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478 Chapter 9 Review ■ Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) ■ Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) ■ trusted contact ■ Usenet Case Scenarios In the following case scenarios, you will apply what you have learned about configuring appli- cations included with Windows Vista. You can find answers to these questions in the “Answers” section at the end of this book. Case Scenario 1: University Calendars You are responsible for providing desktop support and advice to the Department of Philoso- phy at the local university. 1. The university has finished finalizing the academic calendar for the next five years. The university has placed an exported calendar file on its website. What steps should staff and students take to add this information to their own calendars? 2. Kim manages five people in the office of the philosophy department at the university. She wants to be able to keep up to date on how they are completing their assigned tasks. How might she do this if all the people who work for her use Windows Vista? 3. Kim needs to make and update the head of the department’s appointments. The head of the department views her calendar on her Windows Vista computer. The head of the department never creates or edits appointments. What method could Kim use to accom- plish her goal? Case Scenario 2: Presenting a Business Proposal Using Windows Meeting Space The development team from Tailspin Toys is in Canberra this week to present a product pro- posal to the management of Wingtip Toys. Each member of the development team has an 802.11g-capable Tablet PC running Windows Vista Ultimate. The product design is stored as a file for a CAD application on the team leader’s computer. No other team members have this CAD application installed. 1. When the development team arrives at their hotel in Canberra, they find that it does not have any wireless access points. They want to collaborate with each other using Windows Meeting Space. What options do they have? Chapter 9 Review 479 2. During a brainstorming session, two members of the team think of some modifications that can be made to the product design. The team leader does not want the two team members to access his laptop directly because he has sensitive Human Resources infor- mation on his desktop. How can he grant the members access to the design when he is the only one with the CAD program installed? 3. The team’s documentation developer finishes the product documentation half an hour before the Windows Meeting Space presentation to the Wingtip Toys management team begins. How can she best distribute this documentation to all participants? Suggested Practices To help you successfully master the exam objectives presented in this chapter, complete the following tasks. Configure Windows Mail ■ Practice 1: Set Up Windows Mail to Handle Mail from a Friend Create a mail rule that copies all e-mail from a friend of yours into a folder that has your friend’s name. Add your friend to the Safe Senders list. ■ Practice 2: Add Your ISP’s News Server Add your ISP’s news server to Windows Mail. Subscribe to a newsgroup that interests you. Configure Windows Meeting Space These practices require two computers running Windows Vista. ■ Practice 1: People Near Me Configure People Near Me to sign in automatically when Windows Vista starts. ■ Practice 2: Host a Meeting Host a Windows Meeting Space meeting. Invite the person logged on to People Near Me on that computer to the meeting. Share the Windows Cal- culator application. Configure Windows Calendar ■ Practice 1: Create and Publish a Calendar With one Windows Vista user, create a public calendar, and then publish it to a shared folder on that computer. ■ Practice 2: Subscribe to a Calendar Log on to the same computer as used in Practice 1, and subscribe to the calendar that you just published. 480 Chapter 9 Review Take a Practice Test The practice tests on this book’s companion CD offer many options. For example, you can test yourself on just one exam objective, or you can test yourself on all the 70-620 certification exam content. You can set up the test so that it closely simulates the experience of taking a cer- tification exam, or you can set it up in study mode so that you can look at the correct answers and explanations after you answer each question. MORE INFO Practice tests For details about all the practice test options available, see the “How to Use the Practice Tests” sec- tion in this book’s Introduction. 481 Chapter 10 Configuring Faxes, Media Applications, and the Windows Sidebar Windows Media Center is included in the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista. With the appropriate hardware, Media Center can allow a personal computer to replace your DVD player, video recorder, and audio CD players. All of your videos, DVDs, movies, TV, recorded television, photos, and music can be played through a single device that connects to your high definition television. Although it cannot be used to record television, Windows Media Player is available in all editions of Windows Vista and can be used to consolidate your music collection, adding it to a single library that all other compatible devices on the local area network can access. Just as Windows Media Center eliminates the need for DVD players and videocassette record- ers, Windows Fax and Scan removes the need for the fax machine. Fax and Scan is available with the Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista. Fax and Scan allows documents to be faxed directly from Windows applications or scanned using an optical scan- ning device from hard copy to the computer and sent as a traditional fax. Synchronized with a mobile phone that supports modem functionality, the mobile worker can receive and send faxes anywhere that cell phone reception is available. Exam objectives in this chapter: ■ Configure and troubleshoot media applications. ■ Configure Windows Fax and Scan. ■ Configure Windows Sidebar. Lessons in this chapter: ■ Lesson 1: Configuring and Troubleshooting Media Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 ■ Lesson 2: Configuring Windows Fax and Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 ■ Lesson 3: Configuring Windows Sidebar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 482 Chapter 10 Configuring Faxes, Media Applications, and the Windows Sidebar Before You Begin To complete the lessons in this chapter, you must have done the following: Completed the installation and upgrading practices in Chapter 1, “Installing Windows Vista Client,” and Chapter 2, “Windows Vista Upgrades and Migrations.” As a result, you will have installed Windows Vista Ultimate on a personal computer or within a virtual machine. This computer should also have a working connection to the Internet. It is not possible to complete all of the practices in this chapter unless you have Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate because practices involve Windows Media Center. Practices 1 and 2 in Lesson 1 require access to a TV tuner card or universal serial bus (USB) device. No additional configuration is required for this chapter. Real World Orin Thomas My father has a box in his cupboard containing all of the silent Super-8 film he took of my siblings and me as kids. Although it doesn’t come out much and requires that he set up a special projector when he wants to play it, that box in the cupboard represents one type of important media archive to my family. Because of the hassle in setup, we get to see those old home movies only on special occasions, which suits me because my own son doesn’t need to see his dad at the same age pretending to be Superman and jumping into a toddler pool. Windows Media Center and the Media Center Extender allow me to take a different and more convenient approach. Since the birth of my son, all of the pictures and video that I have taken are digital. In the past, the primary drawback to this was that every time I wanted to show someone the video I’d taken, I’d either have to get that person to watch a computer screen or muck around with a set of cords to get the video camera to output directly to the television. The inclusion of Windows Media Center with Windows Vista Ultimate and my purchase of an Xbox 360 has completely changed how I display my family’s memories. My digital media files are stored in my study on the Windows Vista computer that I am writing this book on. The Xbox 360 is configured as a Media Center Extender and is located in the family room, connected to the television. I can retrieve thousands of photographs and hours of footage all by remote control. Unlike my father, who must spend time setting up the projector and locating the delicate 30-year-old film, I can retrieve and replay my family’s memories on the living room television in a matter of seconds. Lesson 1: Configuring and Troubleshooting Media Applications 483 Lesson 1: Configuring and Troubleshooting Media Applications Windows Media Center is available in the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista. With the appropriate hardware, Media Center allows you to record and play back tele- vision programs, burn those television programs to DVD, or display recorded television pro- grams in different parts of your home by streaming them through devices like the Xbox 360. Unlike Media Center, Windows Media Player is available in all versions of Windows Vista and does not require specialized hardware. Media Player allows the playback of all kinds of digital audio and video. Media Player is integrated with URGE, an online music store that allows you to purchase and legally download music from the Internet. You can also use Media Player to manage and sync audio with digital audio devices like Microsoft’s Zune or Pocket PC edition mobile phones. After this lesson, you will be able to: ■ Configure Windows Media Center. ❑ Install and configure extenders. ❑ Install and configure digital cable devices. ❑ Troubleshoot recording issues. ■ Configure Windows Media Player. ❑ Configure and troubleshoot Digital Rights Management (DRM). Estimated lesson time: 50 minutes Configuring Windows Media Center Prior to setting up Windows Media Center, you should install the TV tuner device that you will use and connect it to the appropriate digital cable device. TV tuner devices either come as cards that you can install in the slots on your computer’s motherboard or as USB devices that you can insert in any USB 2 slot. After you install the device, the process of connecting it to a signal is similar to that of connecting an antenna to the back of a television set or a VCR. At this point it is not necessary to make any configuration changes to the TV tuner other than to verify that Device Manager reports no problems. The first time that you run Windows Media Center, you are presented with the setup wizard. The first few pages of the wizard deal with the Windows Media Center Privacy policy and the Customer Experience Improvement Program. After these steps are completed, you can deter- mine whether Media Center periodically connects to the Internet to retrieve album and DVD cover art, TV Program Guide listings, and music and movie information. When you complete these steps, you can get on with the process of configuring Windows Media Center to display broadcast television. 484 Chapter 10 Configuring Faxes, Media Applications, and the Windows Sidebar Configuring TV Settings and Digital Cable Devices After you have installed your TV tuner device, you need to set up Windows Media Center to receive all of the services that are available. You can do this by starting Windows Media Center and navigating to the Settings item under Tasks. You then need to open the TV item to get to the TV Settings menu, shown in Figure 10-1. This menu allows you to configure the TV Signal, the TV or Monitor, Audio, and Closed Caption settings. It is possible to set up a TV signal only if a TV tuner card is connected. Figure 10-1 The TV Settings menu If you do not have a TV tuner card, it is still possible to access some television programming through Media Center off the Internet. However, what is available legally over the Internet is a fraction of what is transmitted over free-to-air digital or pay TV digital channels. Free-to-air HDTV is generally the simplest to set up. Playing special cable services might require addi- tional software or hardware, and you should check with your cable provider before you attempt this. When you are configuring Media Center for TV reception, it scans for the following types of digital signal: ■ Antenna In many countries, HDTV signals are broadcast over the airwaves. With an antenna plugged into your high definition TV card, you are able to view HDTV through Windows Media Center. ■ Direct cable connection Rather than receiving your signal through an antenna, you receive it through a coaxial cable. This coaxial cable can plug directly into your PC’s TV tuner. ■ Set top box This option is selected if a box from your pay TV provider is present between the wall and the cable that goes into your PC’s tuner hardware. Lesson 1: Configuring and Troubleshooting Media Applications 485 ■ Satellite This option is similar to a direct cable connection except that the source of the signal is a satellite rather than an earthbound cable. Windows Media Center should be able to configure these devices automatically. If it does not, you should verify that all connections are secure and that items such as the set top box are turned on. The process of configuring Windows Media Center to receive digital signals is cov- ered in Practice 1 at the end of this lesson. Setting Up Media Center and Configuring a Windows Media Center Extender Although it is possible to connect your computer directly to a television if you have the appropri- ate cables, it is easier to use a device known as a Media Center Extender to act as an intermediary between your computer and your TV set. The most common form of Media Center Extender is the Xbox 360, although other products are available. Each product has the ability to connect to your local area network (LAN), either wirelessly or through an unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable. The product retrieves content from the computer running Windows Media Center and displays it directly on the TV it is connected to. Media Center Extenders allow you to keep your computer out of the living room while enjoying all the benefits that Media Center has to offer. Installing a Media Center Extender is easy. When you connect your Media Center Extender to the same subnet at the Windows Vista computer that has Media Center installed, a dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 10-2, informing you that a Media Center Extender has been found. This dialog box displays some information about the Media Center Extender. You have the option of dismissing this dialog box and selecting an option so that it is not displayed again. If you select the option not to be shown the notification again, you can start setting up the Media Center Extender through the Media Center menu. Figure 10-2 A Media Center Extender is found on the LAN Clicking Yes launches Windows Media Center. The Optional Setup page, shown in Figure 10- 3, allows you to set up the Extender. It is also possible at this stage to set up the Pictures, Music, and Video libraries. You need to configure these libraries if you want to display more than TV and DVDs through your Media Center Extender. It is possible to come back and per- form this configuration later. Windows Media Center is an application that requires a signifi- cant amount of configuration, but after you complete, its configuration does not require much in the way of maintenance. 486 Chapter 10 Configuring Faxes, Media Applications, and the Windows Sidebar Figure 10-3 Configuring an extender with the Optional Setup menu NOTE Extender setup The Media Center Extender setup is covered in the text, rather than in the practice exercises at the end of the lesson because we think most readers are unlikely to have both the required version of Windows Vista and access to an Xbox 360! After you select the option to set up the Extender, you are presented with the Extender Setup page, shown in Figure 10-4. At this point, it is necessary to configure the extender itself. On the Xbox 360 this involves navigating in the console to the Media section and then using your con- troller to select the Media Center item. The Xbox 360 then provides information on how to complete the setup. A check is performed on the network and then an eight-digit setup key is displayed on the device that the Xbox 360 is connected to. You need to make a note of this number and then enter it on the Windows Vista computer in the Extender Setup page. If the Media Center Extender device was not automatically detected, it might be necessary to reconfigure Windows Firewall settings. You also need to determine whether or not you want to have the computer running Windows Media Center use Away Mode. Away Mode is a high availability power setting that allows the Media Center Extender to connect at any time, even when the computer appears shut down. The benefit of this mode is that it allows you to wake the computer whenever you want to use the Media Center Extender to view digital content. The drawback of this mode is its increased power consumption because a certain level of func- tionality is required to wake the computer when it is contacted over the network. The final configuration step determines whether it is possible to view the folders that contain your media. Lesson 1: Configuring and Troubleshooting Media Applications 487 Figure 10-4 Obtaining the 8-digit setup key Configuring Media Center Display It can be necessary to calibrate Media Center’s output for video on a computer screen or tele- vision. Similar in some ways to configuring a monitor’s color properties in the Display Settings dialog box so that there is a direct match between the displayed color and the color output by the printer, the video output configuration ensures that the video output from Media Center is as accurate and true to life as possible. New digital video formats aim for the best possible fidelity, so it should not be surprising that you might need to alter some default settings to gain the best possible output. The Video Setup Wizard queries you on which monitor you want to display content if there are multiple monitors connected and the type of monitor that video content will be displayed. When specifying the type of monitor, you provide information about the connection between your computer and the display, the monitor’s aspect ratio, and the display resolution. When using LCD monitors, remember to configure them to use the native resolution even if higher resolutions are possible because native resolution provides the best display experience. NOTE Configuring captioning Many programs are now broadcast with captioning, also known as subtitles, that allows people who are hearing impaired or who do not want to listen to audio to follow what is going on during the program. Windows Media Center can be configured to provide automatic captioning should the mute function be enabled. This captioning can be applied to both DVD, live TV, and recorded TV playback. [...]... Media Center but does not store it locally 2 Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate Configuring Windows Media Player Windows Media Player is available with all editions of Windows Vista and does not require special hardware beyond the ability to output audio and video There are many superficial similarities between Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center Both can play back video... ■ Windows Media Center is available only in the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista Windows Media Player is available in all editions of Windows Vista ■ Windows Media Center can record and play back broadcast television Windows Media Player can play back only television broadcasts ■ Windows Media Center can be used to share media to other computers and mobile devices on the network Windows. .. Configure the Windows Vista computer to broadcast an HDTV signal through the TV Tuner C Configure the Xbox 360 as a Windows Media Center Extender D Configure the Windows Vista computer as a Windows Media Center Extender 5 Ian wants to rip a DVD and add it to his media library How can he accomplish this? A He can rip the DVD using Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center B He can rip the DVD using Windows. .. Tuner Card, Windows Media Center can record, pause, and play back HDTV Windows Media Center can also play back music, DVDs, and audio CDs and display digital photographs ■ A Windows Media Extender is a device that can be connected to a television and used to display content from a computer running Windows Media Center ■ Windows Media Player is available with all editions of Windows Vista ■ Windows Media... configuring Windows Media Player to download codecs Practice: Configuring Windows Media Center and Using Windows Media Player In these practices, you will perform several exercises that will familiarize you with Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player Practices 1 and 2 require that you use either the Home Premium or Ultimate editions of Windows Vista You can complete Practice 3 using any edition of Windows. .. Player C He can rip the DVD using Windows Media Center D It is not possible to rip a DVD using Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center Lesson 2: Configuring Windows Fax and Scan 503 Lesson 2: Configuring Windows Fax and Scan Windows Fax and Scan allows you to utilize a scanner and modem to create the functionality of a normal fax Unlike previous versions of Windows, where Faxing and Scanning... redialing options Lesson 3: Configuring Windows Sidebar 513 Lesson 3: Configuring Windows Sidebar Windows Sidebar is a feature in all editions of Windows Vista that allows the display of useful information through gadgets A gadget is a small application that displays information, such as the time, weather data, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed summaries, or Windows Vista performance information You can... an Xbox 360 configured as a Media Center Extender for a desktop computer running Windows Vista Ultimate The Xbox 360 is located on the ground floor of the house, and the Windows Vista computer is located on the house’s third floor Your friend wants to be able to view television shows recorded digitally on the Windows Vista computer automatically when he activates the Xbox 360 At present, he has to... Media Applications, and the Windows Sidebar ■ Parental controls Similar to the way it is possible to restrict children who use Windows Vista from using games or viewing web pages that are beyond a particular classification, it is possible to use Windows Media Center to block children from viewing live TV, recorded programs, or DVDs that are age-inappropriate Unlike Windows Vista, which does this on a... Sidebar Settings You can configure Windows Sidebar from the Control Panel or by right-clicking the Sidebar and selecting Properties This displays the Windows Sidebar Properties dialog box shown in Figure 10-25 This dialog box allows you to configure: ■ Whether Windows Sidebar starts automatically when Windows Vista starts ■ Whether the Sidebar is displayed on top of all other windows This does not make the . not store it locally. 2. Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate. Configuring Windows Media Player Windows Media Player is available with all editions of Windows Vista and does not require special. follows: ■ Windows Media Center is available only in the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista. Windows Media Player is available in all editions of Windows Vista. ■ Windows Media. practices in Chapter 1, “Installing Windows Vista Client, ” and Chapter 2, Windows Vista Upgrades and Migrations.” As a result, you will have installed Windows Vista Ultimate on a personal computer