Survey of Operating Systems
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Network Adapter:
The Network Adapter is a hardware device that is used for connecting computer to a network. It is used in both wired and wireless network for transmitting and receiving the data.
Standard user and administrator user:
- The standard user has limited privileges. It does not have access to software settings, hardware settings and network settings.
- The administrative user can perform system-wide task without any restrictions in
operating system .
Using Device Manager seeing the status of Network Adapter:
- A person find problem in Network adapter means he needs to see the status in device manager...
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