FORMAT command-line tool, 112

 

formatting. See also config-uring

 

overclocking, 2

 

passwords, 141-142

 

Form factors, mother-boards, 16-17

 

Forwarding ports, 51

 

FRUs (field replaceable units), 31-3

 

Functionality, verifying, 163

 

 

G

 

Gateways, 46-47

 

general packet radio ser-vice. See GPRS

 

General setting (Control Panel), 119

 

Geotracking, 153

 

Gingerbread, 149. See also Android

 

Global Positioning System.

 

See GPS

 

Global System for Mobile Communications. See

 

GSM

 

Gmail, accessing, 157-158.

 

See also email

 

Google, 149-151

 

Government regulations, 93

 

GPRS (general packet radio service), 154

 

GPS (Global Positioning

 

System), 153

 

GPUs (graphic processing units), 11, 30

 

G-Sensor calibration, 152-153

 

GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), 57, 154

 

Gutmann, Peter, 144

 

Gyroscopes, 152

 

H

 

hard drives. See also drives

 

replacing, 66-67

 

troubleshooting, 170-178

 

Hard resets, 153

 

Hardware

 

adapter cards, 19-22

 

BIOS, 11-15

Internet 213

 

 

configurations, 36-37 cooling methods, 30 CPUs, 1-8

 

firewalls, 137-138 integrated ports, 22 I/O devices, 35-36 laptops, 61

 

display components, 76-77

 

expansion options, 61-64 features, 77-80 replacing devices, 64-75

memory, 9-11 monitors, 33-35 motherboards, 15-19 Operational Procedures, 91-96

 

power supplies, 31-32 snapshots, 161 storage devices, 23-29

 

Hardware profiles setting (Control Panel), 119

 

Hazards, shocks, 93

 

HDMI (High Definition

 

Media Interface), 34

 

HDTV (High Definition

 

TV) resolutions, 34

 

Heat

 

cooling methods, 8, 30

 

sinks, 30

 

Heating, venting, and air conditioning (HVAC), 40

 

HEPA (High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting) fil-ters, 94

 

Hertz (Hz), 33

 

Heuristics, 137

 

Hibernate setting (Control Panel), 120

 

 

Hide/Display File

 

Extensions setting (Control

 

Panel), 119

 

High Definition Media

 

Interface. See HDMI

 

High Definition TV. See

 

HDTV

 

High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting (HEPA) filters, 94

 

Homegroups, 123

 

HomeGroup setting (Control Panel), 120

 

Home, Office/Work, and

 

Public settings, 125

 

HP QuickDock, 79

 

HTCSync Software, 159

 

HT Technology. See hyper-threading

 

Hubs, 58

 

HughesNet, 56

 

Humidity, 91, 94

 

HVAC (heating, venting, and air conditioning), 40

 

Hybrid networks, 58

 

Hyperthreading, 4

 

Hypervisors, 133

 

I

 

IEEE (Institute of

 

Electrical and Electronic

 

Engineers)

 

802.11, 50

 

1394 ports, 110

 

Images, deploying, 109 IM (instant messaging), 98 impact printers, 86-87 infrared (IR) ports, print-ers, 88

Inkjet printers, 84-85

 

 

input/output. See I/O

 

Inspection, stateful packets, 138

 

InSSIDer, 51

 

Installing

 

adapter cards, 22 drives, 25-28 laptop hardware

 

display components, 76-77

 

expansion options, 61-64 features, 77-80 replacing devices, 64-75

operating systems, Windows, 108-111 printers, 87-88 regulations, 93 SOHO routers, 51-52

 

Instant Desktop Search fea-ture, 115

 

instant messaging. See IM

 

Integrated Services Digital

 

Network (ISDN), 57

 

Integration

 

graphics, 4

 

ports, 22

 

Intel processors, 7. See also processors

 

Interfaces, 1

 

CPUs, 4-8

 

drives, 23

 

NICs, 30

 

Interference, 43, 54

 

Internet

 

appliances, 59

 

connections, 52

 

cable, 52-53

 

cellular (mobile hotspot) connections, 57

214 Internet Options (Control Panel)

 

 

dial-up networking, 55-56 DSL, 53-55

fiber optic connections, 56

ISDN, 57

line-of-sight connections, 57

satellite, 56-57

 

WiMAX connections, 57

 

Internet Options (Control

 

Panel), 119

 

Internet Protocol. See IP

 

Internet service providers (ISPs), 44

 

Inverters, 76

 

I/O (input/output), 1, 35-36

IPCONFIG, 45, 112

 

IP (Internet Protocol)

 

addresses

 

assigning, 49

 

configuring, 126

 

static versus dynamic, 46-47

 

IP4/IPv6, 44

 

types of IP addresses, 45-46

 

IR (infrared) ports print-ers, 88

 

ISDN (Integrated Services

 

Digital Network), 57