A+ Technician's on the Job Guide to Windows XP

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daily backup, 213

data management, security threats and, 429

date, XP Professional installation and, 12

Date,Time icon, Control Panel, 50-51

DCC (direct cable connection), 294-297

Debugging Mode, 493

defragmentation

disk tool for, 211-212, 331

of hard drives, 530

Deny Disk Space, Disk Quota management, 219-220

Deny permissions, 187

Dependencies tab, services, 336, 338

deploy.cab files, 17-19

Desktop Cleanup Wizard, 58

Desktop tab, Display Properties dialog box, 57-59

device drivers, 105-112

downloading unsigned, 528-529

Driver Signing Options, 110-111

hardware driver problems, 513

managing with Device Manager, 104

overview of, 105-106

printers, 245, 479

roll back and uninstall, 108-109

signed, 109-112, 479

system drivers, 479

updating, 106-112

video, 66

Device Manger, 101-105

accessing, 101-102

CD/DVD drives, 224, 445

Driver tab, 104

General tab (device properties), 103

illustration of, 102

IrDA Setting tab, 306

Resources tab, 104-105

Device Setting tab, printers, 247

Devices tab

Fax Console, 257-258

Windows Media Player, 462

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

Allocator services, 393

vs. APIPA, 269-270

servers, 267

dial-up connections, Remote Desktop, 345

dial-up properties

Advanced tab, 387

dialing rules, 379-383

General tab, 376-383

Networking tab, 386-387

Options tab, 384-385

Security tab, 385-386

dial-up service, Internet access, 371

Dial Whenever a Network Connection Is Not Present, Internet Explorer, 414

dialing rules, 379-383

Area Code Rule tab, 380

Calling Card tab, 381

New Area Code rule, 381

pulse or tone dialing, 380

differential backup, 213

digital cameras, 441-445

ease of use, 442

importing pictures from, 443-444

installing, 123-124, 442-443

linking to folder, 444

Scanners and Cameras icon, 54

digital certificates, Internet Explorer, 423

digital media. See also multimedia

CD Audio feature, 452-454

CD/DVD drives, 445-447

Copy to CD, 459-460

Media Guide, 451

Media Library, 455-458

Media Player. See Windows Media Player

Movie Maker. See Windows Movie Maker

Now Playing interface, 449-451

Radio Tuner, 458-459

scanners and cameras, 441-445

direct cable connection (DCC), 294-297

Direct Memory Access (DMA), 477

Directory Services Restore Mode, 493

DirectX Diagnostic Tool, 483-485

Disk Administrator tool

managing remote disks, 209-210

partitioning, 5

Disk Defragmenter, 211-212, 331

disk drives. See also CD-ROM drives; DVD-ROM drives; hard drives

basic and dynamic, 198

converting basic to dynamic, 198-200

converting FAT to NTFS, 194-195

drive letter and path configuration, 201-202

dynamic disk states, 200-201

file systems and, 195-196

hard disk configuration, 4-6, 197-203

mounting volumes to empty NTFS folder, 203

remote, 209-210

removable, 223-226

disk imaging, System Preparation, 24-26

Disk Management console

converting basic disks to dynamic disks, 198-200

creating simple volumes, 204

creating spanned volume, 208-209

drive letters and paths, 201-202

hard disks, 197

mounting volumes to empty NTFS folder, 203

viewing disk states, 200-201

Disk Quota management, 219

disk quotas

configuring, 221-223

NTFS and, 5

options, 219-221

disk space requirements, System Restore, 494, 496

disk tools

backup/restore, 212-219

error checking and defragmentation, 211-212

disk volumes

properties, 210

simple, 204-206

spanned, 207-209

striped, 209

Display

Control Panel icon, 51

information, 479

multiple monitors, 117-118

Display Properties dialog box

Appearance tab, 63-64

Desktop tab, 57-59

Screen Saver tab, 59-63

Settings tab, 64-66

Themes tab, 55-56

Display tab

Accessibility Options, 48-49

Remote Desktop Connection, 352

DMA (Direct Memory Access), 477

DNS (Domain Name System)

DNS servers, 4, 393

local area connections and, 267

document formats, printers, 246

domain accounts, 166

domain controller, 4

Domain Name System (DNS)

DNS servers, 4, 393

local area connections and, 267

domains

connecting to Windows domain, 288-294

defined, 3

domain Group Policy, 162

naming, 12

dots per inch (DPI), 65

double-click speed, mouse, 121

downloads

security threats and, 429

unsigned device drivers, 528-529

DPI (dots per inch), 65

Dr. Watson, 485

drive letter, configuration, 201-202

Driver Signing Options, 110-111

Driver tab, Device Manger, 104

DSL service, Internet access, 372

dual booting, 5-6

DVD-ROM drives

managing, 223-226

working with, 445-447

DVD tab, Windows Media Player, 463-464

dynamic disks

compared with basic disks, 198

converting basic disks to, 198-200

states, 200-201

support for, 198