Introduction |
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How This Book Is Organized |
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How This Book Works with the Electronic Lessons |
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Conventions Used in This Book |
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4 | (1) |
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Lesson 1 Getting Started with Windows 7 |
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Logging In and Off Windows |
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7 | (12) |
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8 | (3) |
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Making a good password your key |
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Making Windows more usable |
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11 | (2) |
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Logging on to your account |
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13 | (1) |
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Logging off your computer |
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14 | (4) |
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Logging off automatically |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (5) |
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Giving your account a new face |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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Giving your account a new name |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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Setting Up a Good Work Environment |
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24 | (10) |
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24 | (2) |
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Adjusting your Monitor(s) so you can see |
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26 | (1) |
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Adjusting the size of stuff onscreen |
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27 | (2) |
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Setting the right date and time |
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29 | (2) |
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Arranging, hiding, and removing icons |
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31 | (2) |
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Making the boring desktop just a little less so |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (7) |
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Turning on ClearType to read more easily |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (2) |
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Adding and removing gadgets |
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38 | (2) |
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Taking the mouse cursor out of hiding |
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40 | (1) |
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Getting Control of All Those Windows |
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41 | (11) |
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Mastering the mouse or mouse replacement |
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42 | (1) |
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The altered states of windows |
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43 | (1) |
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Controlling a window's size and position |
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44 | (1) |
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Scrolling a window's contents |
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45 | (1) |
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Snapping a window in place |
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46 | (2) |
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Arranging multiple windows |
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48 | (1) |
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Getting all windows out of the way |
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49 | (1) |
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What's the deal with dialog boxes? |
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50 | (2) |
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What you find in application windows |
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52 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (2) |
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Lesson 2 Playing with Programs, Folders, and Files |
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55 | (36) |
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57 | (10) |
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Launching a program from the Start menu |
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58 | (1) |
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Pinning and re-arranging programs on the Start menu |
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58 | (2) |
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Launching programs from and pinning programs to the taskbar |
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60 | (2) |
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Using jump lists in the taskbar |
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62 | (1) |
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Switching among open programs |
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63 | (1) |
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Finding a program to start (or a file to open) |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (11) |
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Opening Windows Explorer (the file manager) |
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68 | (1) |
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Figuring out what to do with a file manager |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (2) |
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Deleting files via the Recycle Bin |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (11) |
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79 | (1) |
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Adding a folder to an existing library |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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Accessing libraries via the Start menu |
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82 | (4) |
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Adding links to more libraries |
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86 | (3) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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Lesson 3 Organizing Your Pictures, Movies, and Music |
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91 | (48) |
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Wrangling Windows Media Player |
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93 | (1) |
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Understanding Digital Media |
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94 | (4) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (1) |
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Deciphering media file formats |
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96 | (2) |
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Knowing your usage rights |
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98 | (1) |
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Setting Up Windows Media Player |
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98 | (5) |
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Watching and Listening to Files in WMP |
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103 | (13) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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107 | (5) |
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Editing an existing playlist |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (2) |
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Ripping tracks from audio CDs |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (6) |
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Adding pictures to the Pictures library |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (2) |
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Using a Windows Live Account to Share Photos |
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122 | (14) |
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Getting a Windows Live account |
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123 | (3) |
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Establishing your Windows Live profile |
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126 | (4) |
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Creating and sharing photo albums |
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130 | (2) |
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Installing Windows Live Essentials |
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132 | (3) |
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Sharing Photo Gallery Albums with Windows Live |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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Lesson 4 Networking Your PCs |
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139 | (48) |
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Assessing Your Network Connectivity |
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141 | (3) |
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Setting Up a Home Network |
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144 | (19) |
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Securing your file sharing first |
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144 | (4) |
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148 | (1) |
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Planning for better wireless accessibility |
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149 | (3) |
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Managing your router from any PC |
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152 | (2) |
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Comprehending how routers map addresses |
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154 | (3) |
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157 | (6) |
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Managing Your Windows Connections |
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163 | (12) |
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Setting the network connection profile |
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163 | (2) |
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Manually establishing a Wi-Fi connection |
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165 | (4) |
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Manually setting Windows' IP address |
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169 | (4) |
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Verifying the connection status |
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173 | (1) |
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Restarting the network from Windows |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (9) |
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Getting the homegroup started |
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177 | (2) |
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Sharing files and printers with a homegroup |
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179 | (5) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (2) |
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Lesson 5 Playing on the Internet |
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187 | (30) |
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Navigating the Web with Internet Explorer 9 |
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189 | (14) |
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Making sense of the address bar |
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190 | (3) |
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193 | (2) |
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Setting your starting point |
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195 | (1) |
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Managing your browsing history |
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195 | (3) |
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Marking, recalling, and managing Favorites |
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198 | (3) |
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Working with multiple tabs |
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201 | (2) |
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E-Mailing Friends, Relatives, and Everyone on the Planet |
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203 | (12) |
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Adding one or more accounts |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (2) |
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Replying to and sending messages |
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208 | (2) |
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Sending and receiving messages with attachments |
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210 | (2) |
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Wading through junk (and not junk) e-mail |
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212 | (2) |
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Sort messages into folders |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (1) |
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215 | (2) |
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Lesson 6 Staying Safe and Secure |
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217 | (58) |
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What Is User Account Control? |
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219 | (5) |
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219 | (3) |
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Setting up an administrator account |
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222 | (2) |
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Taking Care of Everyday Maintenance |
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224 | (17) |
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Getting familiar with Task Manager |
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225 | (2) |
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Removing a wayward application or process from memory |
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227 | (2) |
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Seizing control of Windows Update |
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229 | (3) |
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Applying updates judiciously |
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232 | (4) |
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Uninstalling faulty updates |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (4) |
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Setting Up Security and IE9's Protections |
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241 | (11) |
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242 | (3) |
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Installing Security Essentials |
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245 | (2) |
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Using a virus scan to quarantine and remove a suspect file |
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247 | (2) |
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Keep out what you don't want in |
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249 | (3) |
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Managing How Your Kids Use the PC |
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252 | (13) |
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Setting strict time limits |
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253 | (1) |
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Restricting the use of specific programs |
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254 | (2) |
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Restricting games your kids play |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (4) |
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Blocking and allowing sites |
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261 | (3) |
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Examining an activity report |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (6) |
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Running your PC in Safe Mode |
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265 | (3) |
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Repairing Windows 7 Startup |
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268 | (3) |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (3) |
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275 | (4) |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (2) |
Index |
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