Fixing Windows Vista

Description

This supplement prepares the student to support Windows Vista on a stand-alone or networked personal computer. Topics covered include installing Windows Vista, hardware and applications, setting up user accounts, managing user data, backing up data and the system state, managing the desktop, configuring security options, monitoring performance, and troubleshooting problems with hardware, applications, and Vista startup. The supplement is written following the same style as the chapters in the core textbooks and includes the same end-of-chapter content and a glossary of key terms.

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER 1: Windows Vista Quick Fixes

CHAPTER 2: Making Windows Vista Boot like New

CHAPTER 3: Removing Malicious Software

CHAPTER 4: Vista Pest Control

CHAPTER 5: Wired and Wireless Made Easy

CHAPTER 6: Hardware and Application Errors

CHAPTER 7: Resurrecting the Dead

APPENDIX A: Useful Web Sites and Other Resources

APPENDIX B: Entry Points for Start-up Processes

APPENDIX C: Windows Vista Commands

APPENDIX D: How Windows Vista Works

APPENDIX E: Installing Windows Vista