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