Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
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With Vista, Windows has had an extreme makeover. Many of the features that were old friends in Windows XP now look and act differently. And if you’re thinking of upgrading to Vista but haven’t done it yet, wow — there are eight different versions! How do you know which one to choose? That’s easy — look in Book One of Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies. Windows expert Woody Leonhard starts off this everything-you-want-to-know-about -Vista guide by helping you choose the version that fits your needs. He follows that with minibooks Two through Nine, each devoted to one specific area — setting up, securing, and customizing Vista, going online, adding cool hardware, getting the most from multimedia, exploring Vista video, and setting up a network. You’ll find out about: Ripping and burning discs of data, music, or movies Organizing desktop files and folders Collecting and editing your digital photos in the Photo Gallery Controlling users, making backups, and maintaining your system Locking down your system to deflect spam, scams, spyware, phishers, and viruses Exploring alternatives to Internet Explorer Adding hard drives, printers, key drives, USB hubs, and other hardware Making movies, adding music to your iPod, and setting up Media Center Covering almost anything you will ever need to know for a long and happy relationship with Vista, Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is a guide you’ll refer to again and again.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Book I: A Vista Orientation 9 Chapter 1: Windows 4 N00bs 11 Chapter 2: Vista versus the WinXPerienced 27 Chapter 3: Choosing a Version 35 Chapter 4: Upgrades and Clean Installs 43 Book II: Vista Boot Camp 59 Chapter 1: Running Vista from Start to Finish 61 Chapter 2: Controlling Users 97 Chapter 3: Maintaining Your System 113 Chapter 4: Getting the Basic Stuff Done 147 Chapter 5: Getting Help with Vista 171 Book III: Securing Vista 187 Chapter 1: Lock Down: Spies, Spams, Scams, and Slams 189 Chapter 2: Security Center Overview 217 Chapter 3: Windows Firewall Backward and Forward 225 Chapter 4: Patching and Plugging 249 Chapter 5: Virus Protection and the Big Defender 263 Book IV: Customizing Vista 281 Chapter 1: Personalizing Your Desktop 283 Chapter 2: Organizing Your Vista Interface 303 Chapter 3: Searching on Your Desktop 321 Chapter 4: Beating and Cheating Vista’s Games 333 Book V: Vista on the Internet 345 Chapter 1: Getting the Most from the Internet 347 Chapter 2: Finding Your Way around Internet Explorer (And Firefox) 363 Chapter 3: Making Internet Explorer Your Own 387 Chapter 4: Windows Mail and the Alternatives 399 Chapter 5: Working Together — IM OK, You’re OK 413 Chapter 6: Searching on the Internet 425 Book VI: Adding Cool Hardware 437 Chapter 1: Finding and Installing the Hardware You Want 439 Chapter 2: iPimping iPods and iTunes 465 Chapter 3: Adding a Second (Or Third) Hard Drive 485 Chapter 4: Picking Printers and Printer/Scanner/Faxers 493 Book VII: Joining the Multimedia Mix 511 Chapter 1: Jammin’ with Windows Media Player 513 Chapter 2: Podcasting 553 Chapter 3: Discovering Digital Cameras 563 Chapter 4: Mugging in the Photo Gallery 581 Chapter 5: Lights! Action! Windows Movie Maker 595 Book VIII: Vista Video 617 Chapter 1: Preparing a Media Center PC 619 Chapter 2: Starting Media Center 631 Chapter 3: Turning On the Tube 641 Chapter 4: Beyond the Media Center Basics 651 Book IX: Setting Up a Vista Network 667 Chapter 1: Those Pesky Network Things You Need to Know 669 Chapter 2: Building Your Network 683 Chapter 3: Putting the Why in Wi-Fi 705 Index 721

About the Author :
Woody Leonhard's wisdom and straight-shooting style have saved many from Windows agony. He invented the "MS-DEFCON" system for consumers to safely apply patches. He runs the AskWoody.com Web site and has written a dozen For Dummies books. Woody Leonhard's wisdom and straight-shooting style have saved many from Windows agony. He invented the "MS-DEFCON" system for consumers to safely apply patches. He runs the AskWoody.com Web site and has written a dozen For Dummies books.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470126455
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: For Dummies
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470126450
  • Publisher Date: 20 Dec 2006
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 762


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