You’re planning a memory upgrade on one of your laptop computers, and you notice that the manufacturer requires that memory modules are installed in pairs. Why might this requirement be part of the memory specifications?
You’ve got a Windows XP computer, and you’re working on upgrading to Windows Vista. Your Windows XP computer has 384 MB of RAM, 100 GB of free disk space, and the processor runs at 1 GHz. Does your computer have the proper hardware requirements to run Windows Vista?
You’re planning to update your BIOS to a new version, and you’d like to make sure you don’t lose any of your current BIOS settings. What’s the best way to guarantee a good backup of your BIOS information?
During the Windows XP clean install process, what file system option(s) are available? Select one answer.
You are installing a new computer at a remote office in another country. What’s the best way to determine the voltage of the wall outlet power source and how can you configure the computer for best results?
At a minimum, what TCP/IP configuration parameters are required to surf web sites on the ‘net using their fully qualified domain name (i.e., www.google.com)?
You’ve upgraded the power supply of a computer a week ahead of a video card and hard drive upgrade. However, when the computer is powered on, all of the components are functional except for the DVD-RW drive. Prior to the installation, you checked the voltage at the wall outlet and the voltages coming from each output from the power supply. What is the most likely cause of this faulty DVD-RW drive?
Your organization provides a wireless network for mobile connectivity in the office. To use the network, the wireless network information must be manually added to the configuration of each wireless device. You notice that other computers can’t see the wireless network unless they are also manually configured. Which wireless configuration can cause this?
In Windows XP, you notice that the USB attached webcam is not working. What system utility can tell you the status of the webcam?
You have upgraded the memory in a computer from 1 gigabyte to 2 GB. For the upgrade, you replaced two 512 MB DIMMs with two 1 GB DIMMs. Unfortunately, when you boot the computer the BIOS memory check only shows 1 GB of RAM. What is the most likely cause of this problem?
