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Chapter 1 Review

Chapter Review

To further practice and reinforce the skills you learned in this chapter, you can perform the fol-

lowing tasks:

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Review the chapter summary.

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Review the list of key terms introduced in this chapter.

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Complete the case scenarios. These scenarios set up real-world situations involving the

topics of this chapter and ask you to create a solution.

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Complete the suggested practices.

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Take a practice test.

Chapter Summary

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Performing a hardware evaluation involves comparing Windows Vista’s minimum and

recommended specifications against the hardware configuration of the computer on

which you intend to install Windows Vista.

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The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a software tool that you can use to help deter-

mine a computer’s capacity to run Windows Vista.

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The user account created during the installation process has local administrator privileges.

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Dual booting allows a user to run Windows Vista while retaining the ability to run

another operating system.

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Unlike previous versions of Windows, Windows Vista uses the Windows Updates pro-

cess to stay current with the latest drivers.

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Drivers that cause problems with system stability can be rolled back to previous versions

or uninstalled completely.

Key Terms

Do you know what these key terms mean? You can check your answers by looking up the

terms in the glossary at the end of the book.

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Aero

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BIOS

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DirectX

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driver rollback

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driver signing

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dual booting

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Hardware Pixel Shader