Book Errata
Mike Meyers A+ Guide to Operating Systems, by Michael Meyers and Scott Jernigan
Errata
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p. 4. The Cross Check should be modified to read as follows:
Required Hardware
All operating systems require specific hardware. Flip ahead to Chapter 6, "Installing and Upgrading Windows," and compare the hardware requirements of these OSs.1. What hardware requirements do they have in common?
2. What is the major difference in requirements between Windows 98 and Windows XP?Given the information from Chapter 6 and from this chapter, what do you think is the most significant difference in the hardware needed to run Windows XP and Macintosh OS X?
p. 7. The reference to Figure 1.5 should be set out into a sentence by itself that reads, "Figure 1.5 shows a typical motherboard." Also, the callout for IDE connectors should not include the floppy drive connector, the smaller of the three sockets, located at the edge of the motherboard.
p. 17, Table 1.1. Under the Platform column, all references to Intel/Microsoft should be changed to IBM PC.
p. 21, last sentence of the first full paragraph should be changed to read "...in a business environment."
p. 21-22, first paragraph under "Windows XP" should read as follows:
Consumers complained that Windows 2000 lacked some of the multimedia coolness of Windows 98 and that it didn't support a fair portion of hardware, especially that used for gaming, so Microsoft came out with a successor with a lot more bells and whistles, Windows XP. Built on the same core as Windows 2000, Windows XP offered a rock-solid environment for office productivity, gaming, and multimedia. Microsoft intended Windows XP only for the desktop enviroment, not for the server environment. Microsoft released Windows Server 2003 to handle the latter duties.
p. 22, last sentence should read as follows:
The Professional version is also the choice for users who want to take advantage of Professional-only features and tools, such as the capability to control remote computers and do very cool things with hard drives (such as increasing their capacity on the fly).
p. 25, second column, first full bullet should be amended as follows (change in bold): "You can identify hardware components through a variety of ways, such as visual inspection..."
p. 65. Key Term Quiz question 1 should read as follows: "You can readily see programs running in the background by looking at the _________."
p. 84. The Note at the top of the page should read as follows: "Windows NT fully supports FAT16 and NTFS. Windows 2000 and XP add support for FAT32 as well."
p. 100, second column, third and fourth sentences currently read as follows:
Windows NT fully supports FAT16, NTFS, and HPFS (for OS/2). Windows 2000 supports FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS.
These sentences should read as follows:
Windows NT fully supports FAT16 and NTFS. Windows 2000 and XP support FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS.
p. 130. The command listed for SETVER has a typo. It should read as follows: "DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE"
p. 223. The specifications for a CPU for a Windows 9x/Me PC should be as follows. Minimum: Intel Pentium or AMD K5. Recommended: Intel Pentium II or AMD K6 or faster.
p. 228. The specifications for a CPU for a Windows NT PC should be as follows. Minimum: Intel 80486 or AMD 486. Recommended: Intel Pentium or AMD K6 of 150 MHz or faster.
p. 229. The specifications for a CPU for a Windows 2000 PC should be as follows. Minimum: Intel Pentium or AMD K5 of 133 MHz. Recommended: Intel Pentium II or AMD K6 or later.
p. 233. In the XP Hardware Requirements chart, the fourth item in the Component column should be Video, not Network.