Fixing Windows XP Annoyances
Fixing Windows XP Annoyances
ISBN: 0596100531
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 97
Pages: 97
Authors: David A. Karp
- Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks, 2nd Edition
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- What IS an Annoyance?
- How This Book Came to Be
- Organization of This Book
- Getting the Most Out of This Book
- Software Depository
- Using Code Examples
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Request for Comments
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Getting Started with Windows XP
- Section 1.1. A Brief History of Time, Re: MS Windows
- Section 1.2. Windows Editions and Service Packs
- Section 1.3. What You Get with Windows XP
- Section 1.4. Installing Windows XP
- Section 1.5. Migrating to Windows XP
- Chapter 2. Basic Explorer Coping Skills
- Section 2.1. Working with Explorer
- Section 2.2. Handling Files and Folders
- Section 2.3. Customizing the Interface
- Chapter 3. The Registry
- Section 3.1. The Registry Editor
- Section 3.2. The Structure of the Registry
- Section 3.3. Registry Procedures
- Chapter 4. Tinkering Techniques
- Section 4.1. Customizing Your Desktop
- Section 4.2. Covering Your Tracks
- Section 4.3. File Types: The Link Between Documents and Applications
- Section 4.4. Cool Things You Can Do with Drives and Folders
- Chapter 5. Maximizing Performance
- Section 5.1. Trimming the Fat
- Section 5.2. Hard Disk
- Section 5.3. System Hardware
- Chapter 6. Troubleshooting
- Section 6.1. General Troubleshooting Techniques
- Section 6.2. Specific Software Issues
- Section 6.3. Dealing with Drivers and Other Tales of Hardware Troubleshooting
- Section 6.4. Fixing Device-Specific Problems
- Section 6.5. Preventive Maintenance and Data Recovery
- Chapter 7. Networking andGoing Wireless
- Section 7.1. Getting Started with Networking
- Section 7.2. Build a Workgroup (Local Area Network)
- Section 7.3. Connect to the Internet
- Section 7.4. Stuff You Can Do with a Network
- Section 7.5. Go Wireless
- Section 7.6. Securing Your System on a Network
- Chapter 8. User Accounts and Administration
- Section 8.1. Managing Users
- Section 8.2. Permissions and Security
- Section 8.3. Logon Options
- Section 8.4. Sharing Files and Printers
- Chapter 9. Scripting and Automation
- Section 9.1. Building a Script with VBScript
- Section 9.2. Object References
- Section 9.3. Development Tips
- Section 9.4. Wacky Script Ideas
- Chapter 10. The Command Prompt
- Section 10.1. DOS Commands
- Section 10.2. Batch Files: The Other Way to Do It
- Section 10.3. Command Prompt Integration
- Appendix A. Setting Locator
- Section A.1. Alphabetical Listing of All Windows XP Settings
- Appendix B. BIOS Settings
- Appendix C. TCPIP Ports
- Appendix D. Class IDs (CLSIDs) of System Objects
- Colophon
- Index
- SYMBOL
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
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- W
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Fixing Windows XP Annoyances
ISBN: 0596100531
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 97
Pages: 97
Authors: David A. Karp