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D
Date and Time screen, 207
Date and Time Settings dialog box, 203
DC voltage measurements, 153
default gateways, 225
defragmenting hard disk drives, 249–251
Delete Partition screen, 196
Delete Primary DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive screen, 196
deleting files and folders, 176
Desktop, 170–171
icons on, 171
shortcuts on, 171–172
Start Menu, 172
developing step in laser printers, 61
device drivers
for Plug-and-Play devices, 218–219
for printers, 63
signing, 212–214
upgrading, 127
Device Manager
for device conflicts, 124
for memory, 30
for parallel ports, 63–64
for Plug-and-Play devices, 218–219
for sound cards, 137
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), 225
diagrams, 3
DIMMs (Dual Inline Memory Modules)
characteristics of, 17, 17
installing, 94
removing, 93
DIPPs (Dual Inline Pin Packages), 14, 14
DIR command, 167–169
Direct Memory Access (DMA) channels
for non-Plug-and-Play devices, 215
purpose of, 20
Disk Defragmenter utility, 249–251
disk drives, 42
CD-ROM, 101, 146
floppy, 42–46, 45
hard. See hard disk drives
disk space requirements
in Windows 98, 199
in Windows 2000, 201
in Windows XP, 205
disk thrashing, 249
display
drivers for, 127
properties for, 124–126
Display Partition Information screen, 196
DMA (Direct Memory Access) channels
for non-Plug-and-Play devices, 215
purpose of, 20
DNS addresses, 225
docking stations, 117
domains, 207
DOS systems
boot disks for, 156
memory optimization in, 26–29
mouse in, 128–130
resource information for, 104
sound cards in, 133–135
DOS window, 167
dot-matrix printers, 61–62, 62
Dr. Watson, 260–263
DRAM (dynamic random access memory), 14
drivers
for Plug-and-Play devices, 218–219
for printers, 63
signing, 212–214
upgrading, 127
drives, 42
CD-ROM, 101, 146
floppy, 42–46, 45
hard. See hard disk drives
DTK BIOS, 109
Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMMs)
characteristics of, 17, 17
installing, 94
removing, 93
Dual Inline Pin Packages (DIPPs), 14, 14
dump files, 260
dusting components, 144–146
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), 225
dynamic random access memory (DRAM), 14
