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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Blind Folio FM: i Windows XP ® Third Edition FM.
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HowTo8 (8) HowTo-Tght / How to(8) Do/Everything How to Dowith Everything Adobewith Acrobat Windows 7.0/Doug XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Sahlin/5788-1/Front Matter HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Palm/Johnson & Broida/2490-3/Chapter Blind Folio FM:23ii FM.
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Blind Folio FM: iii Windows XP ® Third Edition Curt Simmons McGraw-Hill/Osborne New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto FM.
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Blind Folio FM: iv McGraw-Hill/Osborne 2100 Powell Street, 10th Floor Emeryville, California 94608 U.S.A. To arrange bulk purchase discounts for sales promotions, premiums, or fund-raisers, please contact McGraw-Hill/Osborne at the above address. For information on translations or book distributors outside the U.S.A., please see the International Contact Information page immediately following the index of this book.
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Blind Folio FM: v This book is for my daughter, Hannah, with much love. FM.
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HowTo8 (8) HowTo-Tght / How to(8) Do/Everything How to Dowith Everything Adobewith Acrobat Windows 7.0/Doug XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Sahlin/5788-1/Front Matter HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Palm/Johnson & Broida/2490-3/Chapter Blind Folio FM:23 vi About the Author Curt Simmons is a technology author and trainer, focusing on Windows operating systems, Internet technologies, and digital photography.
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Contents at a Glance PART I Get to Know Windows XP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PART II 8 9 10 11 12 13 PART III 14 15 16 17 18 Explore the XP Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manage Your Computer with the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configure System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter viii How to Do Everything with Windows XP PART IV 19 20 21 Appendix Optimize, Troubleshoot, and Fix Windows XP Take Care of Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manage Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Solve Problems with Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART I Get to Know Windows XP CHAPTER 1 Explore the XP Desktop CHAPTER 2 xix xxi ................................. 3 Start Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter x How to Do Everything with Windows XP CHAPTER 3 FM.indd 10 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter xi Contents CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 FM.indd 11 File Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offline Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configure Folder Views and Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter xii How to Do Everything with Windows XP CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 FM.indd 12 Windows Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WordPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 94 ..................................... 95 Understand Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Contents CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 FM.indd 13 Configure Your Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Install a Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configure Modem Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Create Connections to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter xiv How to Do Everything with Windows XP CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 FM.indd 14 Manage Your Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customize Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Add a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Contents Configure Local Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use Remote Desktop Web Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use Remote Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turn On Remote Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter xvi How to Do Everything with Windows XP CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 FM.indd 16 Add Audio to Your Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Save Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use Your Movies on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Contents CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21 FM.indd 17 ......................................... 333 Manage Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding Dynamic Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding Disk Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Formatting a Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter xviii How to Do Everything with Windows XP APPENDIX 372 373 375 ..................................... 377 Upgrade to Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Check the System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Up Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Check Out Your Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . .
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Acknowledgments I would like to thank everyone at McGraw-Hill/Osborne for giving me the opportunity to write the third edition of How to Do Everything with Windows XP. Thanks to Megg Morin, my acquisitions editor, for getting me started. Also, a big thanks to Agatha Kim, Bill Bruns, and Lisa Theobald for their editorial eagle eyes and for keeping things moving in the right direction.
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HowTo8 (8) HowTo-Tght / How to(8) Do/Everything How to Dowith Everything Adobewith Acrobat Windows 7.0/Doug XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Sahlin/5788-1/Front Matter HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Palm/Johnson & Broida/2490-3/Chapter Blind Folio FM: 23 xx FM.
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Introduction Welcome to the third edition of How to Do Everything with Windows XP! In my opinion, Windows XP is the best operating system Microsoft has produced to date, no matter if you are using Windows XP Home or Professional Edition, Windows XP Media Center, or Windows XP Tablet PC.
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HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter HowTo-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Palm/Johnson & Broida/2490-3/Chapter 23 Blind Folio FM: xxii xxii How to Do Everything with Windows XP how to make the most of digital photos on Windows XP and how to extend Windows XP with Plus! packs and PowerToys. In Part IV, “Optimize, Troubleshoot, and Fix Windows XP,” you learn about the tools and utilities Windows XP provides to make your work much easier.