MSDSs (material safety data sheets), 94

 

MSInfo32, 118

 

MSTSC program, 118

 

MTBF (mean time between failures), 81

 

Multiboot installations, 109

 

Multimeters, 59

 

Multimode fiber optic cables, 39

 

Multiple monitors, 35

 

multiple operating systems, 131-133. See also OSs

 

Multiprocessors, 2-3

 

N

 

Naming, DNS, 48

 

NAS (network-attached

 

Storage), 30, 59

 

NAT (Network Address

 

Translation), 46, 51

 

Natural fibers, 95

 

Navigating

 

Control Panel, Windows, 118-121

 

directories, 104-105

 

Registry, 105-106

 

Near letter quality (NLQ), 87

 

NET command-line tool, 112

 

NETSTAT command-line tool, 112

 

Network Address

 

Translation (NAT), 46, 51


216 network-attached storage (NAS)


 

 

Network-attached storage (NAS), 30, 59

 

Network Connections set-ting (Control Panel), 120

 

network interface cards. See NICs

 

Network management sys-tem (NMS), 49

 

Network Map feature (Windows 7), 123

 

Networks, 1

 

cables, 39 coaxial, 43

fiber optic, 39-40 twisted-pair, 40-42

clients, Windows, 121-126 connections, mobile devic-es, 154-157

 

devices, 58-59 Internet

 

cable connections, 52-53 cellular (mobile hotspot) connections, 57 connections, 52

dial-up networking con-nections, 55-56

 

DSL connections, 53-55 fiber optic connections, 56

ISDN connections, 57 line-of-sight connections, 57

 

satellite connections, 56-57

 

WiMAX connections, 57 maintenance, 89-90 printers, 88

 

remote installations, 109 requirements, 133


 

 

settings, Windows, 110 SOHO routers, configuring, 51-52

 

TCP/IP, 44-48 tools, 59 topologies, 58

 

troubleshooting, 182-185 types, 57

 

wired, SOHO security, 146 wireless, 46, 50

 

routers, 51-52 security, 145-146

Network Setup Wizard set-ting (Control Panel), 120

New Technology File

System. See NTFS

NICs (network interface cards), 30

properties, configuring, 126

TCP/IP, 44

NLQ (near letter quality), 87

NMS (network manage-ment system), 49

Nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM), 11

Notepad, 118

NSLOOKUP command-line tool, 112

NTFS (New Technology

File System), 143

files, 109

permissions, 128-130

 

NVRAM (nonvolatile

 

RAM), 11

 

O

 

OLED (Organic LED), 76

 

Olympus/Fujifilm xD-Pic-

 

Ture Card, 64


 

 

Open Handset Alliance, 149

 

operating systems. See OSs

 

Operational Procedures,

 

91-96

 

Optical drives, 24

 

installing, 25-28 replacing, 68-69

Options

 

built-in overclocking, 2 expansion, laptops, 61-64

 

Organic LED (OLED), 76

 

Orientation, modifying screens, 151-152

 

OSs (operating systems)

 

mobile devices, 149-154

 

overview of, 97

 

troubleshooting, 185-192

 

Windows

 

Administrator accounts/ UAC, 103-104

 

client networking, 121-126

 

client-side virtualization, 131-133

 

command-line tools, 111-113

 

Control Panel tools, 118-121

 

determining compatibility, 108

 

differences in editions, 98-103

 

directories, 104-105

 

features, 113-118

 

installing, 108-111

 

maintenance, 127

 

Program Compatibility

 

Wizard, 104

 

Registry, 105-106

 

security, 128-130


ports 217


 

 

system requirements, 98

 

upgrading, 106-107

 

Outer shells, replacing, 75

 

Overclocking options, 2

 

Overwriting drives, 144

 

P

 

Packets, 44, 137

 

Pages per minute (PPM), 81

 

Paging files, 11

 

PANs (personal area net-works), 57, 155-156

Parallel (LPT) ports, 35

Parallel ATA (PATA)

Drives, installing, 26

Parallel printers connec-tions, 88

Parity, 11

Partitioning, 109-110