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Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual
By Publisher: O''Reilly
Pub Date: January 2003
ISBN: 0-596-00348-X
Pages: 656
Part I: The Windows XP Desktop
Chapter 1. A Welcome to Windows XP
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 2.2. The Elements of the XP Desktop
Section 2.5. StartShut Down (Turn Off Computer)
Section 2.6. StartAll Programs
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
Chapter 4. Organizing Your Stuff
Section 4.1. The Folders of Windows XP
Section 4.3. Copying and Moving Folders and Files
Section 4.6. Burning CDs from the Desktop
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 6.4. When Programs Die
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
Chapter 8. Pictures, Sounds, and Movies
Section 8.1. Digital Photos in XP
Section 8.3. Windows Media Player
Section 8.4. Making WAVs with Sound Recorder
Section 8.5. Windows Movie Maker 2
Section 9.1. Category View: The Big XP Change
Section 9.2. Accessibility Options
Section 9.4. Add or Remove Programs
Section 9.5. Administrative Tools
Section 9.11. Internet Options
Section 9.14. Network Connections
Section 9.15. Phone and Modem Options
Section 9.17. Printers and Faxes
Section 9.18. Regional and Language Options
Section 9.19. Scanners and Cameras
Section 9.21. Sounds and Audio Devices
Section 9.24. Taskbar and Start Menu
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
Section 12.1. Setting Up Outlook Express
Section 12.4. Configuring Outlook Express
Part IV: Plugging into Windows XP
Chapter 13. Printing, Fonts, and Faxing
Section 13.1. Installing a Printer
Section 13.3. Controlling Printouts
Section 13.4. Fancy Printer Tricks
Section 13.5. Printer Troubleshooting
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 14.6. The Device Manager
Section 14.7. Hardware Profiles
Chapter 15. Joining, Compressing, and Encrypting Disks
Section 15.2. Compressing Files and Folders
Section 15.3. Encrypting Files and Folders
Chapter 16. Maintenance, Backups, and Troubleshooting
Section 16.3. Disk Defragmenter
Section 16.4. Hard Drive Checkups
Section 16.7. Microsoft Backup
Section 16.9. Safe Mode and the Startup Menu
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 17.9. 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 19.2. 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
Chapter 21. Three Ways to Dial In from the Road
Section 21.1. Remote Access Basics
Section 21.3. Virtual Private Networking
Appendix A. Installing Windows XP Pro
Section A.2. Upgrade vs. Clean Install
Section A.4. Choosing a File System
Section A.5. Installing Windows XP
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