Fixing Windows Vista

Synopsis

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.