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Rathbone, Andy.

Windows Vista for dummies / Andy Rathbone - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2007. - xx, 408 pages : illustrations

Includes index.

Introduction -- PART I: WINDOWS VISTA STUFF EVERYBODY THINKS YOU ALREADY KNOW: What is Windows Vista? -- The desktop, start menu, and other Window Vista mysteries -- Basic Windows mechanics -- Flipping through files, folders, floppies, and CDs -- PART II: WORKING WITH PROGRAMS AND FILES: Playing with programs and documents -- Briefly lost, but quickly found -- Printing your work -- PART III: Cruising the web -- Sending and receiving E-mail -- Safe computing -- PART IV: CUSTOMIZING AND UPGRADING WINDOWS VISTA: Customizing and upgrading Windows Vista with the control panel -- Keeping Windows from breaking -- Sharing one computer with several people -- Connecting two or more computers with a network -- PART V: MUSIC, MOVIES, MEMORIES (AND PHOTOS, TOO): Playing and coping music in media player -- Fiddling with photos and movies -- PART VI: HELP!: The case of the broken window -- Strange messages: what you did does not compute -- Moving from an old computer to a new one -- Help on the Windows Vista help system -- PART VII: THE PART OF TENS: Ten or so things you'll hate about Windows Vista (and how to fix them) -- Ten or so tips for laptop owners -- Appendix: Upgrading to Windows Vista.

ISBN: 9780471754213 (pbk.) 0471754218 (pbk.) 9780470121030 (pbk.) 0470121033 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2006934815

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA672025 bnb GBA735061 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013536933 Uk 013740999 Uk

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Microsoft Windows (Computer file)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Operating systems (Computers)

LC Class. No.: QA 76.76 / .W56R39 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 005.446