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Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual
Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you
the basics of Windows Vista so you can start using this
operating system right away. Written by "New York Times"
columnist, bestselling author, Emmy-winning CBS News
correspondent and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, the
book will help you:
Navigate
the desktop, including the fast, powerful and fully
integrated desktop search function
Use the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos,
play music, and record all of these to a DVD
Breeze across the Web with the vastly improved Internet
Explorer 7 tabbed browser
Become familiar with Vista's beefed up security, and much
more
Windows Vista is a vast improvement over its predecessors,
with an appealing, glass-like visual overhaul, superior
searching and organization tools, a multimedia and
collaboration suite, and a massive, top-to-bottom
security-shield reconstruction. Every corner of the
traditional Windows operating system has been tweaked,
overhauled, or replaced entirely.
Aimed at new and experienced computer users alike, Windows
Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual is right there when
you need it. This jargon-free book explains Vista's features
quickly and clearly -- revealing which work well and which
don't.
Part 1: The Vista Desktop
Chapter 1: The Very Basics
Chapter 2: Welcome Center, Desktop, and The Start Menu
Chapter 3: Files, Folders, and Windows
Chapter 4: Searching and Organizine Your Files
Chapter 5: Interior Decorating Vista
Part 2: The Pieces of Vista
Chapter 6: Programs, Documents, And Gadgets
Chapter 7: Photos, Music, and Movies
Part 3: Vista Online
Chapter 8: Getting Online - Securely
Chapter 9: Internet Explorer 7
Chapter 10: Windows Mail
Part 4: Beyond the Basics
Chapter 11: Printingn and Faxing
Chapter 12: Expanding Your Hardware
Chapter 13: Getting Help
Chapter 14: Backups, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting
Part 5: The Vista Network
Chapter 15: Accounts, (and Logging On)
Chapter 16: Setting Up a Network and Sharing Files
Part 6: Appendix
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