WINDOWS VISTA: INSIDE OUT
PART I? SETUP AND STARTUP CHAPTER 1 WHAT S NEW IN WINDOWS VISTA 3 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING WINDOWS VISTA 19 CHAPTER 3 PERSONALIZING WINDOWS VISTA 71 CHAPTER 4 ADDING REMOVING AND MANAGING PROGRAMS 125 CHAPTER 5 SETTING UP AND TROUBLESHOOTING HARDWARE 147 CHAPTER 6 USING INTERNET EXPLORER 7 183 CHAPTER 7 FINDING AND ORGANIZING FILES AND INFORMATION 227 CHAPTER 8 E MAIL COLLABORATION AND PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY 293 CHAPTER 9 OBTAINING HELP AND SUPPORT 321 PART II? SECURITY AND NETWORKING CHAPTER 10 SECURITY ESSENTIALS 347 CHAPTER 11 MANAGING USER ACCOUNTS PASSWORDS AND LOGONS 407 CHAPTER 12 SETTING UP A SMALL NETWORK 447 CHAPTER 13 MANAGING SHARED FOLDERS AND PRINTERS 493 CHAPTER 14 TWEAKING AND TROUBLESHOOTING A SMALL NETWORK 529 PART III? DIGITAL MEDIA CHAPTER 15 DIGITAL MEDIA ESSENTIALS 549 CHAPTER 16 PLAYING AND ORGANIZING A DIGITAL MUSIC COLLECTION 587 CHAPTER 17 VIEWING ORGANIZING AND SHARING DIGITAL PHOTOS 625 CHAPTER 18 CREATING AND WATCHING MOVIES AND DVDS 655 CHAPTER 19 USING WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER 689 CONTENTS V 1 345 547 PART I SETUP AND STARTUP CHAPTER 1 WHAT S NEW IN WINDOWS VISTA 3 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING WINDOWS VISTA 19 CHAPTER 3 PERSONALIZING WINDOWS VISTA 71 CHAPTER 4 ADDING REMOVING AND MANAGING PROGRAMS 125 CHAPTER 5 SETTING UP AND TROUBLESHOOTING HARDWARE 147 CHAPTER 6 USING INTERNET EXPLORER 7 183 CHAPTER 7 FINDING AND ORGANIZING FILES AND INFORMATION 227 CHAPTER 8 E MAIL COLLABORATION AND PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY 293 CHAPTER 9 OBTAINING HELP AND SUPPORT 321 CHAPTER 1 WHAT S NEW IN WINDOWS VISTA T ECHNICALLY WINDOWS VISTA IS JUST THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF BUSINESS CLASS OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT STARTED WITH WINDOWS NT MORE THAN A DECADE AGO PRACTICALLY THE CHANGES IN THIS NEW MEMBER OF THE WINDOWS FAMILY ARE EQUAL PARTS EVOLUTION AND REVOLUTION IN SOME WAYS THAT S NOT SURPRISING THE GAP BETWEEN WINDOWS XP AND WINDOWS VISTA SPANNED MORE THAN FI VE YEARS IN OPERATING SYSTEM TERMS THAT S TWO GENERATIONS SO IT S NOT SURPRISING THAT WINDOWS VISTA INCORPORATES A BROAD SWATH OF PLATFORM PIECES AND INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING SWEEPING CHANGES TO NETWORKING AND SECURITY SUPPORT FOR NEW CLASSES OF HARDWARE NEW CAPABILITIES FOR CREATING AND PLAYING DIGITAL MEDIA AND A DISTINCTIVE NEW INTERFACE IN THIS CHAPTER WE BRIEFL Y INTRODUCE THE NEW AND NOTABLE FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES IN WINDOWS VISTA WHAT S IN YOUR EDITION BECAUSE WINDOWS VISTA HAS BEEN SLICED DICED AND PACKAGED INTO AT LEAST FI VE DISTINCT EDITIONS IT S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES WE DESCRIBE IN THIS BOOK WILL BE UNAVAILABLE ON YOUR COMPUTER AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH CHAPTER WE VE INCLUDED TWO ELEMENTS TO HELP YOU SORT OUT WHERE YOUR EDITION FI TS IN A SIDEBAR BOX LIKE THIS ONE TYPICALLY PLACED ON THE OPENING PAGE SUMMARIZES THE DIFFERENCES IN EACH EDITION AS THEY RELATE TO THE CONTENT OF THAT CHAPTER THE BANNER ALONG THE TOP OF EACH CHAPTER S OPENING PAGE LISTS THE FI VE MAINSTREAM EDITIONS WITH A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF HOW EACH EDITION MEASURES UP WITH THE FEATURES IN THAT CHAPTER A FI LLED IN CIRCLE L MEANS ALL FEATURES ARE AVAILABLE IN YOUR EDITION A HALF FI LLED CIRCLE MEANS SOME FEATURES ARE MISSING OUTRIGHT OR ARE ONLY PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED AN EMPTY CIRCLE L MEANS THE FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES IN THAT CHAPTER ARE COMPLETELY UNAVAILABLE WITH THE DESIGNATED EDITION WHAT S IN YOUR EDITION WHAT S IN YOUR EDITION BECAUSE WINDOWS VISTA HAS BEEN SLICED DICED AND PACKAGED INTO AT LEAST FI VE DISTINCT BECAUSE WINDOWS VISTA HAS BEEN SLICED DICED AND PACKAGED INTO AT LEAST FI VE DISTINCT EDITIONS IT S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES WE DESCRIBE IN THIS BOOK EDITIONS IT S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES WE DESCRIBE IN THIS BOOK WILL BE UNAVAILABLE ON YOUR COMPUTER AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH CHAPTER WE VE INCLUDED WILL BE UNAVAILABLE ON YOUR COMPUTER AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH CHAPTER WE VE INCLUDED TWO ELEMENTS TO HELP YOU SORT OUT WHERE YOUR EDITION FI TS IN A SIDEBAR BOX LIKE THIS ONE TWO ELEMENTS TO HELP YOU SORT OUT WHERE YOUR EDITION FI TS IN A SIDEBAR BOX LIKE THIS ONE TYPICALLY PLACED ON THE OPENING PAGE SUMMARIZES THE DIFFERENCES IN EACH EDITION AS THEY TYPICALLY PLACED ON THE OPENING PAGE SUMMARIZES THE DIFFERENCES IN EACH EDITION AS THEY RELATE TO THE CONTENT OF THAT CHAPTER THE BANNER ALONG THE TOP OF EACH CHAPTER S OPENING RELATE TO THE CONTENT OF THAT CHAPTER THE BANNER ALONG THE TOP OF EACH CHAPTER S OPENING PAGE LISTS THE FI VE MAINSTREAM EDITIONS WITH A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF HOW EACH EDITION PAGE LISTS THE FI VE MAINSTREAM EDITIONS WITH A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF HOW EACH EDITION MEASURES UP WITH THE FEATURES IN THAT CHAPTER A FI LLED IN CIRCLE MEASURES UP WITH THE FEATURES IN THAT CHAPTER A FI LLED IN CIRCLE L MEANS ALL FEATURES ARE MEANS ALL FEATURES ARE AVAILABLE IN YOUR EDITION A HALF FI LLED CIRCLE AVAILABLE IN YOUR EDITION A HALF FI LLED CIRCLE L MEANS SOME FEATURES ARE MISSING OUTRIGHT MEANS SOME FEATURES ARE MISSING OUTRIGHT OR ARE ONLY PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED AN EMPTY CIRCLE OR ARE ONLY PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED AN EMPTY CIRCLE L MEANS THE FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES MEANS THE FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES IN THAT CHAPTER ARE COMPLETELY UNAVAILABLE WITH THE DESIGNATED EDITION IN THAT CHAPTER ARE COMPLETELY UNAVAILABLE WITH THE DESIGNATED EDITION INTRODUCING THE WINDOWS VISTA FAMILY 4 THE WINDOWS VISTA INTERFACE UP CLOSE AND PERSONALIZED 6 SEARCHING SHARING AND OTHER FILE MANAGEMENT TASKS 8 WINDOWS VISTA SECURITY AT A GLANCE 9 DIGITAL MEDIA ESSENTIALS 11 INSIDE INTERNET EXPLORER 7 14 MAIL AND COLLABORATION 15 PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY 15 AND MUCH MUCH MORE 17 HOME BASIC L HOME PREMIUM L BUSINESS L ENTERPRISE L ULTIMATE L 3