A+ Guide To PC Operating Systems,9781401852511

A+ Guide To PC Operating Systems

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Edition: Lab
ISBN13: 9781401852511
ISBN10: 1401852513
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-03-04
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Table of Contents

Introduction v
MS-DOS, CONFIG.SYS, and AUTOEXEC.BAT
1(14)
Exercise 1: Installing MS-DOS (Optional)
1(6)
Exercise 2: CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
7(5)
Exercise 3: Troubleshooting CONFIG.SYS (optional)
12(3)
Lab Summary
13(2)
Preparing a Hard Disk the Old-Fashioned Way
15(8)
Preparing the Hard Disk
15(1)
Exercise 1: The FDISK Utility
16(4)
Exercise 2: Formatting a Hard Disk
20(3)
Lab Summary
22(1)
Installing Windows 98
23(18)
Exercise 1: Installing Windows
23(15)
Exercise 2: Creating the Technician's Boot Diskette
38(2)
Exercise 3: Installing the Graphics Adapter (Optional)
40(1)
Lab Summary
40(1)
Configuring the Desktop
41(14)
Exercise 1: Customizing the Interface
41(9)
Exercise 2: Configuring an Active Desktop
50(5)
Lab Summary
54(1)
Managing Printers in Windows
55(6)
Exercise 1: Installing a Printer
55(4)
Exercise 2: Managing the Printer Queue
59(2)
Lab Summary
60(1)
Working with Control Panel
61(14)
Exercise 1: An Overview of the Control Panel
61(7)
Exercise 2: An Overview of the System Applet
68(7)
Lab Summary
74(1)
An Overview of the Registry Editor
75(6)
Exercise 1: An Overview of the Registry Editor
75(3)
Exercise 2: Editing the Registry
78(1)
Exercise 3: The ScanReg Utility
78(3)
Lab Summary
80(1)
Installing Win2K Professional
81(12)
Exercise 1: The Floppy Disk Side of Win2K
81(2)
Installing Windows 2000
83(10)
Lab Summary
92(1)
The Win2K Interface
93(8)
Exercise 1: The Start Menu
93(4)
Exercise 2: Naming a Computer in Win2K
97(4)
Lab Summary
100(1)
Installing WINXP
101(2)
Working with Accounts
103(8)
Exercise 1: Creating a New Account
103(2)
Exercise 2: Creating Group Accounts
105(6)
Lab Summary
109(2)
The Event Viewer
111(6)
Exercise 1: An Overview of Event Viewer
112(1)
Exercise 2: Analyzing an Event
113(4)
Lab Summary
115(2)
Setting up a Peer to Peer Network
117(6)
Exercise 1: Installing a NIC
117(2)
Exercise 2: Configuring the Protocols
119(3)
Exercise 3: Dual-Homing a Computer
122(1)
Lab Summary
122(1)
Backup and Recovery
123(1)
Exercise 1: An Overview of the Backup Utility
123(15)
Lab Summary
138

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