Windows Vista For Dummies

Andy Rathbone started geeking around with computers in 1985 when he bought a 26-pound portable CP/M Kaypro 2X. Like other nerds of the day, he soon began plying with null-modem adapters, dialing computer bulletin boards, and working part-time at Radio Shack.He wrote articles for various techie publications before moving to computer books in 1992. He’s written the Windows For Dummies series, Upgrading and Fixing PCs For Dummies, TiVo For Dummies, PCs: The Missing Manual, and many other computer books.Today, he has more than 15 million copies of his books in print, and they’ve been translated into more than 30 languages. You can reach Andy at his Web site, www.andyrathbone.com.

• Introduction 1Part I: Windows Vista Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know 7Chapter 1: What Is Windows Vista? 9Chapter 2: The Desktop, Start Menu, and Other Windows Vista Mysteries 21Chapter 3: Basic Windows Mechanics 47Chapter 4: Flipping Through Files, Folders, Floppies, and CDs 69Part II: Working with Programs and Files 95Chapter 5: Playing with Programs and Documents 97Chapter 6: Briefly Lost, but Quickly Found 119Chapter 7: Printing Your Work 133Part III: Getting Things Done on the Internet 145Chapter 8: Cruising the Web 147Chapter 9: Sending and Receiving E-mail 171Chapter 10: Safe Computing 189Part IV: Customizing and Upgrading Windows Vista 207Chapter 11: Customizing Windows Vista with the Control Panel 209Chapter 12: Keeping Windows from Breaking 235Chapter 13: Sharing One Computer with Several People 249Chapter 14: Connecting Two or More Computers with a Network 259Part V: Music, Movies, Memories (and Photos, Too) 277Chapter 15: Playing and Copying Music in Media Player 279Chapter 16: Fiddling with Photos and Movies 303Part VI: Help! 331Chapter 17: The Case of the Broken Window 333Chapter 18: Strange Messages: What You Did Does Not Compute 345Chapter 19: Moving from an Old Computer to a New One 353Chapter 20: Help on the Windows Vista Help System 365Part VII: The Part of Tens 371Chapter 21: Ten or So Things You’ll Hate about Windows Vista (and How to Fix Them) 373Chapter 22: Ten or So Tips for Laptop Owners 381Appendix: Upgrading to Windows Vista 387Index 391