Updated IT notes

IT Notes/Device Manager.txt

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+IF A DEVICE HAS AN ISSUE, THE CATEGORY WHERE THAT DEVICE IS WILL (usually) OPEN EXPANDED
+
+you can manage things like individual drivers/ devices
+the driver that is shown for graphics though is often the windows "basic compatibility driver". Typically installed with windows, and it's so you can, well, see, what you are doing to get the actual driver
+
+you can get details of it. Can be used to update them, disable devices to test other things
+uninstall device, (which delete the drivers and then tells it that it doesn't exist)
+
+"rollback driver", if something goes wrong, you can use this to roll back to a previous version
+
+resourses tab, which straight up tells you the resource tab
+the events tab show you any error logs

IT Notes/Peripherial Devices/Connections.txt

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+VGA: older video connection
+HDMI: carries audio and visual (It's a hybrid of Display Port and Aux-Cord)
+Display Port: carries visual
+Aux-Cord: carries sound
+	3 1/2 millimeter jack
+Blu-tooth: a type of wireless protocol
+wi-fi: a wireless protocol
+thunderbolt: small devices
+	loved by apple, especially with Lightning cable
+USB- connecting many things
+	types:
+		A- rectangule
+		B- it's a square
+		C- unidirectional, thin rectangle
+ethernet- wired networking

IT Notes/Peripherial Devices/Peripherials.txt

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+peripherial devices add functionality that is not inherent to the computer (it will function with or without)
+you don't need, say, a keyboard to run it
+
+inputs:
+microphones
+keyboard
+mouse
+scanner
+they take non-digital things, like sound, into binary
+
+outputs:
+speakers
+screens
+printer
+headphone
+they take the digital signal from an input, and convert it into, say, vibrations
+
+
+storage devices
+used to store stuff, practically necessary
+
+
+communication
+modem: allows connecting to the internet
+network card: necessary to connect the internet to the computer
+router: route multiple computers together
+used to communicate between computers

IT Notes/Peripherial Devices/Troubleshooting Peripherials.txt

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+wireless often use IR or radio, often a "USB dongle"
+sometimes blutooth
+
+most have a max range, and stuff might not block it, but stuff will interfere and weaken it
+wirless is, generally longer range
+
+try "resseting", try rechargeing/ replaceing batteries
+
+the wireless adaptor might have an issue, or the port might have an issue
+
+for wired connections, try changeing ports, and seeing if it "magicly fixes itself"

IT Notes/Safe Mode.txt

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+Safe mode disables every third party software, leaveing just the base windows drivers
+very good to determine if the issue is windows-based, or third party software based. Or hardware.
+
+you can tell you are in safe mode if there is no background, it says safemode in the corners, the very top has the windows build version
+
+there are many ways to do it:
+	one of the simplest ways is to use "ms config", also known as System Configuration
+		look at the OS (this is also how you can change default OS's. Hit the check box labled "safe mode")