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Table Of ContentIntroduction 1Part I Unleashing Day-to-Day Windows Vista1 An Overview of Windows Vista 72 Customizing and Troubleshooting the Windows Vista Startup 433 Exploring Expert File and Folder Techniques 714 Mastering File Types 1115 Installing and Running Applications 1316 Getting the Most Out of User Accounts 1577 Working with Digital Media 1898 Vista's Tools for Business: Contacts, Calendar, and Faxing 2179 Mobile Computing in Windows Vista 255Part II Unleashing Essential Windows Vista Power Tools10 Using Control Panel and Group Policies 28311 Getting to Know the Windows Vista Registry 29912 Programming the Windows Script Host 321Part III Unleashing Windows Vista Customization and Optimization13 Customizing the Windows Vista Interface 35914 Tuning Windows Vista's Performance 38115 Maintaining Your Windows Vista System 41116 Troubleshooting and Recovering from Problems 44317 Getting the Most Out of Device Manager 463Part IV Unleashing Windows Vista for the Internet18 Exploring the Web with Internet Explorer 48719 Communicating with Windows Mail 52720 Participating in Internet Newsgroups 55921 Implementing Windows Vista's Internet Security and Privacy Features 581Part V Unleashing Windows Vista Networking22 Setting Up a Small Network 63123 Accessing and Using Your Network 64924 Making Remote Network Connections 679Part VI AppendixesA Windows Vista Keyboard Shortcuts 701B Using the Windows Vista Command Prompt 709C Automating Windows Vista with Batch Files 745Index 773
SynopsisWindows expert, Paul McFedries, takes readers inside the Vista operating system exposing its key components and showing how to leverage its features, both new and old., A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 067233013X ISBN-13: 9780672330131 Microsoft® Windows® Vista(tm) Unleashed Paul McFedries Microsoft® Windows® Vista(tm) 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 www.samspublishing.com $49.99 USA / $61.99 CAN / £35.99 Net UK
LC Classification NumberQA76.76.O63