Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue

Overview

Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of Windows Vista so you can start using this operating system right away. Written by "New York Times" columnist, bestselling author, Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, the book will help you:

• Navigate the desktop, including the fast, powerful and fully integrated desktop search function
• Use the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos, play music, and record all of these to a DVD
• Breeze across the Web with the vastly improved Internet Explorer 7 tabbed browser
• Become familiar with Vista's beefed up security, and much more

Windows Vista is a vast improvement over its predecessors, with an appealing, glass-like visual overhaul, superior searching and organization tools, a multimedia and collaboration suite, and a massive, top-to-bottom security-shield reconstruction. Every corner of the traditional Windows operating system has been tweaked, overhauled, or replaced entirely.

Aimed at new and experienced computer users alike, Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual is right there when you need it. This jargon-free book explains Vista's features quickly and clearly — revealing which work well and which don't.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780596528263
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/2007
Series:	Missing Manual Series
Pages:	423
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.19(h) x 0.98(d)

About the Author

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. With nearly 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, having written or co-written seven books in the "for Dummies" series.

Pogue is the creator and lead author of the bestselling Missing Manual series. Books in the series cover a wide range of topics, including Mac OS X, Windows, iPod, Microsoft Office, iPhoto, Dreamweaver, iMovie, and many others. His Web page is www.davidpogue.com, and his email address is [e-mail].

Table of Contents

• THE MISSING CREDITS
• INTRODUCTION
• THE VISTA DESKTOP
  • Chapter 1: THE VERY BASICS
  • Chapter 2: WELCOME CENTER, DESKTOP, AND THE START MENU
  • Chapter 3: FILES, FOLDERS, AND WINDOWS
  • Chapter 4: SEARCHING AND ORGANIZING YOUR FILES
  • Chapter 5: INTERIOR DECORATING VISTA
• THE PIECES OF VISTA
  • Chapter 6: PROGRAMS, DOCUMENTS, AND GADGETS
  • Chapter 7: PHOTOS, MUSIC, AND MOVIES
• VISTA ONLINE
  • Chapter 8: GETTING ONLINE—SECURELY
  • Chapter 9: INTERNET EXPLORER 7
  • Chapter 10: WINDOWS MAIL
• BEYOND THE BASICS
  • Chapter 11: PRINTING AND FAXING
  • Chapter 12: EXPANDING YOUR HARDWARE
  • Chapter 13: GETTING HELP
  • Chapter 14: BACKUPS, MAINTENANCE, AND TROUBLESHOOTING
• THE VISTA NETWORK
  • Chapter 15: ACCOUNTS (AND LOGGING ON)
  • Chapter 16: SETTING UP A NETWORK AND SHARING FILES
• APPENDIX
  • APPENDIX
• COLOPHON