notetaking. Our Essential ClassNotes products provide study notes that are specific and concrete. Review questions and classroom discussion topics are also included to make sure students are truly involved in the ideas and information being presented. CONTENT UPDATES 2 ABOUT THIS BOOK 2 WINDOWS 8 SETUP AND INSTALLATION 3 WINDOWS 8 VS WINDOWS 7 3 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS 6 32 BIT VS 64 BIT 11 DIRECTX AND GPU 12 ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT AND MICROSOFT ACCOUNT 13 UPGRADES, MIGRATION AND APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY 15 WINDOWS SETUP AND BOOT MODES 17 LOGGING 21 MANUAL INSTALLATION 22 UNATTENDED INSTALLATION 23 DUAL BOOTING WITH WINDOWS 7 OR VISTA 25 ACCESSING THE WINDOWS 8 CONTROL PANEL 26 DEVICE DRIVERS AND DEVICE MANAGER 28 FAX AND SCAN 33 DISK PARTITIONING AND RAID 35 DIRECTORY STRUCTURE 40 OVERVIEW OF THE NATIVE FILE SYSTEM 42 DISK DEFRAGMENTER AND CLEANUP WIZARD 43 WINDOWS PE 46 THE WINDOWS.OLD FOLDER 47 SYSTEM RECOVERY OPTIONS AND SYSTEM RESTORE POINTS 48 MANAGEMENT UTILITIES 51 OTHER COMMANDS 54 WINDOWS UPDATE 56 BRIEF OVERVIEW OF VIRTUALIZATION 58 VHD 59 CREATING VHD 60 OVERVIEW OF THE NEW CONTROL INTERFACE 62 OVERVIEW OF POLICIES AND THE GPMC 64 POLICIES AND PREFERENCES 66 SOFTWARE RESTRICTIONS 67 WINDOWS EXPLORER, COMPUTER MANAGEMENT AND AERO 70 COMPATIBILITY MODE 72 CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS 74

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