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Windows Vista: The Missing Manual

By
David Pogue
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
Released:
December 2006
Pages:
848
Description
Windows Vista: The Missing Manual offers complete and comprehensive coverage of all five versions of Vista. In his inimitable witty style, New York Times columnist and bestselling author David Pogue illuminates this subject with clear technical insight and hard-nosed objectivity. He explains Vista's features clearly and thoroughly, revealing which work well and which don't. Written for beginners, veteran stand-alone PC users, and those who know their way around a network, this jargon-free guide is the book that should have been in the box!
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Table of Contents

  1. The Vista Desktop

    1. Chapter 1 Welcome Center, Desktop, and the Start Menu

      1. The Welcome Center: All Versions
      2. The Vista Desktop—Now with Aero!: Home Premium • Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      3. The Start Menu: All Versions
      4. What's in the Start Menu: All Versions
      5. Start→ (Sleep): All Versions
      6. Start→ (Lock): All Versions
      7. Start→Log Off, Restart, Hibernate, Shut Down: All Versions
      8. Start→Help and Support: All Versions
      9. Start→Default Programs: All Versions
      10. Start→Control Panel: All Versions
      11. Start→Connect To: All Versions
      12. Start→Network: All Versions
      13. Start→Computer: All Versions
      14. Start→Recent Items: All Versions
      15. Start→Search: All Versions
      16. Start→Games: All Versions
      17. Start→Music, Pictures: All Versions
      18. Start→Documents: All Versions
      19. Start→[Your Name]: The Personal Folder: All Versions
      20. Start→Run: All Versions
      21. Customizing the Start Menu: All Versions

    2. Chapter 2 Explorer, Windows, and the Taskbar

      1. Universal Window Controls: All Versions
      2. Explorer Window Controls: All Versions
      3. Optional Window Panes: All Versions
      4. Tags, Metadata, and Properties: All Versions
      5. Icon and List Views: All Versions
      6. Sorting, Grouping, Stacking, and Filtering: All Versions
      7. Uni-Window vs. Multi-Window: All Versions
      8. Immortalizing Your Tweaks: All Versions
      9. The "Folder Options" Options: All Versions
      10. Sizing, Moving, and Closing Windows: All Versions
      11. Windows Flip (Alt+Tab): All Versions
      12. Windows Flip 3D: Home Premium • Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      13. The Taskbar: All Versions
      14. Taskbar Toolbars: All Versions

    3. Chapter 3 Searching and Organizing Your Files

      1. Meet Vista Search: All Versions
      2. Search from the Start Menu: All Versions
      3. Explorer-Window Searches: All Versions
      4. Saved Searches (Search Folders): All Versions
      5. The Folders of Windows Vista: All Versions
      6. Life with Icons: All Versions
      7. Selecting Icons: All Versions
      8. Copying and Moving Folders and Files: All Versions
      9. The Recycle Bin: All Versions
      10. Shortcut Icons: All Versions
      11. Compressing Files and Folders: All Versions
      12. Burning CDs and DVDs from the Desktop: All Versions

    4. Chapter 4 Interior Decorating Vista

      1. Aero or Not: Home Premium • Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      2. Dialing Up Your Own Look: All Versions
      3. Desktop Background (Wallpaper): All Versions
      4. Screen Savers: All Versions
      5. Sounds: All Versions
      6. Mouse Makeover: All Versions
      7. Change Your Theme: All Versions
      8. Monitor Settings: All Versions

    5. Chapter 5 Getting Help

      1. Navigating the Help System: All Versions
      2. Remote Assistance: All Versions
      3. Getting Help from Microsoft: All Versions

  2. Vista Software

    1. Chapter 6 Programs, Documents, and Gadgets

      1. Opening Programs: All Versions
      2. Exiting Programs: All Versions
      3. When Programs Die: The Task Manager: All Versions
      4. Saving Documents: All Versions
      5. Closing Documents: All Versions
      6. The Open Dialog Box: All Versions
      7. Moving Data Between Documents: All Versions
      8. Speech Recognition: All Versions
      9. The Sidebar: All Versions
      10. Filename Extensions and File Associations: All Versions
      11. Installing Software: All Versions
      12. Uninstalling Software: All Versions
      13. Running Pre-Vista Programs: All Versions

    2. Chapter 7 The Freebie Software

      1. Default Programs: All Versions
      2. Internet Explorer: All Versions
      3. Windows Calendar: All Versions
      4. Windows Contacts: All Versions
      5. Windows Defender: All Versions
      6. Windows DVD Maker: Home Premium • Ultimate
      7. Windows Fax and Scan: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      8. Windows Live Messenger Download: All Versions
      9. Windows Mail: All Versions
      10. Windows Media Center: Home Premium • Ultimate
      11. Windows Media Player: All Versions
      12. Windows Meeting Space: Home Premium • Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      13. Windows Movie Maker: Home Premium • Ultimate
      14. Windows Photo Gallery: All Versions
      15. Windows Update: All Versions
      16. Accessories: All Versions
      17. Extras and Upgrades: All Versions
      18. Games: All Versions
      19. Maintenance
      20. Startup

    3. Chapter 8 The Control Panel

      1. Home View: The Big Vista Change: All Versions
      2. Classic View: All Versions
      3. The Control Panel, Applet by Applet: All Versions

  3. Vista Online

    1. Chapter 9 Hooking Up to the Internet

      1. Broadband Connections (Cable Modems and DSL): All Versions
      2. Wireless Networks: All Versions
      3. Dial-Up Connections: All Versions
      4. Connection Management: All Versions
      5. Details on Dial-Up: All Versions

    2. Chapter 10 Internet Security

      1. Security Center: All Versions
      2. Windows Firewall: All Versions
      3. Windows Defender: All Versions
      4. The Phishing Filter: All Versions
      5. Privacy and Cookies: All Versions
      6. History: Erasing Your Tracks: All Versions
      7. The Pop-up Blocker: All Versions
      8. Internet Security Zones: All Versions
      9. Hot Spot Security: All Versions
      10. Protect Your Home Wireless Network: All Versions
      11. Parental Controls: All Versions

    3. Chapter 11 Internet Explorer 7

      1. IE7: The Grand Tour: All Versions
      2. Tabbed Browsing: All Versions
      3. Favorites (Bookmarks): All Versions
      4. History List: All Versions
      5. RSS: The Missing Manual: All Versions
      6. Tips for Better Surfing: All Versions
      7. The Keyboard Shortcut Master List: All Versions

    4. Chapter 12 Windows Mail

      1. Setting Up Windows Mail: All Versions
      2. Sending Email
      3. Reading Email: All Versions
      4. Junk Email: All Versions
      5. Configuring Windows Mail: All Versions
      6. Newsgroups: All Versions

  4. Pictures, Movies, and Media Center

    1. Chapter 13 Windows Photo Gallery

      1. Photo Gallery: The Application: All Versions
      2. Getting Pictures into Photo Gallery: All Versions
      3. The Post-Dump Slideshow: All Versions
      4. The Digital Shoebox: All Versions
      5. Tags and Ratings: All Versions
      6. Editing Your Shots: All Versions
      7. Finding Your Audience: All Versions

    2. Chapter 14 Windows Media Player

      1. The Lay of the Land: All Versions
      2. Online Music Stores: All Versions
      3. DVD Movies: All Versions
      4. Pictures and Videos

    3. Chapter 15 Movie Maker and DVD Maker

      1. Importing Video, Music, and Photos: Home Basic • Home Premium • Ultimate
      2. Editing Video: Home Basic • Home Premium • Ultimate
      3. DVD Maker: Home Premium • Ultimate

    4. Chapter 16 Media Center

      1. Your Gear List: Home Premium • Ultimate
      2. Setup: Premium • Ultimate
      3. TV: Your PC as TiVo: Home Premium • Ultimate
      4. Music: Your PC as Jukebox: Home Premium • Ultimate
      5. Photos and Video: Home Premium •Ultimate
      6. Advanced Settings: Home Premium •Ultimate

  5. Hardware and Peripherals

    1. Chapter 17 Fax, Print, and Scan

      1. Installing a Printer: All Versions
      2. Printing
      3. Controlling Printouts: All Versions
      4. Fancy Printer Tricks
      5. Printer Troubleshooting : All Versions
      6. Fonts: All Versions
      7. Faxing: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      8. Scanning Documents: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate

    2. Chapter 18 Hardware

      1. External Gadgets: All Versions
      2. Installing Cards in Expansion Slots: All Versions
      3. Troubleshooting Newly Installed Gear: All Versions
      4. Driver Signing: All Versions
      5. The Device Manager: All Versions

    3. Chapter 19 Laptops, Tablets, and Palmtops

      1. Laptops: All Versions
      2. Tablet PCs: Home Premium • Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      3. Windows Mobile Devices: All Versions
      4. The Sync Center: All Versions
      5. Offline Files: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate

  6. PC Health

    1. Chapter 20 Maintenance and Speed Tweaks

      1. Disk Cleanup: All Versions
      2. Disk Defragmenter: All Versions
      3. Hard Drive Checkups: All Versions
      4. Disk Management: All Versions
      5. Task Scheduler: All Versions
      6. Four Speed Tricks: All Versions
      7. Windows Update: All Versions

    2. Chapter 21 The Disk Chapter

      1. Dynamic Disks: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      2. Compressing Files and Folders: All Versions
      3. Encrypting Files and Folders: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      4. BitLocker Drive Encryption: Enterprise • Ultimate

    3. Chapter 22 Backups and Troubleshooting

      1. Automatic Backups: All Versions
      2. Complete PC Backup: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      3. System Restore: All Versions
      4. Shadow Copies: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate Edition
      5. Safe Mode and the Startup Menu: All Versions
      6. Problem Reports and Solutions: All Versions
      7. Startup Repair (Windows Recovery Environment)

  7. The Vista Network

    1. Chapter 23 Accounts (and Logging On)

      1. Introducing User Accounts: All Versions
      2. Windows Vista: The OS with Two Faces: All Versions
      3. Local Accounts: All Versions
      4. Local Accounts on a Domain Computer: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      5. Local Users and Groups: All Versions
      6. Fast User Switching: All Versions
      7. Logging On: All Versions
      8. Profiles: All Versions
      9. NTFS Permissions: Protecting Your Stuff: All Versions

    2. Chapter 24 Setting Up a Workgroup Network

      1. Kinds of Networks: All Versions
      2. Sharing an Internet Connection: All Versions
      3. The Network and Sharing Center: All Versions

    3. Chapter 25 Network Domains

      1. The Domain: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      2. Joining a Domain:Business • Enterprise • Ultimate
      3. Four Ways Life Is Different on a Domain: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate

    4. Chapter 26 Network Sharing and Collaboration

      1. Sharing Files: All Versions
      2. Accessing Shared Files: All Versions
      3. Mapping Shares to Drive Letters: All Versions
      4. Windows Meeting Space: Home Premium • Business • Premium • Ultimate

    5. Chapter 27 Vista by Remote Control

      1. Remote Access Basics: All Versions
      2. Dialing Direct: All Versions
      3. Virtual Private Networking: All Versions
      4. Remote Desktop: Business • Enterprise • Ultimate (Home editions are limited)

  8. Appendixes

    1. Appendix A Installing Windows Vista

      1. Before You Begin
      2. Upgrade vs. Clean Install
      3. Dual Booting
      4. Installing Windows Vista
      5. Welcome Center
      6. Activation
      7. Windows Easy Transfer

    2. Appendix B Fun with the Registry

      1. Meet Regedit
      2. Regedit Examples

    3. Appendix C Where'd It Go

    4. Appendix D The Master Keyboard Shortcut List

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Product Details
Title:
Windows Vista: The Missing Manual
By:
David Pogue
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
Formats:
  • Print
  • Ebook
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
December 2006
Ebook Release:
July 2008
Pages:
848
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-52827-0
| ISBN 10:
0-596-52827-2
Ebook ISBN:
978-0-596-15314-4
| ISBN 10:
0-596-15314-7
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About the Author

  1. David Pogue

    David Pogue, Yale '85, is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. With nearly 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, having written or co-written seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music), along with several computer-humor books and a technothriller, "Hard Drive" (a New York Times "notable book of the year"). Pogue is also the creator and primary author of the Missing Manual series. Titles in the series include Mac OS X, Windows, iPod, Microsoft Office, iPhoto, Dreamweaver, iMovie, and many others. His Web page is www.davidpogue.com, and his email address is david@pogueman.com.

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