• Table of Contents• Reviews• Reader Reviews• Errata• AcademicWindows XP in a Nutshell, 2nd EditionBy David A. Karp, Troy Mott, Tim O'Reilly Publisher: O'ReillyPub Date: February 2005ISBN: 0-596-00900-3Pages: 684 Copyright Preface Considerations and Scope Organization of the Book Conventions Used in This Book We'd Like to Hear from You Safari Enabled Windows XP Resource Links Using Code Examples Acknowledgments Part I: The Big Picture Chapter 1. The Lay of the Land Section 1.1. The Big Picture Section 1.2. What's New in Windows XP Section 1.3. Windows XP Home and Professional Editions Section 1.4. Windows Update Section 1.5. Windows Service Packs Chapter 2. Using Windows XP Section 2.1. The Desktop Section 2.2. Point-and-Click Operations Section 2.3. Starting Up Applications Section 2.4. Styles and Consequences of Styles Section 2.5. Windows and Menus Section 2.6. Keyboard Accelerators Section 2.7. Common Controls Section 2.8. Files, Folders, and Disks Section 2.9. The Command Line Section 2.10. Online Help Section 2.11. Shutting Down Part II: Alphabetical Reference Chapter 3. The User Interface Address Bar Buttons Checkboxes Clipboard Combo Boxes Context Menus Control Menus Desktop Details Dialog Boxes Drop-Down Listboxes File Open/Save Dialogs Icons Input Fields Labels Listboxes Log Off Menus My Computer My Network Places Notification Area Progress Indicators Properties Radio Buttons Recycle Bin Run Scroll Bars Send To Shortcuts Shut Down Start Menu Status Bar System Tray Tabbed Dialogs Taskbar Text Boxes Title Bars Toolbars Tray Trees Turn Off Computer Windows Chapter 4. Windows XP Applications and Tools Section 4.1. Using the Command Prompt Section 4.2. Alphabetical Reference to Windows Components Chapter 5. Task and Setting Index Accessibility Address Bar Administrative Tools Advanced Power Management (APM) Animation Applications Autocomplete Autodial Automatic Windows Update Background Bluetooth Br-Ca CD Drive Certificates Cl-Co Color Profiles Colors Com-Con Control Panel Cookies Country Cr-Da Desktop Devices Dialing Dig-Dis Display Do-Dr DVD Ef-Em Encrypted NTFS Files En-Ex Favorites Fax Files Firewall Folders Fonts FTP Go-Ha Hard Disk Hardware He-HT Icons Images Indexing Ins-Int Internet Connection Firewall Internet Explorer In-Jo Keyboard Language Li-Me Menus Message Box Modems Mouse My Computer My Documents My Music My Network Places My Pictures NetMeeting Network Network Connections Ne-OD Offline Files Ou-Pa Passwords Pa-Pr Printers Pr-Ru Scheduled Tasks Sc-Si Software Sounds Speech Start Menu Startup St-Sy System Restore Task Taskbar Taskbar Notification Area Tele-Teln Temporary Internet Files Terminal Server Text Cursor The-Thu Time Ti-To Tooltips Tr-Us Users Vid-Vir Voice Vo-We Windows Windows Explorer Windows Firewall Windows Security Center Wi... Chapter 6. The Command Prompt Section 6.1. Using the Command Line Section 6.2. Command Prompt Choices Section 6.3. Wildcards, Pipes, and Redirection Section 6.4. Alphabetical Reference to DOS Commands Section 6.5. MS-DOS Batch Files Part III: Advanced Topics Chapter 7. Networking Section 7.1. Networking Terminology Section 7.2. General Procedures Chapter 8. The Registry Section 8.1. What's in the Registry Section 8.2. Adding and Deleting Registry Keys and Values Section 8.3. Organization of the Registry Section 8.4. Hives Section 8.5. Backing Up the Registry Section 8.6. Exporting and Importing Registry Data with Patches Section 8.7. Ten Cool Things You Can Do in Your Registry Chapter 9. The Windows Script Host Section 9.1. What Is WSH? Section 9.2. Additional Resources Section 9.3. Executing Scripts Section 9.4. Creating a Script Section 9.5. VBScript Section 9.6. Object Model Section 9.7. Wscript Object Section 9.8. Shell Object Section 9.9. Registry Routines Section 9.10. Shortcuts Section 9.11. Popup Section 9.12. Network Object Section 9.13. Network Printer-Related Functions Section 9.14. FileSystem Object Section 9.15. TextStream Object Section 9.16. Object Browser Section 9.17. Database Example Section 9.18. Messaging Part IV: Appendixes Appendix A. Installing Windows XP Section A.1. Installation on a New (Clean) System Appendix B. Migrating to Windows XP Section B.1. Before Upgrading to Windows XP Appendix C. Keyboard Shortcuts Section C.1. Keyboard Accelerators Listed by Key Section C.2. Keyboard Accelerators Listed by Function Appendix D. Power Toys and TweakUI Section D.1. Inside TweakUI Appendix E. Keyboard Equivalents for Symbols and International Characters Appendix F. Common Filename Extensions Appendix G. Services Appendix H. Service Packs Section H.1. Before You Install Section H.2. Getting Service Packs Section H.3. Installing a Service Pack Section H.4. Key Features in Service Pack 1 Section H.5. Key Features in Service Pack 2 Colophon