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Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual

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Publisher: O''Reilly

Pub Date: January 2003

ISBN: 0-596-00348-X

Pages: 656

Copyright

The Missing Credits

About the Authors

About the Creative Team

Acknowledgments

The Missing Manual Series

Introduction

About This Book

Part I:
The Windows XP Desktop

Chapter 1.
A Welcome to Windows XP

Section 1.1.
What It''s For

Section 1.2.
Getting Ready for Windows

Section 1.3.
What''s New in Windows XP

Section 1.4.
Professional Edition vs. Home Edition

Section 1.5.
The Dark Side of Windows XP

Chapter 2.
The Desktop and Start Menu

Section 2.1.
Logging In

Section 2.2.
The Elements of the XP Desktop

Section 2.3.
The Start Menu

Section 2.4.
StartLog Off

Section 2.5.
StartShut Down (Turn Off Computer)

Section 2.6.
StartAll Programs

Section 2.7.
StartRun

Section 2.8.
StartSearch

Section 2.9.
StartHelp and Support

Section 2.10.
StartControl Panel

Section 2.11.
StartMy Network Places

Section 2.12.
StartMy Computer

Section 2.13.
StartMy Music, My Pictures

Section 2.14.
StartMy Recent Documents

Section 2.15.
StartMy Documents

Section 2.16.
Customizing the Start Menu

Chapter 3.
Windows, Folders, and the Taskbar

Section 3.1.
Windows in Windows

Section 3.2.
The Desktop Window Overhaul

Section 3.3.
Window Toolbars

Section 3.4.
The Taskbar

Section 3.5.
Taskbar Toolbars

Chapter 4.
Organizing Your Stuff

Section 4.1.
The Folders of Windows XP

Section 4.2.
Life with Icons

Section 4.3.
Copying and Moving Folders and Files

Section 4.4.
The Recycle Bin

Section 4.5.
Shortcut Icons

Section 4.6.
Burning CDs from the Desktop

Chapter 5.
Getting Help

Section 5.1.
Navigating the Help System

Section 5.2.
"What''s This?": Help for Dialog Boxes

Section 5.3.
Remote Assistance

Section 5.4.
Getting Help from Microsoft

Part II:
The Components of Windows XP

Chapter 6.
Programs and Documents

Section 6.1.
Launching Programs

Section 6.2.
Switching Programs

Section 6.3.
Exiting Programs

Section 6.4.
When Programs Die

Section 6.5.
Saving Documents

Section 6.6.
Closing Documents

Section 6.7.
The Open Dialog Box

Section 6.8.
Moving Data Between Documents

Section 6.9.
Filename Extensions

Section 6.10.
Installing Software

Section 6.11.
Uninstalling Software

Section 6.12.
Running Pre-XP Programs

Chapter 7.
The Freebie Software

Section 7.1.
The Windows XP Accessories

Section 7.2.
Windows XP Games

Section 7.3.
Everything Else

Chapter 8.
Pictures, Sounds, and Movies

Section 8.1.
Digital Photos in XP

Section 8.2.
Scanning

Section 8.3.
Windows Media Player

Section 8.4.
Making WAVs with Sound Recorder

Section 8.5.
Windows Movie Maker 2

Chapter 9.
The Control Panel

Section 9.1.
Category View: The Big XP Change

Section 9.2.
Accessibility Options

Section 9.3.
Add New Hardware

Section 9.4.
Add or Remove Programs

Section 9.5.
Administrative Tools

Section 9.6.
Date and Time

Section 9.7.
Display

Section 9.8.
Folder Options

Section 9.9.
Fonts

Section 9.10.
Gaming Options

Section 9.11.
Internet Options

Section 9.12.
Keyboard

Section 9.13.
Mouse

Section 9.14.
Network Connections

Section 9.15.
Phone and Modem Options

Section 9.16.
Power Options

Section 9.17.
Printers and Faxes

Section 9.18.
Regional and Language Options

Section 9.19.
Scanners and Cameras

Section 9.20.
Scheduled Tasks

Section 9.21.
Sounds and Audio Devices

Section 9.22.
Speech

Section 9.23.
System

Section 9.24.
Taskbar and Start Menu

Section 9.25.
User Accounts

Part III:
Windows Online

Chapter 10.
Hooking Up to the Internet

Section 10.1.
Five Degrees of Online Readiness

Section 10.2.
How to Get Online

Section 10.3.
Establishing a Brand-new Internet Account

Section 10.4.
Manually Plugging in Internet Settings

Section 10.5.
Connecting to the Internet

Section 10.6.
Advanced Modem Settings

Chapter 11.
Web, Chat, and Videoconferencing

Section 11.1.
Internet Explorer 6

Section 11.2.
Windows Messenger

Chapter 12.
Outlook Express 6

Section 12.1.
Setting Up Outlook Express

Section 12.2.
Sending Email

Section 12.3.
Reading Email

Section 12.4.
Configuring Outlook Express

Section 12.5.
Newsgroups

Part IV:
Plugging into Windows XP

Chapter 13.
Printing, Fonts, and Faxing

Section 13.1.
Installing a Printer

Section 13.2.
Printing

Section 13.3.
Controlling Printouts

Section 13.4.
Fancy Printer Tricks

Section 13.5.
Printer Troubleshooting

Section 13.6.
Fonts

Section 13.7.
Faxing

Chapter 14.
Hardware

Section 14.1.
The Master Compatibility List

Section 14.2.
Hardware Connections

Section 14.3.
Connecting New Gadgets

Section 14.4.
When Plug and Play Doesn''t Work

Section 14.5.
Driver Signing

Section 14.6.
The Device Manager

Section 14.7.
Hardware Profiles

Chapter 15.
Joining, Compressing, and Encrypting Disks

Section 15.1.
Dynamic Disks

Section 15.2.
Compressing Files and Folders

Section 15.3.
Encrypting Files and Folders

Chapter 16.
Maintenance, Backups, and Troubleshooting

Section 16.1.
System Restore

Section 16.2.
Disk Cleanup

Section 16.3.
Disk Defragmenter

Section 16.4.
Hard Drive Checkups

Section 16.5.
Disk Management

Section 16.6.
Task Scheduler

Section 16.7.
Microsoft Backup

Section 16.8.
The Briefcase

Section 16.9.
Safe Mode and the Startup Menu

Section 16.10.
The Registry

Part V:
Life on the Network

Chapter 17.
Accounts, Permissions, and Logging On

Section 17.1.
Introducing User Accounts

Section 17.2.
Windows XP: The OS With Two Faces

Section 17.3.
Local Accounts on a Workstation

Section 17.4.
Local Accounts on a Domain Computer

Section 17.5.
Local Users and Groups

Section 17.6.
Setting Up the Logon Process

Section 17.7.
Logging On

Section 17.8.
Profiles

Section 17.9.
NTFS Permissions: Protecting Your Stuff

Chapter 18.
Setting Up a Workgroup Network

Section 18.1.
Kinds of Networks

Section 18.2.
Installing Drivers

Section 18.3.
Sharing an Internet Connection

Section 18.4.
The Network Setup Wizard

Chapter 19.
Introducing Network Domains

Section 19.1.
The Domain

Section 19.2.
Joining a Domain

Section 19.3.
Five Ways Life Is Different on a Domain

Chapter 20.
Sharing Network Files

Section 20.1.
Accessing Other Computers

Section 20.2.
Working with Network Files

Section 20.3.
Shared Folders Online

Section 20.4.
Mapping Shares to Drive Letters

Section 20.5.
Two Roads to File Sharing

Section 20.6.
Simple File Sharing

Section 20.7.
Standard File Sharing

Section 20.8.
Offline Files

Chapter 21.
Three Ways to Dial In from the Road

Section 21.1.
Remote Access Basics

Section 21.2.
Dialing Direct

Section 21.3.
Virtual Private Networking

Section 21.4.
Remote Desktop

Part VI:
Appendixes

Appendix A.
Installing Windows XP Pro

Section A.1.
Before You Begin

Section A.2.
Upgrade vs. Clean Install

Section A.3.
Dual Booting

Section A.4.
Choosing a File System

Section A.5.
Installing Windows XP

Section A.6.
Setup Wizard

Section A.7.
Network Identification Wizard

Section A.8.
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard

Section A.9.
Backing Out of Windows XP

Section A.10.
Ditching Windows XP

Section A.11.
Ditching the Older Windows

Appendix B.
Windows XP, Menu by Menu

Section B.1.
File Menu

Section B.2.
Edit Menu

Section B.3.
View Menu

Section B.4.
Favorites Menu

Section B.5.
Tools Menu

Section B.6.
Help Menu

Colophon

Index