Special Edition Using Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, Third Edition

Chapter 27. System Utilities

In this chapter

• Getting Under the Hood

• Scheduled Tasks

• System Applet

• Administrative Tools

• System Tools

• Accessibility

• Windows Update

• Task Manager

• Protecting the System Files

• Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

• Troubleshooting

• Tips from the Windows Pros: Power User Tricks

Getting Under the Hood

Windows XP is rife with system management and administrative utility programs—so many, in fact, that you can easily become overwhelmed by the number of tools and the multitudinous paths for reaching those tools. As writers who have pounded on Windows systems since the days of version 1.1, my co-author and I can easily report that the mandate of effectively discussing the administrator tools for Windows XP was a bit daunting, even to us.

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