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Windows XP Power Hound: Teach Yourself New Tricks

ISBN: 0596006195
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 119

Authors: Preston Gralla

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• Windows XP Power Hound
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• The Missing Credits
• About the Author
• About the Creative Team
• Acknowledgments
• The Missing Manual Series
• How This Book Works
• Some Experience Required
• About-These-Arrows
• About MissingManuals.com
• Chapter 1. Getting Started
• 1.1 Startup and Shutdown
• 1.2 Controlling Your Monitor and Sounds
• 1.3 Individual Windows Tricks
• 1.4 User Accounts and Logons
• Chapter 2. The Desktop and Interface
• 2.1 Desktop Makeover
• 2.2 The Start Menu
• 2.3 The Taskbar
• 2.4 The Control Panel
• 2.5 Icons and Themes
• Chapter 3. Windows Explorer and Searching
• 3.1 The Windows Explorer Interface
• 3.2 Working with Files and Folders
• 3.3 Compressing Files and Folders
• 3.4 Searching Your Computer
• Chapter 4. Built-In Utilities
• 4.1 Better Backups
• 4.2 Notepad and Clipboard
• 4.3 Other Built-In Utilities
• Chapter 5. Microsoft Office
• 5.1 General Office Advice
• 5.2 Microsoft Word
• 5.3 Excel
• 5.4 PowerPoint
• 5.5 Access
• 5.6 FrontPage
• Chapter 6. The Internet
• 6.1 Internet Speed Tricks
• 6.2 Pop-Ups and Cookies
• 6.3 Firewalls
• 6.4 Online Safety You May Not Have Considered
• 6.5 Evaluating and Troubleshooting
• 6.6 Windows Messenger
• 6.7 Other Instant Messengers
• Chapter 7. Web Browsers
• 7.1 Smarter Surfing
• 7.2 Searching the Web from Internet Explorer
• 7.3 Managing Your Favorites
• 7.4 Cache Flow
• 7.5 Customizing Internet Explorer
• 7.6 Alternative Browsers
• Chapter 8. Email
• 8.1 Sending and Receiving Email
• 8.2 Sign-Offs
• 8.3 Slamming Spam
• 8.4 Organizing and Handling Mail
• 8.5 Getting Email to Play Nicely with Windows
• 8.6 Outlook-Only Tips
• 8.7 Just for Outlook Express
• 8.8 Beyond Outlook: Other Email Software
• Chapter 9. Networking
• 9.1 Wireless Networking
• 9.2 Home Networking
• 9.3 Troubleshooting Network Problems
• Chapter 10. Hardware
• 10.1 Hardware Troubleshooting
• 10.2 Laptop Tricks
• 10.3 Printers and Printing
• 10.4 Of Mice and Keyboards
• Chapter 11. System Speedups
• 11.1 Managing Your Memory
• 11.2 Processor Tricks
• Chapter 12. Security
• 12.1 Securing Your System
• 12.2 Encryption for Windows XP Pro
• Chapter 13. Crash Recovery
• 13.1 Creating a Restore Point
• Chapter 14. Windows Media Player
• 14.1 Finding the Menu Bar
• 14.2 Listening to Music
• 14.3 Recording, Mixing, and Copying Music
• 14.4 Video
• 14.5 Keyboard Shortcuts
• Chapter 15. The Registry
• 15.1 The five registry hives
• Appendix A. Windows XP Keyboard Shortcuts
• Colophon
• Index
• index_SYMBOL
• index_A
• index_B
• index_C
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• index_F
• index_G
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• index_N
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• index_Q
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