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Motherboard
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Power Supply
Power supplies
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Power Supply
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Processor
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INTEL
ATX
ATX
Motherboard ATX
Pentium Pro
Motherboards
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Processor
Power Supply
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ATX
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PowerSupply
Regulator
20PINPowerConnector
AT
ATX
Soft Switch
Software
AT
Power
WakeOnLAN
Standby
Softswitch
Motherboard
PowerSupply
Servers
Hot Swappable
Power Supply
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PowerSupply
Case
PowerSupply
ComputerCase
Power Supply
Case
Power Supply
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IntelAMD
Intel
Memory
AMD
Pentium Celeron
Motherboard
Intel
Athlon
AMD
.
:
GHz
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System
Cache
Level 1cache
Level 2cache
Cache
L1cache
cache
L2cache
Processor
L2 Cache
Processor
Memory
FSB FrontSideBus
L1
RAM
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. :
Mintransistors=Million
Cache
Pentium Intel
Celeron
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cache
L2
Pentium
L2 cache
Celeron L2 cache
Celeron
Celeron L2 cache
Cache
Intel
Intel
Pentium
Celeron
LGA
Celeron
Pentium
LandGrid
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Socket
Pins
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775K
LGA
Processor
Sockets
LGA 775
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:Socket370 IntelPentiumIII
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for(FSB)
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AMD
C
CM
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SystemPassword
CMOS
F1
CMOS
CMOS
Jumper
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Jumper
CMOS
CMOS
Motherboard
Del F2
BIOS
CMOS
HardDisk
CMOS
B
BIIO
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Hardware
CMOS
BIOSFirmware
COMM Ports
BIOS
Flash Bios
FirmwareUpgrade Upgrade
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Motherboard
BIOS
OnSelfTest Check
CMOS
POST
BIOS
Power
Hard Disk
POST
B
BU
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SE
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Motherboard Buses
Buses
.
.DataBus
Processor
SystemBus
PCI
PCISlots
PCI
SystemBuses
FSB/BSB
BSB
CPU
Buses
FrontSide bus
.DataBuses
.RAM
RAM FSB
CPU
BUS
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ISA
Keyboard
Mouse
ExpansionSlots
.IndustryStandardArchitecture
PCI Slots
Buses
Slots
ISASlots
Intel
Peripheral Component
.Interconnect
PCISlots
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PCI
PCI
2.0
PCI
PCI
66,133,266,533MegaTransfer/sec(MTS).
MHz
PCIX
PCI X
10
GB Fiber Optics
PCI X
" "
PCIXCards
.AGP
AGP
Slots
AGP
Memory
66MHz
Video
PCI
PCI
AGPSlot
Hardware
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IIR
RQ
Network card
Hardware
Processor
Hardware
Hardware
Hardware
IRQ
Hardware
Interrupt
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DM
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Hardware
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LPT2/Sound
3F0h
Floppy
378h
LPT1
70h
RealTimeClock
Open
Open/NIC
10
Open/VGA
11
A000
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PS/2Mouse
12
13 MathCoprocessor
170h
PrimaryIDE
14
1F0h
SecondaryIDE
15
Motherboards
32 Bit
64 Bit
64 Bit
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SystemMemory
L2 cache
Memory
RAM ROM
RandomAccessMemory ReadOnlyMemory
BIOS ROM
Bios
Firmware
RAM
Buses
FSB
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RA
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M
RAM
RAM
SRAM
DRAM
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Capacitors
.data corruption
RAM
Data
1 GIGA byte
DRAM
DRAM
DRAM
DRAM
Refresh
L2cache SRAM
ASRAM(AsynchronousSRAM)
SBSRAM(SynchronousBurstSRAM)
PBSR(PipelineBurstSRAM)
DRAM SRAM
NVRAM
Memory Stick
SDRAM
FlashMemory
DRAM
Battery
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DRAM
DRAM
RDRAM(RambusDynamicRAM)
SDRAM(SynchronousDRAM)
SDRSDRAM(SingleDataRateSDRAM)
DDRSDRAM(DoubleDataRateSDRAM)
DDR2SDRAM(DoubleDataRate2SDRAM)
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SIMM(Singleinlinememorymodule)
DIMM(Dualinlinememorymodule)
RAM
DIMM SIMM
SIMM
DDR
32 PIN 72
DIMM
RAM
DIMM SODIM
Small outline
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RAM
SDRAM
Clock Speed
CPU
Synchronous SDRAM
SDR SDRAM
SDRAM
DDR SDRAM
Bandwidth
SDR SDRAM
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SDRAM
SDR
DDR2 DDR3
DDR
400533
DDR2 667800
DDR3
1066
DDR DDR2
RDRAM
Rambus DRAM
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Rambus
DDR
Rambus
Motherboards
RAM
RAM
Video
AGP Cards
AGP
AGPCard
PCI
H
HaarrdD
Diissk
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Hard Disk
HardDisk
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Hard Disk
Heads
IBM
Hard Disk
Seagate .Westerndigital
Harddisk
HardDisk
HardDisk
HardDisk
Hard Disk
Platters
Platter
Heads Platter
Platters
Sectors
Tracks
Magnetic
Sector
Platter
Hard
Tracks
Sectors
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Track
HardDisk
Cylinder
Heads
Tracks
Hard
Platters
Platter
.Platter
FM(FrequencyModulation)
HardDisk
HardDisks
Floppy
)MFM(ModifiedFrequencyModulation
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HardDisk
ESDI(EnhancedSmallDeviceInterface)
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34PIN
IDE(IntegratedDriveElectronics)
ATA
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Western Digital Transfer Rate
IDE Standard
AT
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Processor
Hard
UltraDMA
DMA
16MB/s
Ultra ATA/66
.66.7MB/s
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Small
Hard Disk
ATA
Standard
SCSI
ATA
IDE
HardDisk
HardDisk
Parallel ATA
80 PIN Connector
IDE
Hard
)(
Jumpers
Master
HardDisk CDROMDrive
DATA
Jumper
HardDisk
Master Slave
HardDisk
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CableSelect
Jumper CableSelect
(Serial ATA)
:SATA
HardDisk
Motherboards
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. .
. ExternalHardDisk .eSATA
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SCSI
Hard Disk
SCSIController
.HardDisk
Hard
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Motherboard
Sector, Head,
LBA
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MBR(MasterBootRecord)
Sector HardDisk
Boot
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Partition Table
Boot
MBR
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MissingOperatingSystem
ErrorloadingoperatingSystem
MBR
MBR Virus
RAID(redundantarrayofinexpensive/independentdisks)
Servers
Hard Disk
Mirroring
Copy
Servers
Motherboard
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HardDisk
Hardware
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RemovableMedia
Removable
Drive CDROMDrive
Floppy
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DiisskD
Drriivve
5.25" 3.5"
FloppyDiskDrive
FloppyDiskdrive
FloppyDisk3.5"
5.25"FloppyDisk
DATA
Power
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CDRaan
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CDR
RW C
CDR
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DR
RIIV
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CDROM
Compact Disk Read Only
Memory
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Sony
Philips
Motor
CD
head
.
.
beam
CDDrive
Leaser
HardDisk
Sectors
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CDR
CompactDiskWriteOnceReadMany
CDROM
CDR
CDR
CDR
ONE
Zero&
CDR
CDROMDRIVE
Factor
2X
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7500 KB/s =
CLV(ConstantLinearVelocity)
CAV(ConstantAngularVelocity)
transfer rate
Tracks
head
CLV
CLV
CAV
.CLV
CAV
head
Outside track
!!!
CDROM DRIVES
CDRW
CDRewriteableDisk
CDR
CDR
CDRW
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Flat 100%
CDROM/CDRWDrivesInterfaces
Motherboard
IDE(ATAPI)
HardDisk
SCSI
HardDisk
USB IEEE1394
USB
CDRW
External
.FireWire
CDR 650 MB
CDR
.AudioTracks
CDR 700 MB
DigitalAudioTracks
CDR900MB
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DRIVE
DVD
CDRMini150MB
Over Burn
3.5"
DVDDrive
DVD DigitalVersatile(Video)Disk
CD Drive
DVD
Single
2.6 GB
DVD
:
DVD
DVD Drive
Drive
Reader
CDR
DVD
Drives
DVD
CD
ComboDrive
CDRW + DVD
Blue Laser
DVD
15GB
!.
Media
Tape Drive
Removable
.TapeBackup
Audio Tapes
DAT
Digital
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PeripheralDevices
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PeripheralDevices
PeripheralDevices
Wireless
Infrared
USB
IEEE1394
FireWwire
Parallel
Serial
Radio
Bluetooth
Serial
Bit
Full Duplex
HalfDuplex
Serial
Serial Peripherals
Modem Protocols
Synchronous Asynchronous
Synchronous
Asynchronous
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Mouse
Serial
.keyboard
Parallel
12Mb/s
Printers
Serial
8Bit Bandwidth
Dongle
Scanners
ExternalHardDrives
USB
UniversalSerialBus
Serial Parallel
keyboard
Mouse
Printers
Low Bandwidth
USB
Hot Swapping
CDROMDrives ExternalHardDrives
12Mb/s
480 Mb/s
IEEE1394orFireWire
Apple
HighBandwidthDevices
400Mb/s
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WirelessPeripherals
Infrared
Bluetooth
Radio
Wireless
PDA Personal
Association
DeviceAssistance
Mb
12Mb/s
KeyboardMouse
Radio
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Bluetooth
Bluetooth
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Ports& Connectors
Monitor
Cables&Interfaces
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ModemDevice
Modem
Serial
InternalModem ExternalModemModem
Modulate Demodulate
Modulation
Digital Data
Demodulation
Analogue Data
Analogue Digital
InternalPCIModem
ExternalUSBModem
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Printers
Monitor
Output Devices
:
.
ImpactPrinters
head
DotMatrix
InkjetPrinters
Bubble Jet
Printers
Printers
Piezoelectric
Printers
jet
Bubble
Head
Head
Nozzles
Nozzle
.Canon
Piezoelectric
Piezocrystal
Head
Epson
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Canon
LaserPrinters
Photosensitive
Head
Drum
.
.
.
.
.
.
Cleaning
Conditioning
Writing
Developing
Transferring
Fusing
Cleaning .
Drum Toner
Conditioning . Drum
Writing .
Drum
Drum
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Developing .
Toner
Drum
Toner
.Drum
Transferring .
Transfer Corona
Fusing .
Drum
Toner
Toner
Toner
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MultimediaDevicesorA/V
Audio Video
Multimedia
VideoCards
AGP
PCI X
PCI
Pixel
DPI
1024X768
640 X 480
VideoMemory
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Color Depth
256 Color
Bios
32 Bit
Video Memory
4,294,967,296
Video card
Video
GPU
RMDAC RAMDigitalToAnalogConverter
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Computer Monitor
.
Blue
CRT
DOTPITCH
Refresh Rate
Hz
60Hz
60Hz
80 to 85Hz
.
!
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SoundCards
.
.
DAC
DAC
ADC
Sample Rate
Audio
.Samplerate44.1KHz
MIDI
.Joystick
Creative
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PCI slot
BuiltIn
USBExternalSoundCard
Multimedia
Workshop
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Networking
.
Modem
NIC Card
NICCard NetworkInterfaceCard
PCI Slot
BuiltIn
LAN
LAN
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Networkcard
RJ45
Cable Network
LAN
.WirelessNetwork
Ethernet
.
Ethernet
10Mb/s
fastEthernet 100Mb/
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NetworkCables
Network Cables
Pair
X
UTP UnshieldedTwisted
Category X
CAT5
FastEthernet 100Mb/s
Category5
.UTP
UTP
UTP
RJ45
Terminal
Jack RJ45
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100Mb/s FastEthernet
100m
56
Cable
Type
Speed
Length
Nodes
#ofPairs
Category
10BaseT
100BaseT
1000BaseT
10Mbit
100Mbit
1000Mbit
100meters
100meters
100meters
1024
1024
1024
2
2
4
3
5
7
Fiber optics
Satellite
Coaxial Cables
NetworkType
CableType
MaximumLength
DataRate
10Base5
Coax
500mper
segment
10Mb/s
10Base2
Coax
185mper
segment
10Mb/s
10BaseT
UTP
100mper
segment
10Mb/s
10BaseF
Fiber
4Km
10Mb/s
100BaseT
UTP
100mper
segment
100Mb/s
VGAnyLan
UTP/STP
Varieswithcable
type
100Mb/sFast
Ethernet
100BaseT4
4pairCat3,4,or
5UTP
100mper
segment
100Mb/s
100BaseTX
2pairCat5UTPor
Cat1STP
100mbetweenthe
hubandnetwork
node
100Mb/sFast
Ethernet
100BaseFX
Fiber
2Km
100Mb/sFast
Ethernet
Category3
UTP
100m,including
patchpaneland
10Mb/sEthernet,
4&16Mb/sToken
100Base
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patchcables
Category5
UTP
90m(100m
includingpatch
panelsandpatch
cables)
57
Ringand
VGAnyLanat16
MHz
100Mb/sFast
Ethernetat100
MHz
Table19:AdditionalDetailsforCoaxialEthernet
CableType
PopularName
Length
Taps/Nodes
543Rule
10Base5
Thicknet
500meters
100
Yes
10Base2
Thinnet
185meters
30
Yes
1000Mb/s GigabitEthernet
Ethernet
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WirelessNetwork
PCI Slot
.PCcard
!Error
!Error
3Com
54Mbps
PCISlot
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Access Point
Routers
Access
Wireless Switches
.DLink
Point
NetworkTopology
BusTopology
BusTopology
RingTopology
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RingTopology
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MeshTopology
StartTopology
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Switch
StarTopology
Hub
Nodes
Star
Protocols
IPX/SPX :
MultiPlayer
IPX
TCP/IP
Internet
TransmissionControlProtocol
Protocol
TCP/IP
Tools
Octet
IP
0 255
BinarySystem
DHCP
DynamicHostConfiguration Protocol
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IP
IP
.Dynamic
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NameServer
IPS
DNS Domain
NIC
.NetworkInterfaceCard
MAC Address
Control
Media Access
Address
.Physical
Hardware
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HardwareTroubleshooting
Problems& Solutions
Hardware
B
BooootP
Prroob
blleem
ms
Check
LongBeep
RAM
RAM
DIMM
Bank
SystemMemory
.RAM
RAMS
.SIMM
LongBeepthenTwoShortbeeps
Videocard
: .
LongBeepthen 3Shortbeeps
.
ContinuesBeep
.
BeepCodes
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Motherboard
.
.
E
ErrrroorM
Meessssaaggees
)(Sectornotfound,generalfailure,etc.
MBR BadSector
Hard
.Disk
:
BadSector
Boot Record
HardDisk
Partition Table
BootableDisk
HardDisk
PhysicalError
BootableCDROM
Hard
CannotloadCOMMAND.COM,systemhalted
Windows 95
Command.com
DOS
:
.
Errorloadingdrivec
HardDisk
File system
.Sectornotfound
Invaliddrivespecification
Drive Letter
Format
Hard
datalifeguard
Partition table
FDisk
Windows
WesternDigital
.
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CDRom Floppy
Floppy
Disk
RemovableMedia
Hard Disk
HardDisk
Hard
Power
power supply
Processor
PowerSupply
Processor
Motherboard
Processor
Motherboard
Motherboard
Monitor
Restart
RAM
RAM
.
Virus
Restart
MBR
. Power Supply
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Processor Fan
Restart
POST
HD
Power cable
HD
HD
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SoftwareTroubleshooting
IndepthknowledgeofOperatingSystem
Windows XP
:W
Wiin
nd
doow
wsX
XP
Windows XP Professional
WindowsXPHomeEdition WindowsXPCE
Professional
Administrative Tools
PDA
Home
Security
CE
.PocketPC
XP
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Millennium DOS
ME
FAT16 NTFS 5
GUI GraphicalUserInterface
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CommandPrompt
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OperatingSystemFeatures
WindowsXP
Pro
.
Remote Desktop
AdministrativeTools
EFS EncryptedFileSystem
OfflineFiles&Folders
Multiprocessor
NTFS
XPPro
800X600Pixel
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OSC
Coom
mp
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