unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cables, 40

Updating

BIOS, 11

operating systems, 97

Windows, 110

Upgrading operating sys-tems, 106-107

 

USB (universal serial bus), 36

 

drives, 61

 

flash drives, 30

 

memory, 63

 

printers, 88

 

U.S. Department of Defense

 

(DoD), 144, 153

 

User Account Control

 

(UAC), 103-104, 128

User Datagram Protocol

(UDP), 49

Users

authentication, 130

education, security, 140

Users and Groups, 114

Utilities, IPCONFIG.EXE, 45

UTP (unshielded twisted pair) cables, 40

V

Verifying functionality, 163

Versions

Android, 149

Apple iOS, 151

IP, 44

TCP/IP v4, 44

Windows operating systems

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, 98-103

 

directories, 104-105

 

features, 113-118

 

installing, 108-111

 

maintenance, 127

 

Program Compatibility

 

Wizard, 104

 

Registry, 105-106

 

security, 128-130

 

system requirements, 98

 

upgrading, 106-107

 

VGA (Video Graphics

 

Adapter) ports, 34

 

Video

 

connectors, 34

 

I/O, 36

 

troubleshooting, 178-181

 

View Hidden Files setting (Control Panel), 119

 

Viewing

 

Android screen calibration, 152-153

 

mobile devices, modifying screen orientation, 151-152

 

troubleshooting, 178-181

 

Virtualization, 4, 131-133 virtual RAM (VRAM), 11 viruses, 137-138

Voice over IP (VoIP), 52, 59 VPNs (virtual private net-works), 123-124

VRAM (virtual RAM), 11


224 wall jacks


 

 

W

 

wall jacks, 40. See also con-necting

 

WANs (wide-area net-works), 57

 

WDDM (Windows Display

 

Driver Model), 98

 

Wide-area networks (WANs), 57

 

Wi-Fi, 62

 

antennas, 76, 77

 

connections, 155

 

standards, 50

 

Protected Setup. See WPS

 

WildBlue, 56

 

WiMAX (World Wide

 

Interoperability for

 

Microwave Access), 57

 

Windows

 

drives, partitioning, 109-110

 

network settings, 110

 

operating systems

 

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

 

system requirements, 98

 

upgrading, 106-107

 

Windows 7

 

Control Panel, 120

 

upgrading from Windows Vista, 107

 

upgrading from Windows XP, 107

 

Windows Disk Management,

 

116-117

 

Windows Display Driver

 

Model. See WDDM

 

Windows Firewall, 125-126

 

Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, 114

 

Windows Memory

 

Diagnostics, 114

 

Windows Vista

 

Control Panel, 120

 

upgrading from Windows XP, 107

 

upgrading to Windows 7, 107

 

Windows Vista/7 Recovery

 

Environment, 111

 

Windows XP

 

Control Panel, 120

 

Recovery Console, 111

 

upgrading to Windows 7, 107

 

upgrading to Windows Vista, 107

 

Wiping drives, 144

 

Wirecutters, 59

 

Wired Ethernet network con-nections, 123-124

 

Wired networks

 

SOHO security, 146

 

troubleshooting, 182-185

 

Wireless cards, replacing, 69-70


 

 

Wireless encryption, 51

 

Wireless Ethernet network connections, 123-124

 

Wireless network connec-tions, 46

 

Wireless networks, 50

 

SOHO

 

routers, 51-52

 

security, 145-146

 

troubleshooting, 182-185

 

Wire strippers, 59

 

Wizards, Program Compatibility Wizard, 104

 

Workgroups, joining, 123

 

Workstations

 

best practices, security, 142-143

 

multiprocessors, 2-3

 

World Wide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), 57

 

Worms, 138

 

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected

 

Setup), 52, 145-146

Wrist straps, ESD, 92

WWAN (cellular) network connections, 123-124

 

X

 

X axis, 35

 

XCOPY command-line tool, 113

 

Y

 

Y axis, 35

 

Z

 

ZIF (Zero Insertion Force),