Cover
by William R. Stanek
Windows 8.1 Administration: Essentials & Configuration: Pocket Consultant
- Special Upgrade Offer
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Introduction to Windows 8.1 administration
- Getting started with Windows 8.1: the quick tour
- Understanding 32-bit and 64-bit computing options
- Deploying Windows 8.1
- Installing Windows 8.1
- Running Windows 8.1
- Windows 8.1 architecture
- 2. Configuring and optimizing Windows 8.1 computers
- Supporting computers running Windows 8.1
- Using system support tools
- Managing system properties
- Configuring power management settings
- 3. Customizing the desktop and the interface
- 4. Automating Windows 8.1 configuration
- 5. Managing user access and security
- Understanding user and group accounts
- Managing User Account Control and elevation prompts
- Managing local logon
- Creating local user accounts in a homegroup or workgroup
- Granting access to an existing domain account to allow local logon
- Changing local user account types
- Switching between connected and regular accounts
- Creating passwords for local user accounts
- Recovering local user account passwords
- Controlling logon
- Removing accounts and denying local access to workstations
- Managing stored credentials
- Managing local user accounts and groups
- 6. Managing remote access to workstations
- 7. Installing and maintaining applications
- 8. Managing hardware devices and drivers
- Working with the automated Help and support system
- Installing and maintaining devices: the essentials
- Getting started with Device Manager
- Working with device drivers
- Device driver essentials
- Using signed and unsigned device drivers
- Tracking driver information
- Installing and updating device drivers
- Installing a device by using the generic USB driver
- Enabling and disabling types of devices
- Restricting device installation by using Group Policy
- Rolling back drivers
- Removing device drivers for removed devices
- Uninstalling, reinstalling, and disabling device drivers
- Enabling and disabling hardware devices
- Troubleshooting hardware
- 9. Handling maintenance and support tasks
- 10. Backing up and recovering a computer
- Backing up and recovering files and folders
- Recovering from a failed start
- Recovering from a failed resume
- Repairing a computer to enable startup
- Recovering from a locked disk or invalid BCD settings
- Backing up and recovering system state by using System Restore
- Using PC recovery options
- Creating and using File History
- Troubleshooting startup and shutdown
- A. About the author
- Index
- About the Author
- Special Upgrade Offer
- Copyright
-
No Comment
..................Content has been hidden....................
You can't read the all page of ebook, please click here login for view all page.