
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Figure 9-52 Formatted drives reveal
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mirror array, so you can lose one o
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addressing. A block is one step abo
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Figure 9-54 The Tools tab in the Pr
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—or defrag—your drives as part
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Figure 9-57 Mike’s Recycle BinEve
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1001Troubleshooting Hard Drive Impl
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moment you try to do something with
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or any service technician can do to
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on individual drives. There are a c
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examples: Avanquest Partition Comma
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The answer is easy—the folks at G
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5. Jaime wishes to check her hard d
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CHAPTER 10Essential PeripheralsIn t
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the CompTIA A+ 1001 exam. Just reme
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• USB 3.0 is capable of speeds of
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Figure 10-5 Shared USB ports for 1.
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Figure 10-8 USB 3.0 ports (left) an
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device involved. If you have a USB
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USB ConfigurationThe biggest troubl
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USB, FireWire went through a few it
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see if the port’s been turned off
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a PC. All modern operating systems
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correspond to ctrl and alt; the com
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probably useless with the stuck key
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Figure 10-21 Cleaning an optical mo
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Figure 10-23 Training Windows Hello
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commands or text. Apple, Microsoft,
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Touch ScreensA touch screen is a mo
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Figure 10-29 A typical KVM switchTo
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Figure 10-31 A joystickGame control
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skies, or the streets, or wherever
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Figure 10-34 Drawing with a digitiz
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Figure 10-35 Secure Digital cardCon
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Figure 10-38 Video chatting by webc
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two tracks (stereo). More advanced
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Microsoft’s first OS, DOS.The bea
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used to connect to an external devi
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Figure 10-43 A standard microphoneN
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A video is two or more separate tra
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Flash MemoryFlash memory, the same
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Figure 10-48 CF cardSecure Digital
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are critical for figuring out wheth
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Figure 10-51 USB card readerWhichev
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CD-ROM Speeds The first CD-ROM driv
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media to the functional equivalent
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Figure 10-55 Typical DVD-videoThe s
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up to 25 GB (single-layer disc), 50
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Figure 10-58 CD-RW, DVD, and BD-R d
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A. The bus speed stays constant, bu
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2. C. The bus speed decreases becau
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Prerequisites to BuildingIn a typic
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system? What about the customer’s
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Table 11-1 shows the minimum hardwa
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purpose systems, like point-of-sale
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smoothly. Many desktop computers ca
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EXAM TIP Standalone sound cards are
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Audio Editing WorkstationsThe requi
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(NAS) device to dish out files and
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Figure 11-7 Media streaming turned
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Figure 11-9 Streaming with iTunesHa
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NOTE This section explores the inst
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EXAM TIP The CompTIA A+ 1002 object
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Clean InstallationA clean installat
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Before you begin an upgrade of Wind
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NOTE When configuring a computer fo
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Figure 11-15 Image deployment over
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Figure 11-16 Windows 64-bit or 32-b
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Figure 11-18 The Windows setup welc
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Figure 11-20 Choosing the edition o
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Figure 11-22 Choose your installati
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the oh-so-irritating Cortana to hel
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Figure 11-25 Choosing a user nameMi
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for a piece of software, don’t yo
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Figure 11-28 Setting up PXE in syst
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Troubleshooting Installation Proble
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logs.2. Identify the specific log f
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to be a lemon.Restoring User Data F
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about the process, so there’s not
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EXAM TIP Professional hard drive di
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disposed of in the right way. Safel
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You can tighten up privacy settings
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C. Service packD. Service release10
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without it.Every version of Windows
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This root key combines class object
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To describe the location of a speci
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Windows includes a couple of comman
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NOTE If you work with Windows long
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Figure 12-5 Task Manager in Windows
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Figure 12-6 Processes tab in Window
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Figure 12-8 Processes tab with more
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Figure 12-10 Processes detail on ri
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Figure 12-11 Process priorityMessin
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Figure 12-12 Turning off affinity t
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Figure 12-14 Process ExplorerThink
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EXAM TIP You can open the Services
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EXAM TIP You can start any service
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issue.Figure 12-19 CPU usageNetwork
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Services, and Users tabs all still
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processes running.Beyond these chan
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Figure 12-23 Processes tab with mul
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Figure 12-25 App history tab in Win
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Figure 12-27 Users tab in Windows 8
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Because I was already in the comman
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Beyond that, each tab brings subtle
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Figure 12-32 Blank Performance Moni
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Figure 12-34 Sample reportEXAM TIP
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Figure 12-35 Component Services in
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Questions1. What is the name of the
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Answers1. C. On Windows machines, b
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section describes methods for shari
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accounts (tied to a specific comput
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NOTE Every secure organization sets
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just a single user account. You can
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• Type lusrmgr.msc in the search
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Figure 13-5 Default groupsLet’s a
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Figure 13-7 Creating the Morning gr
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Figure 13-9 Adding a new userManagi
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Figure 13-12 Accounts screen in Win
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Figure 13-14 Options for a new acco
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Figure 13-16 Accounts app homeThe A
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Figure 13-18 User Accounts in Windo
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ownership. Owners can do anything t
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• Full Control Enables you to do
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Execute permissions (see Figure 13-
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Figure 13-23 Special permissionsPer
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EXAM TIP Current versions of Window
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• Everyone Permissions for anyone
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chmod <permissions> <filename>Using
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but they are not visible by default
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remove them and edit existing NTFS
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two choices for permissions to give
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Locating Shared FoldersBefore you w
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To encrypt a file or folder takes s
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Figure 13-34 Selecting encryptionAs
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NOTE As of Windows 10 BitLocker can
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Figure 13-36 Local Security Policy
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When picking the poster child for t
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Figure 13-40 The danger of administ
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action—thus, the infamous UAC dia
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Figure 13-44 Shield icons in User A
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Figure 13-46 Change User Account Co
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has a place on everyone’s compute
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B. Place the files in the Public Sh
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Maintaining and OptimizingOperating
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only for Windows. Both macOS and Li
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Windows Update checks your system,
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Figure 14-3 Hiding an updateWindows
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Figure 14-5 Windows 7 Windows Updat
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Figure 14-8 Windows 10 Windows Upda
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Figure 14-9 App Store update option
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A+ 1002 exam because the objectives
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Figure 14-12 CCleaner Registry Clea
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Figure 14-13 Error checking in Wind
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you need to error check your disk,
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Figure 14-16 Conditions tab in Wind
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all.) The OS runs scans late at nig
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A lot of software loads when you bo
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• Tools This tab lists many of th
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Users & Groups in macOSIn the Users
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Microsoft includes a couple of hand
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checking your video card that Chapt
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Figure 14-26 Device Manager as a sn
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potential impact could installing t
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Figure 14-29 Installation UACShould
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Figure 14-31 Microsoft StoreInstall
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Figure 14-33 Linux store optionsBut
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applet in Control Panel (see Figure
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For all other macOS apps, removing
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processes you read about specifical
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Figure 14-40 Adding a device in Win
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Figure 14-41 Windows 10 Performance
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Data Execution Prevention (DEP) wor
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Figure 14-44 What do you want to ba
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Figure 14-46 Showing some of a sing
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drive, I suppose, but what would be
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users store all personal documents.
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yourself needing to roll back a Win
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Figure 14-53 System Restore setting
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4. What tool enables you to correct
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storage devices, such as HDDs and S
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The command prompt is popular for m
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Windows shell is Command. On macOS
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and press ENTER.Figure 15-2 The Win
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EXAM TIP Spotlight (or Spot Light,
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In Windows, if you see a prompt tha
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Figure 15-6 File association in Fil
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“Running a Program in Windows”
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macOS and Linux prompts show your f
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almost completely inflexible, so yo
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NOTE Some commands give you the sam
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We’ll discuss this output in more
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OS on which everyone depended.In th
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Try inserting an optical disc or a
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NOTE Make sure that the prompt poin
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on rm a little later in the chapter
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Figure 15-10 Running mmc in Windows
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see in black and white print!). The
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Because you probably don’t have a
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Wildcards in macOS and Linux work b
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To delete all of the files in a dir
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C:\Users\mike\Jedi>copy3. Type note
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many years ago as an add-on tool fo
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The chkdsk (checkdisk) command scan
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gpupdateGroup policies define vario
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Figure 15-15 Checking sfc options w
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some amazing tasks. Figure 15-16 sh
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macOS and Linux use special terms t
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as it has two totally different typ
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together:Note that grep shows us a
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If apt-get finds any out-of-date pa
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Figure 15-18 vi with textTo save yo
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stand for “Disk Destroyer.” Thi
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appropriate file extension will dep
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languages (but they have many other
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computer to remember the value by n
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good idea, even if you don’t expe
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Figure 15-19 Environment variables
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A. helpB. ?C. manD. /?7. Which of t
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CHAPTER 16Troubleshooting Operating
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Figure 16-1 If you see this screen,
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days old, you know it might have su
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before you have problems. Go to Con
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Figure 16-5 Download Windows 10 pag
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Figure 16-7 Recovery Environment ma
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Figure 16-9 WinRE Advanced options
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• Restores critical system and dr
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Figure 16-12 Windows Error Recovery
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you are attempting to fix a Windows
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Figure 16-15 Additional restore opt
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For image recovery in Windows 10, m
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Figure 16-20 Windows Memory Diagnos
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NOTE You can find out more about Me
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To make changes to the BCD store, y
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up at boot.Figure 16-22 bootmgr sho
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utility autochk runs after a reboot
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Figure 16-23 Login screenSeveral is
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Buggy video drivers can result in a
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reg prompt. From there, you have nu
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utility, and then click the Boot ta
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Enable Low-Resolution VideoSelectin
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You have two options to rebuild a p
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Reboot the computer and log in as t
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systems.Keep in mind that Event Vie
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Figure 16-33 Created custom ViewsNO
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Autoloading ProgramsWindows loves t
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Figure 16-37 Autostarting a service
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System Restore is the final step in
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Figure 16-39 Printer troubleshootin
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Figure 16-41 Security and Maintenan
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Security and Maintenance/Action Cen
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Figure 16-43 Apps & features in Set
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Problems with UninstallingThe singl
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Figure 16-47 Compatibility mode opt
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or other files to Windows, overwrit
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Figure 16-49 Repair and Reset optio
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Figure 16-50 Previous Versions tab
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Figure 16-51 System Protection tabN
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D. System Refresh4. What can device
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8. D. Jane should use the Windows M
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Figure 17-1 Typical monitor and vid
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image darker. That’s why many sun
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Figure 17-4 Liquid crystal molecule
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Figure 17-7 LCD pixelsOnce all of t
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Figure 17-9 An LCD matrix of wiresI
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Figure 17-12 LCD componentsLCD Pane
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LED backlighting. The drawback is t
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change the aspect ratio of many mon
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Figure 17-16 Narrow versus wide vie
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decisions on LCD screens.Color Dept
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Figure 17-18 CRT projectorGiven tha
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Figure 17-20 Projector throw variat
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the streets of Paris from the comfo
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translated into practical terms, li
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Type-C connectors and cables lack T
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Figure 17-28 DVI-to-VGA adapterAlte
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stand for mounting two monitors sid
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Figure 17-33 USB ports on monitorDi
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CRT days). Plus, almost every syste
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NOTE Many video cards come with a d
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Figure 17-38 Wide path between vide
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for system memory, cache memory, an
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NOTE The installation steps in this
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DriversJust like any other piece of
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Figure 17-43 Vertically stacked mon
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Figure 17-45 More Display Settings
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Figure 17-47 My editor hard at work
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Figure 17-49 Properties dialog box
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Figure 17-51 Personalization Settin
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Figure 17-53 Personalization applet
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Figure 17-55 Dock optionsDifferent
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information about the card, but the
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3-D GraphicsNo other area in comput
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seriously taxing the 486s and early
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stores a number of image files call
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Although they might accomplish the
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• www.hardocp.com• www.tomshard
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Figure 17-65 Serious video problemB
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require internal adjustment. This i
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Figure 17-66 Changing the size of t
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cool off before you work on it. Aft
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Figure 17-67 Example of a chromatic
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research the compatibility of your
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A. BacklightsB. InverterC. LampD. L
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6. B. You’ll typically see video
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asked, would say, “surf the Inter
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special software capable of sending
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a resource. The goal of networking,
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Frames and NICsData is moved from o
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The many varieties of frame share c
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communicate just fine.Most modern E
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Figure 18-9 A switchHubs and switch
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Figure 18-10 Cable markings for Cat
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Figure 18-12 RJ-45 pin numbersPlenu
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as a quick way to connect two compu
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EXAM TIP There are a number of Ethe
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Figure 18-15 BNC connectorFigure 18
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EXAM TIP For the CompTIA A+ exams,
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NOTE A structured cabling system is
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Figure 18-20 Horizontal cabling and
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Figure 18-21 Solid and stranded cor
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Figure 18-23 A floor-to-ceiling rac
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Figure 18-25 Typical patch panelsTh
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network tech’s best friend! Simpl
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Figure 18-30 Typical patch cableRol
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Figure 18-32 Properly stripped cabl
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Figure 18-34 Crimping the cableFigu
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Figure 18-36 Adding a bootAfter mak
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Figure 18-38 Typical work area outl
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is the Internet.Figure 18-40 Two br
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D. SC, ST, or LC7. Microsoft Intern
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CHAPTER 19Local Area NetworkingIn t
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simple protocols into groups, calle
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“255,” the class system is long
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Figure 19-2 Typical SOHO routerA ro
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Figure 19-4 Domain name serviceThe
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Figure 19-5 IP settings on a Window
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the default gateway and .2 through
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Figure 19-7 WAN conceptFigure 19-8
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Figure 19-9 The ping command’s sy
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Figure 19-10 An ipconfig/ all comma
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techs absolutely love the tool. Typ
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Figure 19-13 Setting up IP4. Enter
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Network Addressing with IPv6When th
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First, leading zeros can be dropped
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Figure 19-14 Link-local address in
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NOTE A router solicitation message
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Installing and Configuring a Wired
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think a system is disconnected from
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should know that a solid green ligh
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enabling networking hardware to tre
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Figure 19-23 Managed switch interfa
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you must set both the network permi
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Figure 19-25 Changing the workgroup
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Figure 19-26 Windows logon screenNO
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who created the folder is assigned
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Figure 19-29 Advanced Sharing dialo
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NTFS permissions, Deny always trump
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very pretty way to protect user nam
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NOTE Even though a computer is on a
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Figure 19-36 Domain logon screenWhe
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Figure 19-38 Active Directory Users
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Figure 19-40 Removing a computer fr
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Figure 19-42 Adding a new domain ac
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Figure 19-44 Adding a logon script
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Figure 19-45 totalhome.local domain
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Figure 19-46 Default HomeGroup dial
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Figure 19-48 The homegroup’s pass
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EXAM TIP Remember that homegroups s
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Figure 19-52 The Share with menuNot
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NOTE To learn about accessing share
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Figure 19-54 Windows 7 red X error
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a loopback test. A loopback test se
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TonersIt would be nice to say that
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To trace a cable, connect the tone
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The net use command is a command-li
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Because the cache is temporary, you
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computers?A. net sendB. show net_se
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CHAPTER 20Wireless NetworkingIn thi
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Figure 20-2 Wireless PCIe add-on ca
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Figure 20-4 Smartphone with wireles
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both power and a network connection
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access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA
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in direct contact with every other
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as Internet connections and central
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all—except on a CompTIA A+ exam q
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vulnerable to attack. Although WEP
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Let’s say you want to connect a W
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Wireless Networking StandardsMost w
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11 Mbps (with actual throughput ave
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802.11x.Table 20-1 Comparison of 80
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NOTE Apple and Linux computers also
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some devices (such as a Bluetooth h
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Ad Hoc ModeAd hoc mode wireless net
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Most consumer WAPs have an integrat
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analyzer to find the “quietest”
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—the usual choices are either 64-
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password can offer. Their networks
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Figure 20-19 Changing the channelWi
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use—anything within the signal ra
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It’s a Polarizing Issue Antennas
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Figure 20-23 Goggle Nexus receiving
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Figure 20-24 macOS Bluetooth PAN co
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As with any troubleshooting scenari
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By the time you unpack your new WAP
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Figure 20-26 Windows 10’s wireles
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A. Hi-EncryptB. WEPC. WPAD. WPA23.
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4. A. In ad hoc mode networks, all
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How the Internet WorksThanks to the
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Figure 21-2 Message traveling from
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Figure 21-4 Electric Power Board (E
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in Chapter 19. Wireless connections
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Figure 21-7 Modem converting analog
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Figure 21-9 A USB modemDial-Up Netw
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then hear someone saying, “Hello?
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house to install the DSL receiver,
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in modern networking. Both DSL and
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the Internet. Wireless access point
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Figure 21-16 iPhone connecting over
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NOTE LTE has become synonymous with
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SatelliteSatellite connections to t
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Figure 21-19 Common SOHO router wit
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Figure 21-21 Configuration home pag
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most people, but for some home user
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Figure 21-24 Firmware update pageIn
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Figure 21-25 A secure Web pageIn or
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Refer to Chapter 19 if you need a r
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other settings. Although all Web br
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Figure 21-28 The Security tab in In
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explaining the options available to
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Configuring Other Web BrowsersI wan
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Figure 21-31 Google Chrome Settings
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sending and receiving stuff and thu
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Figure 21-33 Windows 10 MailFile Tr
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Figure 21-35 The Cyberduck FTP prog
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every desk? Why not just use the ex
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ever-handy ping, so try this!1. Run
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Figure 21-39 Windows Remote Desktop
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Figure 21-40 Creating a Remote Assi
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Figure 21-41 VPN connecting compute
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Figure 21-43 Endpoints must have th
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Figure 21-45 VPN connection in Wind
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something is, the more quickly flow
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SNMP. The third, SMB, is more commo
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Home Automation: ThermostatsYou can
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Figure 21-50 Controlling lighting o
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devices.Setting up these personal a
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1. Can you get to other Web sites?
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unavailable resources, such as no a
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Figure 21-55 No WAN connectionSlow
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Figure 21-56 QoSBeyond A+The areas
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Figure 21-58 My editor playing Worl
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C. 80 = HTTPSD. 22 = SSH8. What opt
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CHAPTER 22VirtualizationIn this cha
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Before virtualization, each OS need
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Figure 22-2 Saving a snapshotEXAM T
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Figure 22-4 Supervisor on a generic
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Figure 22-6 Author’s busy VMware
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Figure 22-9 Parallels DesktopThis i
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Figure 22-10 Super Nintendo emulato
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• Leave enough RAM for the hyperv
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can “virtually” network them. D
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with a switch. The answer is actual
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Figure 22-15 Installing Hyper-V in
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Figure 22-17 Creating a new VM in O
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Figure 22-19 Setting the virtual dr
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Figure 22-21 Fedora Workstation run
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Server-Side VirtualizationWhen it c
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Figure 22-24 Web interface for ESXi
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handle on how it increases flexibil
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on a single server that was also ho
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Dropbox, Gmail, and Facebook, which
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Figure 22-30 Amazon Simple Storage
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Figure 22-31 Heroku’s management
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EXAM TIP Know the differences betwe
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Sometimes we can have our cake and
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Resource PoolingAny time you can co
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successes in getting people to move
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D. Network as a Service8. Powerful
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CHAPTER 23Portable ComputingIn this
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Figure 23-1 An older notebook compu
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(right)• Gaming laptops, which te
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functional keyboard and a device to
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surface to move the pointer, and ta
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see everything I click or type, but
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device that would operate unplugged
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DisplayMost laptops support a secon
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EXAM TIP The CompTIA A+ 1001 exam o
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life.Figure 23-13 Wireless switchEX
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Figure 23-15 34-mm and 54-mm Expres
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Figure 23-16 Devices attached to US
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clean up unwanted files. That said,
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true! See if you can find one in yo
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power is restored after an outage.O
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power plan optionsNOTE While you ca
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the Change advanced power settings
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Figure 23-26 Offline Files dialog b
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fail on laptops, causing overheatin
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ShippingMuch of the storage and tra
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and the shrinking size of portable
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Now that you have the official line
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Figure 23-31 Some of the Dell lapto
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has, so the computer uses the page
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removable batteries! Failure to dis
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NOTE If you have a newer portable,
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Figure 23-37 Inserting a replacemen
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need to hunt down the part number u
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Figure 23-39 CPU heat-sink and fan
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display needs to happen. These are
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device receives power, the outlet i
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inconsistent reboots, graphical gli
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Wireless Devices (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,
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are prone to unseating from any phy
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D. Store them in a cool, dry place.
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B. The laptop uses a CRT display.C.
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Windows, macOS, or some Linux distr
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Figure 24-1 RIM BlackBerry (courtes
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large smartphones (without the phon
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and media use, purpose-built e-read
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body, and more sophisticated fitnes
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Figure 24-9 VR headset/player (who
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Mobile Hardware FeaturesMuch of the
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When electrical engineers talk abou
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Figure 24-13 Find My iPhone appStan
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Figure 24-14 Turning off LocationEX
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open standards. The terms are relat
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Apple’s closed-source mobile oper
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Figure 24-16 Android 8 (Oreo)Androi
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ship devices preloaded with launche
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Virtual assistants can also be usef
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AMBER Alerts. Many of these emergen
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Figure 24-19 Airplane mode enabled
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the battery compartment of the mobi
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Figure 24-21 IMEI and ICCID numbers
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Figure 24-22 Configuring a VPNAn SS
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areas of importance to techs. First
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Figure 24-25 Apple Keynote on an iP
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Figure 24-28 ASUS proprietary power
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steps to set up a tablet with a Blu
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32).Figure 24-32 Searching for Monu
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store many non-Apple credentials as
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Figure 24-34 Selecting the Settings
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After you connect to a network succ
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Figure 24-36 Passwords & Accounts s
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primary account, so you’ll find G
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process, the CompTIA A+ 1001 object
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Synchronize to the AutomobileAutomo
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You are at the mercy of the securit
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need a 2.4-GHz CPU with two or more
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proprietary vendor-specific ports a
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Figure 24-43 Prompting for PINEXAM
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Figure 24-44 Magnetic credit card r
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connection and turn on an additiona
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EXAM TIP Removable batteries can us
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the options to enable the device.D.
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9. C. To connect an Android-based t
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happen across all varieties, types,
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All of the mobile operating systems
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On mobile devices, the term soft re
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output. If it doesn’t, there may
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manufacturer and remove and replace
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NOTE This section details reasons a
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can be a big clue. Use the recommen
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Figure 25-4 Battery usage for a sma
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location services, some small diffe
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Frozen SystemWhile a mobile device
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which one may actually be muting th
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Figure 25-5 Option to disable cellu
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Typically, a warning message will i
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For an e-mail message to be secure,
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A profile is a collection of config
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scratch across the lens! You’ll g
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and work on all the devices used in
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and symptoms of malware infections.
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25-12).Figure 25-12 Selecting items
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something the user either is or som
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Figure 25-14 Face ID optionsAuthent
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from unapproved or unofficial sourc
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Mobile OS and Application Security
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Figure 25-16 A Wi-Fi analyzer app o
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it’s full of molasses and constan
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today?Backup and Restore Maintainin
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periodically updated, but there is
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and desktop, plus what was availabl
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should always be weighed against th
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NOTE Some of the most sophisticated
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1. After five minutes of struggling
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Answers1. C. After five minutes of
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and concludes with troubleshooting
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printwires, to strike an inked prin
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Figure 26-4 Typical inkjet printerF
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or deal with a messy refill kit.Pri
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Printer speed is a key determinant
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past the heating element; some rece
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Figure 26-10 Components inside a la
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roller is charged with an extremely
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mirror, must be moved back and fort
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Figure 26-12 3-D printerFigure 26-1
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Figure 26-15 Managing a new 3-D pri
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sends it out over the Internet or o
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over GDI, including enhanced color
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you push the front button on the Ep
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manipulate by using a word processi
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black-and-white images in any signi
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Figure 26-23 Wonderfully descriptiv
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EXAM TIP You’ll find print server
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the complexity, or turning off RET
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Figure 26-25 Charging the drum with
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printer ejects the printed copy and
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bombard the surface of the drum wit
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printer automatically redirects the
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Driver Installation policy to allow
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EXAM TIP Windows-based printer shar
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Figure 26-33 Options for finding ne
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Figure 26-34 Installed default prin
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We’ll hit group policy in Chapter
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optimize printing for graphics or t
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security and data privacy.Network S
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error codes that indicate the probl
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properties. In the resulting Proper
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Figure 26-37 Page Setup options for
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Color Prints in Wrong ColorIf you p
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Don’t forget to replace the ink r
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Figure 26-38 Inkjet printer mainten
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Every inkjet printer has a differen
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slip and jam paper. They are easily
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the process.Laser Printer ProblemsL
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cartridge.Embossed Effect If your p
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hear popping noises; checking the c
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7. Which one of the following port
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CHAPTER 27Securing ComputersIn this
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Not all unauthorized access is mali
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this gambit, the attacker first lea
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least afford for it to happen. Hard
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PowerWe’ve covered power issues e
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Figure 27-3 Air-conditioning vent i
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you’ll almost certainly find a co
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Lock Down SystemsOnce an attacker h
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MAC Address FilteringIt’s far fro
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Figure 27-6 BIOS/UEFI access passwo
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To counter this problem, Blizzard E
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where you place your eye up to a sc
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for an access control list (ACL), a
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Figure 27-14 Local Security PolicyL
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• Minimum Password Length Forces
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• Personally identifiable informa
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plenty of open source programs with
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The CompTIA A+ certification exams
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printout at a printer and suddenly
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stealing private information. A vir
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Figure 27-18 Gator Corporation’s
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network can be spoofed. Here are a
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EXAM TIP For the exam, know that ra
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safe(ish), but be suspicious of any
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Figure 27-21 MalwarebytesSpam E-mai
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might get automated replies from un
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Figure 27-22 Windows 7 Action Cente
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NOTE The term antivirus (and antisp
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Figure 27-23 Attack site warningNob
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anti-malware companies provide boot
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before seems very sluggish.Many net
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16), you have access to more repair
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Figure 27-26 ASUS router as a firew
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Figure 27-28 SPI firewall settings
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Figure 27-30 Port triggeringIf you
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Figure 27-32 Windows 10 Firewall se
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Figure 27-33 Windows 10 network opt
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Figure 27-35 Windows Defender Firew
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scope of an A+ tech’s duties, the
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Data EncryptionEncryption methods d
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decrypt the incoming data. These pu
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Figure 27-39 Incoming certificateWe
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3. Which of the following tools wou
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1. D. Social engineering is the pro
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Organizations need documentation to
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Figure 28-2 A sampling of Cisco net
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Inventory ManagementTechs help orga
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Change Management ProcessesA change
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acceptance is vital for successful
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Companies can and should secure all
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Figure 28-6 Using a thumb drive to
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NOTE There’s no guarantee data or
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fit for image backups, it’ll help
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hauling a shipping container stuffe
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Figure 28-9 Users with local accoun
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B. She should perform a risk analys
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unforeseen and negative happens.5.
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220-1002 Exam Objectives
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Seminars, but this is not required
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In no event will McGraw-Hill Educat
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Home page. Click the Resources tab,
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typically by melting material (such
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application) is legitimate. Usually
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Intel specifically for video that r
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selected peripherals. In 1996, APM
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based IBM computer. Many aspects of
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backlighting, and edge LED backligh
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BIOS (basic input/output services)
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the same signal.brightness control
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modern digital camcorders record to
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cellular wireless networks Networks
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graphical Error checking tool.chmod
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CMOS (complementary metal-oxide sem
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compliance Concept that members of
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Control Panel Collection of Windows
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provider without obvious notice.dat
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clusters. The result is an improvem
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Disk Cleanup Utility built into Win
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DLT (digital linear tape) High-spee
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including all data, software, and c
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dynamic range Gamut of color or int
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end-user acceptance Change manageme
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entry in the Security Log when cert
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fiber optic cable High-speed cable
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sophisticated fitness bands and wat
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fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
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needing to use dynamic disks.Google
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hardware virtualization support Pro
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HomeGroup A Windows feature that co
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iCloud Apple cloud-based storage. i
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impact printer Uses pins and inked
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looking for active intrusions. Func
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ISP (Internet service provider) Com
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the head of sharks by bad guys. Not
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liquid contact indicator (LCI) Smal
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Mac Also Macintosh. Common name for
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mass storage Hard drives, optical d
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central processing unit (CPU).micro
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mobile hotspot A mobile device that
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multifunction device (MFD) See MFD.
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outbound TCP/IP connections with th
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nonvolatile Describes storage that
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open source software Software for w
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lines to a device, usually a very o
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PCIe (PCI Express) Serialized succe
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Phillips-head screwdriver Most impo
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polymorphic virus Virus that attemp
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power supply fan Small fan located
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will be configured with a particula
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Public folder Folder that all users
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preceding address. This term is oft
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remnant Potentially recoverable dat
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dots to smooth out jagged edges tha
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For example, an IP router looks onl
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user interface (UI) will switch bet
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Service Location Protocol (SLP) Pro
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single rail Power supply configurat
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software token Programming (usually
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ST Type of fiber optic connector. S
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increased speed.strong password Pas
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system bus speed Speed at which the
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tap Touchscreen gesture where you p
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thermal paste Paste-like material w
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topology The way computers connect
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trusted root CA A highly respected
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UPS (uninterruptible power supply)
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intervals. The twists serve to redu
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could run its own VM containing a v
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WAN (wide area network) A widesprea
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Windows PowerShell Command-line too
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xcopy Command-line tool used to cop
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10BaseT Ethernet, 807, 810, 118316:
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active cooling, CPUs, 119Active Dir
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Advanced Sharing, folders, 865-867A
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answers, professional techniques fo
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as apps in Windows 8/8.1, 44buildin
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auditing, in Event Viewer, 1262-126
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critical application, 1310-1312file
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overview of, 407-408scanners, 1251B
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Boot Configuration Data. See BCD (B
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Thunderbolt, copper or fiber, 400US
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CD-rewritable (CD-RW) discs, 432CD-
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CL numbers, RAM latency, 148classes
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synchronizing mobile device data to
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command mode, vi text editor, 668-6
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access control. See access controla
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mass storage, 295-304mobile device
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OEM CPU coolers, 119overview of, 11
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cron command, scheduling maintenanc
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Debugging mode, Windows, 710dedicat
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troubleshooting limited connectivit
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disaster prevention and recoverybac
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Display Settings, Windows 10Advance
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organization of, 872-873Windows, 86
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dual inline memory modules. See DIM
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effective permissions, 1255EFS (enc
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error codeslaser printer, 1232troub
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.exe extension, 495, 648executable
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Registry and, 706failure to start n
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Linux, 59macOS, 59overview of, 55-5
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mobile device storage using, 1111ov
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frame, replacing laptop, 1072Fraunh
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UTP cabling for, 809gigabyte (GB),
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configuring in Windows, 533-536grou
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compatibility between OSs, 43CompTI
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mobile device CPUs and, 100-101port
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HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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network connection settings, 663-66
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input/output services. See BIOS (ba
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selecting CPU, 114-115socketed CPU
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tiered concept of, 936-938troublesh
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overview of, 835subnet mask, 835-83
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Windows 8/8.1, 47keylogger malware,
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paper not feeding, 1235periodic mai
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levels, UAC, 569-571LGA (land grid
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live CD, as complete OS on CD, 385-
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MM (mega), in computing, 94M.2 form
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scheduling, 589-590making directori
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magnetic hard drives (HDDs), 290-29
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microATX (mATX) motherboard, 209, 2
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purpose-built, 1088-1089review Q &
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unauthorized root access, 1175-1176
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overview of, 205-206RAID, 217review
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multimode fiber, single-mode fiber
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Internet appliances, 1292-1293intru
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Night light option, Windows 10, 769
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your Total Seminars Training Hub ac
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installation process, 461-462mobile
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Ownership permission, NTFS, 544, 54
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troubleshooting installation errors
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internal modems connecting to, 942o
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need physical connection to CPU, 16
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defines aspect ratio of picture, 74
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portsAndroid, 1114ATX form factor,
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power suppliescooling, 276-281elect
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automatic document feeder (ADF), 12
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laser printing, 1205-1206overview o
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purpose of change, 1306pwd (working
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address bus and, 92-96audio editing
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reading apps, dim display on mobile
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company policies, 1303hazardous che
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troubleshooting mobile security, 11
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routersbackbone, 936-938connecting
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connecting SSDs, 315-316internal op
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secpol.msc command, accessing Local
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Service Location Protocol (SLP), 98
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Shrink Volume, without using dynami
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emergency capabilities, 1105-1106en
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Windows 8/8.1, 44-51Windows 10, 51-
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Ethernet network, 807fiber, 947-948
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computing process, 35-37CPU, 104-10
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stranded core UTP cabling, 820, 824
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credentials on iOS and, 1117issues,
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mobile operating systems of, 1036ov
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in Windows 8/8.1, 65-69in Windows 1
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benefits of virtualization, 1000-10
Page 2339 and 2340:
technical support for, 1362TotalSim
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RAM, 162-165video problems, 787-793
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overview of, 564-568UBCD (Ultimate
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updating drivers in macOS, 609-610v
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printer/multifunction device connec
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Windows 8 Task Manager, 511, 513USM
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connectors, 754-758flat-panel, 738L
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service layer cake, 1023-1028Softwa
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VR (virtual reality) headsets, 753-
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802.11b, 908-909802.11g, 909802.11n
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viewing directory contents, 639XPS
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accessing CLI, 68, 629-631chkdsk (/
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Windows Store, purchasing apps, 47W
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user names and passwords, 863-864wo
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