Windows Vista: The Missing Manual

Description

Windows Vista is Microsoft's most important software release in more than a decade. It offers users an abundance of new and upgraded features that were more than five years in the making: a gorgeous, glass-like visual overhaul; superior searching and organization tools; a multimedia and collaboration suite; and above all, a massive, top-to-bottom security-shield overhaul. There's scarcely a single feature of the older versions of Windows that hasn't been tweaked, overhauled, or replaced entirely.

 But when users first encounter this beautiful new operating system, there's gonna be a whole lotta head-scratchin', starting with trying to figure out which of the five versions of Vista is installed on the PC (Home, Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate).

 Thankfully, Windows Vista: The Missing Manual offers coverage of all five 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. Readers will learn how to:

* Navigate Vista's elegant new desktop
* Locate anything on your hard drive quickly with the fast, powerful, and fully integrated search function
* Use the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos, play music, and record any of the above to DVD
* Chat, videoconference, and surf the Web with the vastly improved Internet Explorer 7 tabbed browser
* Build a network for file sharing, set up workgroups, and connect from the road
* Protect your PC and network with Vista's beefed up security
* And much more.

 This jargon-free guide explains Vista's features clearly and thoroughly, revealing which work well and which don't. It's the book that should have been in the box!

CONTENTS:

The Missing CreditsIntroductionPart 1: The Vista Desktop
* Chapter 1: Welcome Center, Desktop, and the Start Menu
* Chapter 2: Explorer, Windows, and the Taskbar
* Chapter 3: Searching and Organizing Your Files
* Chapter 4: Interior Decorating Vista
* Chapter 5: Getting HelpPart 2: Vista Software
* Chapter 6: Programs, Documents, and Gadgets
* Chapter 7: The Freebie Software
* Chapter 8: The Control PanelPart 3: Vista Online
* Chapter 9: Hooking Up to the Internet
* Chapter 10: Internet Security
* Chapter 11: Internet Explorer 7
* Chapter 12: Windows MailPart 4: Pictures, Movies, and Media Center
* Chapter 13: Windows Photo Gallery
* Chapter 14: Windows Media Player
* Chapter 15: Movie Maker and DVD Maker
* Chapter 16: Media CenterPart 5: Hardware and Peripherals
* Chapter 17: Fax, Print, and Scan
* Chapter 18: Hardware
* Chapter 19: Laptops, Tablets, and PalmtopsPart 6: PC Health
* Chapter 20: Maintenance and Speed Tweaks
* Chapter 21: The Disk Chapter
* Chapter 22: Backups and TroubleshootingPart 7: The Vista Network
* Chapter 23: Accounts (and Logging On)
* Chapter 24: Setting Up a Workgroup Network
* Chapter 25: Network Domains
* Chapter 26: Network Sharing and Collaboration
* Chapter 27: Vista by Remote ControlPart 8: Appendixes
* Appendix A: Installing Windows Vista
* Appendix B: Fun with the Registry
* Appendix C: Where'd It Go
* Appendix D: The Master Keyboard Shortcut ListColophon