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How This Book Is Organized |
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Part I: Windows Vista Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know |
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Part II: Working with Programs and Files |
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Part III: Getting Things Done on the Internet |
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Part IV: Customizing and Upgrading Windows Vista |
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Part V: Music, Movies, Memories (and Photos, Too) |
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Part VII: The Part of Tens |
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6 | (1) |
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Part I: Windows Vista Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know |
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7 | (88) |
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9 | (12) |
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What Is Windows Vista, and Why Are You Using It? |
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Should I Bother Switching to Windows Vista? |
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11 | (5) |
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11 | (1) |
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New Internet Explorer version |
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12 | (2) |
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New Media Player and Media Center |
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14 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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Easier searching for files |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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Can My PC Still Run Vista? |
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16 | (1) |
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Can I Make Windows Vista Look and Feel Like Windows XP? |
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17 | (1) |
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The Five Flavors of Vista |
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18 | (3) |
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The Desktop, Start Menu, and Other Windows Vista Mysteries |
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Being Welcomed to the World of Windows Vista |
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22 | (5) |
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Fiddling around with user accounts |
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23 | (2) |
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Keeping your account private with a password |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (5) |
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Cleaning up a messy desktop |
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29 | (1) |
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Jazzing up the desktop's background |
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29 | (2) |
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Dumpster diving in the Recycle Bin |
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31 | (1) |
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The Start Button's Reason to Live |
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The Start menu's prime real estate |
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34 | (1) |
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Starting a program from the Start menu |
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35 | (1) |
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Customizing the Start menu |
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36 | (2) |
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Bellying Up to the Taskbar |
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38 | (6) |
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Shrinking windows to the taskbar and retrieving them |
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39 | (1) |
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Clicking the taskbar's sensitive areas |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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The taskbar's crazy toolbars |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (22) |
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Dissecting a Typical Window |
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48 | (5) |
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Tugging on a window's title bar |
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49 | (2) |
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Typing in a Window's Address Bar |
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51 | (1) |
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Finding Vista's hidden menu bar |
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52 | (1) |
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Choosing the Right Button for the Job |
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53 | (5) |
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Quick shortcuts with the Windows Vista Navigation Pane |
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54 | (2) |
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Working with the Details pane |
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56 | (1) |
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Moving inside a window with its scroll bar |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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Filling Out Bothersome Dialog Boxes |
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58 | (6) |
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Poking the correct command button |
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59 | (1) |
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Choosing between option buttons |
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60 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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Choosing options from list boxes |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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Maneuvering Windows Around the Desktop |
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64 | (5) |
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Moving a window to the top of the pile |
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65 | (1) |
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Moving a window from here to there |
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65 | (1) |
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Making a window fill the whole screen |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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Making a window bigger or smaller |
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66 | (1) |
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Placing two windows next to each other |
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67 | (1) |
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Making windows open to the same darn size |
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67 | (2) |
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Flipping Through Files, Folders, Floppies, and CDs |
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69 | (26) |
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Browsing Your Computer's File Cabinets |
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70 | (2) |
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Getting the Lowdown on Folders |
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72 | (3) |
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Peering into Your Drives and Folders |
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75 | (3) |
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Seeing the files on a disk drive |
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75 | (1) |
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Seeing what's inside folders |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (2) |
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Renaming a File or Folder |
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80 | (1) |
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Selecting Bunches of Files or Folders |
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81 | (1) |
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Getting Rid of a File or Folder |
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81 | (2) |
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Copying or Moving Files and Folders |
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83 | (1) |
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Seeing More Information about Files and Folders |
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84 | (3) |
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87 | (5) |
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Buying the right kind of blank CDs and DVDs for burning |
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88 | (1) |
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Copying files from or to a CD or DVD |
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89 | (3) |
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Working with Floppy Disks and Memory Cards |
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92 | (3) |
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Part II: Working with Programs and Files |
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95 | (50) |
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Playing with Programs and Documents |
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97 | (22) |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (1) |
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Choosing Which Program Opens a File |
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102 | (4) |
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The wrong program loads my file! |
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102 | (3) |
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No program will open my file! |
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105 | (1) |
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Taking the Lazy Way with a Shortcut |
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106 | (2) |
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The Absolutely Essential Guide to Cutting, Copying, and Pasting |
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108 | (5) |
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The quick `n' dirty guide to cut `n' paste |
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108 | (1) |
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Selecting things to cut or copy |
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109 | (1) |
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Cutting or copying your selected goods |
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110 | (1) |
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Pasting information to another place |
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111 | (2) |
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Windows Vista's Free Programs! |
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113 | (6) |
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Writing letters with WordPad |
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113 | (1) |
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Keeping appointments with Calendar |
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114 | (1) |
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Finding symbols like © with Character Map |
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115 | (4) |
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Briefly Lost, but Quickly Found |
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119 | (14) |
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Finding Lost Windows on the Desktop |
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119 | (2) |
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Locating a Missing Program, E-mail, Song, Document, or Other File |
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121 | (2) |
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Finding a Missing File in a Folder |
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123 | (2) |
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Sorting, Grouping, and Stacking Files |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (1) |
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Finding Other Computers on a Network |
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128 | (1) |
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Finding Information on the Internet |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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Commanding Vista's Big Search |
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129 | (1) |
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Fine-Tuning Vista's Searches |
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130 | (3) |
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Adding places to Vista's index |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (12) |
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Printing Your Masterpiece |
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133 | (12) |
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Adjusting how your work fits on the page |
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135 | (2) |
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Adjusting your printer's settings |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (2) |
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Troubleshooting your printer |
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143 | (2) |
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Part III: Getting Things Done on the Internet |
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145 | (62) |
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147 | (24) |
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147 | (2) |
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What's an ISP, and Why Do I Need One? |
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149 | (1) |
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Setting Up Internet Explorer the First Time |
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150 | (5) |
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Navigating the Web with Microsoft Internet Explorer |
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155 | (7) |
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Moving from Web page to Web page |
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155 | (3) |
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Making Internet Explorer open to your favorite site |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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Finding things on the Internet |
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160 | (2) |
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The Web Page Says It Needs a Weird Plug-In Thing! |
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162 | (1) |
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Saving Information from the Internet |
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163 | (5) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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Downloading a program or file |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (1) |
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Removing Unneeded Plug-Ins |
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168 | (2) |
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The Pages Won't All Fit on My Screen |
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170 | (1) |
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Internet Explorer Now Fills My Entire Screen! |
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170 | (1) |
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Sending and Receiving E-mail |
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171 | (18) |
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171 | (3) |
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Setting Up Your E-Mail Account |
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174 | (3) |
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Composing and Sending an E-Mail |
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177 | (2) |
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Reading a Received E-Mail |
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179 | (3) |
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Sending and Receiving an Attachment |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (2) |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (18) |
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Understanding Those Annoying Permission Messages |
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189 | (2) |
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Assessing Your Safety in Security Center |
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191 | (6) |
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Changing the firewall settings |
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193 | (2) |
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Changing Windows Update settings |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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Staying Safe on the Internet |
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197 | (10) |
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Avoiding evil add-ons and hijackers |
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198 | (2) |
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200 | (2) |
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Avoiding and removing spyware and parasites with Windows Defender |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (4) |
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Part IV: Customizing and Upgrading Windows Vista |
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207 | (70) |
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Customizing Windows Vista with the Control Panel |
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209 | (26) |
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Finding the Right Switch in the Control Panel |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (1) |
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User Accounts and Family Safety |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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Changing Windows' Appearance (Appearance and Personalization) |
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213 | (6) |
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Changing the desktop background |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (1) |
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Changing the computer's theme |
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216 | (1) |
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Changing the screen resolution |
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217 | (2) |
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Changing Network and Internet Connections |
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219 | (1) |
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Setting the Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options |
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220 | (1) |
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220 | (9) |
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Adjusting Vista's volume and sounds |
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221 | (1) |
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Installing or setting up speakers |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (2) |
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Installing or adjusting other items |
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226 | (2) |
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228 | (1) |
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Adding or Removing Programs |
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229 | (3) |
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Removing or changing programs |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (1) |
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Add/remove parts of Windows Vista |
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231 | (1) |
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Modifying Vista for the Physically Challenged |
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232 | (2) |
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Options for Laptops (Mobile PC) |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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Keeping Windows from Breaking |
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235 | (14) |
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236 | (1) |
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Tuning Up Windows Vista with Built-In Maintenance Tools |
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236 | (11) |
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237 | (5) |
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Finding technical information about your computer |
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242 | (1) |
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Freeing up space on your hard drive |
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243 | (1) |
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Empowering your power button |
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244 | (1) |
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Setting up devices that don't work (fiddling with drivers) |
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245 | (2) |
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247 | (2) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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Sharing One Computer with Several People |
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249 | (10) |
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Understanding User Accounts |
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250 | (2) |
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Setting Up or Changing User Accounts |
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252 | (1) |
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Switching Quickly between Users |
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253 | (2) |
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Changing a User Account's Picture |
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255 | (1) |
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Setting Up Passwords and Security |
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256 | (3) |
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Connecting Two or More Computers with a Network |
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259 | (18) |
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Understanding a Network's Parts |
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260 | (2) |
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Setting Up a Small Network |
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262 | (5) |
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Buying parts for a network |
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262 | (2) |
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Installing a wired network |
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264 | (3) |
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267 | (5) |
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Setting up a wireless router or access point |
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267 | (1) |
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Setting up Windows Vista to connect to a wireless network |
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268 | (4) |
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Connecting to and Sharing Files with Other PCs on Your Network |
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272 | (2) |
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Sharing a Printer on the Network |
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274 | (2) |
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Troubleshooting a Network |
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276 | (1) |
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Part V: Music, Movies, Memories (and Photos, Too) |
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277 | (54) |
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Playing and Copying Music in Media Player |
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279 | (24) |
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Stocking Media Player's Library |
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279 | (4) |
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Browsing Media Player's Libraries |
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283 | (1) |
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Understanding Media Player's Controls |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (1) |
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Playing Videos and TV Shows |
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288 | (2) |
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Playing Music Files (MP3s and WMAs) |
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290 | (1) |
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Playing Internet Radio Stations |
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290 | (1) |
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Creating, Saving, and Editing Playlists |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (2) |
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294 | (1) |
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Copying Songs to Your Portable Player |
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295 | (2) |
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Buying Music and Movies from Online Stores |
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297 | (2) |
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Working with Media Center |
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299 | (4) |
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Browsing Media Center's menus |
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300 | (1) |
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Getting the most out of Media Center |
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301 | (2) |
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Fiddling with Photos and Movies |
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303 | (28) |
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Using Your Computer as a Digital Shoebox |
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303 | (17) |
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Dumping the camera's photos into your computer |
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304 | (3) |
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Browsing your photos with Windows Photo Gallery |
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307 | (3) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (6) |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (2) |
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Creating, Editing, and Viewing Digital Movies and Slide Shows |
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320 | (9) |
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Step 1: Import video, pictures, and music |
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322 | (3) |
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325 | (3) |
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Step 3: Save your edited movie or slide show |
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328 | (1) |
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Saving a Movie or Slide Show to a DVD with Windows DVD Maker |
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329 | (2) |
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331 | (40) |
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The Case of the Broken Window |
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333 | (12) |
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Vista Keeps Asking Me for Permission! |
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333 | (1) |
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Restoring Calm with System Restore |
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334 | (2) |
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Reviving Messed Up or Deleted Files |
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336 | (2) |
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Undeleting accidentally deleted files |
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336 | (1) |
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Retrieving previous versions of files and folders |
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337 | (1) |
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Retrieving a Forgotten Password |
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338 | (1) |
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My Folder (Or Desktop) Doesn't Show All My Files! |
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339 | (1) |
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My Mouse Doesn't Work Right |
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339 | (1) |
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My Double-Clicks Are Now Single Clicks! |
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340 | (1) |
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Making Older Programs Run under Windows Vista |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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My Computer Is Frozen Up Solid |
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342 | (1) |
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The Printer Isn't Working Right |
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343 | (2) |
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Strange Messages: What You Did Does Not Compute |
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345 | (8) |
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345 | (1) |
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Check Your Computer Security |
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346 | (1) |
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Do You Want to Get the Latest Online Content When You Search Help? |
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346 | (1) |
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Do You Want to Install (Or Run) This File? |
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347 | (1) |
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Do You Want to Save Changes |
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348 | (1) |
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Do You Want to Turn AutoComplete On? |
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348 | (1) |
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Installing Device Driver Software |
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349 | (1) |
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The Publisher Could Not Be Verified |
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349 | (1) |
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Video Card Does Not Meet Minimum Requirements |
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350 | (1) |
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Windows Cannot Open This File |
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350 | (1) |
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Windows Needs Your Permission to Continue |
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351 | (1) |
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You Don't Currently Have Permission to Access This Folder |
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352 | (1) |
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Moving from an Old Computer to a New One |
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353 | (12) |
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Preparing to Move into Your New PC |
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354 | (2) |
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Choosing how to transfer your old information |
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354 | (1) |
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Installing your old PC's programs onto your new PC |
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355 | (1) |
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Transferring Information Between Two PCs with Windows Easy Transfer |
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356 | (7) |
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Disposing of the Old Computer |
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363 | (2) |
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Help on the Windows Vista Help System |
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365 | (6) |
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Consulting a Program's Built-In Computer Guru |
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365 | (2) |
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Finding the Information You Need in Windows' Help and Support Center |
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367 | (2) |
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Summoning Windows Vista's Troubleshooters |
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369 | (2) |
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Part VII: The Part of Tens |
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371 | (16) |
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Ten or So Things You'll Hate about Windows Vista (and How to Fix Them) |
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373 | (8) |
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I Can't Stand Those Nagging Permission Screens |
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373 | (1) |
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I Can't Copy Ripped CDs and Purchased Music to My iPod |
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374 | (1) |
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The Menus All Disappeared |
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375 | (1) |
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Parental Controls Are Too Complicated |
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375 | (1) |
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The ``Glass'' Effects Slow Down My Laptop |
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376 | (1) |
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I Can't Figure Out How to Turn Off My PC |
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376 | (1) |
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Windows Makes Me Log On All the Time |
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377 | (1) |
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The Taskbar Keeps Disappearing |
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378 | (1) |
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I Can't Keep Track of Open Windows |
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378 | (1) |
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I Can't Line Up Two Windows on the Screen |
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379 | (1) |
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It Won't Let Me Do Something Unless I'm an Administrator! |
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379 | (1) |
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I Don't Know What Version of Windows I Have |
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380 | (1) |
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My Print Screen Key Doesn't Work |
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380 | (1) |
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Ten or So Tips for Laptop Owners |
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381 | (6) |
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Adjusting Your Laptop's Settings Quickly |
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381 | (2) |
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Choosing What Happens When You Close Your Laptop's Lid |
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383 | (1) |
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Adjusting to Different Locations |
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384 | (2) |
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384 | (1) |
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Dialing a modem from a new location |
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385 | (1) |
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Connecting to a wireless Internet hotspot |
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386 | (1) |
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Backing Up Your Laptop Before Traveling |
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386 | (1) |
| Appendix: Upgrading to Windows Vista |
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387 | (4) |
| Index |
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