The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Windows XP

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The Complete Idiot's GuideA (R) to Windows XP is not a book for nerds, geeks, or anyone else who regards a pocket protector as the height of fashion. Instead, this book is aimed squarely at people who, through no fault of their own, have ended up with Windows XP installed on their computer and they want some guidance on how to tame this new beast. This completely revised edition covers both Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional. It includes all the new Windows XP features, including the new interface, the latest versions of Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, Windows Media Player 8, the new digital media features, and more.

Table of Contents:
I. XP EVERYWHERE: A FEW THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW. 1. New News Is Good News: New Windows XP Features. More Windows Equals More Computer. Some Spit and Polish on the Fit and Finish. New Multimedia Bells and Whistles. What's New on the Internet Front. A Few More Nouveau Riches. 2. A Field Guide to Windows XP. Starting Windows XP. What's What in the Windows Screen. Some Mouse and Keyboard Fundamentals. Making It Legit: Activating Your Copy of Windows XP. Quittin' Time: Shutting Down Windows. 3. Making Your Programs Do What You Want Them to Do. How to Start a Program. Now What? Getting a Program to Do Something Useful. Switching from One Program to Another. When Enough's Enough: Quitting a Program. 4. Your Twenty-Minute Window Workout. Warming Up: A Window Walkabout. Breaking a Sweat: Window Exercises. Window Weightlifting: Using Scrollbars. Scrolling with a "Wheel" Mouse. 5. Saving, Opening, Printing, and Other Document Lore. "What's Up, Doc(ument)?" Manufacturing a New Document. The All-Important Save Command. Getting It Right: Text Editing for Beginners. Closing a Document. Opening an Existing Document. Sending a Document to the Printer. 6. Using My Computer to Fiddle with Files and Folders. My, Oh, My: Learning About Your Computer Using My Computer. Workaday File and Folder Maintenance. Finding a File in That Mess You Call a Hard Disk. Launching a Program with the Run Command. 7. Installing and Uninstalling Programs and Devices. The Welcome Wagon: Installing a Program. The Bum's Rush: Uninstalling a Program. Device Advice I: Installing Hardware. Device Advice II: Removing Hardware. II. WINDOWS XP AT HOME. 8. Playing with Pictures. The Alphabet Soup of Picture File Formats. A Tour of the My Pictures Folder. Capturing a Picture of the Screen. 9. Graphics Gadgetry: Working with Scanners and Digital Cameras. Installing a Scanner or Digital Camera. Getting Images from Your Scanner or Camera. Browsing Digital Camera Images. 10. Giving Your Right Brain a Workout with Paint. A Tour of the Paint Studio. Tool Time: How to Use the Paint Tools. Erasing Paint Mistakes. Other Ways to Zoom. "I've Got a Cutout Now What?" Setting the Image Attributes. 11. Sights and Sounds: Music and Other Multimedia. Notes About Multimedia Files. Notes About Multimedia Hardware. Making Multimedia Whoopee with Media Player. Messing with Media Player's Audio CD Features. Rollin' Your Own Music: Copying Tracks to a CD or Device. Web Waves: Listening to Internet Radio. Assigning Sounds to Things Windows XP Does. 12. Creating Movies with Windows Movie Maker. What Hardware Do You Need to Use Movie Maker? A Tour of the Movie Maker Screen. Adding Video to a Project. Hip Clip Tips: Working with Clips. From Projector to Project: Creating Your Movie Project. 13. Avoiding Fistfights While Sharing Your Computer. Understanding Windows XP's New User Accounts. Creating a New Account. Changing an Existing Account. Logging On to an Account. Sharing Documents with (and Hiding Them from) Other Users. III. WINDOWS XP AT WORK. 14. Prose Programs: Windows XP's Writing Tools. Using Notepad for Garden-Variety Text Files. Using WordPad for Fancier Word Processing Files. Finding and Replacing Text. Using Character Map for Foreign Characters and Other Symbols. 15. Fax-It-Yourself: Using Windows XP's Faxing Features. Setting Up Windows XP to Do the Faxing Thing. Checking Out the Fax Console. Using "Fax" as a Verb: Sending a Fax. Covering Your Fax: Creating a Fax Cover Page. "Incoming!" Receiving a Fax. Annotating a Fax 16. A Movable Feast: Windows XP and Your Notebook Computer. Better Battery Life Through Power Management. Using a Briefcase to Synchronize Files. Working with Those Little PC Card Doodads. Setting Up a Direct Connection Between Two Computers. IV. WINDOWS XP ON THE INTERNET. 17. Getting on the Internet. Modems and Phone Cables. What to Look For in an Internet Service Provider. Getting Started on Your Road to the Internet. Setting Up an Existing Account Manually. Making the Connection. Severing the Connection. Locations, Locations, Locations: Setting Up Dialing Rules. 18. It's a Small Web After All: Using Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer Nuts and Bolts. Web Page Navigation Basics. Techniques for Efficient Web Gallivanting. "What If I Want to Use Netscape?" 19 The Savvy Surfer: More Internet Explorer Fun. Offline Surfing: Reading Pages When You're Not Connected. Customizing the Handy Links Bar. Dealing with Files in Internet Explorer. Caveat Surfer: Internet Explorer and Security. Restricting Your Cookie Diet: Internet Explorer's Privacy Features. 20. Sending and Receiving E-Mail Missives. Setting Up Your Internet E-Mail Account. The Lay of the Outlook Express Land. The Outbox: Sending an E-Mail Message. The Inbox: Getting and Reading E-Mail Messages. 21. More E-Mail Bonding: Extending Outlook Express. Taking Charge of Your Message Folders. Some Handy Message Maneuvers. Sharing Outlook Express with Others: Setting Up Identities. 22. Spreadin' the News: Participating in Newsgroup Conversations. Setting Up a News Account. Newsgroup Subscribing and Unsubscribing. Downloading Newsgroup Messages. Posting a Message to a Newsgroup. 23. Using Windows Messenger to Fire Off Instant Messages. What's All This About "Instant Messaging"? Setting Up Windows Messenger. Friends, Romans, Countrymen: Adding Contacts. Doing the Messaging Thing: Sending an Instant Message. Some Useful Windows Messenger Options. Windows Messenger and Outlook Express. V. WINDOWS XP AT THE SHOP: CUSTOMIZING, MAINTAINING, AND TROUBLESHOOTING. 24. Refurbishing the Desktop. Changing the Desktop Background. Adding Desktop Items. Screen Saver Silliness. Changing the Desktop Colors and Fonts. Changing the Screen Area and Color Depth. Applying Desktop Themes. 25. Revamping the Start Menu and Taskbar. A Smart Start: Reconstructing the Start Menu. Renovating the Taskbar. 26. Renovating My Computer. Points of View: Changing the My Computer View. A Few More Folder Options. A Folder Face-Lift: Customizing a Folder. 27. Smooth System Sailing: Wielding the System Tools. The Three Hard Disk Musketeers: Some Useful Disk Tools. Setting Up a System Maintenance Schedule. Using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. Using Automatic Updates to Keeping Up with the Windows Joneses. 28. Getting a Good Night's Sleep: Preparing for Trouble. Recovering from a Problem Using System Restore. Protecting Your System from Computer Viruses. Backing Up Your Precious Data with Windows XP Professional. Preparing for the Worst: Using Automated System Recovery. 29. When Windows Won't Work: Troubleshooting Common Problems. Ignition Trouble: Solving Startup Snags. Dealing with Applications That Won't Applicate. Overcoming File Failings. Handling Hardware Headaches. VI. WINDOWS XP ON THE NETWORK. 30. Using Windows XP to Set Up a Small Network. Networking Advantages. Basic Network Know-How. Stuff You Need: Understanding Network Hardware. Deciding How to Structure Your Network. Decisions, Decisions: What Route Should You Take? Getting a Machine Network-Ready. 31. Using Windows XP's Networking Features. Your Starting Point: The My Network Places Folder. Understanding the Network Connections. Sharing Your Resources So Other Folks Can Play with Them. Playing with Other Folks' Shared Resources. Road Scholar: Using Dial-Up Network Connections. Appendix. Appendix A: The Jargon Jar: The Complete Archive. Index.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780028642321
  • Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Alpha
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 232 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0028642325
  • Publisher Date: 19 Oct 2001
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 480
  • Weight: 796 gr


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