Wiley Windows Vista All In One Desk Reference For Dummies Dec 2006 ISBN 0471749419 pdf
by Woody Leonhard
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About the Author
Curmudgeon, critic, and self-described “Windows Victim,”
Woody Leonhard
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With several dozen computer books under his belt, Woody knows where the bodies are buried. He was one of the first Microsoft Consulting Partners and a charter member of the Microsoft Solutions Provider organization. He’s a one- man, major Microsoft beta testing site and delights in being a constant thorn in Microsoft’s side. Along with several coauthors and editors, he’s won an unprecedented six Computer Press Association Awards and two American Business Press Awards. Woody; his long-time girlfriend, Duangkhae Tongthueng (better known as “Add”); and twelve talented Thai staff run Khun Woody’s Bakery and its sister operation, the Sandwich Shoppe, in Patong, Phuket, Thailand. Woody moved to Phuket in late 2000, where he now lives with Add; his father, George; his teenage son, Justin; and their all-American beagle, Chronos.
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Dedication To Dad, who’s always been there for me.
And to Add, who’s helped me in more ways than I ever thought possible.
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction .................................................................1
Book I: A Vista Orientation............................................9
Chapter 1: Windows 4 N00bs ..........................................................................................11 Chapter 2: Vista versus the WinXPerienced .................................................................27 Chapter 3: Choosing a Version........................................................................................35 Chapter 4: Upgrades and Clean Installs.........................................................................43 Book II: Vista Boot Camp ............................................59 Chapter 1: Running Vista from Start to Finish ..............................................................61 Chapter 2: Controlling Users...........................................................................................97 Chapter 3: Maintaining Your System............................................................................113 Chapter 4: Getting the Basic Stuff Done ......................................................................147 Chapter 5: Getting Help with Vista...............................................................................171 Book III: Securing Vista ............................................187 Chapter 1: Lock Down: Spies, Spams, Scams, and Slams ..........................................189 Chapter 2: Security Center Overview ..........................................................................217 Chapter 3: Windows Firewall Backward and Forward...............................................225 Chapter 4: Patching and Plugging ................................................................................249 Chapter 5: Virus Protection and the Big Defender.....................................................263 Book IV: Customizing Vista........................................281 Chapter 1: Personalizing Your Desktop .......................................................................283 Chapter 2: Organizing Your Vista Interface.................................................................303 Chapter 3: Searching on Your Desktop........................................................................321 Chapter 4: Beating and Cheating Vista’s Games.........................................................333 Book V: Vista on the Internet.....................................345 Chapter 1: Getting the Most from the Internet ...........................................................347
Book VI: Adding Cool Hardware.................................437
Chapter 1: Finding and Installing the Hardware You Want .......................................439 Chapter 2: iPimping iPods and iTunes.........................................................................465 Chapter 3: Adding a Second (Or Third) Hard Drive...................................................485 Chapter 4: Picking Printers and Printer/Scanner/Faxers ..........................................493 Book VII: Joining the Multimedia Mix.........................511 Chapter 1: Jammin’ with Windows Media Player .......................................................513 Chapter 2: Podcasting....................................................................................................553 Chapter 3: Discovering Digital Cameras......................................................................563 Chapter 4: Mugging in the Photo Gallery ....................................................................581 Chapter 5: Lights! Action! Windows Movie Maker .....................................................595 Book VIII: Vista Video...............................................617 Chapter 1: Preparing a Media Center PC.....................................................................619 Chapter 2: Starting Media Center .................................................................................631 Chapter 3: Turning On the Tube...................................................................................641 Chapter 4: Beyond the Media Center Basics ..............................................................651 Book IX: Setting Up a Vista Network..........................667 Chapter 1: Those Pesky Network Things You Need to Know ...................................669 Chapter 2: Building Your Network................................................................................683 Chapter 3: Putting the Why in Wi-Fi .............................................................................705 Index .......................................................................721
Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................1
About This Book...............................................................................................2 Conventions ......................................................................................................3 What You Don’t Have to Read ........................................................................3 Foolish Assumptions .......................................................................................4 Organization .....................................................................................................4 Icons...................................................................................................................6 Where to Go from Here....................................................................................7
Book I: A Vista Orientation ............................................9
Chapter 1: Windows 4 N00bs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Hardware and Software .................................................................................12 Why Do PCs Have to Run Windows? ...........................................................14 Buying a Computer ........................................................................................14 Inside the big box .................................................................................15 Screening ...............................................................................................17 Managing disks and drives..................................................................18 Making PC connections .......................................................................20 Futzing with sound...............................................................................22 A Terminology Survival Kit ...........................................................................23 Chapter 2: Vista versus the WinXPerienced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 What You See ..................................................................................................27 The Glass UX .........................................................................................27 Improved video effects ........................................................................27 Sidebar: A truly active desktop ..........................................................29 What You Get ..................................................................................................30 What Stands in the Way.................................................................................31 Do You Need Windows Vista? .......................................................................32 Chapter 3: Choosing a Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 The Eightfold Path .........................................................................................35
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Home Premium: Usually the sweet spot............................................41 The Ultimate..........................................................................................41
Windows Live OneCare .................................................................................41
Chapter 4: Upgrades and Clean Installs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Can Your Computer Handle Vista?...............................................................43 Performing a Clean Install .............................................................................45 Working through the Welcome Center ........................................................48 Using Easy Transfer .......................................................................................51 What will transfer .................................................................................52 Making the transfer ..............................................................................52 Product Activation .........................................................................................54 What If the Wheels Fall Off? ..........................................................................58 Book II: Vista Boot Camp.............................................59 Chapter 1: Running Vista from Start to Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 A Few Quick Steps to Make the Desktop Your Own...................................61 Disabling the Welcome Center............................................................63 Changing the background ...................................................................64 Enabling the Sidebar ............................................................................65 Cleaning up useless icons and programs ..........................................65 Making the taskbar taller.....................................................................66 Mousing with Your Mouse ............................................................................66 Working with Files and Folders ....................................................................67 Showing filename extensions..............................................................69 Sharing folders......................................................................................71 Recycling ...............................................................................................79 Starting with the Start Button ......................................................................81 Getting Around ...............................................................................................84 Using Windows Explorer .....................................................................84 Working with the Windows taskbar ...................................................90 Creating shortcuts................................................................................92 Sleep: Perchance to Dream ...........................................................................94 Chapter 2: Controlling Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Logging On ......................................................................................................98 Choosing Account Types ..............................................................................99
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Enabling the Guest Account .......................................................................107 Changing Accounts ......................................................................................107
Changing other users’ settings .........................................................108 Changing your own settings..............................................................110
Switching Users ............................................................................................111
Chapter 3: Maintaining Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Using the Control Panel...............................................................................113 Removing and Changing Programs............................................................116 Removing Windows Patches.......................................................................118 Making Backups ...........................................................................................118 Using shadow copies/previous versions.........................................120 Creating data backups .......................................................................122 Restoring backed-up data .................................................................127 Ghosting with CompletePC backups................................................130 Maintaining Drives .......................................................................................131 Running an error check .....................................................................132 Scheduling cleanups ..........................................................................134 Defragmenting a drive .......................................................................134 Scheduling the Task Scheduler ..................................................................134 Zipping and Compressing ...........................................................................139 Compressing with NTFS ....................................................................141 Zipping the easy way with Compressed (zipped) Folders............142 Creating Checkpoints and Using System Restore ....................................143Chapter 4: Getting the Basic Stuff Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Burning CDs and DVDs ................................................................................147 Understanding -R and -RW ................................................................148 What to burn .......................................................................................149 Mastered or Live File System? ..........................................................150 Burning with Vista ..............................................................................152 Improving Your Experience Index..............................................................158 Getting Word Processing — Free ...............................................................160 Running Notepad................................................................................160 Writing with WordPad........................................................................162 Taming the Character Map................................................................164 Calculating — Free .......................................................................................165 Painting..........................................................................................................166 Using Sneaky Key Commands.....................................................................167 Conjuring up the Task Manager........................................................167Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies xvi
Connecting to Remote Assistance .............................................................176 Understanding the interaction .........................................................176 Limiting an invitation.........................................................................177 Troubleshooting Remote Assistance ...............................................178 Making the connection ......................................................................178
Getting the Most from Vista Help...............................................................184 Ensuring that you get all the Help....................................................184 Working through the index ...............................................................185
Getting Help on the Web .............................................................................186
Book III: Securing Vista.............................................187
Chapter 1: Lock Down: Spies, Spams, Scams, and Slams . . . . . . . . .189 Understanding the Hazards ........................................................................189 Zombies and botnets .........................................................................191 Phishing ...............................................................................................193
0day exploits.......................................................................................195 Staying Informed ..........................................................................................196 Getting Protected .........................................................................................198
Viruses, viruses everywhere.............................................................198 Credit card fraud ................................................................................200 Defending your privacy .....................................................................202 Keeping cookies at bay......................................................................203 Reducing spam ...................................................................................207
Recovering from an Attack .........................................................................209 Don’t Become Part of the Problem ............................................................209 Using Parental Controls...............................................................................211
Chapter 2: Security Center Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 Entering the Security Center ......................................................................217 Working with the Security Center ..............................................................219 Scanning for Rootkits...................................................................................220 Chapter 3: Windows Firewall Backward and Forward . . . . . . . . . . .225 Comparing Firewalls ....................................................................................225 Understanding Vista Firewall’s Basic Features.........................................227 Speaking Your Firewall’s Lingo ...................................................................229 Peeking into Your Firewall ..........................................................................230
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Making Inbound Exceptions .......................................................................238 Adding a program...............................................................................240 Adding a port ......................................................................................241
Coping with Vista’s Outbound Firewall .....................................................243
Chapter 4: Patching and Plugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 Patching Woes ..............................................................................................250 Choosing an Update Level ..........................................................................252 Setting Your Update Level...........................................................................253 Selectively Patching (A Panacea for Those Woes) ..................................255 Applying patches from Windows Update........................................256 MS-DEFCON .........................................................................................258 Getting what you need from a Security Bulletin.............................259 Chapter 5: Virus Protection and the Big Defender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263 Understanding Antivirus Software.............................................................263 The challenges for antivirus software .............................................265 What’s a false positive? .....................................................................266 Live OneCare and the Safety Center ..........................................................267 Caring for Your Antivirus Program ............................................................270 Downloading and Installing AVG Free........................................................272 Making Windows Acknowledge Your AV Program ...................................274 Dealing with Spyware ..................................................................................276
Book IV: Customizing Vista ........................................281
Chapter 1: Personalizing Your Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283 Recognizing Desktop Levels .......................................................................283 Setting Colors in Vista .................................................................................286 Picking a Background ..................................................................................288 Energizing the Sidebar.................................................................................289 Changing Sidebar settings.................................................................290 Playing with the gadgets ...................................................................291 Controlling Icons ..........................................................................................292 Changing Mouse Pointers ...........................................................................294 Selecting Screen Savers...............................................................................295 Changing the screen saver ................................................................296 Setting up a Super Boss Key .............................................................297Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies xviii
Reclaiming most recently used programs.......................................309 Changing the All Programs menu.....................................................311 Showing recent items.........................................................................314 Making minor tweaks to the Start menu .........................................315
Using the Quick Launch Toolbar................................................................317 Performing a Custom Startup .....................................................................318
Chapter 3: Searching on Your Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321 A Brief History of Finds ...............................................................................321 Scanning versus indexing..................................................................322 Desktop search ...................................................................................322 Wither, er, whither WinFS ..................................................................323 Searching Basics...........................................................................................324 Saving and Reusing Searches .....................................................................330 Chapter 4: Beating and Cheating Vista’s Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333 Solitaire..........................................................................................................334 Standard scoring ................................................................................335 Vegas scoring ......................................................................................336 FreeCell..........................................................................................................337 Spider Solitaire .............................................................................................339 Minesweeper.................................................................................................340 The Other Games .........................................................................................343 Book V: Vista on the Internet .....................................345 Chapter 1: Getting the Most from the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347 What Is the Internet? ...................................................................................348 Getting Inside the Internet ..........................................................................349 What Is the World Wide Web?.....................................................................350 Who Pays for All This Stuff?........................................................................351 Connecting through Dialup or Broadband Services................................353 The last mile........................................................................................354 Uses and excuses for broadband .....................................................355 Setting Up an Internet Connection.............................................................357 Finding Internet Reference Tools ...............................................................359 DSLReports..........................................................................................359 DNSStuff ...............................................................................................359
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Chapter 2: Finding Your Way around Internet Explorer
(And Firefox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
Exploring Internet Explorer Alternatives ..................................................363 Ready, Set, Browse! ......................................................................................365
Changing the default home page......................................................366 Switching the default search service ...............................................367
Taking a Walk around the IE Window ........................................................367 Surfing with Style .........................................................................................370 Pick a Tab, Any Tab......................................................................................371 Thwarting Phishers......................................................................................372
The consequences of anti-phishing .................................................375 Using the Internet Explorer filter .....................................................375 Fighting phishing with Firefox ..........................................................378
Doing Stuff with Web Pages ........................................................................379 Saving Web pages ...............................................................................379 Printing Web pages.............................................................................381
Playing Favorites ..........................................................................................382 Adding Favorites of your own...........................................................383 Organizing your favorites..................................................................384
Chapter 3: Making Internet Explorer Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
Getting the Most from Internet Explorer (And Firefox) ..........................387 Making IE Run Faster ...................................................................................389 Using Links....................................................................................................391 Dealing with Cookies ...................................................................................393 Blogging with Internet Explorer .................................................................393 Working with RSS Feeds ..............................................................................395Chapter 4: Windows Mail and the Alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
Choosing an E-Mail Program.......................................................................399 Getting Started with Windows Mail ...........................................................402 Conversing with E-Mail................................................................................404 Setting up mail accounts ...................................................................404 Retrieving messages and attachments ............................................405 Creating a message.............................................................................409 Sending a message .............................................................................412Chapter 5: Working Together — IM OK, You’re OK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413
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Chapter 6: Searching on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425 Choosing a Search Engine ...........................................................................425 Changing Search Engines — the Advanced Course.................................430 Googling Tricks.............................................................................................433 Book VI: Adding Cool Hardware .................................437 Chapter 1: Finding and Installing the Hardware You Want . . . . . . . .439 Understanding Hardware Types.................................................................439 Juggling internal and external devices ............................................440 Choosing an interface ........................................................................440 Internal interfaces ..............................................................................440 External interfaces .............................................................................442 Upgrading the Basic Stuff............................................................................443 Choosing a new monitor....................................................................444 Picking a video adapter .....................................................................450 Upgrading keyboards.........................................................................451 Choosing a mouse — or alternatives...............................................452 Key Drives, SuperFetch, and ReadyBoost.................................................454 USB Hubs.......................................................................................................457 Installing New Hardware .............................................................................458 Have the store do it............................................................................458 Do it yourself.......................................................................................459 Installing USB hardware.....................................................................463 Chapter 2: iPimping iPods and iTunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465 What You Can’t Do .......................................................................................466
iPod the Apple Way......................................................................................467 Bringing everything up to date.........................................................467 Getting iTunes ready to feed your iPod...........................................470 Moving music to your iPod ...............................................................476
Synching ........................................................................................................479 Copying Songs to Your PC...........................................................................481 The iPod Ecosystem ....................................................................................483
Chapter 3: Adding a Second (Or Third) Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485 Choosing a Second Hard Drive...................................................................485 Interfaces for Disk Drives............................................................................486
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Exploring exotic features...................................................................495 Making a final decision ......................................................................496
Installing a Printer........................................................................................496 Attaching a local printer....................................................................497 Connecting a network printer...........................................................501
Using the Print Queue..................................................................................503 Displaying a print queue ...................................................................504 Pausing and resuming a print queue ...............................................505 Pausing, restarting, and resuming a document ..............................506 Canceling a document .......................................................................506
Troubleshooting ...........................................................................................507
Book VII: Joining the Multimedia Mix .........................511
Chapter 1: Jammin’ with Windows Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513 What You Need to Know about C.R.A.P. ....................................................514 Adjusting WMP Privacy Settings ................................................................515 Setting options when you install WMP ............................................516 Tweaking options after installation..................................................519 Playing with Now Playing............................................................................521 Playback buttons................................................................................522 Playing a CD ........................................................................................522 Copying from a CD (Also Known as Ripping) ...........................................524 Organizing Your Library ..............................................................................527 Where the Library comes from.........................................................527 Leafing through the WMP Library....................................................530 Finding the tracks you want..............................................................531 Playing tracks in the Library.............................................................534 Nailing Track 6, Unknown Artist, Unknown Album........................535 Managing playlists..............................................................................536 Deleting tracks from the Library ......................................................539 Burning CDs ..................................................................................................540 Burning an audio CD ..........................................................................541 Burning data CDs and DVDs with Media Player .............................544 Syncing with a Portable Player...................................................................545 Moving tracks to the player ..............................................................545 Moving tracks from the player to your PC......................................547 Deleting tracks from your player .....................................................548 Choosing a Skin ............................................................................................549
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