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Windows Vista: Visual QuickStart Guide, 2nd Edition

Description

Format: Trade paperback, 640 pages, 7" x 9"
Publisher: Peachpit Press, March 2008
ISBN-10: 0321553624
ISBN-13: 978-0321553621
List price: USA $29.99, Canada $32.99, UK £17.99
Buy it: Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk

Features

• A guide to the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system for novice and power users
• Covers Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions
• Screenshots guide you through instructions and show you the results of changes
• Early chapters cover the basics for beginners
• Hundreds of tips and sidebars for power users and upgraders
• The layout makes it a good quick reference for experienced users
• Extensively cross-referenced; includes a 32-page index

New to this Edition

• Updated for Service Pack 1
• Updated recommendations for third-party programs, services, websites, and articles
• New tips and sidebars on subtle, offbeat, or tricky topics
• The following sections and sidebars are new or revised:
  • New to this Edition
  • Windows Anytime Upgrade
  • What's Worse in Windows Vista
  • Logon Screens
  • Mistyped Passwords
  • Ctrl+Alt+Delete
  • Keyboard Logoffs
  • Shutdown Shortcuts
  • Microsoft Virtual PC
  • Properties Trivia
  • Lost Formatting
  • Help Forums
  • Applet Files
  • Turning off Aero
  • Color Calibration
  • The New Fonts
  • USB Flash Drives
  • Moving the Documents Folder
  • Calendar Filtering
  • Robocopy
  • Changing the Search Engine
  • Saved Search Files
  • Opening All Programs
  • Finding Freeware
  • PowerShell
  • Run as Administrator
  • Other Ways to Print
  • Unjamming Print Queues
  • Vista-Compatible Hardware
  • Diagnostic Tools
  • Offbeat Photo Tools
  • QuickTime and Real
  • Other Video Editors
  • Patch Tuesday
  • Removing Norton and McAfee
  • Antivirus is a Scam
  • Policeware
  • Encrypting Drives
  • Other Encryption Tools
  • Removing Banner Advertisements
  • Sending Big Files
  • Throwaway Email Addresses
  • Tablet PC Utilities
  • Defragmenting a Disk
  • Shadow Copy
  • Real-World Backups
  • Running Vista on a Mac
  • Crapware
  • Keyless Installation
  • How I Buy a PC
  • Activation Trivia
  • Transferring Existing Files and Settings
  • E-cycling
  • Installing Service Packs