windows xp for dummies - quick reference 2nd edition

[...]... Connections 179 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 xiv Windows XP For Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd Edition The II Part Big Picture: Windows XP Windows XP T his part gives you an overview of Windows XP by presenting some... with MSN Explorer 126 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 133 Adding recipients to the Address Book 136 Reading e-mail 138 Organizing e-mail 141 Deleting e-mail ... Contents Windows XP: BP-1 What You See: The Windows Desktop BP-2 What You See: My Documents BP-4 What You See: Dialog Boxes BP-5 Taskbar Table BP-6 The Basics: Opening and Closing Windows BP-7 The Basics: Creating New Folders BP-10 The Basics: Deleting Folders and Files BP-11 The Basics: Copying or Moving Folders and Files BP-13 The Basics: Exiting Windows. .. “Shutting Down Windows in Part I BP-15 The Big Picture: Windows XP What You Can Do: Setting Up a Desktop Made to Order BP-16 The Big Picture: Windows XP BP-17 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 Web pages you use all the time (see Part I) Selecting one of the preset Windows color... dialog box to confirm the deletion For more on deleting stuff in Windows, see “Deleting Junk” in Part I BP-11 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 The Big Picture: Windows XP The Basics: Copying or Moving Folders and Files Windows XP offers a really easy method for moving or copying files to another... folders in Windows XP, see the section “Opening Files and Folders” in Part I BP-7 The Big Picture: Windows XP BP-8 The Big Picture: Windows XP Double-clicking the My Pictures shortcut icon opens its window on the desktop BP-9 The Big Picture: Windows XP The Basics: Creating New Folders You often might want to create a brand-new empty folder to hold the files that you’re about to copy, move from elsewhere... The Big Picture: Windows XP What You See: The Windows Desktop The Windows desktop is the place from which you start and end your Windows work sessions In the main area of the desktop, you see the background graphic, the Recycle Bin icon, plus icons for the shortcuts to your favorite programs and Desktop icons Start button BP-2 Quick Launch Toolbar: See Part I The Big Picture: Windows XP folders and any... 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 The Big Picture: Windows XP Select the folder to which the selected file(s) are to be moved or copied BP-14 The Big Picture: Windows XP The Basics: Exiting Windows When you’re finished working on your computer for the day, you... connections 20 Network Places 22 Home Networking Wizard 23 Copying (and Moving) Files and Folders 24 Drag ’em up, drop ’em down 25 Using cut-and-paste 26 x Windows XP For Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd Edition Creating New Files and Folders 27 Creating a blank file 28 Compressing files and folders 28 Compressing FAT files and folders 29 Encrypting... of the desktop, you see the Windows taskbar with its Start button, Quick Launch toolbar, and Notification area For more information on what you can do with these components, check out the appropriate Quick Reference entry in other parts of the book Background graphic Desktop Item: See Part II Notification area Mini Media Player: See Part I BP-3 The Big Picture: Windows XP What You See: My Documents . xiii xiv Windows XP For Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd Edition 02_574647 ftoc.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page xiv Part IIThe Big Picture: Windows XP Windows XP T his part gives you an overview of Windows XP. Harvey Windows ® XP FOR DUMmIES ‰ QUICK REFERENCE 2ND EDITION 01_574647 ffirs.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page i 01_574647 ffirs.qxd 9/10/04 11:39 AM Page iv by Greg Harvey Windows ® XP FOR DUMmIES ‰ QUICK. 57 2-3 447, fax (317) 57 2-4 355, e-mail: brandreview@wiley.com. Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies