Table of Contents

What the Reviewers Said; The Missing Credits; About the Authors; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgments; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; About This Book; The Very Basics; What’s New in Windows XP; Professional Edition vs. Home Edition; The Dark Side of Windows XP; The Windows XP Desktop; Chapter 1: The Desktop and Start Menu; 1.1 Logging In; 1.2 The Elements of the XP Desktop; 1.3 The Start Menu; 1.4 Start→Log Off; 1.5 Start→Shut Down (Turn Off Computer); 1.6 Start→All Programs; 1.7 Start→Run; 1.8 Start→Search; 1.9 Start→Help and Support; 1.10 Start→Control Panel; 1.11 Start→Set Program Access and Defaults; 1.12 Start→My Network Places; 1.13 Start→My Computer; 1.14 Start→My Music, My Pictures; 1.15 Start→My Recent Documents; 1.16 Start→My Documents; 1.17 Customizing the Start Menu; Chapter 2: Windows, Folders, and the Taskbar; 2.1 Windows in Windows; 2.2 The Desktop Window Overhaul; 2.3 Window Toolbars; 2.4 The Taskbar; 2.5 Taskbar Toolbars; Chapter 3: Organizing Your Stuff; 3.1 The Folders of Windows XP; 3.2 Life with Icons; 3.3 Copying and Moving Folders and Files; 3.4 The Recycle Bin; 3.5 Shortcut Icons; 3.6 Burning CDs from the Desktop; Chapter 4: Getting Help; 4.1 Navigating the Help System; 4.2 “What’s This?”: Help for Dialog Boxes; 4.3 Remote Assistance; 4.4 Getting Help from Microsoft; The Components of Windows XP; Chapter 5: Programs and Documents; 5.1 Launching Programs; 5.2 Switching Programs; 5.3 Exiting Programs; 5.4 When Programs Die; 5.5 Saving Documents; 5.6 Closing Documents; 5.7 The Open Dialog Box; 5.8 Moving Data Between Documents; 5.9 Filename Extensions; 5.10 Installing Software; 5.11 Uninstalling Software; 5.12 Running Pre-XP Programs; Chapter 6: The Freebie Software; 6.1 The Windows XP Accessories; 6.2 Windows XP Games; 6.3 Everything Else; Chapter 7: Pictures, Sound, and Movies; 7.1 Digital Photos in XP; 7.2 Scanning; 7.3 Windows Media Player; 7.4 Making WAVs with Sound Recorder; 7.5 Windows Movie Maker 2; Chapter 8: The Control Panel; 8.1 Category View: The Big XP Change; 8.2 Accessibility Options; 8.3 Add Hardware; 8.4 Add or Remove Programs; 8.5 Administrative Tools; 8.6 Automatic Updates; 8.7 Bluetooth Devices; 8.8 Date and Time; 8.9 Display; 8.10 Folder Options; 8.11 Fonts; 8.12 Game Controllers; 8.13 Internet Options; 8.14 Keyboard; 8.15 Mail; 8.16 Mouse; 8.17 Network Connections; 8.18 Network Setup Wizard; 8.19 Phone and Modem Options; 8.20 Power Options; 8.21 Printers and Faxes; 8.22 Regional and Language Options; 8.23 Scanners and Cameras; 8.24 Scheduled Tasks; 8.25 Security Center; 8.26 Sounds and Audio Devices; 8.27 Speech; 8.28 System; 8.29 Taskbar and Start Menu; 8.30 User Accounts; 8.31 Windows Firewall; 8.32 Wireless Network Setup Wizard; Windows Online; Chapter 9: Hooking Up to the Internet; 9.1 Five Degrees of Online Readiness; 9.2 How to Get Online; 9.3 Establishing a New Dial-Up Internet Account; 9.4 Manually Plugging in Internet Settings; 9.5 Dialing Up to the Internet; 9.6 Advanced Modem Settings; Chapter 10: Security, Firewalls, and Service Pack 2; 10.1 Security Center; 10.2 The Windows Firewall (and Others); 10.3 Virus Software; 10.4 Automatic Updates; 10.5 Spyware Cleaners; 10.6 Other Miscellaneous Features; 10.7 Troubleshooting Service Pack 2; Chapter 11: Web, Chat, and Videoconferencing; 11.1 Internet Explorer; 11.2 Windows Messenger; Chapter 12: Outlook Express 6; 12.1 Setting Up Outlook Express; 12.2 Sending Email; 12.3 Reading Email; 12.4 Configuring Outlook Express; 12.5 Newsgroups; Plugging into Windows XP; Chapter 13: Printing, Fonts, and Faxing; 13.1 Installing a Printer; 13.2 Printing; 13.3 Controlling Printouts; 13.4 Fancy Printer Tricks; 13.5 Printer Troubleshooting; 13.6 Fonts; 13.7 Faxing; Chapter 14: Hardware; 14.1 The Master Compatibility List; 14.2 Hardware Connections; 14.3 Connecting New Gadgets; 14.4 When Plug and Play Doesn’t Work; 14.5 Driver Signing; 14.6 The Device Manager; 14.7 Hardware Profiles; Chapter 15: Joining, Compressing, and Encrypting Disks; 15.1 Dynamic Disks; 15.2 Compressing Files and Folders; 15.3 Encrypting Files and Folders; Chapter 16: Maintenance, Backups, and Troubleshooting; 16.1 System Restore; 16.2 Disk Cleanup; 16.3 Disk Defragmenter; 16.4 Hard Drive Checkups; 16.5 Disk Management; 16.6 Task Scheduler; 16.7 Microsoft Backup; 16.8 The Briefcase; 16.9 Safe Mode and the Startup Menu; Life on the Network; Chapter 17: Accounts, Permissions, and Logging On; 17.1 Introducing User Accounts; 17.2 Windows XP: The OS With Two Faces; 17.3 Local Accounts on a Workstation; 17.4 Local Accounts on a Domain Computer; 17.5 Local Users and Groups; 17.6 Setting Up the Logon Process; 17.7 Logging On; 17.8 Profiles; 17.9 NTFS Permissions: Protecting Your Stuff; Chapter 18: Setting Up a Workgroup Network; 18.1 Kinds of Networks; 18.2 Installing Drivers; 18.3 Sharing an Internet Connection; 18.4 The Network Setup Wizard; Chapter 19: Introducing Network Domains; 19.1 The Domain; 19.2 Joining a Domain; 19.3 Five Ways Life Is Different on a Domain; Chapter 20: Sharing Network Files; 20.1 Accessing Other Computers; 20.2 Working with Network Files; 20.3 Shared Folders Online; 20.4 Mapping Shares to Drive Letters; 20.5 Two Roads to File Sharing; 20.6 Simple File Sharing; 20.7 Standard File Sharing; 20.8 Offline Files; Chapter 21: Three Ways to Dial In from the Road; 21.1 Remote Access Basics; 21.2 Dialing Direct; 21.3 Virtual Private Networking; 21.4 Remote Desktop; Appendixes; Installing Windows XP Pro; Before You Begin; Upgrade vs. Clean Install; Dual Booting; Choosing a File System; Installing Windows XP; Setup Wizard; Network Identification Wizard; Files and Settings Transfer Wizard; Backing Out of Windows XP; Ditching Windows XP; Ditching the Older Windows; Windows XP, Menu by Menu; File Menu; Edit Menu; View Menu; Favorites Menu; Tools Menu; Help Menu; Fun with the Registry; Meet RegEdit; A Few Regedit Examples; Colophon;