Sandra Hardin Clemons
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 This book also has a free CD in the back! Time for a different computer book, not what you would expect from Windows XP. This book is full of over 100 things "you didn't know" about Windows XP. Definitely not a baby book for beginners, this title digs under the goofy colorful Windows XP shell to discover some of the truly secret gem inside this newest Microsoft operating system. Also included is a CD chock full of programs and examples from the book, making this a must-have tome for any Windows XP user. |
Windows XP Home Edition: I Didn't Know You Could Do That!Chapter 1: Personalizing Your Computer 1 Get rid of the Whistler Fluff 2 Lock down the taskbar 3 Easily Find open Documents by grouping taskbar buttons by programs. 4 Rename Everything on Your Computer 5 Record your own "New Mail" message 6 Use Your Computer to Gather Pictures 7 Make a Desktop Slide Show 8 Create Your own Wallpaper 9 Create your own icons 10 Change the picture next to your name 11 Keep your computer Clean 12 Move Folders from One Computer to Another 13 Make Your Computer Talk to You 14 Clean up the Desktop Chapter 2: Use One Computer for Both Business and Home Use 15 Take a tour of Windows the Proper way 16 Use More Than One Monitor 17 Manage User Account 18 Quickly Switch Multiple Users 19 Publish a file or folder to the web 20 Save a document in a universally sharable format 21 Save a graphics image in a universally sharable format Chapter 3: Entertain on your Computer 22 Play Music on Your Computer 23 Get Entertainment Information From the Internet 24 Turn Your Computer into a Radio 25 Copy Tracks from an audio CD 26 Create your Own Library of Songs 27 Download MP3 Files 28 Test your Sound Hardware 29 Burn a music CD 30 Make a movie 31 Watch a movie 32 Create a Slide Show 33 Change the program the plays your media file 34 Add a custom palette of music selections to your desktop Chapter 4: Set up Your Own Home Network 35 You Need Special Hardware to Create Your Network 36 Configure Windows to Understand Your Home Network 37 Peek at Other Computers On Your Home Network 38 Share My Valued Computer Resources on the Network 39 Share My Wonderful Color Printer With Those Other Slobs on the Network 40 Using Another Printer on the Network 41 Share Your Internet Connection 42 Use Another Modem on Another Computer to Connect to the Internet Chapter 5: Print That 43 Preview a Web Page Before Printing 44 Print a Web Page {that’s larger than your screen} 45 Print Things on the Screen 46 Print a Window in Windows 47 Print a List of Files in a directory 48 Print your Address List 49 Faxing from Windows?? 50 Manages faxes 51 Receive a fax 52 Use E-mail to send a Fax 53 Print Images 54 Print Help and Support Documentation Chapter 6: Get Windows to Help You 55 Use the Windows Help System 56 Mark a Topic as a Favorite 57 Use Your Own Options Help 58 Use Outside Groups for Help 59 Use the F1 Key for Help 60 Use the ? Button for Help OR 61 Use Help in a Program 62 Use Help for Internet Explorer 63 Use the Extensible Search Mechanism for Help (or Windows Update) 64 Program Compatibility Wizard 65 Virus software? 66 Find Files 67 Creating Shortcuts to Programs Chapter 7: Maintain and Prevent Goof Ups 68 Go Back in Time 69 Download Nasty Things 70 Running Disk Clean up / saving disk space 71 Troubleshooting Diagnostic Tool 72 Defrag Hard Drive 73 Scheduling your Computer to Work when You’re Asleep 74 Track down memory leaks 75 Track down programs run amok 76 Lock down the taskbar 77 Let the taskbar run amok 78 Get rid of the notification area ("system tray") Chapter 8: Compress and Decompress a File to Save Space 79 Make that huge bloated file take up less hard disk space 80 Store old projects in a compressed folder 81 Password protect compressed folders 82 Email a compressed folder 83 Not compress certain types of files 84 Compress a Folder 85 Winrar www.rarsoft.com 86 Files in a Compressed Folder 87 Perform Compressed Folder Tricks Chapter 9: Do Lotsa Internet Stuff 88 Sign up for a .Net Passport 89 Use MSN Explorer in so many fascinating ways 90 Send and Receive Instant Messages 91 Send a file with Windows Messenger 92 Place an Internet Phone Call 93 Add names to your list of contacts 94 See if Your Friends are Online 95 Play with a Whiteboard 96 Remote Assistance 97 Sharing 98 Organize a Meeting Over the Internet (NetMeeting) 99 Firewall 100 Play Games with an Internet Friend 101 Send a photo as an e-mail attachment so that it sends in less than a minute 102 Make a joke folder for Outlook Express 103) Media Bar 104 Add another e-mail account to Internet Explorer 105 Set up a newsgroup account |
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