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- 16-bit
- 32-bit computing
- distribution media, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- support for DEP, Configuring Data Execution Prevention
- tracking computers that run, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- vs. 64-bit, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- 3D printers, Installing local and network printers
- 64-bit computing
- 32-bit edition and, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- benefits, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- distribution media, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- tracking which computers support, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
A
- Access Control Assistance Operators group, Group account essentials
- access tokens, Application access tokens and location virtualization
- access-denied assistance, Customizing automated Help and support
- account pictures, Personalizing account settings
- accounts (see user accounts)
- Accounts page, Optimizing PC settings
- ACT (see Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT))
- Action Center
- automated problem reporting, Using automated Help and support, Customizing automated Help and support
- automatic maintenance, Customizing automated Help and support, Customizing automated Help and support
- described, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- hardware problems, Enabling and disabling hardware devices
- notifications, customizing, Using automated Help and support, Customizing automated Help and support
- organization, Using automated Help and support
- reliability reporting, Using automated Help and support
- removing from taskbar, Customizing automated Help and support
- resolving problems, Using automated Help and support
- troubleshooting with, Customizing automated Help and support
- viewing list of current problems, Using automated Help and support
- actions, for scheduled tasks, Understanding task scheduling, Creating scheduled tasks
- activating Windows 8.1, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- Active Directory Users And Computers
- creating domain user accounts, Understanding user and group accounts
- removing accounts, Controlling logon
- resetting passwords, Creating and Using a Password Reset Disk, Recovering local user account passwords
- restricting logons, Domain vs. local logon
- Active Directory, Group Policy and, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- active partition, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation, Repairing a computer to enable startup, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings
- Active Tasks panel, Understanding task scheduling
- adapters, Managing services by using preferences
- Add Hardware Wizard, Troubleshooting hardware
- Add Printer Wizard, Installing local and network printers, Setting up a local printer, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers
- Address bar, adding to taskbar, Adding and removing startup applications
- address space layout randomization (ASLR), Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Admin Approval Mode, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- Administrative Templates (see Group Policy)
- Administrative Tools, adding to Start screen, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers
- administrator mode, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- administrator privileges (see elevated administrator privileges)
- administrator user accounts
- access tokens, Application access tokens and location virtualization, Application integrity and run levels
- Admin Approval Mode and, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- changing to standard local, Granting access to an existing domain account to allow local logon
- described, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1, User account essentials
- for domains, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- UAC and, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- vs. local user accounts, Understanding user and group accounts
- administrator user applications, Application access tokens and location virtualization
- Administrators group, Group account essentials, Group account essentials
- Aero desktop, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors, Configuring window color and appearance
- alarms
- actions, Managing power options in policy settings
- apps, placing in lock screen slot, Managing desktop apps
- batteries, Managing power options in policy settings
- notifications, Working with apps: the essentials
- AllUsersStartup folder, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- alternate display mode, Using the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter Wizard
- Always Notify UAC setting, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- AMD Driver Autodetect, Changing the video driver
- .amx files, Getting started with Device Manager
- answer files, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- answering Remote Assistance invitations, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation
- Application Compatibility policies, Managing application setup and compatibility, Customizing automated Help and support
- Application Control policies, Optimizing virtualization and installation prompting for elevation, Installing programs: the essentials
- Application Experience service, Working with support services
- Application Information service, Application access tokens and location virtualization, Working with support services
- Application Layer Gateway Service, User account essentials
- Application Management service, Working with support services
- applications
- assigning to users or computers, Making programs available to all or selected users
- automatic startup, disabling, Changing boot options
- deploying through Group Policy, Making programs available to all or selected users, Deploying applications through Group Policy
- exiting, Setting compatibility options directly
- file extensions, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- integrity levels, Application integrity and run levels
- legacy vs. UAC-compliant, Application access tokens and location virtualization
- manifests, Application access tokens and location virtualization
- performance, Setting Windows performance
- publishing, Making programs available to all or selected users
- Task Manager and, Setting compatibility options directly
- UAC and, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- Applications and services logs, Hiding available updates
- Apply Once And Do Not Reapply option, Setting Common tab options
- apps
- controlling location data, Personalizing search and apps settings
- described, Managing desktop apps
- desktop taskbar, pinning to, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- microphone and, Managing privacy settings
- notifications, Personalizing search and apps settings
- opening multiple at the same time, Managing desktop apps
- Start screen, pinning to, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- switching, Personalizing search and apps settings, Optimizing corner and Start navigation
- tracking usage, Enhancing security for apps and overriding default settings
- trusted, Working with apps: the essentials
- webcam and, Managing privacy settings
- Apps list, Managing desktop apps, Managing application setup and compatibility
- Apps screen
- described, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- displaying automatically, Optimizing corner and Start navigation
- navigating to, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers
- Arguments property, link shortcuts and, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- assigned applications, Making programs available to all or selected users
- Assoc command, Setting compatibility options directly, Managing file name extensions and file associations, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- associating file types with specific applications, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- Authenticode, Application integrity and run levels
- Auto Hide, Changing the taskbar’s size and position
- auto-tuning monitors, Troubleshooting display problems
- automated
- deployment, Using DISM
- setup, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- troubleshooting, Customizing automated Help and support
- Automated Help and Support
- Action Center, Using automated Help and support
- changes since previous version, Managing hardware devices and drivers, Using automated Help and support
- customizing, Using automated Help and support
- described, Managing hardware devices and drivers
- features, Managing hardware devices and drivers, Using automated Help and support
- Reliability Monitor, Using automated Help and support
- support services, Working with support services
- automatic
- backups with File History, Enabling File History backups and configuring drives
- backups with Previous Versions, Backing up and recovering a computer
- checking for solutions, Customizing automated Help and support
- checkpoints, Managing application setup and compatibility
- device detection, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- driver installation, Installing and updating device drivers
- maintenance, Customizing automated Help and support, Customizing automated Help and support
- monitoring, in Windows 8.1, Managing hardware devices and drivers
- network host discovery, Enhancing networking security for apps
- problem reporting, Using automated Help and support
- proxy detection, Enhancing networking security for apps
- reboots, Setting startup options
- reconnection, for Remote Desktop, Configuring Remote Desktop access
- recovery from a failed start, Backing up and recovering files and folders
- repair, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- sharing, Personalizing search and apps settings
- updating (see Windows Update)
- automatic update restore points, Understanding restore points
- AutoPlay, Configuring AutoPlay options
- Autorun, Optimizing virtualization and installation prompting for elevation, Installing programs: the essentials
- availability groups (see database availability groups (DAGs))
B
- background images
- desktop, Optimizing the desktop environment
- Lock screen, Personalizing the lock screen
- Start screen, Personalizing account settings
- Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), User account essentials, Working with support services, Windows Update: the essentials
- background processes, Managing currently running programs
- Background Services, performance settings for, Setting Windows performance
- backing up
- credentials, Editing credentials
- files, scheduled task for, Understanding task scheduling
- files, with File History, Creating and using File History
- Backup Operators group, Group account essentials
- Balanced power plan, Resetting a User’s Password, Managing power options from the command line
- bandwidth usage during Remote Assistance sessions, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- Base Video boot option, Changing boot options
- base video driver, Recovering from a failed resume
- Basic input/output system (BIOS), Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- batteries
- alarms, Managing power options in policy settings, Using alarms and configuring alarm actions
- monitor settings and, Configuring screen savers with password protection
- power settings, Working with power plans
- BCD (see boot configuration data (BCD))
- BCDBoot, Deploying Windows 8.1
- biometrics, User account essentials
- BIOS-based computers, firmware interface abstraction and, Windows 8.1 architecture
- BitLocker To Go, Creating and Using a Password Reset Disk
- BitLocker, automatic updates and, Configuring automatic updating
- BITS (see Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS))
- blocking
- disk I/O operations, Managing hardware devices and drivers
- Microsoft accounts, Understanding user and group accounts
- Bluetooth
- devices, installing, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- printers, Setting up a local printer
- boot configuration data (BCD), Backing up and recovering files and folders, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings
- boot environment, Windows 8.1 architecture
- boot logging, Changing boot options, Recovering from a failed start, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- boot options, Changing boot options, Changing boot options
- boot partitions, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation, Changing boot options, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- bootloader, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Bootsect, Deploying Windows 8.1
- BranchCache, User account essentials
- brightness of display, power settings and, Working with power plans
- Built-In Diagnostics tools, Using system support tools
C
- Calendar app, Lock Screen and, Personalizing the lock screen
- cameras
- as external devices, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- creating an account picture with, Personalizing account settings
- Canceled status, Windows Update and, Viewing update history and installed updates
- CDs, AutoPlay and, Configuring AutoPlay options
- certificate-based credentials, Managing stored credentials, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- certificates
- credentials and, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- described, User account essentials
- virtual smart cards, User account essentials
- Certificates Manager (certmgr.msc), User account essentials
- Charms bar, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Optimizing corner and Start navigation
- chat window, during Remote Assistance sessions, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- Check Disk, Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
- checking
- compatibility, Managing application setup and compatibility
- for device driver updates, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials, Installing preexisting devices
- for updates, Checking for updates
- checkpoints, restore points and, Backing up and recovering system state by using System Restore
- circuit cards, Managing services by using preferences
- clean installation vs. upgrade installation, Customizing Windows images
- cleaning up file versions, Modifying default save settings
- Cleanmgr.exe, Using system support tools
- Cleanup Temporary State task, Understanding task scheduling
- color
- options for displays, Configuring window color and appearance, Configuring window color and appearance
- profiles, Customizing display appearance
- quality, Configuring multiple monitor support, Customizing display appearance
- colors, on Start screen, personalizing, Personalizing account settings
- COM1 port, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- command line administration
- administrator privileges and, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- power options, Configuring power management settings
- command path, Designating default programs, Managing the command path
- command prompt
- failed start and, Recovering from a failed start
- opening, Supporting computers running Windows 8.1
- compatibility
- checking for before installing applications, Managing application setup and compatibility
- for scheduled tasks, Creating scheduled tasks
- settings, Using the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter Wizard, Using the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter Wizard
- shims, Application integrity and run levels
- compatibility issues
- applications and, Setting run levels
- display drivers and, Customizing display appearance
- installing programs and, Managing application setup and compatibility, Managing application setup and compatibility
- notifying users of, Customizing automated Help and support
- Switchback protection, Managing application setup and compatibility
- troubleshooting, Special installation considerations for 16-bit and MS-DOS-based programs, Using the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter Wizard, Using the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter Wizard
- Compatibility mode, Application access tokens and location virtualization, Using the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter Wizard
- compmgmt.msc, Supporting computers running Windows 8.1
- components, repairing, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- compression, WIM format and, Windows 8.1 architecture
- Computer Browser
- described, Working with WMI Control
- LocalService accounts and, User account essentials
- Computer Configuration (see Group Policy)
- Computer console, desktop icon, Working with the default desktop icons
- computer lid, Configuring systemwide power button and password protection on wakeup settings
- Computer Management console
- described, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers
- opening, Using the event logs for error tracking and diagnosis
- Show Administrative Tools option, Understanding user and group accounts
- WMI Control, Getting system information
- working with, Supporting computers running Windows 8.1
- Computer Name tab, Enabling and disabling services for troubleshooting, The Computer Name tab
- conditions, for scheduled tasks, Understanding task scheduling, Creating scheduled tasks
- Conflicts/Sharing node, Getting system information
- connected accounts
- creating, Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup
- domain, Understanding user and group accounts
- local, Understanding user and group accounts
- switching to regular, Switching between connected and regular accounts
- connected-standby mode, Desktop Activity Monitor and, Managing power options from the command line
- connections
- metered, Managing privacy settings
- network, PC settings for, Optimizing PC settings
- printer to computer, Installing local and network printers
- Remote Desktop, Making Remote Desktop connections, Making Remote Desktop connections
- wireless device to computer, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- Control Panel, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Working with the default desktop icons, Essentials for working with preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- cooling policy, power settings and, Working with power plans
- Copype, Deploying Windows 8.1, Deploying Windows 8.1
- corner navigation options, Troubleshooting display problems, Optimizing corner and Start navigation
- corrupted components, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- CPU usage, Task Manager and, Managing currently running programs
- Credential Manager, Controlling logon
- credentials
- adding, Using stored credentials, Adding Windows or generic credentials, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- backing up, Editing credentials
- certificate-based, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- certificates and, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- editing, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- passwords, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- removing, Backing up and restoring Windows credentials
- restoring, Editing credentials
- roaming, Managing stored credentials
- types of, Managing stored credentials
- Windows Live, Managing stored credentials
- critical battery
- critical updates, Windows Update: the essentials
- Cryptographic Operators group, Group account essentials
- custom drivers, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- Customer Experience Improvement Program, Customizing automated Help and support
D
- Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Configuring Data Execution Prevention
- Data Integrity Scan tasks, Understanding task scheduling
- data sources, Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- debugging
- mode, enabling, Recovering from a failed start
- shutdown process, Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
- startup process, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- Stop errors, Making sense of Stop errors
- Default Programs tool, Setting compatibility options directly
- degaussing a monitor, Troubleshooting display problems
- deploying applications through Group Policy, Making programs available to all or selected users, Deploying applications through Group Policy
- deploying Windows 8.1
- automated process, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options, Understanding Windows imaging
- DISM, Deploying Windows 8.1
- prestaging computers, Managing access and prestaging computers, Prestaging computers
- Windows PE and, Deploying Windows 8.1
- Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) (see DISM)
- deprecated COM objects, Customizing automated Help and support
- deprecated dynamic link libraries (DLLs), Customizing automated Help and support
- desktop
- adding shortcuts, Optimizing the desktop environment
- arranging open programs and folders, Optimizing the desktop environment
- background images, Optimizing the desktop environment
- described, Optimizing the desktop environment
- displaying, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Optimizing corner and Start navigation
- hiding icons, Working with the default desktop icons
- taskbar, pinning apps to, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Desktop Activity Monitor, connected-standby mode and, Managing power options from the command line
- Desktop Settings panel, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Desktop Windows Manager, Screen saver dos and don’ts
- detailed status, Lock Screen and, Personalizing the lock screen
- detecting
- application failures, Customizing automated Help and support
- compatibility issues, Customizing automated Help and support
- devices, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- multiple monitors, Changing the monitor driver
- printers, Installing local and network printers, Setting up a local printer
- problems with Action Center, Using automated Help and support
- device drivers (see drivers)
- Device Manager
- accessing, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers, Getting started with Device Manager
- described, Working with the Computer Management console
- driver files, Device driver essentials
- installing drivers, Installing and updating device drivers
- legacy hardware and, Troubleshooting hardware
- list options, Getting started with Device Manager, Getting started with Device Manager
- showing nonpresent devices, Troubleshooting hardware
- uninstalling device drivers, Removing device drivers for removed devices
- uninstalling devices, Enabling and disabling hardware devices
- Winusb.sys driver and, Installing and updating device drivers
- devices, Recovering from a failed resume
- (see also drivers)
- Bluetooth, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- charm, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- classes of, Enabling and disabling types of devices
- disabling, Enabling and disabling hardware devices, Troubleshooting hardware
- discovering, Optimizing PC settings, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- errors, list of, Troubleshooting hardware
- Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- installation settings, The Hardware tab
- network connections, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- pairing, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- preferences, Working with editing states
- reinstalling, Enabling and disabling hardware devices, Troubleshooting hardware
- restricting by using Group Policy, Restricting device installation by using Group Policy
- setup classes, Restricting device installation by using Group Policy, Restricting device installation by using Group Policy
- sync settings, Managing privacy settings
- types of, Managing services by using preferences, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials, Enabling and disabling types of devices
- uninstalling, Enabling and disabling hardware devices
- Windows Firewall and, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- wireless, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- Devices And Printers, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices, Installing local and network printers, Setting up a local printer
- Dfrgui.exe, Using system support tools
- diagnostics, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- (see also Action Center; troubleshooting)
- Automatic Maintenance, Customizing automated Help and support
- automatic problem detection, Using automated Help and support
- Built-In Diagnostics tool, Using system support tools
- described, Windows 8.1 architecture, Managing hardware devices and drivers
- Diagnostic Policy Service, Using automated Help and support, Working with support services
- Diagnostic Service Host service, Working with support services
- Diagnostic System Host service, Working with support services
- for DirectX, Using system support tools, Checking the current video adapter and monitor
- for memory, Windows 8.1 architecture
- for Remote Assistance, Understanding Remote Assistance
- Group Policy and, Customizing automated Help and support
- Windows Network Diagnostics, Understanding Remote Assistance
- digital cameras, as external devices, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- digital signatures
- disabling enforcement of, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- File Signature Verification utility and, Working with Disk Cleanup
- for device drivers, Getting started with Device Manager, Device driver essentials
- verifying during initialization, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Digital Video Interface (DVI), Changing the video driver
- dimming display, power settings and, Working with power plans
- Direct3D, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- DirectAccess, Windows 8.1 architecture, Customizing automated Help and support
- DirectX Diagnostic Tool (Dxdiag.exe), Using system support tools, Checking the current video adapter and monitor
- disabling
- anti-malware protection, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- automatic restart after failure, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- automatic updates, Windows Update: the essentials
- devices, Enabling and disabling types of devices, Enabling and disabling hardware devices
- driver signature enforcement, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- drivers, Removing device drivers for removed devices
- local user accounts, Adding and removing local group members, Enabling or disabling local user accounts
- Remote Desktop Sharing, Configuring Remote Desktop access
- scheduled tasks, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- services, Enabling and disabling startup applications for troubleshooting
- startup applications, Changing boot options
- UAC, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- unnecessary services, Configuring service recovery, Disabling unnecessary services
- Windows Error Reporting, Customizing automated Help and support
- disconnecting network drives, Working with the default desktop icons
- discovering devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- Disk Cleanup, Working with Disk Cleanup
- Disk Defragmenter (Dfrgui.exe), Using system support tools
- disk imaging in Windows 8.1, for hardware independence, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Disk Management, Working with the Computer Management console
- disk space, System Restore and, Configuring System Restore
- disk usage, Task Manager and, Managing currently running programs
- DiskPart, Deploying Windows 8.1, Repairing a computer to enable startup, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings
- DISM
- automating deployment with, Understanding Windows imaging
- customization options, Customizing Windows images
- described, Deploying Windows 8.1
- image subcommands, Customizing Windows images, Customizing Windows images
- online subcommands, list of, Using DISM
- purpose, Deploying Windows 8.1
- running as administrator, Deploying Windows 8.1, Using DISM
- display, Customizing display appearance
- (see also monitors; screen resolution)
- appearance, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- color options, Configuring window color and appearance, Configuring window color and appearance
- color profiles, Customizing display appearance
- compatibility issues, Customizing display appearance
- customizing appearance, Configuring multiple monitor support
- dim settings, configuring, Selecting and optimizing power plans
- energy-saving settings, Configuring screen savers with password protection
- extending across multiple monitors, Changing the monitor driver
- hardware requirements, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- optimizing readability, Configuring window color and appearance
- options, configuring, Optimizing PC settings
- power plan settings for, Working with power plans, Selecting and optimizing power plans
- resolution, Configuring window color and appearance
- troubleshooting problems, Customizing display appearance
- Display Color Calibration tool, Customizing display appearance
- displaying
- Apps screen instead of Start screen, Optimizing corner and Start navigation
- icons in notification area, Controlling icon display in the notification area
- network identification, Enabling and disabling services for troubleshooting
- notifications, Personalizing search and apps settings
- PC Settings, Optimizing PC settings
- DisplayPort adapters, Changing the video driver
- Distributed Transaction Coordinator, User account essentials
- distribution groups, Group account essentials
- distribution media, for specific editions, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- .dll files, Getting started with Device Manager
- DNS Client, LocalService accounts and, User account essentials
- DNS, computer name and, Enabling and disabling services for troubleshooting
- domain controllers, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- Domain Name System (DNS), computer name and, Enabling and disabling services for troubleshooting
- domain user accounts, Using stored credentials
- (see also user accounts)
- access to resources, Domain vs. local logon
- changing passwords, Managing user account passwords with Windows 8.1
- described, Understanding user and group accounts
- local machine accounts and, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- logging on, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1, Group account essentials, Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup
- logon names, Understanding user and group accounts
- resetting passwords, Creating and Using a Password Reset Disk
- restricting access to specific workstations, Domain vs. local logon
- switching to connected account, Switching between connected and regular accounts
- domains, Using stored credentials
- (see also user accounts)
- defined, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- joining computers to, Enabling and disabling services for troubleshooting, The Computer Name tab
- policy settings for, accessing, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- User Account Control (UAC), Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- user accounts, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- Welcome screen, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1
- dots per inch (DPI), Configuring window color and appearance
- Downloaded Program Files disk cleanup category, Working with Disk Cleanup
- DPI, Configuring window color and appearance
- Drive Maps, Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- driver files, Device driver essentials, Tracking driver information
- Driver Software Installation, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- driver store, Getting started with Device Manager
- drivers
- base video, Recovering from a failed resume
- checking for automatically, The Hardware tab
- disabling, Removing device drivers for removed devices
- displaying information about, Using DISM
- error codes for, Troubleshooting hardware
- installing updates, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials, Installing preexisting devices
- monitor, Configuring video settings, Changing the video driver, Changing the monitor driver, Customizing display appearance, Recovering from a failed resume
- notifying users when blocked, Customizing automated Help and support
- printer, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers
- protecting, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- reinstalling, Troubleshooting hardware
- removing, Removing device drivers for removed devices, Troubleshooting hardware
- restore points sand, Understanding restore points
- rolling back, Restricting device installation by using Group Policy
- Stop errors and, Making sense of Stop errors, Making sense of Stop errors
- uninstalling and reinstalling, Removing device drivers for removed devices
- unsigned, Device driver essentials
- updating, Tracking driver information, Troubleshooting hardware, Troubleshooting hardware, Troubleshooting hardware, Troubleshooting hardware
- video adapter, Configuring video settings, Checking the current video adapter and monitor, Changing the video driver, Changing the video driver, Customizing display appearance
- Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM), Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- Windows Update and, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials, Tracking driver information, Windows Update: the essentials, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update, Configuring automatic updating
- drives
- Drvload, Deploying Windows 8.1
- dump files, Setting startup options, Managing currently running programs
- DVDs, AutoPlay and, Configuring AutoPlay options
- dxdiag.exe, Using system support tools, Checking the current video adapter and monitor
E
- Ease Of Access page, Optimizing PC settings
- Easy Connect invitation, Understanding Remote Assistance, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation
- editing
- credentials, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- scheduled task properties, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- editing states for Group Policy preferences, Working with management actions, Working with editing states, Working with editing states
- editions, displaying information about, Using DISM
- EFI system partition (ESP), Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- EFI-based computers, firmware interface abstraction and, Windows 8.1 architecture
- elevated administrator privileges
- 16-bit applications and, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options, Deploying applications through Group Policy
- Application Information service, Working with support services
- command line administration, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- command prompt for, Supporting computers running Windows 8.1
- defined, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- DISM and, Deploying Windows 8.1, Using DISM
- during Remote Assistance sessions, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- installing images and, Prestaging computers
- running applications and, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1, Application access tokens and location virtualization, Application integrity and run levels
- security settings, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- UAC and, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- email invitation, initiating Remote Assistance sessions with, Understanding Remote Assistance
- enabling
- boot logging, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- client-side targeting, Configuring automatic updating
- debugging, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- devices by class or type, Enabling and disabling types of devices
- File History backups, Enabling File History backups and configuring drives
- local user accounts, Adding and removing local group members, Enabling or disabling local user accounts
- low resolution video, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- Remote Assistance, Understanding Remote Assistance
- safe mode, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- encrypted data, creating passwords and, Switching between connected and regular accounts
- encrypting USB flash devices, Creating and Using a Password Reset Disk
- End Task, Setting compatibility options directly
- ending
- non-responsive applications, Setting compatibility options directly
- scheduled tasks, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- energy-saving settings for monitors, Configuring screen savers with password protection
- environment variables
- configuring, Configuring Data Execution Prevention
- creating, The Advanced tab: environment variables
- deleting, Deleting an environment variable
- described, Running Windows 8.1
- domain-wide, The Advanced tab: environment variables, Creating an environment variable
- editing, Creating an environment variable
- Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- item-level targeting and, Setting Common tab options
- system vs. user, The Advanced tab: environment variables
- updating, Creating an environment variable
- $env:path, Designating default programs, Managing the command path
- error codes for devices, list of, Troubleshooting hardware
- error logs
- Stop errors, Making sense of Stop errors
- WMI, Working with WMI Control
- error reporting, Working with support services
- error tracking, event logs and, Hiding available updates
- eSATA
- devices, installing, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- port, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- Event Log Readers group, Group account essentials
- event logs
- accessing, Using the event logs for error tracking and diagnosis
- device driver problems and, Troubleshooting hardware
- for Stop errors, Making sense of Stop errors
- managing remotely, Working with the Computer Management console
- resolving errors, Viewing and managing the event logs
- types of, Hiding available updates
- warning levels, Using the event logs for error tracking and diagnosis
- Windows Event Log service, Working with support services
- Event Viewer, Working with the Computer Management console, Using the event logs for error tracking and diagnosis
- Everywhere Search, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- executables, file extensions for, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- execution order, Windows PowerShell, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- execution protection, Configuring Data Execution Prevention
- exiting applications, Setting compatibility options directly
- exporting scheduled tasks, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- extending the desktop, Changing the monitor driver
- Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- extension activation, Making programs available to all or selected users
- external drives, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
F
- failed resume, recovering from, Recovering from a failed resume
- failed start, recovering from, Backing up and recovering files and folders, Recovering from a failed start
- Failed status, Windows Update and, Viewing update history and installed updates
- Fast Startup option, Power plans, sleep modes, and shutdown, Configuring systemwide power button and password protection on wakeup settings
- fast user switching, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1
- fatal system errors, Setting startup options
- fault-tolerant volumes, scanning for corruptions, Understanding task scheduling
- features
- disabling and enabling, Using DISM, Using DISM
- displaying information about, Using DISM
- listing available, Using DISM
- file associations, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- File Explorer, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- file extensions, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- file formats, for printing, Installing local and network printers
- File History backups
- configuring, Creating and using File History
- default save settings, modifying, Excluding folders from File History backups
- enabling, Enabling File History backups and configuring drives
- excluding folders from, Excluding folders from File History backups
- recovering personal data, Modifying default save settings
- vs. previous versions, The System Protection tab
- File History console, accessing, Backing up and recovering a computer
- File invitations, initiating Remote Assistance with, Understanding Remote Assistance
- file servers, previous versions and, The System Protection tab, Backing up and recovering a computer
- File Signature Verification Utility (Sigverif.exe), Using system support tools, Verifying system files with File Signature Verification, Verifying system files with File Signature Verification
- file types, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- FileHistory task, Understanding task scheduling
- files, Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- fingerprints, as authentication option, User account essentials
- firewalls
- Remote Assistance and, Using Remote Assistance to resolve problems
- Remote Desktop and, Configuring Remote Desktop access, Configuring Remote Desktop access
- Windows 8.1 architecture and, Windows 8.1 architecture
- FireWire devices, installing, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- FireWire port, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- firmware
- device errors and, Troubleshooting hardware, Troubleshooting hardware
- interfaces, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options, Windows 8.1 architecture
- Stop errors and, Making sense of Stop errors
- updates, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- Fix It Portable, Managing, repairing, and uninstalling programs
- flash drives (see USB flash drives)
- folders
- for shortcuts, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- forests, Group Policy and, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- Ftype command, Setting compatibility options directly, Managing file name extensions and file associations, Managing file name extensions and file associations
G
- gadgets, adding to desktop, Optimizing the desktop environment
- generic credentials, Managing stored credentials
- global default programs, Managing, repairing, and uninstalling programs, Designating default programs
- graphics enhancements, configuring, The Hardware tab
- graphics processing units (GPUs), Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- group membership, user accounts and, User account essentials
- Group Policy
- Action Center, Customizing automated Help and support
- affect on system configuration and management, Introduction to Windows 8.1 administration
- Application Management service and, Working with support services
- command path, Managing the command path
- Computer Configuration, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory, Managing preference items
- deploying applications, Deploying applications through Group Policy
- described, Automating Windows 8.1 configuration
- device classes, Enabling and disabling types of devices, Restricting device installation by using Group Policy
- device driver settings, Device driver essentials
- device driver updates, Tracking driver information, Installing and updating device drivers
- device types, Enabling and disabling types of devices
- file associations, Managing file name extensions and file associations, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- file types, Managing file name extensions and file associations, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- local printers, Setting up a local printer, Setting up a local printer
- LocalService accounts and, User account essentials
- logging on, Controlling logon, Controlling logon
- network printers, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers
- polling interval for Windows Updates, changing, Windows Update: the essentials
- power options, Configuring systemwide power button and password protection on wakeup settings, Managing power options in policy settings
- preferences (see preferences)
- Remote Assistance settings, Configuring Remote Assistance
- Remote Desktop settings, Configuring Remote Desktop access, Configuring Remote Desktop access
- roaming credentials, Using stored credentials
- security settings, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- services, Disabling unnecessary services, Managing services by using preferences
- shortcuts, Configuring sync settings
- Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- Group Policy Management Editor, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- Group Policy Objects (GPOs)
- Active Directory and, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- described, Automating Windows 8.1 configuration
- editing, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- groups
- adding members, Creating local groups for workstations, Adding and removing local group members
- built-in, Group account essentials, Group account essentials
- creating, Creating local user accounts
- defined, Managing user access and security
- deleting, Renaming local user accounts and groups, Deleting local user accounts and groups
- described, User account essentials
- operator, Group account essentials, Group account essentials
- removing members, Creating local groups for workstations, Adding and removing local group members
- renaming, Renaming local user accounts and groups
- SIDs, Group account essentials
- types, Group account essentials
- vs. user accounts, Managing user access and security
- guest accounts, User account essentials, Enabling or disabling local user accounts
- Guests group, Group account essentials
- GUIDs, obtaining for computers, Managing access and prestaging computers
H
- HAL (hardware abstraction layer), Getting started with Device Manager
- hard disk, power settings and, Working with power plans
- hard shutdown, Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
- hardware, Recovering from a failed resume
- (see also devices)
- device drivers and, Getting started with Device Manager
- diagnostics, Windows 8.1 architecture, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- independence, Windows 8.1 architecture and, Windows 8.1 architecture
- requirements, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation, Performing a Windows 8.1 installation
- Stop errors and, Making sense of Stop errors
- troubleshooting, Enabling and disabling hardware devices
- hardware abstraction layer (HAL), Getting started with Device Manager
- Hardware And Devices troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- Hardware tab, device installation settings, The Hardware tab
- help desks, Remote Assistance and, Understanding Remote Assistance
- Help, opening, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- helping users (see Remote Assistance)
- hibernating
- power plan settings, Working with power plans
- snapshots and, Recovering from a failed resume
- vs. hybrid sleep, Managing power options from the command line
- Hibernation File Cleaner, Working with Disk Cleanup
- hidden button, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Supporting computers running Windows 8.1
- hidden tasks, Understanding task scheduling, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- hiding
- available updates, Hiding available updates
- desktop icons, Working with the default desktop icons
- icons and notifications for applications, Controlling icon display in the notification area
- High Performance power plan, Managing power options from the command line
- High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), Changing the video driver
- history
- of automatic maintenance, Customizing automated Help and support
- of hardware and software problems, Using automated Help and support
- of user accounts, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- homegroups
- defined, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- resetting passwords, Creating and Using a Password Reset Disk, Resetting a User’s Password
- troubleshooting, Customizing automated Help and support
- user accounts, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- Welcome screen, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1
- Human Interface Devices (HID), Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- hybrid sleep mode
- described, Working with power plans
- vs. hibernate, Managing power options from the command line
- Hyper-V Administrators group, Group account essentials
I
- I/O cancellation, Managing hardware devices and drivers
- icons, for shortcuts, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- identifying multiple monitors, Changing the monitor driver
- Idle Maintenance task, Configuring automatic updating
- idle time, monitor energy settings and, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- iEasy Connect, Understanding Remote Assistance, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation
- email invitations, Understanding Remote Assistance, Configuring Remote Assistance
- file invitations, Understanding Remote Assistance, Configuring Remote Assistance
- passwords, Understanding Remote Assistance, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- techniques for creating, Understanding Remote Assistance
- time limit, Understanding Remote Assistance, Configuring Remote Assistance
- IEEE-1394 port, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- images
- customizing, Customizing Windows images
- DISM, managing with, Deploying Windows 8.1
- installing Windows using, Using DISM
- mounting, Customizing Windows images
- recovering, Troubleshooting System Restore, Initiating a PC recovery, Creating a recovery partition
- requiring administrator approval to install, Prestaging computers
- WIM, Using DISM, Understanding Windows imaging, Windows 8.1 architecture
- ImageX
- described, Deploying Windows 8.1
- process for automating deployment, Understanding Windows imaging
- purpose, Using DISM
- immediate tasks, preferences, Working with editing states
- important updates, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- importing scheduled tasks, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- in-place upgrades, Customizing Windows images
- Incoming Connections troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- .inf files, Getting started with Device Manager, Device driver essentials
- ini files, Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- initialization, verifying digital signatures, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- initiating Remote Assistance sessions, Understanding Remote Assistance
- install-on-first-use, Making programs available to all or selected users
- Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- installation restore points, The System Protection tab, Backing up and recovering system state by using System Restore
- installed components, checking for errors, Getting system information
- installed updates
- removing, Viewing update history and installed updates
- uninstalling, Viewing update history and installed updates
- viewing, Viewing update history and installed updates
- installers, Managing application setup and compatibility
- installing
- applications, color coding for security risk, Application integrity and run levels
- Bluetooth devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- driver updates, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials, Installing preexisting devices, Tracking driver information
- drivers, Changing the video driver, Tracking driver information
- eSATA devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- FireWire devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- internal devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- internal devices, sleep state and, Power plans, sleep modes, and shutdown
- Microsoft Update, Configuring automatic updating
- network devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- printers, Installing local and network printers
- USB devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- wireless devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- installing programs
- Autorun, Optimizing virtualization and installation prompting for elevation, Installing programs: the essentials
- compatibility issues, Managing application setup and compatibility, Managing application setup and compatibility
- installers, Managing application setup and compatibility
- making available to all users, Managing application setup and compatibility
- permissions, Optimizing virtualization and installation prompting for elevation
- process, Optimizing virtualization and installation prompting for elevation
- restore points, Managing application setup and compatibility
- setup programs, Optimizing virtualization and installation prompting for elevation, Installing programs: the essentials
- installing Windows 8.1, Performing a Windows 8.1 installation
- (see also upgrading to Windows 8.1)
- automating, Using DISM
- hardware requirements, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation, Performing a Windows 8.1 installation
- interactive setup process, Customizing Windows images
- steps, Performing a Windows 8.1 installation, Performing a Windows 8.1 installation
- to EFI-based hardware, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- troubleshooting, Performing a Windows 8.1 installation
- Windows PE and, Deploying Windows 8.1
- InstallShield, Managing application setup and compatibility
- integrity levels, Application integrity and run levels
- internal drives, Managing services by using preferences
- Internet Connections troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- Internet Explorer Performance troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- Internet Explorer Safety troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- Internet Or Network Address option, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- Internet settings, Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- Inventory Collector, Managing application setup and compatibility
- invitations for Remote Assistance
- item-level targeting, Setting Common tab options
J
- joining computers to domains, Enabling and disabling services for troubleshooting, The Computer Name tab
K
- keyboard shortcuts, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- Knowledge Base, error numbers and, Making sense of Stop errors
L
- language packs, Using DISM
- laptops
- battery life, evaluating, Managing power options from the command line
- power management and, Configuring System Restore
- legacy applications, Application access tokens and location virtualization, Managing application setup and compatibility
- legacy operating systems, accessing, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- libraries, Running Windows 8.1
- lid, power settings and, Working with power plans
- link shortcuts, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- local groups
- adding members, Creating local groups for workstations
- creating, Creating local user accounts
- deleting, Renaming local user accounts and groups
- described, Group account essentials
- removing members, Creating local groups for workstations
- renaming, Renaming local user accounts and groups
- local printers, Installing local and network printers
- Local Security Policy tool, guest accounts and, Enabling or disabling local user accounts
- local user accounts, Using stored credentials
- (see also user accounts)
- access to resources, Domain vs. local logon
- changing passwords, Managing user account passwords with Windows 8.1
- connected, creating, Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup
- deleting, Renaming local user accounts and groups, Deleting local user accounts and groups
- described, Understanding user and group accounts
- disabling, Adding and removing local group members, Enabling or disabling local user accounts
- enabling, Adding and removing local group members
- logging on, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1, Domain vs. local logon
- logon names, Understanding user and group accounts
- passwords, Managing local logon, Switching between connected and regular accounts
- regular, creating, Managing local logon
- renaming, Renaming local user accounts and groups
- resetting passwords, Creating and Using a Password Reset Disk, Resetting a User’s Password, Recovering local user account passwords
- restricting access to specific workstations, Domain vs. local logon
- switching to Microsoft accounts, Personalizing account settings
- types of, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- Local Users And Groups
- adding users to groups, Group account essentials, Granting access to an existing domain account to allow local logon, Creating local groups for workstations, Adding and removing local group members
- creating accounts, Creating local user accounts, Creating local user accounts, Creating local user accounts
- creating groups, Creating local user accounts
- deleting users and groups, Renaming local user accounts and groups, Deleting local user accounts and groups
- described, Working with the Computer Management console
- enabling or disabling local user accounts, Adding and removing local group members, Enabling or disabling local user accounts
- Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- guest accounts, Enabling or disabling local user accounts
- removing users from groups, Creating local groups for workstations, Adding and removing local group members
- LocalService account, User account essentials
- LocalSystem account, User account essentials
- location data, disabling app access to, Personalizing search and apps settings
- lock screen
- blocking notifications, Enhancing security for apps and overriding default settings
- personalizing, Personalizing the lock screen
- vs. Welcome screen, Recovering local user account passwords
- locked disks, Repairing a computer to enable startup, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings
- locking the taskbar, Changing the taskbar’s size and position
- logging on
- as a service, User account essentials
- Group Policy settings, Controlling logon
- locally, granting access, Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup, Granting access to an existing domain account to allow local logon
- Lock screen and, Recovering local user account passwords
- process described, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1
- Welcome screen, Controlling logon
- logon name, Understanding user and group accounts
- Logon screen, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1
- Logs, Using the event logs for error tracking and diagnosis
- (see also event logs)
- boot, Changing boot options, Recovering from a failed start, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- error tracking, Hiding available updates
- Remote Assistance sessions, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- WMI errors, Working with WMI Control
- long file names, Special installation considerations for 16-bit and MS-DOS-based programs
- low battery alarm, Managing power options in policy settings, Using alarms and configuring alarm actions
- low-resolution video mode, Recovering from a failed start
- Lpksetup, Deploying Windows 8.1
- LPT1 port, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
M
- Maintenance Configurator task, Configuring automatic updating
- maintenance, automatic, Customizing automated Help and support, Customizing automated Help and support
- Makewinpemedia, Deploying Windows 8.1
- malicious software, Configuring Data Execution Prevention, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- malware, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- management actions, preferences and, Configuring Group Policy preferences, Working with management actions
- management computers, Enabling and disabling types of devices
- manifest (.amx) files, Getting started with Device Manager
- Manual Maintenance task, Configuring automatic updating
- manual restore points, The System Protection tab, Understanding restore points
- mapping network drives, Working with the default desktop icons
- MBR disks, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- Measured Boot, process described, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- memory
- chips, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- dumps, Setting startup options, Managing currently running programs
- protection, Configuring Data Execution Prevention
- Stop errors and, Making sense of Stop errors
- troubleshooting issues, Windows 8.1 architecture
- usage, Task Manager and, Managing currently running programs
- virtual, configuring, Configuring virtual memory, Configuring virtual memory
- memory sticks (see USB flash drives)
- metered connections, synchronizing devices and, Managing privacy settings
- microphones, availability to apps, Managing privacy settings
- Microsoft accounts
- blocking, Understanding user and group accounts
- creating, Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup
- described, Understanding user and group accounts
- logon names, Understanding user and group accounts
- switching to local accounts, Personalizing account settings
- switching to regular, Switching between connected and regular accounts
- Microsoft Backup tool recovery restore points, Understanding restore points
- Microsoft Knowledge Base, error numbers and, Making sense of Stop errors
- Microsoft Management Console (MMC), Using automated Help and support
- Microsoft Office Temporary Files, Working with Disk Cleanup
- Microsoft product updates, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- Microsoft reserved partition (MSR), Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- Microsoft Store, Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup
- Microsoft Update, Configuring automatic updating
- modifier keys, keyboard shortcuts and, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- modularization
- hardware independence and, Windows 8.1 architecture
- in Windows 8.1, for language independence, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- modules, modifying, Using DISM
- monitor driver, Configuring video settings, Changing the video driver, Changing the monitor driver, Customizing display appearance, Recovering from a failed resume
- monitoring drives, with System Restore, The System Protection tab
- monitors, Customizing display appearance, Troubleshooting display problems
- (see also display; screen resolution)
- mounted Windows images
- key options, list of, Customizing Windows images
- subcommands, list of, Customizing Windows images, Customizing Windows images
- MS-DOS subsystem, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options, Managing application setup and compatibility
- MS-DOS-based programs, Special installation considerations for 16-bit and MS-DOS-based programs
- Msconfig.exe, Using system support tools, Verifying system files with File Signature Verification
- msDS-PrimaryComputer property, Domain vs. local logon
- .msi file, Deploying applications through Group Policy
- Msinfo32.exe, Getting system information, Configuring window color and appearance
- Msra.exe, Using Remote Assistance to resolve problems, Understanding Remote Assistance
- multimedia settings, Working with power plans
- multiple monitors, Changing the monitor driver
- multiprocessor systems, Troubleshooting hardware
N
- name resolution, primary DNS suffix and, The Computer Name tab
- name, changing for a computer, Enabling and disabling services for troubleshooting
- navigation options for Start screen, Troubleshooting display problems, Optimizing corner and Start navigation
- Near Field Communications (NFC) printers, Setting up a local printer
- Net command, Deploying Windows 8.1
- Netcfg, Deploying Windows 8.1
- Netlogon, LocalService accounts and, User account essentials
- Network Adapter troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- Network Address Translation (NAT) firewalls, Remote Assistance and, Understanding Remote Assistance
- Network And Sharing Center, Windows 8.1 architecture, Windows 8.1 architecture
- network awareness, Windows 8.1 architecture
- Network Configuration Operators group, Group account essentials
- network connections
- LocalService accounts and, User account essentials
- PC settings for, Optimizing PC settings
- Remote Assistance and, Understanding Remote Assistance
- network devices
- network discovery
- described, Windows 8.1 architecture
- device installation and, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- enabling, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- proxy vs. private host, Enhancing networking security for apps
- network host discovery, Enhancing networking security for apps
- network options, Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- Network page, Optimizing PC settings
- network printers, Installing local and network printers, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers
- network shares, Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- network usage, Task Manager and, Managing currently running programs
- networks
- connection status, viewing, Windows 8.1 architecture
- drives, mapping and disconnecting, Working with the default desktop icons
- identification, displaying, Enabling and disabling services for troubleshooting
- identifying, Windows 8.1 architecture
- NetworkService account, User account essentials
- Never eXecute (NX) bit, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Never Notify UAC setting, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- New-PSSession command, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- New-ScheduledTask cmdlet, Understanding task scheduling
- New-ScheduledTaskAction cmdlet, Understanding task scheduling
- NFC-enabled printers, Setting up a local printer
- No GUI Boot, Changing boot options
- no-execute processor feature, Configuring Data Execution Prevention, Troubleshooting hardware
- Normal Startup mode, Verifying system files with File Signature Verification
- Not Responding status, Using automated Help and support
- notification area
- described, Changing the taskbar’s size and position
- icon display, Controlling icon display in the notification area
- notifications
- for Apps, Personalizing search and apps settings
- lock screen, blocking, Enhancing security for apps and overriding default settings
- toasts, Enhancing security for apps and overriding default settings
- ntvdm.exe, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- NVIDIA Smart Scan, Changing the video driver
O
- Offer Remote Assistance tool, Using system support tools
- offline cache, Modifying default save settings
- offline files, Working with Disk Cleanup, Backing up and recovering files and folders
- Offline Web Pages, Working with Disk Cleanup
- Online Crash Analysis, Making sense of Stop errors
- Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) format, Installing local and network printers
- operating system
- components, turning on and off, Adding and removing Windows features
- default, setting, Setting startup options
- operator groups, Group account essentials, Group account essentials
- optimizing PC settings, Optimizing PC settings
- optional features, uninstalling palyoads for, Windows Update: the essentials
- optional updates
- described, Windows Update: the essentials
- for drivers, Installing preexisting devices
- Organizational Units, policy settings for, accessing, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- OS Boot Information, Changing boot options
- Oscdimg, Deploying Windows 8.1
P
- packages, displaying information about, Using DISM
- paging files, Configuring virtual memory, Configuring virtual memory
- pairing devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- partitions
- initializing and booting the operating system, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- recovery, Troubleshooting System Restore, Initiating a PC recovery, Creating a recovery partition
- vs. volumes, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- passwords
- as public keys, User account essentials
- changing, Managing user account passwords with Windows 8.1
- creating, Switching between connected and regular accounts, Creating passwords for local user accounts
- Credential Manager and, Managing stored credentials
- described, User account essentials
- encrypted data and, Creating passwords for local user accounts
- for Remote Assistance invitations, Understanding Remote Assistance, Configuring Remote Assistance, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- guest accounts, Enabling or disabling local user accounts
- hints, Creating passwords for local user accounts, Recovering local user account passwords
- local accounts and, Managing local logon
- locking computers when screensaver turns on, Screen saver dos and don’ts
- pictures as, Personalizing account settings
- recovering, Creating passwords for local user accounts, Recovering local user account passwords
- requiring after waking from sleep state, Power plans, sleep modes, and shutdown, Configuring systemwide power button and password protection on wakeup settings, Personalizing account settings
- reset disk, Recovering local user account passwords
- reset disks, Creating passwords for local user accounts
- resetting, Creating and Using a Password Reset Disk, Resetting a User’s Password
- screen savers and, Screen saver dos and don’ts, Configuring screen savers with password protection
- Windows credentials, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- PATH command, Designating default programs, Managing the command path
- pausing Remote Assistance sessions, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- pausing services, Working with support services
- payloads
- defined, Windows Update: the essentials
- restoring with Windows Update, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- PC And Devices page, Optimizing PC settings
- PC Info, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- PC refresh, Backing up and recovering system state by using System Restore, Troubleshooting System Restore
- PC reset, Backing up and recovering system state by using System Restore, Troubleshooting System Restore
- PC settings
- displaying, Optimizing PC settings
- optimizing, Optimizing PC settings
- panel, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- switching between accounts, Switching between connected and regular accounts
- PCA (see Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA))
- PCI Express devices, power settings and, Working with power plans
- PCI ExpressLink State Power Management, Working with power plans
- Pending Restart status, Windows Update and, Viewing update history and installed updates
- Performance Console tool, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers, Working with the Computer Management console
- performance issues, troubleshooting, Windows 8.1 architecture
- Performance Log Users group, Group account essentials
- Performance Monitor Users group, Group account essentials
- Performance Options dialog box
- configuring visual effects, The Hardware tab
- opening, The Hardware tab
- Personal certificate store, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- personal data
- backups, Creating and using File History
- recovering, Modifying default save settings
- personal folders, Running Windows 8.1
- personal libraries, Running Windows 8.1
- personalizing
- account picture, Personalizing the lock screen
- color options for display, Configuring window color and appearance
- Lock screen, Personalizing the lock screen
- monitor energy settings, Configuring screen savers with password protection
- search, Personalizing search and apps settings
- Start screen, Personalizing account settings
- Physical Address Extension (PAE) mode, Configuring Data Execution Prevention
- physical memory, page file size and, Configuring virtual memory
- pictures
- account, Personalizing the lock screen
- as passwords, Personalizing account settings, Controlling logon
- desktop background, Optimizing the desktop environment
- for Lock Screen, Personalizing the lock screen
- PIN passwords, Controlling logon
- Playing Audio troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- Plug and Play, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices, Getting started with Device Manager, Device driver essentials
- .pnf files, Getting started with Device Manager
- point and print drivers, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update, Configuring automatic updating
- policy preferences (see preferences)
- portable devices, AutoPlay and, Configuring AutoPlay options
- ports
- for external devices and drives, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- printers, Installing local and network printers, Setting up a local printer
- power
- button, changing default settings for, Power plans, sleep modes, and shutdown, Power plans, sleep modes, and shutdown
- options, Resetting a User’s Password, Power plans, sleep modes, and shutdown
- plans, Resetting a User’s Password
- power button, systemwide settings, Creating power plans, Configuring systemwide power button and password protection on wakeup settings
- Power Configuration utility (Powercfg.exe), Configuring power management settings
- Power Efficiency Diagnostics report, Managing power options from the command line
- power management
- automatic update process and, Configuring automatic updating, Configuring automatic updating
- described, Configuring System Restore, Configuring power management settings
- screen savers and, Configuring screen savers with password protection
- power options
- command line management of, Configuring power management settings
- Group Policy management of, Configuring systemwide power button and password protection on wakeup settings
- monitors, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- systemwide settings, Creating power plans, Configuring systemwide power button and password protection on wakeup settings
- power options, Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- power plans
- active plan, Managing power options from the command line
- advanced settings, Managing power options from the command line
- automatic updates and, Configuring automatic updating
- basic settings, Managing power options from the command line
- creating, Selecting and optimizing power plans, Creating power plans
- described, Configuring power management settings
- display settings, Selecting and optimizing power plans
- domain-wide, Selecting and optimizing power plans
- GUIDs, Managing power options in policy settings
- optimizing, Selecting and optimizing power plans
- preferred plans, Managing power options from the command line
- selecting, Working with power plans
- sleep mode, Working with power plans
- Power Saver power plan, Managing power options from the command line
- Power troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- Power Users group, Group account essentials
- Powercfg.exe (see Power Configuration utility (Powercfg.exe))
- PowerShell (see Windows PowerShell)
- Pre-Staged App Cleanup task, Understanding task scheduling
- preboot environment, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers
- precedence, of Group Policy preferences, Creating and managing a preference item
- preferences
- command path, Managing the command path
- creating, Configuring Group Policy preferences, Managing preference items
- deleting, Configuring Group Policy preferences
- described, Automating Windows 8.1 configuration
- devices, Working with editing states, Enabling and disabling types of devices
- editing states, Working with management actions, Working with editing states, Working with editing states
- enforcement, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory, Essentials for working with preferences
- file associations, Managing file name extensions and file associations, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- file types, Managing file name extensions and file associations, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- Group Policy Management Editor and, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- groups, Backing up and restoring Windows credentials, Creating local user accounts, Renaming local user accounts and groups, Deleting local user accounts and groups
- immediate tasks, Working with editing states
- local printers, Setting up a local printer, Setting up a local printer
- local user accounts, Creating local user accounts, Creating local user accounts, Adding and removing local group members, Enabling or disabling local user accounts, Renaming local user accounts and groups, Deleting local user accounts and groups
- locations, list of, Essentials for working with preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- management actions, Configuring Group Policy preferences, Working with management actions
- network printers, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers
- precedence, Creating and managing a preference item
- processing options, Setting Common tab options
- properties, Creating and managing a preference item
- replacing, Configuring Group Policy preferences
- services, Working with editing states, Disabling unnecessary services, Managing services by using preferences
- shortcuts, Configuring sync settings
- storage location, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- types, list of, Essentials for working with preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- updating, Configuring Group Policy preferences
- preinstallation environment, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- prestaging computers, Managing access and prestaging computers
- Prevent Access To 16-Bit Applications setting, Managing application setup and compatibility, Deploying applications through Group Policy
- preventing apps from opening programs, Enhancing security for apps and overriding default settings
- previous versions, The System Protection tab, Backing up and recovering a computer, Backing up and recovering files and folders
- (see also File History console)
- Previous Windows Installation(s), Working with Disk Cleanup
- Primary Computer, Domain vs. local logon
- primary DNS suffix, name resolution and, The Computer Name tab
- print drivers, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update, Configuring automatic updating
- Print Spooler, LocalService accounts and, User account essentials
- printers
- 3D, Installing local and network printers
- connecting, Installing local and network printers
- Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- local, Installing local and network printers
- network, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers
- NFC-enabled, Setting up a local printer
- troubleshooting, Customizing automated Help and support
- Privacy page, Optimizing PC settings
- private host discovery, Enhancing networking security for apps
- private keys, User account essentials
- problem reporting, Using automated Help and support, Customizing automated Help and support, Customizing automated Help and support, Enabling and disabling hardware devices
- Problem Reports and Solutions Control Panel Support service, Working with support services
- processes, Task Manager and, Managing currently running programs
- processor performance state, setting parameters for, Working with power plans
- processor scheduling, Setting Windows performance
- product keys, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA), Managing application setup and compatibility, Managing application setup and compatibility, Using automated Help and support, Customizing automated Help and support, Working with support services
- Program Compatibility Troubleshooter, Forcing program compatibility, Using the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter Wizard, Customizing automated Help and support
- program name installation restore points, Backing up and recovering system state by using System Restore, Understanding restore points
- program shortcuts, Managing application setup and compatibility, Making programs available to all or selected users
- programs (see applications)
- compatibility, Deploying applications through Group Policy
- default, Managing, repairing, and uninstalling programs, Designating default programs
- installing, Optimizing virtualization and installation prompting for elevation
- making available only to currently logged-on users, Making programs available to all or selected users
- making available to all users, Managing application setup and compatibility
- managing currently running, Setting compatibility options directly
- managing installed, Managing currently running programs
- modifying configuration of, Managing currently running programs
- performance settings, Setting Windows performance
- repairing, Managing currently running programs
- uninstalling, Managing currently running programs
- Programs And Features page, Managing currently running programs, Adding and removing Windows features
- Programs tool, Setting compatibility options directly
- protecting
- memory, Setting recovery options
- systems, Setting recovery options
- proxy discovery, Enhancing networking security for apps
- pseudo-accounts, User account essentials, User account essentials
- publisher identification, Application integrity and run levels
- publishing applications, Making programs available to all or selected users
Q
- quick sharing, Personalizing search and apps settings
- quick status, Lock Screen and, Personalizing the lock screen
R
- RAM, virtual memory and, Configuring virtual memory
- Raserver.exe, Using Remote Assistance to resolve problems
- readability of text, Configuring window color and appearance
- receivers, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- RecImg utility, Troubleshooting System Restore, Initiating a PC recovery, Creating a recovery partition
- recommended updates, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- reconnect-after-restart feature, Remote Assistance and, Understanding Remote Assistance
- Recording Audio troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- recording steps that lead to an issue, Managing remote access to workstations, Using the Steps Recorder prior to Remote Assistance
- recovering
- from failed starts, Backing up and recovering files and folders, Recovering from a failed start
- from restore points, Creating manual restore points
- personal data, Modifying default save settings
- recovering passwords, Recovering local user account passwords
- recovering Windows 8.1
- Windows PE and, Deploying Windows 8.1
- Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- recovery
- data, from failed resume, Recovering from a failed resume
- drives, Creating a recovery partition
- images, Troubleshooting System Restore, Initiating a PC recovery, Creating a recovery partition
- initiating, Initiating a PC recovery
- options, Deleting an environment variable, Setting startup options
- partitions, Troubleshooting System Restore, Initiating a PC recovery, Creating a recovery partition
- services, Configuring service recovery
- recovery mode, Backing up and recovering files and folders
- Recycle Bin, Working with Disk Cleanup, Setting the desktop background
- redirected folders, Domain vs. local logon
- refresh rate
- defined, Configuring multiple monitor support
- setting, Customizing display appearance
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting display problems
- Refresh Your PC option, Recovering from a failed start, Repairing a computer to enable startup, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings
- regional options, Essentials for working with preferences
- registry, Essentials for working with preferences
- Registry Editor, Restricting device installation by using Group Policy
- registry keys, for device setup classes, Restricting device installation by using Group Policy
- Regular Maintenance task, Configuring automatic updating
- reinstalling
- Reliability Monitor, Using automated Help and support
- remote access lists, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation
- Remote Assistance
- administrator permissions, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- answering invitations, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation
- bandwidth usage, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- Chat option, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- described, Using system support tools
- disabling, Understanding Remote Assistance
- Fit To Screen/Actual Size option, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- Group Policy settings, Configuring Remote Assistance
- invitations (see invitations for Remote Assistance)
- logs, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- offering, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation
- passwords for invitations, Understanding Remote Assistance
- Pause/Continue option, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- purpose and benefits, Managing remote access to workstations
- Request Control/Stop Sharing option, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- security considerations, Understanding Remote Assistance
- session settings, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- Stop Sharing option, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- time limit on invitations, Understanding Remote Assistance, Configuring Remote Assistance
- view-only access, Configuring Remote Assistance
- vs. Remote Desktop, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation
- Remote Desktop
- configuring access, Configuring Remote Desktop access, Configuring Remote Desktop access
- connections, Making Remote Desktop connections, Making Remote Desktop connections
- described, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation
- disabling, Configuring Remote Desktop access
- enabling, Configuring Remote Desktop access
- Group Policy settings, Configuring Remote Desktop access, Configuring Remote Desktop access
- LocalService accounts and, User account essentials
- remote management and, Working with the Computer Management console
- vs. Remote Assistance, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation
- Remote Desktop Users group, Group account essentials
- remote management, Working with the Computer Management console, Understanding task scheduling
- Remote Management Users group, Group account essentials
- Remote Procedure Call (RPC), LocalService accounts and, User account essentials
- Remote Registry, LocalService accounts and, User account essentials
- Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- Remote Service Management, Working with the Computer Management console
- Remote Shutdown, Working with the Computer Management console
- Remote Volume Management, Working with the Computer Management console
- remoting, Windows PowerShell and, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- removable drives, AutoPlay and, Configuring AutoPlay options
- removing
- renaming
- groups, Renaming local user accounts and groups
- local user accounts, Renaming local user accounts and groups
- repairing
- computers after failed starts, Backing up and recovering files and folders, Recovering from a failed start
- corrupted components with Windows Update, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- programs, Managing currently running programs
- Replicator group, Group account essentials
- repository, Working with WMI Control
- RequestedExecutionLevel setting, Optimizing virtualization and installation prompting for elevation
- requesting control, Remote Assistance sessions, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- reserve-battery alarms, Managing power options in policy settings, Using alarms and configuring alarm actions
- Reset Your PC option, Recovering from a failed start, Repairing a computer to enable startup, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings
- resetting passwords, Creating and Using a Password Reset Disk, Resetting a User’s Password
- resolution (see screen resolution)
- resolving problems with Action Center, Using automated Help and support
- Resource Monitor tool, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers
- resource usage, screen savers and, Configuring screen savers with password protection
- Restart Manager, Using automated Help and support
- restarting, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1, Backing up and recovering files and folders
- in safe mode, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- services, Starting, stopping, and pausing services, Configuring service recovery
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
- restore points
- creating manually, Managing application setup and compatibility
- defined, The System Protection tab
- failed starts and, Recovering from a failed start
- installation, Backing up and recovering system state by using System Restore
- manual, Understanding restore points, Creating manual restore points
- purpose, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings
- recovering from, Creating manual restore points
- removing data, Configuring System Restore
- restore operation, Understanding restore points
- System Restore process and, Backing up and recovering system state by using System Restore
- restoring
- credentials, Editing credentials
- hidden updates, Hiding available updates
- personal data, Modifying default save settings
- previous versions of files, Backing up and recovering files and folders
- system configuration, Setting recovery options
- restricting
- access to specific workstations, Domain vs. local logon
- device installation, Restricting device installation by using Group Policy
- resuming computer after sleep, Recovering from a failed resume
- resuming services, Starting, stopping, and pausing services
- reverting files to previous version, Backing up and recovering files and folders
- roaming profiles
- benefits of, Domain vs. local logon
- credentials and, Using stored credentials
- editing credentials and, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- rolling back drivers, Restricting device installation by using Group Policy
- rootkit detection, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Rstrui.exe (see System Restore (Rstrui.exe))
- run as administrator, Application integrity and run levels, Setting run levels, Setting run levels, Optimizing virtualization and installation prompting for elevation
- Run As command, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- Run In Logged-On User’s Security Context option, Setting Common tab options
- run levels for applications
- RunAsAdmin privileges, Application integrity and run levels
- RunAsHighest privileges, Application integrity and run levels
- RunAsInvoker privileges, Application access tokens and location virtualization
S
- Safe Boot, Changing boot options
- safe mode, Understanding startup modes and troubleshooting system startup, Recovering from a failed start, Understanding restore points, Making sense of Stop errors
- Save Dump event source, Making sense of Stop errors
- Save Password option, Managing stored credentials
- scaling text, Optimizing display readability
- scheduled tasks
- automatic maintenance, Customizing automated Help and support, Configuring automatic updating
- creating, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- deleting, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- disabling, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- editing properties, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- ending, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- exporting, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- Group Policy preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- importing, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- new for Windows 8.1, list of, Understanding task scheduling
- properties, Understanding task scheduling
- remotely managing, Working with the Computer Management console, Understanding task scheduling
- showing hidden, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- troubleshooting, Creating scheduled tasks
- viewing, Understanding task scheduling, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- scheduling
- automatic maintenance, Configuring automatic updating, Understanding task scheduling
- automatic updates, Windows Update: the essentials
- tasks, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- Schtasks command-line tool, Understanding task scheduling
- screen resolution
- defined, Changing the monitor driver
- DPI and, Configuring window color and appearance
- setting, Configuring multiple monitor support
- screen savers
- described, Screen saver dos and don’ts
- password protection and, Screen saver dos and don’ts, Configuring screen savers with password protection
- resource usage, Configuring screen savers with password protection
- Search And Apps page, Optimizing PC settings
- Search And Indexing troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- Search charm, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- search history, personalizing, Personalizing search and apps settings
- second screen, Configuring multiple monitor support
- Secondary Logon, Working with support services
- Secure Boot, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- secure desktop, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode, Application integrity and run levels, Configuring automatic updating
- security, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- (see also User Account Control (UAC); user accounts; Windows Update)
- access tokens and, Application access tokens and location virtualization
- Action Center, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- apps and, Working with apps: the essentials
- biometrics, User account essentials
- configuring with Group Policy, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Configuring Data Execution Prevention
- for scheduled tasks, setting, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- groups, Group account essentials
- guest accounts and, User account essentials, Enabling or disabling local user accounts
- installing applications, color coding for risk, Application integrity and run levels
- local administrator accounts and, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- modifying image file settings for, Prestaging computers
- password-protected screen savers, Screen saver dos and don’ts
- passwords, User account essentials, Switching between connected and regular accounts
- Remote Assistance and, Understanding Remote Assistance
- smart cards, User account essentials
- updates, Windows Update: the essentials
- Windows 8.1 enhancements, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- security identifiers (SIDs)
- deleting accounts and, User account essentials, Renaming local user accounts and groups
- purpose and definition, Understanding user and group accounts
- renaming accounts and, Renaming local user accounts and groups
- Selective Startup mode, Verifying system files with File Signature Verification, Understanding startup modes and troubleshooting system startup
- separate memory spaces, Special installation considerations for 16-bit and MS-DOS-based programs
- Server Message Block (SMB), Working with WMI Control
- service packs, Windows Update: the essentials
- services
- disabling, Enabling and disabling startup applications for troubleshooting
- disabling unnecessary, Configuring service recovery, Disabling unnecessary services
- failures, Using automated Help and support, Starting, stopping, and pausing services
- list of, Working with support services, Working with support services
- logon, Starting, stopping, and pausing services
- preferences, Essentials for working with preferences, Working with editing states
- recovery, configuring, Configuring service recovery
- restarting, Starting, stopping, and pausing services
- resuming, Starting, stopping, and pausing services
- starting, stopping, and pausing, Working with support services
- startup, configuring, Starting, stopping, and pausing services
- viewing, Working with support services, Working with support services
- Services utility, Working with the Computer Management console, Enabling and disabling services for troubleshooting
- Services view, Working with support services, Working with support services
- Set As Default system configuration, Changing boot options
- Set-ScheduledTask, Understanding task scheduling
- Settings charm, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Settings panel, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- SettingSync task, Understanding task scheduling
- Setup Information files, Getting started with Device Manager
- setup programs, Optimizing virtualization and installation prompting for elevation, Installing programs: the essentials, Managing application setup and compatibility, Managing currently running programs
- Setx.exe utility, Managing the command path
- shadow copies, Backing up and recovering a computer, Backing up and recovering files and folders
- shaking windows, Configuring window color and appearance
- Share charm, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Shared Folders, Working with the Computer Management console, Customizing automated Help and support
- shared local printers, Setting up a local printer, Setting up a local printer
- sharing
- configuring apps for, Personalizing search and apps settings
- control of the desktop, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Creating Remote Assistance invitations, Creating Remote Assistance invitations
- workstations with Remote Desktop, Offering remote assistance or answering a Remote Assistance invitation
- shims, for compatibility, Application integrity and run levels
- shortcuts
- Group Policy preferences and, Configuring sync settings, Essentials for working with preferences
- icons for, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- link, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- location of, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- menu, Supporting computers running Windows 8.1
- modifier keys, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- moving, Managing application setup and compatibility, Making programs available to all or selected users
- pinning to taskbar, Adding and removing startup applications
- URL, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- working directory, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- Show Administrative Tools, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Understanding user and group accounts
- shutting down, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1, Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
- SIDs (see security identifiers (SIDs))
- signed applications, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode, Application integrity and run levels
- Sigverif.exe, Using system support tools, Verifying system files with File Signature Verification
- single-instance storage, WIM format and, Windows 8.1 architecture
- sites, Group Policy and, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- SkyDrive
- credential roaming, Managing stored credentials
- synchronizing devices, Optimizing PC settings, Managing privacy settings, Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup
- tasks, Understanding task scheduling
- sleep mode
- button actions, Working with power plans, Configuring systemwide power button and password protection on wakeup settings
- configuring, Working with power plans
- described, Resetting a User’s Password
- snapshots and, Recovering from a failed resume
- when unsupported, Power plans, sleep modes, and shutdown
- SleepAllow Hybrid Sleep, Working with power plans
- SleepAllow Wake Timers, Working with power plans
- SleepHibernate After, Working with power plans
- SleepSleep After, Working with power plans
- slide show for desktop background, power settings and, Working with power plans
- smart cards, User account essentials, User account essentials
- smart screening, Managing hardware devices and drivers, Customizing automated Help and support
- smartphones as external devices, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- SMB (Server Message Block), Working with WMI Control
- snap-in extensions, Using automated Help and support
- snapping windows, Configuring window color and appearance
- snapshots
- manual, Understanding restore points
- recovering personal data using, Modifying default save settings
- restore points and, Backing up and recovering system state by using System Restore
- Software Restriction policies (see Application Control policies)
- solutions to computer problems, Customizing automated Help and support
- (see also troubleshooting)
- Action Center responses, Using automated Help and support
- automatically checking for, Customizing automated Help and support
- source (.sys) files, Device driver essentials
- SpaceAgent task, Understanding task scheduling
- SSDP Discovery Service, User account essentials
- stability of a computer
- viewing with Reliability Monitor, Using automated Help and support
- standard tasks, Understanding task scheduling
- standard user accounts
- access tokens, Application access tokens and location virtualization, Application integrity and run levels
- changing to administrator, Granting access to an existing domain account to allow local logon
- described, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- elevated privileges and, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- vs. administrator accounts, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- standard user applications, Application access tokens and location virtualization, Application access tokens and location virtualization
- standard user mode, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- Start charm, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Start menu
- preferences for, Essentials for working with preferences
- vs. Start screen, Essentials for working with preferences
- Start screen
- customizing navigation, Troubleshooting display problems
- described, Managing desktop apps
- navigation options, Optimizing corner and Start navigation
- opening programs from, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- personalizing colors, Personalizing account settings
- vs. Start menu, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Start Settings pane, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Start tiles (see tiles)
- Start Windows Normally option, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- Start-ScheduledTask, Understanding task scheduling
- starting services, Working with support services
- startup
- applications, configuring, Configuring sync settings
- failures, recovering from, Recovering from a failed start
- folder, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- modes, Verifying system files with File Signature Verification
- options, Deleting an environment variable, Setting startup options
- process, boot environment and, Windows 8.1 architecture
- services, Starting, stopping, and pausing services
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
- Startup And Recovery dialog box, Deleting an environment variable
- Startup Repair troubleshooter, Recovering from a failed start, Recovering from a failed resume
- status
- of applications, showing in Task Manager, Managing currently running programs
- of updates, in Windows Update, Viewing update history and installed updates
- Steps Recorder, Managing remote access to workstations, Using the Steps Recorder prior to Remote Assistance, Managing application setup and compatibility
- Stop errors, Setting startup options, Making sense of Stop errors, Making sense of Stop errors
- stopping services, Working with support services
- StopScheduledTask, Understanding task scheduling
- storage pool, scheduled tasks ands, Understanding task scheduling
- stored credentials, Controlling logon
- Succeeded status, Windows Update and, Viewing update history and installed updates
- Superfetch, Working with support services
- support services, Working with support services
- Switch User button, Recovering local user account passwords
- Switchback compatibility engine, Managing application setup and compatibility, Managing application setup and compatibility
- switching
- Apps, Creating power plans, Personalizing search and apps settings
- between connected and regular accounts, Switching between connected and regular accounts
- fast user, Creating power plans
- local user to Microsoft accounts, Creating power plans
- users, Controlling logon
- symbolic link, Running Windows 8.1
- synchronizing
- accounts, Understanding user and group accounts, Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup, Understanding task scheduling
- settings between devices using SkyDrive, Managing privacy settings
- .sys files, Getting started with Device Manager, Device driver essentials
- Sysmain tasks, Understanding task scheduling
- Sysprep, Using DISM, Understanding Windows imaging
- system
- checkpoints, The System Protection tab, Backing up and recovering system state by using System Restore
- failures, Setting startup options
- files, Backing up and recovering files and folders, Recovering from a failed resume, Making sense of Stop errors
- partitions, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation, Repairing a computer to enable startup
- password protection on wakeup, Creating power plans, Configuring systemwide power button and password protection on wakeup settings
- power settings, Creating power plans, Configuring systemwide power button and password protection on wakeup settings
- requirements, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- startup, Deleting an environment variable, Setting startup options
- time, User account essentials, Working with support services
- tray, Changing the taskbar’s size and position
- System Configuration utility, Verifying system files with File Signature Verification
- described, Using system support tools
- disabling applications at startup, Changing boot options
- disabling services at startup, Enabling and disabling startup applications for troubleshooting
- System console, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers
- System Event Notification Service, Working with support services
- System Image Recovery, Recovering from a failed start
- System Information tool
- described, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers
- graphics memory, Configuring window color and appearance
- viewing system summaries, Getting system information
- System Maintenance troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- System Properties dialog box
- Advanced tab, The Hardware tab
- Computer Name tab, Enabling and disabling services for troubleshooting
- Hardware tab, The Hardware tab
- opening, Enabling and disabling services for troubleshooting
- Remote tab, Configuring System Restore
- System Protection tab, Setting recovery options
- System Restore (Rstrui.exe), The System Protection tab
- (see also restore points)
- configuring, Configuring System Restore, Configuring System Restore
- described, Using system support tools
- installing programs and, Managing application setup and compatibility
- previous versions and, The System Protection tab
- process, The System Protection tab, Backing up and recovering system state by using System Restore
- recovering from restore points, Recovering from a failed start, Creating manual restore points
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting System Restore
T
- targeting items, Setting Common tab options
- Task Manager
- described, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers, Setting compatibility options directly
- ending tasks in, Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
- managing running applications with, Setting compatibility options directly, Managing currently running programs
- opening, Changing boot options, Setting compatibility options directly
- Stop errors and, Making sense of Stop errors
- Task list in, Managing currently running programs
- troubleshooting shutdown, Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
- Task Scheduler
- as support service, Working with support services
- automatic maintenance tasks, Customizing automated Help and support, Configuring automatic updating
- creating tasks, Viewing and managing tasks on local and remote systems
- described, Working with the Computer Management console
- folder structure for tasks, Understanding task scheduling
- permissions, Understanding task scheduling
- purpose, Viewing and managing the event logs
- viewing scheduled tasks, Understanding task scheduling
- Task Status panel, Understanding task scheduling
- taskbar
- changing size and position, Adding and removing startup applications
- described, Adding and removing startup applications
- locking, Changing the taskbar’s size and position
- pinning items to, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Adding and removing startup applications
- tasks (see scheduled tasks)
- TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, User account essentials
- temporary files, Working with Disk Cleanup
- testing updated drivers, Installing and updating device drivers
- text, increasing readability of, Configuring window color and appearance
- themes, Running Windows 8.1, Working with support services
- This PC desktop icon, Working with the default desktop icons
- Thumbnails, Working with Disk Cleanup
- tiles
- blocking updates, Enhancing security for apps and overriding default settings
- managing apps with, Managing desktop apps
- settings, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- sizes, Managing desktop apps
- Start screen and, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Time And Language page, Optimizing PC settings
- time limit, on Remote Assistance invitations, Understanding Remote Assistance, Configuring Remote Assistance
- time zone, changing, User account essentials
- timed events, waking the computer for, Working with power plans
- Timeout system configuration, Changing boot options
- toast notifications, blocking, Enhancing security for apps and overriding default settings
- tokens
- administrator vs. standard user, Application access tokens and location virtualization
- UAC and, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- touch UI-enabled computers, Introduction
- TPM tasks, Understanding task scheduling
- TPM VSC Manager (Tpmvscmgr.exe), User account essentials
- transports for HID, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- triggers for scheduled tasks, Understanding task scheduling, Creating scheduled tasks
- troubleshooters
- categories, Customizing automated Help and support
- enabling users to run, Customizing automated Help and support
- standard, list of, Customizing automated Help and support
- troubleshooting
- Action Center and, Customizing automated Help and support
- boot options, Changing boot options
- device installation, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- devices, Windows 8.1 architecture
- disk drives, Windows 8.1 architecture
- hardware, Enabling and disabling hardware devices
- installation, Performing a Windows 8.1 installation
- memory problems, Windows 8.1 architecture
- network device connections, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- network printers, Setting up NFC, wireless, Bluetooth, or network printers
- network status, Windows 8.1 architecture
- performance issues, Windows 8.1 architecture
- program compatibility, Forcing program compatibility, Using the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter Wizard, Using the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter Wizard
- remote computers, Getting system information
- scheduled tasks, Creating scheduled tasks
- shutdown, Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
- startup, Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
- startup applications, Changing boot options
- startup services, Enabling and disabling startup applications for troubleshooting
- stop errors, Making sense of Stop errors, Making sense of Stop errors
- system failures, Setting startup options
- System Restore, Troubleshooting System Restore
- Windows PE and, Deploying Windows 8.1
- wireless device connections, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- trusted apps, Working with apps: the essentials
- Trusted Boot, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Trusted Publisher store, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- turning off
- app notifications on the lock screen, Recovering local user account passwords, Enhancing security for apps and overriding default settings
- Application Compatibility Engine, Managing application setup and compatibility, Customizing automated Help and support
- automatic download of updates, Working with apps: the essentials
- Inventory Collector, Managing application setup and compatibility
- picture password sign-in, Controlling logon
- Program Compatibility Assistant, Managing application setup and compatibility, Customizing automated Help and support
- Steps Recorder, Managing application setup and compatibility
- tile notifications, Enhancing security for apps and overriding default settings
- Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program, Customizing automated Help and support
- Windows Store, Working with apps: the essentials
- turning on
- PIN sign in, Controlling logon
- recommended updates, Configuring automatic updating
U
- UAC-compliant applications, Application access tokens and location virtualization, Application integrity and run levels
- UI changes since Windows 7, Introduction
- unattended installations, Using DISM, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- Uninstall-WindowsFeature cmdlet, Windows Update: the essentials
- Uninstall/Change option, Managing currently running programs
- uninstalling
- devices, Enabling and disabling hardware devices
- drivers, Removing device drivers for removed devices
- payloads for optional features, Windows Update: the essentials
- programs, Managing application setup and compatibility, Managing currently running programs
- updates, Viewing update history and installed updates
- unmounting images, Customizing Windows images, Customizing Windows images
- Unpin From Start option, Managing desktop apps
- unresponsive conditions, Using automated Help and support
- unsigned applications, Application integrity and run levels
- unsigned drivers
- described, Device driver essentials
- restore points, Understanding restore points
- Update And Recovery page, Optimizing PC settings
- Update Default Credentials option, Managing stored credentials
- Update Driver Software Wizard, Installing and updating device drivers, Installing and updating device drivers, Troubleshooting hardware, Troubleshooting hardware
- update history log, Viewing update history and installed updates
- update roll-ups, Windows Update: the essentials
- updating, Windows Update: the essentials
- (see also Windows Update)
- drivers, Changing the video driver, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials, Installing preexisting devices, Tracking driver information, Troubleshooting hardware
- process of, Managing hardware devices and drivers
- upgrading to Windows 8.1
- steps, Performing a Windows 8.1 installation
- vs. clean installation, Customizing Windows images
- URL shortcuts, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more
- USB devices
- installing, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- selective suspend and, Working with power plans
- Winusb.sys driver and, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices, Installing and updating device drivers
- USB flash drives
- as external devices, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- as recovery drives, Creating a recovery partition
- AutoPlay and, Configuring AutoPlay options
- encrypting, Creating and Using a Password Reset Disk
- File History backups, Enabling File History backups and configuring drives
- Windows To Go Workspace and, Performing a Windows 8.1 installation
- USB ports, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- USB SettingsUSB Selective Suspend Setting, Working with power plans
- user access, Managing user access and security
- User Account Control (UAC)
- Admin Approval Mode, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- affect on user accounts, Domain vs. local logon
- described, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers
- disabling, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- for running applications, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- scope of control, Enhancing networking security for apps
- settings, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- tokens, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- user accounts, Using stored credentials
- (see also credentials; User Account Control (UAC))
- Active Directory Users And Computers, Understanding user and group accounts, Controlling logon
- administrator, Understanding user and group accounts, User account essentials, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- changing passwords, Managing user account passwords with Windows 8.1
- changing type for local users, Granting access to an existing domain account to allow local logon
- connected, Understanding user and group accounts, Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup
- default, User account essentials
- domain, Understanding user and group accounts, Group account essentials
- editing credentials, Editing credentials
- group membership, User account essentials
- groups, User account essentials, Group account essentials, Group account essentials
- guest, User account essentials, Enabling or disabling local user accounts
- history of, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- local, Understanding user and group accounts, Managing local logon, Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup
- LocalService, User account essentials
- LocalSystem, User account essentials
- logging on, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1, Recovering local user account passwords, Controlling logon, Controlling logon
- Microsoft, Understanding user and group accounts, Understanding user and group accounts, Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup
- NetworkService, User account essentials
- new, configuring, Creating local user accounts
- passwords, User account essentials, Switching between connected and regular accounts, Creating local user accounts
- preferences, Backing up and restoring Windows credentials
- pseudo-accounts, User account essentials, User account essentials
- removing, Controlling logon
- renaming, Renaming local user accounts and groups
- resetting passwords, Creating and Using a Password Reset Disk, Resetting a User’s Password
- restricting access to specific workstations, Domain vs. local logon
- security identifiers (SIDs), Understanding user and group accounts, User account essentials
- standard, Understanding user and group accounts, Redefining standard user and administrator user accounts
- switching from connected to regular, Switching between connected and regular accounts
- switching from local to Microsoft, Personalizing account settings
- synchronizing, Understanding user and group accounts
- types, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- vs. group accounts, Managing user access and security
- user configuration, Group Policy and, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory, Managing preference items
- User Interface Accessibility (UIAccess) programs, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode, Optimizing UAC and Admin Approval Mode
- user interface, changes since Windows 7, Introduction
- User Name option, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- user profile folders, Creating a Windows To Go workspace
- User Profile Service, User account essentials, Working with support services
- Users Accounts And Family Safety, Using stored credentials
- Users group, Group account essentials
- User’s Files desktop icon, Working with the default desktop icons
V
- variables (see environment variables)
- VGA drivers, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- .vhd (virtual hard disk) files, Deploying Windows 8.1
- video
- adapter driver, Configuring video settings, Checking the current video adapter and monitor, Changing the video driver, Changing the video driver, Customizing display appearance
- cards, Checking the current video adapter and monitor
- data cable, checking, Troubleshooting display problems
- power settings and, Working with power plans
- settings, Configuring video settings
- Video Graphics Array (VGA), Changing the video driver
- View Update History page, Viewing update history and installed updates
- virtual hard disk (.vhd) files, Deploying Windows 8.1
- virtual machines, 16-bit applications and, Special installation considerations for 16-bit and MS-DOS-based programs
- virtual memory, Configuring virtual memory
- virtual smart cards, User account essentials
- virtualized data, Application access tokens and location virtualization, Setting run levels
- visual effects, configuring Windows performance, Setting Windows performance
- volume licensing, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- volumes vs. partitions, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
W
- wakeup, requiring password after, Configuring systemwide power button and password protection on wakeup settings
- wallpaper, Optimizing the desktop environment
- warning levels in event logs, Using the event logs for error tracking and diagnosis
- Weather app, Lock Screen and, Personalizing the lock screen
- web compatibility, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- Web credentials, Managing stored credentials
- webcam, availability to apps, Managing privacy settings
- WebClient, LocalService accounts and, User account essentials
- Welcome screen, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1, Recovering local user account passwords, Controlling logon
- .wim files (see Windows Image (.wim) files)
- WIM (Windows Imaging) format (see Windows Imaging (WIM) format)
- Windows 8.1
- 16-bit applications and, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- activating, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- application performance, setting, Setting Windows performance
- architecture, Power plans, sleep modes, and shutdown
- configuration architecture, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Data Execution Prevention (DEP) support requirements, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- deploying, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- display hardware requirements, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- distribution media for specific editions, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- installing, Using DISM, Customizing Windows images
- Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) and, Accessing Group Policy in Active Directory
- security enhancements, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- specifications, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- system requirements, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices and, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- UI elements, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- update process, changes since previous version, Windows Update: the essentials
- upgrading to, Performing a Windows 8.1 installation
- user account control, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- visual effects, configuring, The Hardware tab
- Windows PE and, Deploying Windows 8.1
- Windows 8.1 RT, ARM processors and, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Windows Aero, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors, Configuring window color and appearance
- Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT), Application integrity and run levels, Setting run levels
- Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK), Deploying Windows 8.1
- Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK), Using DISM
- Windows Biometrics Framework, User account essentials
- Windows Boot Loader, Backing up and recovering files and folders
- Windows Boot Manager, Power plans, sleep modes, and shutdown, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers, Changing boot options, Setting startup options, Backing up and recovering files and folders, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings, Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings
- Windows credentials
- adding, Using stored credentials, Adding Windows or generic credentials, Adding Windows or generic credentials
- backing up, Editing credentials
- described, Managing stored credentials
- removing, Backing up and restoring Windows credentials
- restoring, Editing credentials
- Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program, Customizing automated Help and support
- Windows Defender, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Windows Deployment Services
- described, Deploying Windows 8.1
- prestaging computers and, Managing access and prestaging computers
- Windows Display Driver Model, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- Windows Error Reporting, Customizing automated Help and support, Working with support services
- Windows Event Log service, Working with support services
- Windows features
- described, Setting compatibility options directly
- turning on and off, Adding and removing Windows features
- Windows Firewall
- connection types and, Windows 8.1 architecture
- device installation and, Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- Remote Assistance exceptions, Using Remote Assistance to resolve problems, Understanding Remote Assistance
- Remote Desktop exceptions, Configuring Remote Desktop access
- remote management exceptions, Working with the Computer Management console
- Windows gadgets, Optimizing the desktop environment
- Windows Image (.wim) files
- described, Deploying Windows 8.1
- mounting, Customizing Windows images
- unmounting, Customizing Windows images, Customizing Windows images
- Windows Imaging (WIM) format, Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers
- advantages over other formats, Understanding Windows imaging
- compression, Using DISM
- hardware independence and, Windows 8.1 architecture
- single-instance storage, Using DISM
- Windows Installer, Managing application setup and compatibility, Deploying applications through Group Policy
- Windows key, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Windows Live credentials, Managing stored credentials
- Windows logs, Hiding available updates
- Windows Management Instrumentation, Working with support services
- Windows Memory Diagnostic, Windows 8.1 architecture
- Windows Modules Installer, Working with support services
- Windows Network Diagnostics, Windows 8.1 architecture
- Windows Network Isolation, Enhancing networking security for apps
- Windows on Windows 64 (WOW64) x86 emulation layer, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- Windows PE
- command-line tools, list of, Deploying Windows 8.1, Deploying Windows 8.1
- described, Deploying Windows 8.1
- Windows PowerShell
- $env:path, Designating default programs, Managing the command path
- Assoc command, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- corner navigation options, Optimizing corner and Start navigation
- execution order, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Ftype, Managing file name extensions and file associations
- opening, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- running commands, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Windows Remote Management service and, Working with support services
- Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Windows processes, Managing currently running programs
- Windows Push Notification Service (WNS), Enhancing security for apps and overriding default settings
- Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) partition, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service, Working with the Computer Management console, Working with support services
- Windows Resume Loader, Recovering from a failed resume
- Windows Script Host (WSH) scripts, Viewing and managing the event logs
- Windows Server 2012, previous versions of, The System Protection tab
- Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Handling maintenance and support tasks, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- Windows settings, preferences and, Essentials for working with preferences, Essentials for working with preferences
- Windows SmartScreen, Customizing automated Help and support
- Windows Store, managing user access to, Working with apps: the essentials
- Windows System Image Manager, Using DISM, Understanding Windows imaging
- Windows Time service, Working with support services
- Windows To Go workspaces, Performing a Windows 8.1 installation, Creating a Windows To Go workspace
- Windows Update
- as support service, Working with support services
- automatic updating, Windows Update: the essentials
- categories of automatic updates, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- checking for updates, Checking for updates
- download manager, Viewing update history and installed updates
- drivers, Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials, Installing preexisting devices, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices, Windows Update: the essentials
- hiding available updates, Hiding available updates
- installed updates, viewing, Viewing update history and installed updates
- Microsoft Update and, Configuring automatic updating
- monitoring usage, Checking for updates
- process, Handling maintenance and support tasks
- purpose, Handling maintenance and support tasks
- repairing corrupted components, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- restoring declined updates, Hiding available updates
- restoring payloads, Restoring payloads and components via Windows Update
- troubleshooter, Customizing automated Help and support
- types of updates, Windows Update: the essentials
- uninstalling updates, Viewing update history and installed updates
- update history, viewing, Viewing update history and installed updates
- Windows Vista, Remote Assistance and, Understanding Remote Assistance
- Windows.old folder, Preparing for Windows 8.1 installation
- WindowsRMRemoteWMIUsers group, Group account essentials
- Winusb.sys driver, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices, Installing and updating device drivers
- wireless adapters, power saving mode and, Working with power plans
- wireless devices
- displays, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- installing, Installing internal, USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices
- printers, Setting up a local printer
- Wireless Protected Setup (WPS), Installing Bluetooth, wireless, and network devices
- Wise Install, Managing application setup and compatibility
- WMI Control, Working with the Computer Management console, Getting system information
- WMI repository, backing up and restoring, Working with WMI Control
- WMI service, Getting system information, Working with WMI Control
- Work Folders
- described, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- tasks, Understanding task scheduling
- workgroups
- defined, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- resetting passwords, Creating and Using a Password Reset Disk, Resetting a User’s Password
- user accounts, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- Welcome screen, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1
- working directory, Creating shortcuts for desktops, startup, and more, Adding and removing startup applications
- workplaces
- defined, Using Action Center and activating Windows
- user accounts, Understanding UAC in Windows 8.1
- Welcome screens, Logging on to, shutting down, and restarting Windows 8.1
- Wpeinit, Deploying Windows 8.1
- Write Debugging Information list, Setting startup options
- WS-Management protocol, Working with support services
- WSUS (see Windows Server Update Services (WSUS))
X
- x64-based computers, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour, Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- x86-based computers, Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- XDDM drivers, Setting energy-saving settings for monitors
- XML Paper Specification (XPS) format, Installing local and network printers
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