July 2007
Intermediate to advanced
669 pages
16h 40m
English
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Windows® 7 Desktop Support and Administration: Real World Skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond
by Darril Gibson
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Chapter 5. Maintaining and Troubleshooting Windows 7
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER INCLUDE
Identifying and resolving performance issues
Using the Windows Recovery Environment
Managing hardware in Windows 7
Troubleshooting boot issues
In a perfect world, you'll never have to worry about troubleshooting Windows 7. However, it's a complex operating system, and changes in one place often result in problems elsewhere. As the operating system is modified, updated, reconfigured, and exposed to endless security threats, things go wrong.
Your first line of defense is built-in tools such as Event Viewer, the Action Center, the Services applet, and Power Options to monitor your system and help identify issues before they become problems.
The Windows Recovery ...