Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), 4
Accelerometer, 152
Accessing
32-bit versus 64-bit CPUs, 1-2
data destruction/disposal methods, 144-145 digital security, prevention methods, 136-141 drives, mapping, 123
Gmail, 157-158
physical security, prevention methods, 135 RAM. See RAM
SFTP, 49
UAC, 103-104, 128 workstations, 141-143
Access points, 58
Accounts
Administrator, 103-104
passwords, 141-142
UAC, 140-141
AC (alternate current) power sources, replac-ing batteries, 64-65
Action Center setting (Control Panel), 120
Active heat sinks, 8
Adapters
cards, 19-22
fiber optic cables, 39
ADC (analog-to-digital conversion), 36
Adding services, 111
Add/Remove Programs setting (Control Panel), 120
Addresses
IP
assigning, 49
configuring, 126
MAC, SOHO routers, 51
TCP/IP, 44-47, 48
Administrator accounts, 103-104
Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI),
Advanced Options dialog box, 83 Advanced setting (Control Panel), 119 AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface), 25
Air management, 94
AMD processors, 6. See also processors AMRs (Audio Modem Risers), 22 analog-to-digital conversion (ADC), 36 analysis, heuristics, 137
Android. See also OSs (operating systems)
markets, 151
screens, calibrating, 152-153
synchronizing, 159
Antennas, Wi-Fi, 76, 77
antimalware, 163. See also malicious software antispyware, 139
antistatic cleaning wipes, 95 antivirus. See AV
APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing),
45-46
Apple, 150-152, 160 appliances, Internet, 59 applications
antispyware, 139 AV, 137 firewalls, 137-138
HTCSync Software, 159 malware, troubleshooting, 196
mobile devices, downloading to, 151 operating systems, 97
APUs (Accelerated Processing Units), 4
Arrays, troubleshooting, 170-178
Assigning IP addresses, 49
208 ATX motherboards form factors
ATX motherboards form factors, 16-17
Audio Modem Risers
(AMRs), 22
AUI (vampire tap) connec-tions, 43
Authentication, Windows, 130
Automatic Private IP
Addressing (APIPA), 46
AutoPlay, disabling, 143
Auto-Rotate Screen com-mand, 152
Autorun, 143
AV (antivirus), 137
B
Backlighting, LED, 34
Badges, RFID, 135
Ball Grid Array (BGA), 4
Ball mice, 35
Barcode readers, 36
Basic Input/Output System.
See BIOS
Batteries, replacing in lap-tops, 64-65
Behavior, heuristics, 137
Best practices
laptop disassembly, 200
workstation security, 141-143
BGA (Ball Grid Array), 4
Biometrics, 36, 135-136
BIOS (Basic Input/Output
System), 1, 11-15
clock rates, 2
operating systems, 97
Bluetooth connections, 36, 155-156
Blu-ray drives, 24-25
BNC connectors, 43
booting, 108. See also installing
BOOTREC command-line tool, 112
Bridges, 58
Broadcasts, disabling SSIDs, 51
Built-in overclocking options, 2
Bus topologies, 43, 58
C
Cable
Internet connections, 52-53
modems, 47
Cable select (CS), 26
cables. See also connecting
cutters, 59 locks, 80 management, 93 networks, 39
coaxial, 43
fiber optic, 39-40 twisted-pair, 40-42
SCSI, 28 testers, 59
Caches, CPUs, 3
Calibrating Android screens, 152-153
camcorders. See video
CardBus, 61-62
Cathode ray tubes (CRTs), 33-34
CCDs (charged coupled devices), 36
CD (CHDIR) command-line tool, 112
CDFS (CD file system), 109
CDs (compact discs)
drives, 24-25
Windows, installing from, 108
Cellular (mobile hotspot) connections, 57
central processing units. See CPUs
chain of custody, prohibited content/activities, 96
Channels, wireless, 51
Characters per second (CPS), 81
Charged coupled devices (CCDs), 36
Chemicals, MSDSs, 94
CHKDSK command-line tool, 113