Windows Vista: The Missing Manual
Windows Vista: The Missing Manual By David Pogue
December 2006
Pages: 848

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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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