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