exe (see Disk Defragmenter tool)
defragmenting
hard disks, 242??“246
MTF and, 257
paging file, 251
Index | 599
del command (DOS), 72, 554, 566
Del key, 47, 85
Delayed Transaction setting
(BIOS), 578
deleting
context menu items, 133
files, 47, 212, 246??“249
INFCACHE.1 file, 317
in-use files, 71??“73
paging file, 252
partitions, 267
Registry key values, 112, 525
Registry keys, 85, 526
Registry keys from patches, 112
tracking cookies, 445
user accounts, 467
delimiters, 179
Deny permissions, 114??“116, 469
desktop composition scheme, 207
Desktop folder
accessing, 36
getting path, 529
location, 496
desktop (Windows)
accessing, 34??“36
controlling icon spacing, 37, 38
determining icon size, 38
displaying, 48
drop shadows on icon labels, 209
enabling composition, 207
hiding, 47
moving Desktop toolbar, 36
saving layout, 36??“38
speed in updating icons, 210
wallpaper for, 209
Details pane (Windows Explorer)
hiding, 25
thumbnails and, 180
viewing EXIF data, 191, 192
device drivers
64-bit processing and, 2
adding, 314??“318
Aero Glass interface and, 227??“230
alpha channels, 208
Blue Screen of Death messages, 309
Bluetooth standard and, 379
BSoD messages, 308, 312
cleaning out during installation, 12
clearing cache, 317
defined, 313
desktop layout and, 36
fixing bad video color, 155
interpreting errors, 318??“321
outdated, 313
performance and, 241
power management, 221
printer problems and, 329
removing unneeded, 246
restore points and, 116
Sleep mode and, 219
System Restore feature, 322
troubleshooting, 386
troubleshooting audio, 171
undoing installations, 122
uninstalling, 317, 318
updating, 315??“316, 330
video overlay problem, 157
videos out of sync, 155
Vista not recognizing, 317
vLite support, 8
Device Manager (Control Panel)
Bluetooth standard and, 379
disabling devices, 238
Disk Drives branch, 259, 264
Display adapters branch, 229
Driver tab, 315
interpreting errors, 318??“321
listing drivers, 313, 315
MMC snap-in, 266
network connections, 386
Power Management tab, 219, 221
replacing system driver, 312
troubleshooting sound
problems, 171
uninstalling drivers, 317, 318
USB power management, 329
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol)
IP addresses and, 383, 392, 510
routers and, 392
TCP/IP port numbers, 586
dial-up connections, 389
digital cameras
adding wireless support, 378
EXIF data, 190, 191, 192
improving performance, 316
snapshots of BIOS settings, 576
Digital Negative (DNG) files, 186
Digital Video Recorder (see DVR)
dir command (DOS), 555, 566
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Directory Services Restore Mode, 290
DirectX 9, 227, 233, 234
dirty drive, 14
DisablePagingExecutive value
(Registry), 253
disaster recovery, 330, 339, 340
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