www.it-ebooks.info by Greg Harvey Windows ® XP FOR DUMmIES ‰ QUICK REFERENCE 2ND EDITION 01_574647 ffirs.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page i www.it-ebooks.info 01_574647 ffirs.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page iv www.it-ebooks.info by Greg Harvey Windows ® XP FOR DUMmIES ‰ QUICK REFERENCE 2ND EDITION 01_574647 ffirs.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page i www.it-ebooks.info Windows ® XP For Dummies ® Quick Reference, 2 nd Edition Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2004112333 ISBN: 0-7645-7464-7 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2O/QW/RQ/QU/IN 01_574647 ffirs.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page ii www.it-ebooks.info About the Author Greg Harvey, the author of more than 50 computer books, has had a long career of teaching business people the use of IBM PC, Windows, and Macintosh software application programs. From 1983 to 1988, he conducted hands-on computer software training for corporate business users with a variety of training companies (including his own, PC Teach). From 1988 to 1992, he taught univer- sity classes in Lotus 1-2-3 and Introduction to Database Management Technology (using dBASE) in the Department of Information Systems at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. In mid-1993, Greg started a new multimedia publishing venture, Mind over Media, Inc. As a multimedia developer and computer book author, he hopes to enliven his future online computer books by making them into true interactive learning experiences that will vastly enrich and improve the training of users of all skill levels. 01_574647 ffirs.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page iii www.it-ebooks.info 01_574647 ffirs.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page iv www.it-ebooks.info Dedication To my alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, birthplace of NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications) Mosaic, the great-granddaddy of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. Thanks for helping me gain the analytical, language, and writing skills that all came into play in the creation of this work. Author’s Acknowledgments Many thanks to Christopher Aiken at Mind over Media, Inc. for helping and supporting me with this revision of Windows Quick Reference. 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Corder, Editorial Director Publishing for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director Composition Services Gerry Fahey, Vice President of Production Services Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services 01_574647 ffirs.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page vi www.it-ebooks.info Contents at a Glance Windows XP BP-1 Part I: Doing Everyday Stuff 1 Part II: Windows and the Web 109 Part III: Windows Accessories 147 Part IV: The Windows Control Panel 171 02_574647 ftoc.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page vii www.it-ebooks.info [...]... Performance and Maintenance 180 Printers and Other Hardware 182 Security Center 183 Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices 183 User Accounts 184 Glossary: Techie Talk 187 Index 191 www.it-ebooks.info xiv Windows XP For Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd Edition www.it-ebooks.info The II Part Big Picture: Windows XP Windows XP T his part gives you an overview of Windows. .. the deletion For more on deleting stuff in Windows, see “Deleting Junk” in Part I BP-11 www.it-ebooks.info The Big Picture: Windows XP Click this hyperlink to empty the Recycle Bin Click this hyperlink to send the selected items to the Recycle Bin BP-12 www.it-ebooks.info The Big Picture: Windows XP The Basics: Copying or Moving Folders and Files Windows XP offers a really easy method for moving or... computer, see the section “Shutting Down Windows in Part I BP-15 www.it-ebooks.info The Big Picture: Windows XP What You Can Do: Setting Up a Desktop Made to Order BP-16 www.it-ebooks.info The Big Picture: Windows XP BP-17 www.it-ebooks.info The Big Picture: Windows XP You can customize the Windows desktop in a number of ways 1 Get started by: Adding desktop shortcuts for the programs, folders, files, and... Locking down the desktop (see Part II) Creating a custom toolbar for the Windows taskbar (see Part I) What You Can Do: Saving Music with Windows Media Player BP-18 www.it-ebooks.info The Big Picture: Windows XP You can use Windows Media Player to record and organize your music, as well as to play your favorite tunes Windows Media Player in Windows XP makes it easy to copy music from audio CDs or from the... pages 121 Saving Desktop items 122 Printing Web pages 123 Working offline 124 Browsing with MSN Explorer 126 www.it-ebooks.info xi xii Windows XP For Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd Edition Searching the Web 130 Searching from the Explorer Bar 130 Autosearching from the Address Bar 132 Sending and Receiving E-Mail 132 Composing and sending messages... is typical of the windows you’ll encounter throughout Windows XP Note that this window is the default location for any files that you download from the Web or save in the Windows applications you use This folder also automatically contains a My Pictures folder and a My Music folder, which are the respective default locations for all graphic and audio files that you save For more information on what... menu Ctrl+Esc or Windows Logo key Part I Show Desktop Minimize all open windows to display the Windows desktop Part I Launch Internet Explorer Browser Open Internet Explorer 6 and connect to the Internet Part II Launch Outlook Express Open Outlook Express so that you can send or receive e-mail Part II Windows Media Player Start Windows Media Player to play both local and streaming audio and video files... Windows XP by presenting some of the most common elements and introducing you to the kinds of things you’ll most typically be doing with them This overview covers three major areas: what you see in Windows, the basic procedures that you perform in Windows, and the typical kinds of projects that you can do with Windows The “What You See” section familiarizes you with four major Windows components: the Windows. .. (the window designed for holding the documents you generate), dialog boxes (specialized windows designed for making choices), and the Windows taskbar (the major Windows toolbar that usually remains present at all times) The “Basics” section introduces the five most basic tasks with which all Windows users must be familiar These include mundane stuff, such as opening and closing windows, creating and... box, click OK to have Windows make the copies or do the moves For more on moving and copying files and folders, see the section “Copying (and Moving) Files and Folders” in Part I BP-13 www.it-ebooks.info The Big Picture: Windows XP Select the folder to which the selected file(s) are to be moved or copied BP-14 www.it-ebooks.info The Big Picture: Windows XP The Basics: Exiting Windows When you’re finished . Harvey Windows ® XP FOR DUMmIES ‰ QUICK REFERENCE 2ND EDITION 01_574647 ffirs.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page i www.it-ebooks.info Windows ® XP For Dummies ® Quick. 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