Windows Vista
by Pogue, DavidFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-12-01
Publisher(s): Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Summary
Microsoft's Windows Vista, the much-anticipated successor to the Windows XP operating system, is on track for an early 2007 release. Beta users are singing its praises, but when it comes time for ordinary mortals to learn this new system, Microsoft offers little help. David Pogue's new Missing Manual lets users of all levels see Vista clearly. Thankfully, Windows Vista: The Missing Manual will be right there when Vista hits the streets-a single book that offers coverage of all five Vista versions. Like its predecessors, this book from New York Times columnist, bestselling author, and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue illuminates its subject with technical insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners, veteran standalone PC users, and those who know their way around a network. This jargon-free book explains Vista's features so clearly -- revealing which work well and which don't - that it should have been in the box in the first place.
Author Biography
David Pogue, Yale '85, is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. With nearly 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, having written or co-written seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music), along with several computer-humor books and a technothriller, "Hard Drive" (a New York Times "notable book of the year").
Pogue is also the creator and primary author of the Missing Manual series. Titles in the series include Mac OS X, Windows, iPod, Microsoft Office, iPhoto, Dreamweaver, iMovie, and many others. His Web page is www.davidpogue.com, and his email address is david@pogueman.com.
Table of Contents
| Welcome center, desktop, and the start menu | p. 19 |
| Explorer, Windows, and the taskbar | p. 57 |
| Searching and organizing your files | p. 105 |
| Interior decorating Vista | p. 157 |
| Getting help | p. 175 |
| Programs, documents, and gadgets | p. 189 |
| The freebie software | p. 239 |
| The control panel | p. 281 |
| Hooking up to the Internet | p. 319 |
| Internet security | p. 333 |
| Internet Explorer 7 | p. 367 |
| Windows mail | p. 391 |
| Windows photo gallery | p. 423 |
| Windows Media Player | p. 463 |
| Movie maker and DVD maker | p. 483 |
| Media center | p. 501 |
| Fax, print, and scan | p. 533 |
| Hardware | p. 559 |
| Laptops, tablets, and palmtops | p. 571 |
| Maintenance and speed tweaks | p. 595 |
| The disk chapter | p. 621 |
| Backups and troubleshooting | p. 641 |
| Accounts (and logging on) | p. 665 |
| Setting up a workgroup network | p. 699 |
| Network domains | p. 717 |
| Network sharing and collaboration | p. 729 |
| Vista by remote control | p. 751 |
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