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Troubleshooting & Maintaining PCs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition
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Troubleshooting & Maintaining PCs All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Dan Gookin
March 2021
Beginner to intermediate
464 pages
10h 42m
English
For Dummies
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Index

NUMBERS

  • 32-bit Windows version, 179
  • 64-bit Windows version, 179

A

  • About Windows dialog box (WinVer utility), 270–271
  • Active Directory Repair operating mode, 285
  • Active mode, Virus & Threat Protection, 367
  • activity history, Internet, 350
  • adding
    • expansion card, 122–124
    • hardware, 9
    • internal drives, 124–128
    • mass storage, 52–53, 412
    • more RAM, 419
  • administrator account, 202
  • Advanced Power Management (APM) driver, 18
  • Advanced Startup option, 244
  • Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX) power supply, 115
  • advertising IDs, 344
  • Alternate Shell operating mode, 285
  • alternating current, 32
  • ambient light sensor, 91
  • American Letter size, 148
  • antivirus software, 183. see also Virus & Threat Protection
  • APM (Advanced Power Management) driver, 18
  • App History tab, Task Manager, 308
  • Application event category, 331
  • applications
    • defined, 269
    • permissions, 344–349
      • camera and microphone access, 345–347
      • checking, 344–345
      • computer’s location, 347–349
      • disabling Cortana, 349
      • setting general privacy options, 344
  • Applications and Services Logs folder, 331
  • archiving, 376
  • ATX (Advanced Technology eXtended) power supply, 115
  • audio device drivers, 167
  • audio troubleshooter, 166
  • automatic restart, 34, 42, 232–233
  • AutoPlay issues, 55–57

B

  • background programs, 314
  • background services, 423–425
  • backing up, 46, 375–381
    • with external storage, 377
    • File History feature
      • browsing, 383–385
      • configuring, 378–379
      • confirming backup, 381
      • making immediate backups, 381
      • modifying routine, 380–381
      • overview, ...
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