Windows 7 bible: [the book you need to succeed! ; personalize your new Windows 7 desktop ; manage all hardware devices with one tool ; easily share media across different computers]
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Indianapolis, Ind.
Wiley
2009
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| Beschreibung: | XLV, 1201 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0470509090 9780470509098 |
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| adam_text | ~ WLLEY WILEY PUBLISHING, LNE. INTRODUCTION XLIII PART I: GETTING
STARTED, GEUING SECURE 1 CHAPTER 1: WHAT S NEW IN WINDOWS 7 . 3 CHAPTER
2: GETTING AROUND . 17 CHAPTER 3: SHARING AND SEEURING WITH USER
ACCOUNTS .. . 57 CHAPTER 4: PARENTAL CONTROLS AND FAMILY SAFETY . 89
CHAPTER 5: HELP, SUPPORT, AND TROUBLESHOOTING . 99 CHAPTER 6:
TROUBLESHOOTING STARTUP PROBLEMS . 111 PART 11: BATTEN DOWN THE SECURITY
HATCHES CHAPTER 7: BLOCKING HACKERS WITH WINDOWS FIREWALL CHAPTER 8:
CONQUERING MALICIOUS SOFTWARE... . CHAPTER 9: AUTOMATIE UPDATES AS
SECURITY . ............... . 115 .. 117 ..131 ... 145 PART 111:
PERSONALIZING WINDOWS 7 153 CHAPTER 10: PERSONALIZING YOUR WORK
ENVIRONMENT . 155 CHAPTER 11: EASE OF ACCESS, SPEECH, AND LANGUAGE . 209
CHAPTER 12: TRANSFERRING FILES FROM ANOTHER COMPUTER 249 CHAPTER 13:
CUSTOMIZING STARTUP OPTIONS . 261 CHAPTER 14: USING WINDOWS 7 PROGRAMS
AND ACCESSORIES .275 CHAPTER 15: TROUBLESHOOTING CUSTOMIZATION PROBLEMS
307 PART IV: USING THE INTERNET 315 CHAPTER 16: USING INTERNET EXPLORER
. .317 CHAPTER 17: BLOGGING WITH WRITER . 373 CHAPTER 18 USING WINDOWS
LIVE MAIL .399 CHAPTER 19: CHATTING AND TEXTING WITH WINDOWS LIVE
MESSENGER 489 CHAPTER 20: BEYOND E-MAIL AND THE WEB . 501 CHAPTER 21:
MANAGING NAMES AND ADDRESSES 531 CHAPTER 22: TROUBLESHOOTING INTERNET
PROBLEMS 543 PART V: PICTURES, MUSIC, AND MOVIES 551 CHAPTER 23: WARKING
WITH PICTURES . 553 CHAPTER 24: MAKING MUSIC WIRH MEDIA PLAYER .597
CHAPTER 25: DVD, VIDEO, AND MORE. . 647 CHAPTER 26: FUN WIRH MEDIA
CENTER . 661 CHAPTER 27: TROUBLESHOOTING MULTIMEDIA .. . 679 VII
CONTENTS AT A GLANCE PART VI: MANAGING FILES AND FOLDERS 683 CHAPTER 28:
UNDERSTANDING DRIVES, FOLDERS, AND FILES 685 CHAPTER 29: MANAGING FILES
AND FOLDERS 739 CHAPTER 30: SEARCHING FOR FILES AND MESSAGES ON YOUR
COMPUTER 767 CHAPTER 31: METADATA AND POWER SEARCHES 783 CHAPTER 32:
USING CDS AND DVDS 805 CHAPTER 33: PROTECTING YOUR FILES 831 CHAPTER 34:
TROUBLESHOOTING FILES AND FOLDERS 851 PART VII: PRINTING, FAXING, AND
SCANNING 857 CHAPTER 35: INSTALLING AND MANAGING PRINTERS 859 CHAPTER
36: PRINTING DOCUMEMS AND SCREENSHOTS 873 CHAPTER 37: MANAGING PRIM JOBS
881 CHAPTER 38: FAXING AND SCANNING 891 CHAPTER 39: TROUBLESHOOTING
PRINTING AND FAXING 909 PART VIII: INSTALLING AND REMOVING PROGRAMS 915
CHAPTER 40: INSTALLING AND UPGRADING PROGRAMS 917 CHAPTER 41: GETTING
OLDER PROGRAMS TO RUN 927 CHAPTER 42: REPAIRING AND REMOVING PROGRAMS
937 CHAPTER 43: SETTING DEFAULT PROGRAMS 945 CHAPTER 44: MANAGING
PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES 957 CHAPTER 45: TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE PROBLEMS
971 PART IX: HARDWARE AND PERFORMANCE TUNING 983 CHAPTER 46: INSTALLING
AND REMOVING HARDWARE 985 CHAPTER 47: USING WIRELESS BLUETOOTH DEVICES
1009 CHAPTER 48: SYNCING DEVICES 1023 CHAPTER 49: PERFORMANCE TUNING
YOUR SYSTEM 1037 CHAPTER 50: TROUBLESHOOTING HARDWARE AND PERFORMANCE
1069 PART X: NETWORKING AND SHARING 1077 CHAPTER 51: CREATING AHORNE
NETWORK 1079 CHAPTER 52: SHARING RESOURCES ON A NETWORK 1099 CHAPTER 53:
USING SHARED RESOURCES 1117 CHAPTER 54: TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORKS
1131 PART XI: APPENDIXES 1141 APPENDIX A: UPGRADING TO WINDOWS 7 1143
APPENDIX B: INSTALLING WINDOWS 7 ON A NEW SYSTEM 1147 APPENDIX C:
UNIVERSAL SHORTCUT KEYS 1151 VIII INDEX . . 1161 INTRODUCTION XLIII PART
I: GETTING STARTED, GETTING SECURE 1 CHAPTER 1: WHAT S NEW IN WINDOWS 7
...*...*..............*.... 3 TASKBAR AND FULL-SCREEN IMPROVEMENTS
3 JUMP LISTS 5 NEW WAYS TO WORK IN WINDOWS . .. . 5 INTERNET EXPLORER
8 .. 6 INSTANT SEARCH. . 6 WEB SLICES . 6 ACCELERATORS .6 BETTER
NAVIGATION 7 INPRIVATE BROWSING 8 OTHER NEW IE FEATURES 9 WINDOWS
LIVE.................. . 9 BETTER DEVICE MANAGEMENT 10 HOMEGROUP 11
PERFORMANCE AND BATTERY LIFE 12 LOOK AND FEEI 12 TROUBLESHOOTING AND
ALERTS ..13 MUSIC AND VIDEO SHARING 14 AND MORE 15 WRAP-UP . 15
CHAPTER 2: GETTING AROUND 17 TERMINOLOGY FOR THINGS YOU DO 17 MOUSE
TERMINOLOGY. . . 18 POINT. . 18 CLICK .. .. . 18 DOUBLE-CIICK . 18
RIGHT-CIICK 18 DRAG .. 19 KEYBOARD TERMINOLOGY .. 19 TAB, ENTER, AND
SPACEBAR . 19 IF IN DOUBT, ESCAPE KEY OUT 20 IX CONTENTS THE HELP KEY
(FL) 20 THE I KEY 20 SHIFT, CTRL, AND ALT 20 %~~ W LOGGING IN 21
WHAT S ON THE DESKTOP 22 USING THE START MENU 23 THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
START MENU 24 THE START MENU SEARCH BOX 26 THE POWER BUTTON 27 USINGJUMP
LISTS 29 USING THE WINDOWS DESKTOP 30 ABOUT DESKTOP ICONS 30 ARRANGING
DESKTOP ICONS 32 RUNNING PROGRAMS 33 THE ACTIVE WINDOW 35 SWITCHING
AMONG OPEN PROGRAMS 35 SWITCHING WITH TASKBAR BUTTONS 35 SWITCHING WITH
THE KEYBOARD 35 SWITCHING WITH FLIP 3D 36 ARRANGING PROGRAM WINDOWS 37
SIZING PROGRAM WINDOWS 39 MAXIMIZE A PROGRAM WINDOW 39 MINIMIZE A
PROGRAM WINDOW .41 SIZE AT WILL .41 MOVING A PROGRAM WINDOW .44 MOVING
AND SIZING FROM THE KEYBOARD .. .44 CLOSING A PROGRAM .45 USING THE
NOTIFICATION AREA .46 SHOWINGLHIDING NOTIFICATION ICONS 47 RESPONDING TO
NOTIFICATION MESSAGES .48 USING SCROLL BARS .49 USING BACK AND FORWARD
BUTTONS .. .. 50 THE GETTING STARTED ITEM 52 QUICK HELP FOR GETTING
STARTED 53 LOGGING OFF, SHUTTING DOWN 54 STUFF YOU CAN DO WITH A
COMPUTER 54 WRAP-UP 55 CHAPTER 3: SHARING AND SECURING WITH USER
ACCOUNTS 57 LOGGING IN AND OUT OF USER ACCOUNTS 57 WHERE AM 1 NOW?....
.. 58 LOGGING OUT OF AN ACCOUNT 58 CREATING STRONG PASSWORDS 60
REMEMBERING PASSWORDS 61 X BEFORE YOU GET STARTED . USING THE BUILT-IN
PARENTAL CONTROLS . GETTING TO THE PARENTAL CONTROLS PAGE SETTING TIME
LIMITS .. CONTROLLING GAME PLAY . BLOCKING AND ALLOWING PROGRAMS . USING
PARENTAL CONTROLS FROM WINDOWS LIVE. DEFINING WEB RESTRICTIONS GET WEB
SITES WORKING . VIEWING USER ACTIVITY REPORTS . WRAP-UP . CONTENTS
DEVISING A PASSWORD HINT 62 TYPES OF USER ACCOUNTS . 62 THE BUILT-IN
ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT 62 ADMINISTRATIVE USER ACCOUNTS . .. . . . 63
STANDARD ACCOUNTS .. . 63 GUEST ACCOUNT . 63 CREATING AND MANAGING USER
ACCOUNTS . . 64 CREATING A USER ACCOUNT . . . 65 CHANGING USER
ACCOUNTS . 66 CHANGING A USER ACCOUNT TYPE .. . 67 PASSWORD-PROTECTING
AN ACCOUNT . 67 CHANGING THE ACCOUNT PICTURE . 69 CHANGING THE ACCOUNT
NAME .. ...... . . . . 69 ENABLING OR DISABLING THE GUEST ACCOUNT .70
NAVIGATING THROUGH USER ACCOUNT PAGES . 70 CREATING A PASSWORD RESET
DISK . 71 USING THE PASSWORD RESET DISK . .. . . . 72 CRACKING
INTO STANDARD USER ACCOUNTS . 72 DELETING USER ACCOUNTS . 73 USING USER
ACCOUNTS. . . 74 UNDERSTANDING USER ACCOUNT CONTROL (UAC) . 75 PRIVILEGE
ESCALATION IN ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTS .. . 77 TUMING UAC ON AND OFF . .
78 RUNNING PROGRAMS AS ADMINISTRATOR 80 ADD THE BUILT-IN ADMINISTRATOR
ACCOUNT TO THE LOGIN SEREEN 81 STOP ENTERING PASSWORD ON LOCKOUT . 81
ADVANCED SECURITY TOOLS 82 ABOUT WINDOWS CARDSPACE .. . . 82 USING
CREDENTIAL MANAGER . 83 MANAGING PROFILE PROPERTIES AND ENVIRONMENT
VARIABLES . 86 LINKING ONLINE LOS WITH WINDOWS ACCOUNTS . 86 WRAP-UP
88 CHAPTER 4: PARENTAL CONTROLS AND FAMILY SAFETY 89 . 89 ...90 .....90
... 90 ..91 . 93 ..94 .. 95 ... 96 .97 .... 98 XI CONTENTS CHAPTER 5:
HELP, SUPPORT, AND TROUBLESHOOTING 99 LNTRODUCING HELP AND SUPPORT 99
NAVIGATING HELP 101 USING THE SEARCH BOX 103 ONLINE HELP AND OFFLINE
HELP 103 HELP FROM PEOPLE 104 REMOTE ASSISTANCE 105 WINDOWS COMMUNITIES
105 MICROSOFT CUSTOMER SUPPORT.. . 107 TROUBLESHOOTING . . 108 WRAP-UP
109 CHAPTER 6: TROUBLESHOOTING STARTUP PROBLEMS 111 THE COMPUTER WON T
START 111 NON-SYSTEM DISK OR DISK ERROR MESSAGE 111 COMPUTER STARTS BUT
MOUSE AND KEYBOARD DON T WORK 112 COMPUTER KEEPS TRYING TO START BUT
NEVER GETS THERE 112 SCREEN TURNS BLUE DURING STARTUP AND THEN STOPS 112
COMPUTER TAKES TOO LONG TO START 112 RESTORE SYSTEM FILES TO AN EARLIER
TIME .. ..113 REPAIR LNSTALL WINDOWS 7 113 THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL THAT
CAME WITH YOM COMPUTER 113 RESOMCES IN THIS BOOK . 113 RESOMCES IN
WINDOWS HELP 114 ONLINE RESOMCES . 114 PROGRAMS WON T START .. . 114
PART 11: BATTEN DOWN THE SECURITY HATCHES 115 CHAPTER 7: BLOCKING
HACKERS WITH WINDOWS FIREWALL 117 HOW FIREWALLS WORK .. . 117 WHAT A
FIREWALL DOESN T PROTECT AGAINST 118 LNTRODUCING ACTION CENTER .. . 119
TUMING WINDOWS FIREWALL ON OR OFF 119 MAKING EXCEPTIONS TO FIREWALL
PROTEETION 121 MANUALLY CONFIGMING FIREWALL EXCEPTIONS (ALLOWED
PROGRAMS) 121 ADDING A PROGRAM EXCEPTION . 123 DISABLING, CHANGING, AND
DELETING EXCEPTIONS 124 ADVANCED FIREWALL CONFIGMATION . 125 OPEN THE
WINDOWS FIREWALL WITH ADVANCED SECURITY ICON 125 CHANGING FIREWALL
PROFILE PROPERTIES 126 FIREWALL ALERTS, UNICAST RESPONSES, LOCAL
ADMINISTRATOR CONTROL 126 SECURITY LOGGING . 126 CUSTOMIZING IPSEC
SETTINGS 127 XII CONTENTS INBOUND AND OUTBOUND RULES .. 128 WRAP-UP .
129 CHAPTER 8: CONQUERING MALICIOUS SOFTWARE 131 TYPES OF MALWARE 131
VIRUSES AND WORMS .. . 131 SPYWARE AND ADWARE .. 132 TROJAN HORSES AND
ROOTKITS .. 132 CONQUERING SPYWARE WITH WINDOWS DEFENDER . .. 132
OPENING WINDOWS DEFENDER .. 133 REMOVING SPYWARE FROM YOUR COMPUTER.. ..
133 DOING A QUICK SEAN .. 135 DOING A EUSTOM SCAN 135 AUTOMATIE SEANNING
135 PREVENTING SPYWARE .. 137 EXCLUDING FILES AND FOLDERS .138 ADVANEED
AND ADMINISTRATOR EONFIGURATION OPTIONS 138 DISALLOWING ALLOWED PROGRAMS
. 138 JOINING THE SPYNET EOMMUNITY 139 WINDOWS DEFENDER WEB SITE .. 139
USING ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE . . .. 140 VIRUS PROTEETION . .. 141 ANTIVIRUS
AND AETION CENTER... .. 142 USER AECOUNT CONTROL AND MALWARE .. 143 THE
MALICIOUS SOFTWARE REMOVAL TOOL 143 WRAP-UP 144 CHAPTER 9: AUTOMATIE
UPDATES AS SECURITY 145 UNDERSTANDING AUTOMATIE UPDATES .. 145 UPDATES
VERSUS UPGRADES 146 WHY UPDATES ARE IMPORTANT .. 146 ENABLING AUTOMATIE
UPDATES....... .. 146 MANAGING UPDATES . . 147 MANAGING OPTIONAL UPDATES
..............................................147 CHANGE HOW UPDATES
WORK .. 149 REVIEWING AND REMOVING UPDATES 1 SO THWARTING EXPLOITS WITH
DEP 150 WRAP-UP . .. 152 PART 111: PERSONALIZING WINDOWS 7 153 CHAPTER
10: PERSONALIZING VOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT . .*........... . 155 USING THE
PERSONALIZATION PAGE 155 CHOOSING A THEME 156 PERSONALIZING YOUR DESKTOP
BACKGROUND 159 XIII CONTENTS XIV PERSONALIZING YOUT COLOR SCHEME 161
MAKING TEXT SHARPER WITH CLEARTYPE 163 CHANGING INDIVIDUAL SCREEN
ELEMENTS 164 PERSONALIZING SOUND EFFECTS . 164 PERSONALIZING YOUT SCREEN
SAVER 166 PERSONALIZING DESKTOP ICONS 169 CREATING YOUT OWN DESKTOP
ICONS 169 SIZING, ARRANGING, SHOWING, AND HIDING DESKTOP ICONS 170
CUSTOMIZING ICONS 171 CHOOSING A SCREEN RESOLUTION 172 UNDERSTANDING
ASPECT RATIO 172 USING MULTIPLE MONITORS . 174 REDUCING MONITOR FLICKER
176 ADJUSTING THE FONT SIZE (DPL) 176 PERSONALIZING YOUT MOUSE . 178
MICE FOR LEFTIES 179 ADJUSTING THE DOUBLE-CLICK SPEED . 179 USING
CLICKLOCK 180 SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN THE MOUSE POINTER 181 MAKING THE
MOUSE POINTER MORE VISIBLE . .. 182 CHANGING MOUSE WHEEL BEHAVIOR 182
PERSONALIZING THE KEYBOARD 182 PERSONALIZING THE START MENU 183 OPENING
TASKBAR AND START MENU PROPERTIES . 184 PERSONALIZE THE RIGHT SIDE OF
THE START MENU 185 START MENU FOLDERS 185 START MENU PLACES .. . 187
START MENU SEARCHING .. 188 START MENU BEHAVIOR 188 CUSTOMIZING THE LEFT
SIDE OF THE START MENU 189 REORGANIZING THE ALL PROGRAMS MENU 190
CREATING CUSTOM SHORTCUT KEYS .. 191 CUSTOMIZING THE TASKBAR 193 LOCKING
AND UNLOCKING THE TASKBAR 194 MOVING AND SIZING THE TASKBAR 195 SHOWING
TOOLBARS ON THE TASKBAR 196 SIZING AND POSITIONING TASKBAR TOOLBARS 198
USING THE LINKS TOOLBAR (FAVORITES BAR) 198 CUSTOMIZING THE NOTIFICATION
AREA 200 GETTING RID OF NOTIFICATION AREA ICONS 201 TWEAKING THE CLOCK
...203 USING GADGETS ...205 ADDING AND REMOVING GADGETS ...206 CONTENTS
USING AND MANIPULATING GADGETS 206 USING WINDOWS SIDESHOW 206 WRAP-UP
207 CHAPTER 11: EASE OF ACCESS, SPEECH, AND LANGUAGE 209 INTRODUCING
EASE OF ACCESS CENTER 209 HE1P FOR VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS 212 USING
MAGNIFIER 212 USING MICROSOFT NARRATOR 214 USING HIGH CONTRAST 215 USING
THE COMPUTER WITHOUT A DISPLAY 215 OPTIMIZE VISUAL DISPLAY 216 HE1P FOR
MOTOR IMPAIRMENTS 218 USING THE ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD 218 USING MOUSE KEYS
219 USING STICKY KEYS 223 USING TOGGLE KEYS 224 USING FILTER KEYS 224
HELP FOR HEARING IMPAIRMENTS 226 MAKE IT EASIER TO FOCUS ON TASKS 226
EASE OF ACCESS ADMINISTRATIVE SETTINGS 227 ACCESSIBILITY KEYBOARD
SHORTCUTS 227 USING SPEECH RECOGNITION 228 GETTING STARTED WITH SPEECH
RECOGNITION 229 CONTROL SPEECH RECOGNITION BY VOICE 231 COMMANDING
WINDOWS BY VOICE 231 WORK ANYWHERE BY VOICE 231 DICTATING TEXT 233
MAKING DICTATION BETTER 235 CORRECT THAT 235 IMPROVE VOICE RECOGNITION
237 ADD WORDS TO THE SPEECH DICTIONARY 237 ADVANCED SPEECH RECOGNITION
CONFIGURATION 238 MORE SPEECH RECOGNITION HELP 239 REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE
SETTINGS 239 CHANGE HOW NUMBERS, DATES, AND TIMES LOOK 239 LET THEM KNOW
YOUR CORRECT LOCATION 240 WORKING WITH MULTIPLE LANGUAGES 241 USING
INPUT LANGUAGES 241 SWITCHING LANGUAGES AND KEYBOARDS 244 REMOVING INPUT
LANGUAGES 246 INSTALLING USER INTERFACE LANGUAGES 246 WRAP-UP 247 XV
CONTENTS CHAPTER 12: TRANSFERRING FILES FROM ANOTHER COMPUTER 24 WHAT
YOU CAN TRANSFER 24 WHAT YOU CAN T TRANSFER 25 GETTING PROGRAMS ONTO THE
NEW COMPUTER .. 25 WHAT NOT TO INSTALL . 25 CHOOSING A TRANSFER METHOD
.. .. 251 USING A USB EASY TRANSFER CABLE 25 USING AHORNE NETWORK .. 252
USING EXTEMAL DRIVES OR DISCS 252 USING A FLASH DRIVE OR EXTERNAL HARD
DRIVE 252 USING CDS OR DVDS . .. 252 DOING THE TRANSFER .. 253 WHEN THE
TRANSFER IS FINISHED .. 255 TRANSFERRING WITHOUT WINDOWS EASY TRANSFER
256 MANUALLY TRANSFER INTERNET EXPLORER FAVORITES 257 MANUALLY TRANSFER
CONTACTS .. .. 257 MANUALLY TRANSFER OUTLOOK EXPRESS E-MAIL MESSAGES 258
TRANSFERRING FONTS 258 WRAP-UP . .. 259 CHAPTER 13: CUSTOMIZING STARTUP
OPTIONS 261 FIRST THINGS FIRST . 261 * STARTING APPLICATION PROGRAMS
AUTOMATICALLY .. 263 BYPASSING ALL STARTUP FOLDER PROGRAMS 264 STOPPING
AUTO-START APPLICATIONS .. .. 265 USING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION TOOL TO
CONTROL STARTUP .. 266 CONTROLLING SERVICES WITH THE SERVICES SNAP-IN ..
268 BYPASSING THE LOGIN PAGE . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 271
TROUBLESHOOTING STARTUP . 272 GET RID OF DISABLED DEVICES .. 272 WHEN
WINDOWS WON T START AT ALL 273 WRAP-UP 274 CHAPTER 14: USING WINDOWS 7
PROGRAMS AND ACCESSORIES 275 IMPORTANT STUFF ABOUT PROGRAMS .. .. 275
USING WINDOWS CALCULATOR . 277 TYPING WITH WORDPAD .. 278 TYPING AND
NAVIGATING TEXT .. 279 BASIC TEXT EDITING .. 280 SELECTING TEXT 281
FORMATTING TEXT......... . 283 DELETING AND REPLACING CHUNKS OF
TEXT............. .. 284 USING COPY AND PASTE AND CUT AND PASTE.. . ..
284 MOVING TEXT WITHIN A DOCUMENT .. 286 COPY AND PASTE A PICTURE .. 287
. XVI CONTENTS SAVING A WORDPAD DOCUMENT 287 OPENING A WORDPAD DOCUMENT
289 TYPING SPECIAL CHARACTERS WITH CHARACTER MAP 291 WORKING WITH FONTS
292 USING NOTEPAD 293 ZIPPING AND UNZIPPING FILES 293 ZIPPING FILES 294
UNZIPPING FILES 295 ANNOTATING SCREENSHOTS WITH SNIPPING TOOL 297 SAVING
A SNIP 300 COPY AND PASTE A SNIP 300 E-MAIL A SNIP 300 CHANGE SNIPPING
TOOL OPTIONS 300 SCREENSHOTS THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY 301 USING PAINT 301
USING SOUND RECORDER 303 WRAP-UP 305 CHAPTER 15: TROUBLESHOOTING
CUSTOMIZATION PROBLEMS 307 DESKTOP PROBLEMS 307 MY SCREEN IS TOO
LARGEJSMALL; MY SCREEN COLORS LOOK AWFUL 307 WHEN I RIGHT-DICK THE
DESKTOP, I DON T GET A PERSONALIZE OPTION 308 PARTS OF MY SCREEN ARE CUT
OFF OR BLANK 308 MY DESKTOP PICTURE DOESN T FIT RIGHT 308 EVERYTHING IS
HUGE; I CAN T SEE ALL OF DIALOG BOXES 310 ICON NAMES ARE TOO BIG OR TOO
SMALL 310 I DON T HAVE ANY DESKTOP ICONS (OR DON T LIKE THEIR SIZE) 311
I CAN T PUT MY DESKTOP ICONS WHERE I WANT THEM 311 MY SCREEN SAVER NEVER
KICKS IN 311 MISSING AERO FLIP 3D, OR SWITCH BETWEEN WINDOWS BUTTON 311
START MENU PROBLEMS 312 SOME START ITEMS CAN T BE DISPLAYED 312 THE
RIGHT SIDE OF MY START MENU IS MISSING SOME OPTIONS 312 TASKBAR PROBLEMS
312 MY TASKBAR IS MISSING 313 MY TASKBAR IS TOO TALL (OR MESSED UP) 313
I DON T HAVE A QUICK LAUNCH TOOLBAR 313 UPDATING YOUR DISPLAY DRIVER ..
313 PART IV: USING THE INTERNET 315 CHAPTER 16: USING INTERNET EXPLORER
317 UNDERSTANDING HOW THE WEB WORKS 317 USING INTERNET EXPLORER 320 XVII
CONTENTS XVIII BROWSING TO A WEB SITE 321 USING AUTOCOMPLETE 322 USING
HYPERLINKS . 323 USING BACK, FORWARD, AND HISTORY BUTTONS 323 MAGNIFYING
A PAGE . . 324 PANES AND TOOLBARS 325 FULL-SCREEN VIEWING 326 CHANGE
YOUR DEFAULT HORNE PAGE 326 USING TABS . 326 USING QUICK TABS 328
CREATING MULTIPLE HORNE PAGE TABS . 329 REARRANGING AND REMOVING HORNE
PAGE TABS 330 PERSONALIZING TABBED BROWSING 330 SHORTCUT KEYS FOR TABS
333 USING WEB SLICES 333 USING ACCELERATORS 334 USING VISUAL SEARCH
..334 USING RSS FEEDS .. 334 OPTIONAL SETTINGS FOR RSS FEEDS . 337 USING
THE RSS FEED HEADLINES GADGET . , 338 MANAGING FAVORITE SITES . 339
ADDING TAB GROUPS TO FAVORITES . . 339 ORGANIZING FAVORITES . 34 I
IMPORTING AND EXPORTING FAVORITES . 342 BLOCKING POP-UPS. . 343 USING
THE INFORMATION BAR.. . 344 WHEN POP-UPS STILL GET THROUGH .. . ... 345
USING THE SMARTSCREEN FILTER 345 HOW THE SMARTSCREEN FILTER WORKS . 347
GETTING THE MOST FROM THE SMARTSCREEN FILTER 347 HOW DO I PROTEET MYSELF
IN THE FUTURE? 348 DELETING THE BROWSER HISTORY . 348 CLEARING
AUTOCOMPLETE ENTRIES . 348 CONFIGURING AUTOCOMPLETE 349 UNDERSTANDING
COOKIES 349 DELETING COOKIES . . 350 ADJUSTING COOKIE PRIVACY SETTINGS
350 LOOKING AT COOKIES AND PRIVACY POLICIES 35 I UNDERSTANDING TEMPORARY
INTERNET FILES . 352 CLEARING TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES 353 TEMPORARY
INTERNET FILES SETTINGS 353 A NOTE ON CERTIFICATES . 355 USING INTERNET
SECURITY ZONES . 357 CONTENTS PRINTING WEB PAGES 359 USING PRINT PREVIEW
360 IMPORTANT PRINTING TIP .. . . 362 SAVING WEB PAGES .. . 362 COPYING
CONTENT FROM WEB PAGES . 364 DOWNLOADING PICTURES AND
VIDEOS................. . 365 MAKING INTERNET EXPLORER YOUR DEFAULT
BROWSER 366 SEARCHING THE WEB 366 CHOOSING SEARCH PROVIDERS ...366
CHOOSING A DEFAULT PROVIDER 367 SEARCHING FROM THE SEARCH
BOX............. .. 368 SEARCHING FROM THE ADDRESS BAR .. 368 SEARCHING
THE CURRENT PAGE... . 368 GETTING MARE WITH ADD-ONS 369 SHOPPING FAR
ADD-ONS .. 369 MANAGING ADD-ONS 370 INTERNET EXPLORER HELP AND
TROUBLESHOOTING 371 WRAP-UP 371 CHAPTER 17: BLOGGING WITH WRITER 373
WHAT IS BLOGGING? .. 373 ADDING WINDOWS LIVE WRITER TO WINDOWS . .. 374
SETTING UP YOUR BLOG ACCOUNT 376 ADDING A BLOG ACCOUNT .. 376 SETTING
YOUR URL 377 EDITING YOUR PROFILE . 379 CREATING AND PUBLISHING BLOG
POSTS 380 CREATING A BLOG POST 381 SAVING A DRAFT .. 381 OPENING AN
EXISTING BLOG POST .. 382 PREVIEW YOUR BLOG POST . .. .. 382 VIEWING AND
EDITING SOURCE CODE. .. 382 PUBLISHING YOUR BLOG POST 384 WORKING WITH
PHOTOS .. 385 ADDING A PHOTO. . 385 ADDING A PHOTO ALBUM 387 UPLOADING
PICTURES WITH FTP .. 389 WORKING WITH VIDEOS 390 USING TABLES . .. 391
USING TAGS. .. 393 INSERTING MAPS .. 395 USING PLUG-INS . . .. .. 396
SETTING WRITER OPTIONS 397 WRAP-UP 398 XIX CONTENTS CHAPTER 18: USING
WINDOWS LIVE MAI! ****.*******.***.**..**.. 399 HOW E-MAIL WORKS 399
LNTRODUCING WINDOWS LIVE MAIL . 400 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET STARTED
403 SETTING UP YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT 404 WRITING E-MAIL WITH WINDOWS
LIVEMAIL 407 TYPING AND EDITING TIPS . 408 CHECK YOUR SPELLING , 409 ADD
A BACKGROUND COLOR 410 SETTING MESSAGE PRIORITY 410 REQUESTING A READ
RECEIPT 410 GETTING YOUR E-MAIL 411 REPLYING TO A MESSAGE 411 FORWARDING
A MESSAGE 411 OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A MESSAGE 412 MAGNIFYING
E-MAIL TEXT 413 SORTING MESSAGES BY MESSAGE HEADERS .413 SIZING AND
POSITIONING COLUMNS .414 SIZING THE READING PANE .415 USING E-MAIL
ATTACHMENTS . . . .415 ATTACHING A FILE TO A MESSAGE .415 E-MAILING
DOCUMENTS FROM FOLDERS 416 E-MAILING PICTURES FROM WINDOWS LIVE PHOTO
GALLERY .418 OPENING RECEIVED ATTACHMENTS . 419 SAVING ATTACHMENTS AS
FILES 421 SAVING EMBEDDED PICTURES AS FILES 423 CONVERTING E-MAIL
MESSAGES TO FILES 423 COMPOSING RICH-TEXT MESSAGES WITH HTML .424 HTML,
DEFAULT FONT, AND STATIONERY 424 USING FONTS, SIZES, BOLDFACE,
UNDERLINE, ITALICS, COLORS .425 TYPING A LIST 426 INDENTING AND ALIGNING
TEXT .427 INSERTING INLINE PICTURES 427 INSERRING A LINE .429 ADDING
HYPERLINKS TO E-MAIL MESSAGES 429 TYPE A LINK 429 COPY AND PASTE A LINK
430 CUSTOM LINKS 430 ADDING A SIGNATURE AUTOMATICALLY .431 CREATING
PHOTO E-MAILS 432 DEALING WITH SPAM OUNK E-MAIL) .434 IDENTIFYING SAFE
SENDERS 435 BLOCKING SPECIFIC SENDERS 436 XX CONTENTS BLOEKING BY
EOUNTRY AND LANGUAGE . . _ 437 BLOEKING PHISHING SEAMS . _. . 437
MANAGING JUNK MAI! AND GOOD MAI! 438 PHISHING SEAM E-MAILS
........... .. 439 MANAGING MAIL FOLDERS AND MESSAGES.. . .. 441
CHOOSING EOLUMNS FAR THE MESSAGE LIST _ 442 FLAGGING MESSAGES THAT NEED
MORE ATTENTION _ ..444 GROUPING EONVERSATION MESSAGES .. 444 FILTERING
MESSAGES 444 CREATE YOUR OWN MAIL FOLDERS 446 MOVING, RENAMING, AND
DELETING MAI! FOLDERS 447 SHOWINGLHIDING MAI! FOLDERS .. 448 MANAGING
MESSAGES .. 449 SELEETING MULTIPLE E-MAIL MESSAGES .. _ 449 MOVING
MESSAGES TO A FOLDER 450 DELETING MESSAGES 451 PERMANENTLY DELETING
MESSAGES 451 AUTO-ORGANIZING MESSAGES THROUGH MIES .. .. 451
AUTO-RESPONDING TO MESSAGES 453 SEAREHING FOR MESSAGES .455 ADVANEED
SEAREH _ .. 456 SEAREHING FROM THE START MENU _ 457 PERSONALIZING
WINDOWS LIVE MAIL .. 458 GENERAL OPTIONS .. 458 READ OPTIONS.. 459 MARK
MESSAGE READ AFTER DISPLAYING FOR X SEEONDS 460 AUTOMATIEALLY EXPAND
GROUPED MESSAGES .. 460 AUTOMATIEALLY DOWNLOAD MESSAGE WHEN VIEWING IN
THE PREVIEW PANE. .. 460 READ ALL MESSAGES IN PLAIN TEXT .. 461 SHOW
TOOLTIPS IN THE MESSAGE LIST FOR CLIPPED ITEMS. .. 461 HIGHLIGHT WATEHED
MESSAGES 461 NEWS SETTINGS. .. ..461 FONTS SETTINGS .. _ .. 461 REEEIPT
OPTIONS .. 461 SEND OPTIONS . .. .462 COMPOSE OPTIONS. .. _ .. 463
COMPOSE FONT 463 STATIONERY 464 BUSINESS EARDS .. .. .464 SIGNATURE
OPTIONS .. 466 SPELLING OPTIONS .. 466 CONNEETION OPTIONS 467 ADVANEED
OPTIONS _ .. _467 XXI CONTENTS LMAP ,468 MESSAGE THREADS .468
REPLYLFORWARD , 468 RESTORE DEFAUITS .. , , 468 MAINTENANCE AND
TROUBLESHOOTING , 468 E-MAIL SECURITY OPTIONS .470 VIRUS PROTEETION ..
.470 DOWNLOAD IMAGES .. .471 SECMEMAIL .. .4 72 WORKING WITH CONTACTS ..
.. .472 SENDING E-MAIL TO CONTACTS .. .. .473 PRINTING CONTAETS , , ,
474 USING THE CALENDAR ,.. , 475 ADDING AN EVENT , , 476 CREATING A
NEW CALENDAR , .476 WORKING WITH YOM WINDOWS LIVE CALENDAR .477 MANAGING
E-MAIL ACCOUNTS .478 ~~~ , .4~ SERVERS , 479 CONNECTION , 479 ~WRI~
, , 4~ ADVANCED . , 479 CUSTOMIZING THE TOOLBAR , .480 SEWRING E-MAIL
WITH DIGITAL IDS 481 GEUING A DIGITAL ID , , , 481 USING YOM DIGITAL ID
.. .483 IMPORTING MESSAGES FROM OTHER PROGRAMS .484 EXPORTING MESSAGES
TO OTHER PROGRAMS .485 WHERE AND HOW MESSAGES ARE STORED .485 MORE ON
WINDOWS LIVE MAI! 486 WRAP-UP 486 CHAPTER 19: CHATTING AND TEXTING WITH
WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER. . . 489 OVERVIEW ,. . 489 ADDING MESSENGER TO
WINDOWS 490 SETTING UP YOM ACCOUNT 491 ADDING CONTAETS .. .. .493 ADDING
AND USING GROUPS 494 CHATTING ONIINE .. 495 CHANGING THE FONT 496 USING
INK 496 SENDING TEXT MESSAGES 497 SHARING PHOTOS . . , , 497 AUDIO,
VIDEO, AND MORE .. , .498 WRAP-UP , .499 XXII CONTENTS CHAPTER 20:
BEYOND E-MAIL AND THE WEB 501 ABOUT NEWSGROUPS . 501 CREATING A
NEWSGROUP ACCOUNT . . 502 DOWN1OADING NEWSGROUP NAMES .. . 504
SUBSCRIBING TO NEWSGROUPS . . 505 VIEWING NEWSGROUP MESSAGES .. .. .. .
. 506 POSTING A NEWSGROUP MESSAGE ... 508 REPLYING TO NEWSGROUP MESSAGES
. 510 GETTING THE IATEST MESSAGES 510 SEARCHING NEWSGROUP MESSAGES . 512
QUICK SEARCHES FROM THE SEARCH BOX . 512 SEARCHING FROM THE START MENU
512 HIDING IRRELEVANT MESSAGES. . 513 CREATING NEWSGROUP MESSAGE RULES .
513 UNSCRAMBLING MESSAGES . 514 UNSUBSCRIBING FROM A GROUP 515
PERSONALIZING NEWSGROUPS 515 USING HP . . 515 ANONYMOUS FTP VERSUS FTP
ACCOUNTS . 515 USING INTERNET EXPLORER AS AN FTP CLIENT 516 USING REMOTE
ASSISTANCE . 5I 7 SETTING UP REMOTE ASSISTANCE . .. ..518 REQUESTING
REMOTE ASSISTANCE .. . 519 USING REMOTE DESKTOP . 520
DISPLAY............... . 521 LOCAL RESOURCES . . 522 PROGRAMS . 522
EXPERIENCE .. 523 ADVANCED . .. 523 ALLOWING REMOTE CONNECTIONS ON
AHORNE NETWORK .. ...524 CONNECTING FROM A REMOTE HORNE NETWORK PC ..
525 ACCESS MULTIPLE COMPUTERS BEHIND AHORNE FIREWALL 526 WRAP-UP 529
CHAPTER 21: MANAGING NAMES AND ADDRESSES 531 OPENING CONTACTS 531
CHANGING HOW YOU VIEW CONTACTS .. 532 MAKING SHORTCUTS TO CONTACTS 532
CREATING A CONTACT .. .. 533 OPENING AND EDITING CONTACTS .. 534 CREATE
A ME CONTACT . .. 535 CREATING CONTACT GROUPS . .. 535 PRINTING
CONTACTS . 537 LMPORTING AND EXPORTING CONTACTS .. 538 LMPORTING PEOPLE
TO YOUR CONTACTS FOLDER 538 XXIII CONTENTS EXPORTING CONTACTS TO VCARDS
539 EXPORTING TO A CSV FILE 540 SEARCHING FOR CONTACTS 540 SHARING
CONTACTS ON A NETWORK 540 WRAP-UP 540 CHAPTER 22: TROUBLESHOOTING
INTERNET PROBLEMS 543 TROUBLESHOOTING INTERNET EXPLORER 543 CLICKING A
HYPERLINK HAS NO EFFECT 543 CAN T DOWNLOAD PROGRAM OR ACTIVEX CONTROL
543 SECURITY ALERT ABOUT LEAVING ASEEURE INTERNET CONNECTION 544 ERROR
MESSAGE: IHISPAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED .545 CAN T CHANGE THE DEFAULT
HORNE PAGE 545 SAVED PICTURES STORED AS BITMAPS CBMP FILES) 546 ALL
OTHER INTERNET EXPLORER PROBLEMS/FEATURES 546 TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS
LIVEMAIL 546 ERROR MESSAGE: IHEHOST NAME COULD NOT BE FOUND .547
SOME OF MY MAI! IS NOT SHOWING UP IN MY INBOX 548 PICTURES ARE MISSING
FROM E-MAIL MESSAGES.... . 548 CAN T OPEN OR SAVE E-MAIL ATTACHMENT 548
ERROR MESSAGE: YOUR CURRENT SECURITY SETTINGS PROHIBIT RUNNING AETIVEX
CONTROLS 549 ALL OTHER WINDOWS LIVE MAIL PROBLEMS/FEATURES 549 MORE
INTERNET TROUBLESHOOTING 550 PART V: PICTURES, MUSIC, AND MOVIES 551
CHAPTER 23: WORKING WITH PICTURES 553 GETTING PIETURES INTO YOUR
COMPUTER 553 GETTING PICTURES FROM A DIGITAL CAMERA 553 GETTING PICTURES
FROM A MEMORY EARD 555 GETTING PICTURES FROM A CD OR DVD 556 GETTING
PICTURES FROM A SCANNER 557 USING PICTURES YOU GET BYE-MAIL 558 COPYING
PICTURES FROM WEB SITES 559 COPY-AND-PASTE PICTURES 560 TAKING
SEREENSHOTS .. 560 USING THE PRINT SCREEN KEY 560 USING YOUR PICTURES
FOLDER 561 PICTURES FOLDER QUICK TIPS 564 WHY SOME PICTURES SHOW ICONS
567 VIDEOS IN YOUR PIETURES FOLDER . 568 RENAMING PICTURES AND VIDEOS
569 USING WINDOWS LIVE PHOTO GALLERY 570 XXIV CONTENTS CHOOSING WHAT TO
VIEW AND HOW 570 PHOTO GALLERY QUICK TIPS 571 SELECTING THUMBNAILS IN
THE GALLERY 572 DATING, RATING, TAGGING, AND CAPTIONING 572 FILTERING
PICTURES 574 CHANGING TAGS 575 USE A PICTURE AS YOUR DESKTOP BACKGROUND
575 ADDING PICTURES TO PHOTO GALLERY 575 USE YOUR PHOTO GALLERY AS A
SCREEN SAVER 576 FIXING PHOTOS . 576 AUTO ADJUST 577 ADJUST EXPOSURE 578
ADJUST COLOR 578 STRAIGHTEN PHOTO 578 CROP PHOTO 578 FIX RED EYE 579
BLACK AND WHITE EFFECTS . 580 SAVING FIX PANE CHANGES 580 USING PEOPLE
TAGS 581 OTHER NEW FEATURES 581 CHOOSING PHOTO GALLERY OPTIONS 582
MAKING MOVIES FROM PHOTO GALLERY 584 PRINTING PICTURES 584 PRINTING FROM
WINDOWS LIVE PHOTO GALLERY 585 PRINTING PICTURES FROM A FOLDER 586 USING
THE SLIDE SHOW GADGET 586 PIXELS AND MEGAPIXELS 588 FILE EXTENSION,
SIZE, AND DIMENSIONS 590 TIFF PICTURES 591 JPEG PICTURES 591 GIF
PICTURES . 591 PNG PICTURES 591 BMP PICTURES 591 CHANGING A PICTURE TYPE
OR SIZE 591 PICTURES, TAGS, AND YINUAL FOLDERS 594 WRAP-UP 595 CHAPTER
24: MAKING MUSIC WITH MEDIA PLAYER 597 CONTROLLING SOUND YOLUME 597
STARTING WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER . 599 MEDIA PLAYER PROGRAM WINDOW 599 THE
TOOLBAR 600 MEDIA PLAYER MENUS 601 PLAY COMROIS 601 CLOSINGLMINIMIZING
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 603 XXV CONTENTS XXVI LISTENING TO A CD 604 NOW
PLAYING, VISUALIZATIONS, AND ENHANCEMENTS 605 USING THE PLAYLIST IN NOW
PLAYING VIEW 606 USING ENHANCEMENTS 607 STOPPING A CD . 607 PLAY CDS
AUTOMATICALLY WITH MEDIA PLAYER 607 RIPPING (COPYING) MUSIC CDS 608
OPTIONS FOR RIPPING CDS . 608 CHOOSING WHERE TO PUT SONGS 609 CHOOSING
HOW TO NAME FILES 610 CHOOSING A FILE FORMAT AND QUALITY .. . 610 COPY
PROTECT MUSIC 612 RIP CD AUTOMATICALLY 612 EJECT CD AFTER RIPPING 612
STILL MORE RIP OPTIONS . 612 COPYING SONGS . 613 GETTING MUSIC ONLINE
614 USING THE MEDIA PLAYER LIBRARY . 614 NAVIGATING THE LIBRARY.. 615
CHOOSING COLUMNS FOR MEDIA LIBRARY . 619 SIZING COLUMNS . . 619 MOVING
COLUMNS 620 SORTING SONGS . . 620 GETTING MISSING MEDIA INFORMATION
AUTOMATICALLY . 620 CHOOSING WHAT FILES TO INCLUDE IN YOUR LIBRARY 621
SHARING (STREAMING) YOUR MEDIA LIBRARY . . 622 ALLOWING INTERNET
STREAMING . . 623 USING A REMOTE STREAM . 624 ALLOW REMOTE
CONTROL . 625 PUSHING MEDIA TO ANOTHER COMPUTER 625 AUTOMATICALLY
RENAMING SONGS 626 SELECTING IN MEDIA LIBRARY . . 626 CHANGING A SONG
TITLE . 628 CHANGING GENRE, ARTIST, AND SUCH . 628 CHANGING INCORRECT
MEDIA INFORMATION. . 628 RATING SONGS . 628 MAKING CUSTOM PLAYLISTS 629
MANAGING SONGS IN A PLAYLIST . 631 SAVING A PLAYLIST 632 VIEWING,
PLAYING, AND CHANGING PLAYLISTS 632 USING AND CREATING AUTO
PLAYLISTS 633 CREATING YOUR OWN MUSIC CDS . 634 TYPES OF MUSIC
CDS . . 634 CHOOSING MUSIC DISK OPTIONS . . 635 CONTENTS CHOOSING
SONGS TO PUT ON THE CD 637 CREATING THE DISK 638 SAVING A BUFFI LIST 638
COPYING MUSIC TO PORTABLE DEVICES 638 MANUAL SYNCING 639 MANAGING SONGS
ON A DEVICE 640 AUTO-SYNCING DEVICES 640 CHOOSE BETWEEN MANUAL AND AUTO
SYNC 642 SETTING PLAYER OPTIONS 642 FUN WITH SKINS 642 EXTENDING MEDIA
PLAYER WITH PLUG-INS 643 CONVERTING FILE TYPES 643 MUSIC, METADATA, AND
SEARCHES 644 WRAP-UP 645 CHAPTER 25: DVD, VIDEO, AND MORE 647 WATCHING
DVD, VCD, AND SUCH 647 SETTING DEFAULTS FAR DVDS 648 PLAYING A DVD OR
VCD 648 CHOOSING THE SCREEN SIZE 650 PREVENTING SCREEN SAVERS DURING
PLAYBACK 651 SETTING PARENTAL CONTROLS AND LANGUAGE DEFAULTS 651 PLAYING
VIDEO FILES 651 USING YOUR VIDEOS LIBRARY 651 RECORDED TV 652 MAKING
MEDIA PLAYER THE DEFAULT VIDEO PLAYER 653 ADDING VIDEOS TO YOUR MEDIA
LIBRARY 653 PLAYING VIDEOS FROM YOUR LIBRARY 653 MANAGING PHOTOS WITH
MEDIA PLAYER 654 MORE ON PLAYLISTS 654 LIMITING PLAYLIST SIZE 656
LIMITING PLAYLISTS TO FAVORITE ITEMS 657 SKIPPING PLAYLIST ITEMS 657
PROMPT ME TO REMOVE UPON SAVE 658 WRAP-UP 659 CHAPTER 26: FUN WITH MEDIA
CENTER 661 STARTING MEDIA CENTER 661 WORKING MEDIA CENTER WITH A MOUSE
662 WORKING MEDIA CENTER WITH A KEYBOARD 663 USING A MEDIA CENTER REMOTE
CONTROL 663 MOVING AND SIZING MEDIA CENTER 663 MEDIA CENTER PLAYBACK
CONTROLS 663 THINGS YOU CAN 00 WITHOUT TV 663 PLAYING MUSIC IN MEDIA
CENTER 665 XXVII CONTENTS VIEWING PIETURES AND VIDEOS IN MEDIA CENTER
665 MOVIES AND TV IN MEDIA CENTER 665 EXTRAS 665 SPORTS 666 WATEHING AND
REEORDING TV , 666 REEORDING TV 668 WATEHING REEORDED TV 669 REEORDED TV
FILES 669 PERSONALIZING MEDIA CENTER 670 GENERAL SETTINGS 670 STARTUP
AND WINDOW BEHAVIOR 671 VISUAL AND SOUND EFFEETS 672 WINDOWS MEDIA
CENTER SETUP 672 PARENTAL EONTROLS 672 AUTOMATIE DOWNLOAD OPTIONS 673
OPTIMIZATION 673 PRIVAEY 673 TV SETTINGS 673 PIETURES SETTINGS 674 MUSIE
SETTINGS 675 DVD SETTINGS 675 START MENU AND EXTRAS 676 EXTENDER
SETTINGS 676 MEDIA LIBRARIES 676 BURNING CDS AND DVDS FROM MEDIA CENTER
676 SYNCING, SHUTTING DOWN, AND EXTENDERS 677 WRAP-UP 677 CHAPTER 27:
TROUBLESHOOTING MULTIMEDIA 679 TROUBLESHOOTING PIETURES AND PHOTOS 679
NO COPY OPTION WHEN RIGHT-CLIEKING A PIETURE IN A WEB PAGE 679 CANNOT
EOPY THUMBNAIL FROM MY PICTURES FOLDER TO OPEN DOEUMENT 679
TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 680 ERROR MESSAGE: INVALID
FUNETION WHEN TRYING TO BURN A CD 680 SOME OTHER PROGRAM OPENS WHEN YOU
OPEN AN IEON OR INSERT A CD 680 L M UNABLE TO LOEATE THE MENUS WITHIN
MEDIA PLAYER 681 CANNOT SEE EAPTIONS WHEN PLAYING A CD OR DVD 681 MEDIA
PLAYER EAN T FIND MY MP3 PLAYER 682 SONG TITLES DON T APPEAR AFTER
INSERTING A CD 682 ERROR MESSAGE APPEARS WITH OXCOO OR OTHER NUMBER 682
ALL OTHER WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER ISSUES 682 ERROR MESSAGE: YOUR SYSTEM IS
EURRENTLY SET TO 800 X 600 682 MORE TROUBLESHOOTING RESOUREES 682
XXVIII CONTENTS PART VI: MANAGING FILES AND FOLDERS 683 CHAPTER 28:
UNDERSTANDING DRIVES, FOLDERS, AND FILES 685 UNDERSTANDING DISKS AND
DRIVES 685 YOUR COMPUTER S HARD DISK 685 REMOVABLE MEDIA 686 FLOPPIES
AND ZIP DISKS 686 CDS AND DVDS 686 PORTABLE DEVICES 688 FLASH CARDS AND
MEMORY STICKS 688 FLASH DRIVES 688 VIEWING YOUR COMPUTER S DRIVES . 689
SIZES AND CAPACITIES 690 HOW MUCH ROOM IS THERE? 692 VIEWING DISK
CONTENTS 693 FORMATTING DISKS 693 ABOUT FOLDERS 693 VIEWING THE CONTENTS
OF A FOLDER 694 FOLDERS IN FOLDERS CSUBFOLDERS) 695 PARENT FOLDERS 695
ABOUT FILES.... 696 OPENING AND C10SING FILES 697 SHOWINGLHIDING
FILENAME EXTENSIONS 698 CHOOSING A PROGRAM TO OPEN A FILE 698 CHANGING
THE DEFAULT PROGRAM 698 WINDOWS CANNOT OPEN THIS FILE 700 FILE PATHS 701
USING WINDOWS EXPLORER 702 OPENING WINDOWS EXPLORER 703 WINDOWS EXPLORER
COMPONENTS 703 SHOW OR HIDE OPTIONAL PANES 704 NAVIGATING WITH [HE
ADDRESS BAR 705 NAVIGATING WITH [HE NAVIGATION PANE 706 ADDING PLACES TO
FAVORITES 707 MANAGING FAVORITES 708 NAVIGATING FROM THE CONTENTS PANE
.708 NAVIGATING TO A DISK DRIVE 709 CHOOSING AN ICON VIEW 709 USING
COLUMNS IN THE DETAILS VIEW .. .. 710 SORTING ICONS 711 FILTERING A
FOLDER 712 USING THE PREVIEW PANE 714 USING THE DETAILS PANE 715 TO
CLICK OR DOUBLE-CLICK? 716 XXIX CONTENTS PERSONALIZING FOLDER BEHAVIOR .
.. . 717 OPTIONS ON THE VIEW TAB 718 ALWAYS SHOW ICONS, NEVER THUMBNAILS
719 ALWAYS SHOW MENUS 719 DISPLAY FILE ICON ON THUMBNAILS 719 DISPLAY
FILE SIZE INFORMATION IN FOLDER TIPS . 719 DISPLAY THE FUH PATH IN THE
TITLE BAR (CLASSIC THEME ONLY) 719 SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDUS 720 HIDE
EMPTY DRIVES IN THE COMPUTER FOLDER 720 HIDE EXTENSIONS FOR KNOWN FILE
TYPES. .. 720 HIDE PROTECTED OPERATING SYSTEM FILES (RECOMMENDED) 721
LAUNCH FOLDER WINDOWS IN ASEPARATE PROCESS .. 722 SHOW DRIVE LETTERS 722
SHOW ENCRYPTED OR COMPRESSED NTFS FILES IN COLOR . . 722 SHOW POP-UP
DESCRIPTION FOR FOLDER AND DESKTOP ITEMS . 722 SHOW PREVIEW HANDLERS IN
PREVIEW PANE .. 722 USE CHECK BOXES TO SELECT ITEMS 722 USE SHARING
WIZARD (RECOMMENDED) 723 WHEN TYPING INTO LIST VIEW . . 723 RESTORE
DEFAULTS .. 723 SAVING THINGS IN FOLDERS . 724 WHAT FOLDER SHOULD 1 USE?
. 725 HOW TO SAVE IN FOLDERS . . 725 SAVING IN WINDOWS 7-STYLE DIALOG
BOXES .. 725 NAMING THE FILE. .. 728 CHOOSING A SAVE AS TYPE .. .. 728
CLICK SAVE 728 OPENING THE SAVED FILE .. 729 CREATING YOUR OWN FOLDERS
.. 729 CREATING FOLDERS ON THE FLY WHILE SAVING 730 PERSONALIZING YOUR
FOLDER .. 731 SPECIFY A FOLDER TYPE 731 FOLDER PICTURES .. 732
CHANGING A FOLDER S ICON . 733 READ-ONLY, HIDDEN, AND ADVANCED
ATTRIBUTES .. 734 COMPRESS CONTENTS TO SAVE DISK SPACE . 735 ENCRYPT
CONTENTS TO SECURE DATA .. 736 WRAP-UP 737 CHAPTER 29: MANAGING FILES
AND FOLDERS 739 HOW TO SELEET 1CONS 739 SELECT ONE ICON 740 SELECTING AH
ICONS .. 741 SELEET A RANGE OF ICONS . 741 SELECTING AND UNSELECTING ONE
AT A TIME 742 XXX CONTENTS SELECTING WITH THE KEYBOARD . . . .. ... ..
. 742 SELECT BY FILTERING . . 743 SELECTING BY LASSOING . 744 SELECT
MOST ICONS IN A FOLDER . 745 SELECTING FROM MULTIPLE FOLDERS .. . 745
UNSELECTING ALL ICONS .745 MOVING AND COPYING FILES 745 MOVING FILES
TO A SUBFOLDER . . 746 COPYING TO/FROM EXTERNAL DISKS . . 747 MOVING
AND COPYING BY DRAGGING . ..747 MOVE OR COPY USING TWO OPEN FOLDERS
...748 USING CUT-AND-PASTE TO MOVE OR COPY FILES . 749 MAKING A COPY IN
THE SAME FOLDER . 750 UNDOING A MOVE OR COPY . 751 IHIS LOCATION ALREADY
CONTAINS 751 RENAMING FILES 753 UNDOING ARENAME 753 RENAMING MULTIPLE
FILES 754 DELETING FILES . 755 USING THE RECYCLE BIN . .757 RECOVERING
ACCIDENTALLY DELETED FILES. . .757 PERMANENTLY DELETING RECYC!E BIN
FILES .. .. .. ..757 CREATING AND DELETING SHORTCUTS . . . 758 MANAGING
FILES WITH DOS COMMANDS . .760 GETTING TO A COMMAND PROMPT . 760 USING
THE COMMAND PROMPT .761 COPY AND PASTE IN THE COMMAND PROMPT WINDOW 762
NAVIGATING FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT 762 USING WILDCARDS . 763 PRINTING A
LIST OF FILENAMES 763 WRAP-UP .764 CHAPTER 30: SEARCHING FOR FILES AND
MESSAGES ON YOUR COMPUTER 767 BASICS OF SEARCHING .. .... . . . . . 767
YOU RE NOT ASKING IT QUESTIONS .. . .767 BE SPECIFIC . 768 SPELLING
COUNTS . 769 WHERE YOU START THE SEARCH MATTERS . 769 HOW SEARCHING
WORKS . 769 QUICKIE START MENU SEARCHES . . 770 CUSTOMIZING START MENU
SEARCHES 771 EXTENDING A START MENU SEARCH 772 SEARCHING FOLDERS AND
VIEWS . 773 SPECIFYING SEARCH CRITERIA . .775 SEARCH BY DATE . 776 XXXI
CONTENTS SEAREH BY SIZE 777 SEAREH BY FILENAME OR SUBJEET 777 SEAREH BY
KIND 778 SEAREH BY TAGS, AUTHORS, TIDE, AND OTHERS 778 SAVING A SEAREH
778 USING SAVED SEAREHES . 779 WRAP-UP 780 CHAPTER 31: METADATA AND
POWER SEARCHES 783 WORKING WITH FILE PROPENIES 783 VIEWING PROPENIES
SHEETS 784 VIEWING PROPENIES IN EOLUMNS . 785 EDITING PROPENIES . 786
SETTING PROPENIES WHEN YOU SAVE 788 PERSONALIZING SEAREHES 789 MANAGING
THE SEAREH INDEX 791 ADDING AND REMOVING INDEXED LOEATIONS 792 REMOVE A
IOEATION FROM THE INDEX 794 CHOOSING FILE TYPES TO INDEX . 794 MORE
ADVANEED OPTIONS 795 REBUILDING THE INDEX 796 POWER SEAREHES 797
SEARCHING SPECIFIE PROPENIES 798 GREATER THAN AND LESS THAN . 798 AND,
OR, AND NOT SEARCHES .. 798 DATE AND NUMBER SEAREHES 800 SEAREHING FOR
PHRASES 802 MESSAGE SEAREHING 802 NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIES . 802 WRAP-UP
. 804 CHAPTER 32: USING CDS AND DVDS 805 UNDERSTANDING CDS AND DVDS
805 CD-ROM AND DVD-ROM 806 CD-R, DVD-R, AND DVD+R 806 CD-RW, DVD-RW,
DVD+RW 806 DATA CD VERSUS AUDIO CD . 806 DVD- VERSUS DVD+ 806 WHAT KIND
OF DRIVE 00 I HAVE? 807 USING DISKS THAT ALREADY CONTAIN DATA 808 WHAT
KIND OF DISK IS THIS? 809 VIEWING A DISK S EONTENTS 810 COPYING FILES
FROM A CD OR DVD .. 810 CHANGING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU INSERT A CD OR
DVD 8LL XXXII CONTENTS COPYING FILES TO BLANK CDS AND DVDS 813 BUMING A
MASTERED (ISO) DISK 816 CLOSING A LIVE FILE SYSTEM (UDF)
........................................................................817
ADDING MORE FILES LATER 817 ERASING DISKS 81 7 FORMATTING CDS AND DVDS
818 BUM AS YOU GO IN EXPLORER 820 USING WINDOWS DVD MAKER 821 OPENING
WINDOWS DVD MAKER 821 ADDING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS . .. 821 CHOOSING DVD
OPTIONS 822 DESIGNING THE MENUS 824 CUSTOMIZE MENU TEXT 824 CUSTOMIZE
THE MENUS 825 CUSTOMIZE THE SLIDE SHOW 826 MAKE THE DVD 826 OPENING A
SAVED DVD PROJEET 827 DVD MAKER HELP AND TROUBLESHOOTING 828 WRAP-UP 829
CHAPTER 33: PROTECTING YOUR FILES 831 SIMPLE FILE BACKUPS 831 USING
BACKUP AND RESTORE 834 STARTING BACKUP AND RESTORE 834 BACKING UP FILES
AND SETTINGS .. 834 RESTORING FILES FROM A BACKUP 838 BACKING UP THE
ENTIRE PC WITH AN IMAGE 838 RESTORING FROM AN IMAGE TO A NEW HARD DRIVE
839 RESTORE AN IMAGE TO A PARTIALLY DAMAGED DISK 840 CREATE A SYSTEM
REPAIR DISK 840 USING SYSTEM PROTECTION 840 TUMING SYSTEM PROTECTION ON
OR OFF 841 CREATING ARESTORE POINT 842 RETUMING TO A PREVIOUS RESTARE
POINT 843 UNDOING A SYSTEM RESTORE .. 843 USING PREVIOUS VERSIONS
(SHADOW COPIES) 844 RETURNING TO A PREVIOUS VERSION OF A FILE OR FOLDER
844 RESTORING DELETED FILES FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS 846 USING BITLOCKER
DRIVE ENCRYPTION 846 BITLOCKER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS 847 ENCRYPTING THE
VOLUME 848 WHEN THE COMPUTER WON T START 848 TUMING OFF BITLOCKER 848
MORE INFO ON BITLOCKER 848 WRAP-UP 849 XXXIII CONTENTS CHAPTER 34:
TROUBLESHOOTING FILES AND FOLDERS *................. 851 TROUBLESHOOTING
FOLDERS, FILES, AND SHORTCUTS 851 THE MENU BAR IS MISSING FROM EXPLORER
851 WHERE IS THE UP BUTTON TO NAVIGATE TO THE PARENT FOLDER? 851 WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE FOLDERS LIST? 851 SLIDE SHOW IS NOT AVAILABLE AS AN
OPTION IN THE EXPLORER TOOLBAR 852 I DON T SEE THE FILE EXTENSIONS ON
FILES 852 WHEN I TRY TO SELECT BY DRAGGING, THE ICONS MOVE, AND NOTHING
IS SELECTED 852 ERROR MESSAGE: APPLICATION IS USING THIS FILE. YOU MUST
DOSE THE FILE BEFORE PROCEEDING 852 ERROR MESSAGE: IF YOU CHANGE A
FILE NAME EXTENSION, THE FILE MAY BECOME UNUSABLE 853 ERROR MESSAGE:
THIS LOCATION ALREADY CONTAINS A FILE WITH THE SAME NAME 853 PROBLEM
WITH SHORTCUT DIALOG BOX OPENS 853 DELETING A SHONCUT FROM MY DESKTOP
DELETES IT FROM ALL USERS DESKTOPS 853 TROUBLESHOOTING DOCUMENTS 854
YOU CANNOT SAVE IN THE FOLDER SPECIFIED 854 ERROR MESSAGE: THE FILE
NAME IS INVALID 854 MY DOCUMENT ISN T IN THE OPEN DIALOG BOX 854
TROUBLESHOOTING CDS AND DVDS 854 ERROR MESSAGE: INVALID FUNCTION WHEN
ATTEMPTING TO WRITE FILES TO A CD 854 I M UNABLE TO READ RECORDED CDS
AND DVDS ON OTHER COMPUTERS 855 TROUBLESHOOTING SEARCHES 855 SEARCH
DIDN T FIND MY FILE 855 MORE TROUBLESHOOTING RESOURCES 855 PART VII:
PRINTING, FAXING, AND SCANNING 857 CHAPTER 35: INSTALLING AND MANAGING
PRINTERS ..*..*..*.......... 859 PRINTER PROPERTIES VERSUS PRINTING
PROPERTIES 859 OPENING THE DEVICES AND PRINTERS FOLDER 860 SETTING THE
DEFAULT PRINTER 860 TESTING A PRINTER .. 860 INSTALLING A NEW PRINTER
862 INSTALLING PRINTERS WITH PARALLEL AND SERIAL PORT CONNECTIONS 862
INSTALLING PRINTERS WITH USB AND INFRARED CONNECTIONS 862 INSTALLING A
NETWORK, WIRELESS, OR BLUETOOTH PRINTER 863 MANAGING PRINTER DRIVERS
864 SETTING DEFAULT PRINTING PROPERTIES 864 MAKING PAGES PRINT IN THE
RIGHT ORDER 865 PORTRAIT VERSUS LANDSCAPE PRINTING 866 SAVING TIME AND
MONEY 866 XXXIV CONTENTS SETTING PRINTER PROPERTIES 866 CONFIGURING
PRINTER PORTS 867 SETTING UP PRINTER POOLING 868 CONFIGURING PRINTER
AVAILABILITY 870 SETTING OTHER ADVANCED OPTIONS 871 WRAP-UP 871 CHAPTER
36: PRINTING DOCUMENTS AND SCREENSHOTS 873 PRINTING A DOCUMENT 873
COMMON PRINTING OPTIONS 874 CHOOSING A PRINT QUALITY AND OTHER OPTIONS
875 STILL MORE PRINT OPTIONS 877 PRINTING THE SCREEN 878 USING PRINT
PREVIEW 879 WRAP-UP 880 CHAPTER 37: MANAGING PRINT JOBS 881 HOW PRINTING
WORKS 881 MANAGING PRINT JOBS 883 MANAGING A SINGLE DOCUMENT .. 883
MANAGING SEVERAL DOCUMENTS 883 MANAGING ALL DOCUMENTS 884 CHANGING PRINT
QUEUE ORDER 884 SOLVING COMMON PRINTER PROBLEMS 885 PRINTING OFFLINE 886
CREATING XPS DOCUMENTS 888 WRAP-UP 890 CHAPTER 38: FAXING AND SCANNING
891 WHAT YOU NEED FOR FAX .. .. 891 OPENING WINDOWS FAX AND SCAN 892
CREATING A FAX ACCOUNT 892 CONFIGURING FAX MODEM OPTIONS 893 DEFINING
DIALING RULES 894 SETTING UP YOUR COVER SHEETS 896 SENDING FAXES 899
FAXING FROM WINDOWS FAX AND SCAN 899 SENDING FAXES FROM PROGRAMS .. 901
RECEIVING FAXES 901 WORKING WITH FAXES 903 SCANNING DOCUMENTS 903
SCANNING WITH WINDOWS FAX AND SCAN 904 USING SCANNED DOCUMENTS 906
FORWARDING SCANNED DOCUMENTS AUTOMATICALLY 907 WRAP-UP 907 XXXV CONTENTS
CHAPTER 39: TROUBLESHOOTING PRINTING AND FAXING 909 TROUBLESHOOTING
PRINTING .. . 909 FIRST AID FOR PRINTING PROBLEMS 909 DOCUMENT APPEARS
TO PRIM, BUT NOTHING COMES OUT OF THE PRINTER. . 909 PROBLEM WITH A
NETWORK PRINTER 910 PRINTER PRINTS GARBAGE 910 ADVANCED PRINTING
FEATURES ARE DISABLED 911 PRINTED COLORS DON T MATCH SCREEN COLORS . 911
ERROR MESSAGE: PROBLEM COMMUNICATING WITH PRINTER . . 912 UPDATING YOUR
PRIMER DRIVER . 912 TROUBLESHOOTING FAXING 912 FIRST AID FOR FAXING
PROBLEMS . 912 PRINTING AND FAXING TROUBLESHOOTING RESOMCES 913 PART
VIII: INSTALLING AND REMOVING PROGRAMS 915 CHAPTER 40: INSTALLING AND
UPGRADING PROGRAMS 917 PLAYING IT SAFE WITH PROGRAM INSTALLATIONS . 917
UPDATES VERSUS UPGRADES 918 INSTALLING AND UPGRADING FROM A DISK 918
COMMON INSTALLATION PROMPTS 919 THE INITIAL CD OR DVD PROMPT .. 919 EMER
AN ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD 919 THE PRODUET KEY OR SERIAL NUMBER 920
COMPLIANCE CHECK 920 USER INFORMATION PROMPT 921 THE END USER LICENSE
AGREEMEM (EULA) 921 TYPE OF INSTALLATION . 922 INSTALLATION SUMMARY 923
SETUP COMPLETED .. 923 USING THE INSTALLED PROGRAM 925 WRAP-UP 925
CHAPTER 41: GETTING OLDER PROGRAMS TO RUN 927 UNDERSTANDING PROGRAM
TYPES .. 927 DOS PROGRAMS 928 OLD PROGRAMS TO AVOID ALTOGETHER 928
INSTALLING INCOMPATIBLE PROGRAMS .. .. 929 USING THE PROGRAM
COMPATIBILITY WIZARD 930 QUICK-AND-DIRTY PROGRAM COMPATIBILITY 932 USING
WINDOWS XP MODE 932 USING DOS COMMANDS IN WINDOWS 7 934 WRAP-UP 936
XXXVI CONTENTS CHAPTER 42: REPAIRING AND REMOVING PROGRAMS 937 CHANGING
AND REPAIRING PROGRAMS 937 REMOVING CUNINSTALLING) PROGRAMS 939
UNINSTALLING FROM THE ALL PROGRAMS MENU 940 DEALING WITH STUCK PROGRAMS
941 RETURNING TO A PREVIOUS VERSION 941 TURNING WINDOWS FEATURES ON AND
OFF 942 WRAP-UP . 943 CHAPTER 43: SETTING DEFAULT PROGRAMS 945 SETTING
DEFAULT PROGRAMS FOR FILES 945 USING THE DEFAULT PROGRAMS PAGE 948 SET
YOUR DEFAULT PROGRAMS 949 ASSOCIATE A FILE TYPE OR PROTOCOL WITH A
SPECIFIC PROGRAM 951 CHANGE AUTOPLAY SETTINGS 951 SET PROGRAM ACCESS AND
COMPUTER DEFAUITS 953 WRAP-UP 955 CHAPTER 44: MANAGING PROGRAMS AND
PROCESSES 957 GETTING TO KNOW TASK MANAGER 957 CHOOSING TASK MANAGER
VIEWS 959 NOT RESPONDING? TASK MANAGER TO THE RESCUE 960 CLOSING FROZEN
PROGRAMS 960 SWITCHING AND STARTING TASKS 961 RESTARTING A HUNG COMPUTER
962 PEEKING AT RESOURCE USAGE 963 MANAGING PROCESSES WITH TASK MANAGER
964 HIDDEN PROCESSES 965 COMMON PROCESSES 966 CHOOSING COLUMNS IN
PROCESSES 966 MONITORING PERFORMANCE WITH TASK MANAGER 968 NETWORKING
AND USERS TABS 969 WRAP-UP 970 CHAPTER 45: TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE
PROBLEMS 971 TROUBLESHOOTING INSTALLATION 971 TROUBLESHOOTING PROGRAMS
971 RESEARCHING APPLICATION ERRORS 972 EDITING THE REGISTRY 973 HOW
REGISTRY DATA IS ORGANIZED 973 HIVES, KEYS, AND SUBKEYS 974 KEY VALUES
975 BACKING UP THE REGISTRY 978 MAKING THE REGISTRY CHANGE 979 .. XXXVII
CONTENTS TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS 980 HELP WITH TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE 981
PART IX: HARDWARE AND PERFORMANCE TUNING 983 CHAPTER 46: INSTALLING AND
REMOVING HARDWARE 985 HARDWARE, FIRMWARE, AND SOFTWARE DEMYSTIFIED 985 A
FEW WORDS ABOUT DEVICE DRIVERS .. 986 USING HOT-PLUGGABLE DEVICES . 986
CONNECTING USB DEVICES .. 986 CONNECTING IEEE 1394 DEVICES .. .. 988 PC
CARDS .. .. 989 USING MEMORY CARDS .. 989 MEMORY CARDS AND USB MASS
STORAGE .. 990 DISCONNECTING HOT-PLUGGABLE DEVICES. . 990
NOT-SO-HOT-PLUGGABLE DEVICES 991 INSTALLING EXPANSION CARDS 992
INSTALLING MORE MEMORY (RAM) 994 INSTALLING A SECOND HARD DRIVE 996
PRIMARY AND EXTENDED PARTITIONS 997 PARTITIONING AND FORMATTING THE DISK
998 OTHER HARD DRIVE OPERATIONS 1001 CONVERTING A FAT DISK TO NTFS 1001
SHRINKING AND EXTENDING PARTITIONS 1003 CHANGING A VOLUME LABEL .. 1003
CHANGING A DRIVE LETTER . 1003 THE EXFAT FILE SYSTEM 1004 REMOVING
HARDWARE .. 1006 UPDATING DRIVERS .. . .. 1007 DEALING WITH DEVICES THAT
PREVENT WINDOWS 7 FROM STARTING 1007 WRAP-UP . .. .......1008 CHAPTER
47: USING WIRELESS BLUETOOTH DEVICES 1009 THE WORLD OF BLUETOOTH 1009
CONFIGURING YOUR BLUETOOTH ADAPTER 1011 ADDING BLUETOOTH-ENABLED DEVICES
1012 INSTALLING A BLUETOOTH PRINTER 1013 INSTALL A BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD OR
MOUSE 10 13 INSTALL A BLUETOOTH MOBILE PHONE 1014 CONNECT A BLUETOOTH
BLACKBERRY 1015 CONNECT A BLUETOOTH WINDOWS MOBILE DEVICE 1015 INSTALL A
BLUETOOTH PALM PC 1015 JOINING A BLUETOOTH PERSONAL AREA NETWORK 1016
TROUBLESHOOTING A BLUETOOTH NETWORK CONNECTION .. .. .. 1017 XXXVIII
CONTENTS SHARING AN INTERNET CONNECTION 1017 TRANSFERRING FILES BETWEEN
BLUETOOTH DEVICES 1018 WRAP-UP 1021 CHAPTER 48: SYNCING DEVICES
.................*............. 1023 SYNCING WITH NETWORK FILES 1023
USING SYNC CENTER FOR OFFLINE FILES . 1023 USING SYNC CENTER .. 1024
SETTINGS FOR OFFLINE FILES .. 1027 DEALING WITH CONFLICT . 1029
SYNCHRONIZING WITH OTHER DEVICES .. 1034 WRAP-UP 1034 CHAPTER 49:
PERFORMANCE TUNING YOUR SYSTEM 1037 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SYSTEM 1037
KNOWING YOUR CPU AND RAM 1038 WINDOWS EXPERIENCE INDEX . 1038 GETTING
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PC 1040 MAXIMIZING CPU AND MEMORY
RESOURCES 1041 CONSERVING MEMORY 1041 MANAGING VINUAL MEMORY .. 1041
PRIORITIES, FOREGROUND, AND BACKGROUND 1044 CONTROLLING CPU PRIORITIES .
1044 MONITORING AND ADJUSTING PERFORMANCE 1045 PERFORMANCE MONITOR 1045
DATA COLLECTOR SETS AND REPONS 1048 CREATING DATA COLLECTOR SETS 1050
RESOURCE MONITOR .. 1052 RELIABILITY MONITOR 1053 USING WINDOWS
READYBOOST 1054 TRADING PRETTY FOR PERFORMANCE 1058 MAINTAINING YOUR
HARD DRIVE 1059 RECOVERING WASTED HARD DRIVE SPACE 1059 DELETING SYSTEM
RESTORE FILES AND UNWANTED FEATURES 1060 DEFRAGMENTING YOUR HARD DRIVE
1060 THE POWER SETTINGS 1062 CREATE A POWER PLAN 1064 SYSTEM SETTINGS
1064 WRAP-UP 1067 CHAPTER 50: TROUBLESHOOTING HARDWARE AND PERFORMANCE
1069 FIRST AID FOR TROUBLESHOOTING HARDWARE 1069 DEALING WITH ERROR
MESSAGES 1073 PERFORMING A CLEAN BOOT 1073 USING THE SYSTEM RECOVERY
OPTIONS 1074 XXXIX CONTENTS TROUBLESHOOTING PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS . 1075
WRAP-UP : 1076 PART X: NETWORKING AND SHARING 1077 CHAPTER 51: CREATING
AHORNE NETWORK 1079 WHAT LS A LAN? 1079 PLANNING A LAN 1080 CREATING A
WIRED LAN 1080 TRADITIONAL ETHERNET SPEEDS 1080 THE SLOWEST COMPONENT
RULES . . . 1081 CREATING A WIRELESS LAN . 1082 WIRELESS BROADBAND
ROUTER . .1082 OTHER USEFUL WIRELESS GOODIES 1084 ACQUIRING AND
INSTALLING NETWORK HARDWARE 1084 AFTER THE HARDWARE SETUP 1085 SETTING
UP A WIRED NETWORK WITH AN LCS HOST 1086 SETTING UP THE LCS HOST
......1086 SETTING UP OTHER COMPUTERS. . . .. . 1087 SETTING UP A
WIRED NETWORK WITH A ROUTER . . 1089 SETTING UP A WIRELESS NETWORK .
.1091 THE 802.11 STANDARD 1091 ACCESS POINT, SSLD, WEP, AND WPA 1092
ABOUT SSLDS 1093 ABOUT WEP AND WPA 1093 INSTALLING THE WIRELESS
NETWORKING HARDWARE 1093 CONNECTING TO AVAILABLE NETWORKS. . 1094 THE
NOTIFICATION ICON 1097 WRAP-UP 1098 CHAPTER 52: SHARING RESOURCES ON A
NETWORK 1099 SOME NETWORKING BUZZWORDS . 1099 METHODS FOR SHARING IN
WINDOWS 7 . . . 1100 HOMEGROUPS . 1100 WORKGROUP 1101 DOMAIN .. . .
1101 HOW TO CHOOSE? 1101 TURN ON SHARING AND DISCOVERY 1103 WINDOWS 7
HOMEGROUPS . . 1106 FINDING OR CHANGING THE HOMEGROUP PASSWORD 1107
JOINING A HOMEGROUP........... 1108 SHARING ITEMS WITH THE HOMEGROUP
1108 EXCLUDING ITEMS FROM SHARING 1110 SHARING WITH INDIVIDUAL USERS
. 1110 XL CONTENTS USING PUBLIC FOLDERS 1111 ADVANCED SHARING 1112
LDENTIFYING SHARED FOLDERS 1113 SHARING A PRINTER 1113 WRAP-UP . 1115
CHAPTER 53: USING SHARED RESOURCES ....*...............*... . 1117 UNC
PATHS 1117 ACCESSING REMOTE RESOURCES .. ...1118 OPENING REMOTE
DOCUMENTS 1119 OPENING A READ-ONLY COPY 1120 CREATING NETWORK LOCATIONS
1120 SAVING TO A REMOTE COMPUTER 1122 DOWNLOADING PROGRAMS TO A NETWORK
SHARE 1122 TRANSFERRING FILES BETWEEN COMPUTERS 1123 MAPPING DRIVE
LETTERS TO SHARED FOLDERS 1124 DISCONNECTING FROM A NETWORK DRIVE 1125
USING A SHARED PRINTER 1126 USING SHARED MEDIA . 1127 WRAP-UP . 1128
CHAPTER 54: TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORKS 1131 LETTING WINDOWS TROUBLESHOOT
THE NETWORK 1131 MANUAL TROUBLESHOOTING 1133 TROUBLESHOOTING A SPECIFIC
CONNECTION 1134 TESTING FROM A COMMAND CONSOLE 1134 PING 1135 TRACEN
1135 LPCONFIG 1136 TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORK PRINTER CONNECTIONS .. 1138
USE ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES 1139 PART XI: APPENDIXES 1141 APPENDIX A:
UPGRADING TO WINDOWS 7 1143 APPENDIX B: INSTALLING WINDOWS 7 ON A NEW
SYSTEM 1147 APPENDIX C: UNIVERSAL SHORTCUT KEYS ...........*...*..*.*...
1151 INDEX .........................................*.......1161 XLI
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