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Microsoft Windows Vista: Peachpit Learning Series
Learn Your Way! What better way to learn? The Peachpit Learning Series brings you the best-selling
authors you know and love, on the topics that are near and dear to you, in a format that allows you to
learn just what you need to know at your own pace.
With this book, you can learn the way you like to learn??whether it is working
through the lessons from
start to finish, jumping to exercises about the most exciting features, or looking up just what you need
to find at that moment.
Learn all about how to get the most out of Microsoft Windows Vista with top technology experts and
writers Larry Magid and Dwight Silverman.
Vista is more than just the beautiful new Aero interface. With Vista, Microsoft has created innovative
ways for users to work with their PCs. If you are a new user, you??ll learn how to use Vista and customize
it to suit the way you work. If you are a more experienced user, you??ll learn how to control Vista??s security
settings, create networks, and better manage your music, photos, and documents.
Larry and Dwight will show you how to
? Determine whether an upgrade to Windows Vista is right for you
? Shop for a Vista-compatible PC
? Install Windows Vista on your existing PC
? Add a new Vista PC to your home network
? Manage your files and documents
? Edit photos with Vista??s new Photo Gallery
? Share music with the new Windows Media Player
? Accelerate your PC with Vista??s new performance features
? Figure out whether your existing programs will work with Vista
? Troubleshoot common Vista problems
? Make your computer safer and more secure
? Protect critical data with Vista??s built-in backup software
? Put info at your fingertips with Vista??s Sidebar, Gadgets, and RSS
? Connect effortlessly with Vista??s improved Wi-Fi networking
? Master Vista??s new Web browser, Internet Explorer 7
The companion Web site at www.peachpit.com/vistalearningseries
includes content on the Control Panel, the Vista Media Center, and
productivity not found in the book.
CONTENTS:
Lesson 1: Meet Vista
Lesson 2: Upgrade to Vista
Lesson 3: Get to Know Vista
Lesson 4: Use Other Programs with Vista
Lesson 5: Find It with Vista Search
Lesson 6: Make Vista Safer and More Secure
Lesson 7: Backing Up Is (Not) Hard to Do
Lesson 8: Manage Information Using Gadgets
Lesson 9: Discover Internet Explorer 7
Lesson 10: Work with Images
Lesson 11: Consume and Create Media
Lesson 12: Enhance Your Productivity
Lesson 13: Go Mobile
Lesson 14: Vista on the Network
Lesson 15: Get into Games
Lesson 16: Troubleshoot Vista
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