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Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Vista™ Unleashed
Paul McFedries
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Vista™ Unleashed is a book for people, like you, who don’t consider themselves to be “average users.” It’s a book for anyone who finds that doing things the official way is slower, less efficient,
and less powerful because Windows Vista was designed from the ground up to avoid confusing novice users. The result is default settings that restrict flexibility, interminable wizards that turn two-step tasks into twelve-step sagas, and the hiding of powerful and useful programs behind layers of menus and dialog boxes. To unleash the potential of Windows Vista, you need a different approach that blows away Vista’s novice features and scorns the standard way of doing things.
This book goes beyond the standard-issue techniques sanctioned by Microsoft and parroted in other Windows Vista books. Instead, this book offers shortcuts for boosting your productivity, customizations for making Windows Vista work the way you do, workarounds for known Windows Vista problems, and warnings for avoiding Windows Vista pitfalls. Along the way, you’ll learn about all kinds of insider details, undocumented features, powerful tools, and background facts that help put everything into perspective.
* Learn what’s new in Windows Vista
* Customize Windows Vista startup
* Troubleshoot software and hardware problems
* Tune Windows Vista’s performance
* Automate Windows Vista with powerful and flexible scripts
* Implement Internet security and privacy features
* Configure and administer a small network
* Get the most out of Control Panel, group policies, the Registry, Device Manager, and other powerful tools
* Set up a complete maintenance program to keep Windows Vista running smoothly
* Discover a complete list of Windows Vista shortcut keys, a detailed look at the Command Prompt, and a batch file primer
* Master the new desktop search engine and learn how to group, stack, and filter files
* Understand and work with Windows Vista’s User Account Control security feature
* Get the most out of your Tablet PC
* Take advantage of new Internet features such as RSS feeds, multiple home pages, and tabbed browsing
Paul McFedries is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. He has been working with computers for more than 30 years and has been using Microsoft Windows since version 1. Paul has written more than 50 books that have sold over three million copies worldwide.
Category: Microsoft Operating Systems
Covers: Microsoft Windows Vista
User Level: Intermediate—Advanced
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$49.99 USA / $61.99 CAN / £35.99 Net UK
CONTENTS:
Introduction 1
Part I Unleashing Day-to-Day Windows Vista
1 An Overview of Windows Vista 7
2 Customizing and Troubleshooting the Windows Vista Startup 43
3 Exploring Expert File and Folder Techniques 71
4 Mastering File Types 111
5 Installing and Running Applications 131
6 Getting the Most Out of User Accounts 157
7 Working with Digital Media 189
8 Vista’s Tools for Business: Contacts, Calendar, and Faxing 217
9 Mobile Computing in Windows Vista 255
Part II Unleashing Essential Windows Vista Power Tools
10 Using Control Panel and Group Policies 283
11 Getting to Know the Windows Vista Registry 299
12 Programming the Windows Script Host 321
Part III Unleashing Windows Vista Customization and Optimization
13 Customizing the Windows Vista Interface 359
14 Tuning Windows Vista’s Performance 381
15 Maintaining Your Windows Vista System 411
16 Troubleshooting and Recovering from Problems 443
17 Getting the Most Out of Device Manager 463
Part IV Unleashing Windows Vista for the Internet
18 Exploring the Web with Internet Explorer 487
19 Communicating with Windows Mail 527
20 Participating in Internet Newsgroups 559
21 Implementing Windows Vista’s Internet Security and Privacy Features 581
Part V Unleashing Windows Vista Networking
22 Setting Up a Small Network 631
23 Accessing and Using Your Network 649
24 Making Remote Network Connections 679
Part VI Appendixes
A Windows Vista Keyboard Shortcuts 701
B Using the Windows Vista Command Prompt 709
C Automating Windows Vista with Batch Files 745
Index 773
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