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The Windows 7 Power Users Guide First published in 2009 by Mike Halsey ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS www.thelongclimb.com The author would like to thank the following Copyright © Mike Halsey 2009 people without whose help and support this book might not have been possible. The right of Mike Halsey to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in Duncan Buchanan accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Rich Gilbane Patents Act 1988. Richard Gough-Thomas Larry Hall All rights reserved. No part of this publication James Halsey may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into Rachel Hymans a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or Phil Smith by any means, electronic, mechanical, Jake Webster photocopying, recording or otherwise, without Rory Webster the prior written permission of the copyright holder. And Martin and Everton at Windows 7 News.com Windows®, Windows XP®, Windows Vista®, Finally a big thank you goes out to my mother, Windows 7®, Office 2007® and Office 2010® are whose desire to find out more about how Trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. Windows works was all the prompting I needed to write this book. Windows 7 Power Users Guide by Mike Halsey www.thelongclimb.com 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Starting ....................................................................................... 5 About this book Installing ..................................................................................... 7 Installing and getting started with Windows 7 Exploring ................................................................................... 19 Finding your way around Working ..................................................................................... 37 Get more done with Windows 7 Searching .................................................................................. 49 Searching for files and data Connecting ................................................................................ 57 Communicating with our home and the outside world Securing .................................................................................... 65 Keeping your PC and your files safe Configuring................................................................................ 75 Get Windows 7 running at its best Playing ...................................................................................... 91 Games and having fun and Windows 7 Communicating ....................................................................... 101 Connecting with your friends, family, work and home Guaranteeing ........................................................................... 107 Helping make sure the worst never happens Maintaining ............................................................................. 115 Keeping Windows 7 running quickly and smoothly Diagnosing .............................................................................. 119 Problem-solving and fixing problems in Windows 7 Tweaking ................................................................................. 129 Tweaks and tips to get even more out of Windows 7 Upgrading................................................................................ 133 Improving your PC and upgrading Windows 7 Finishing ............................................................................................................... 138 Glossary and appendixes Windows 7 Power Users Guide by Mike Halsey www.thelongclimb.com 4 Part 1 Starting INTRODUCTION WINDOWS 7 EDITIONS Microsoft Windows 7 offers a great many advanced features QUICK TIP and is highly configurable. As with all editions of There is a great deal you can Windows, Windows 7 comes do to customise your system, in different product The benefits of versions. The ones you‘ll maintain it, simplify using it Windows 7 and make it a more encounter will be Starter, pleasurable experience all Home Premium, the most over XP and round. common edition and Vista Professional for advanced systems and businesses. This guide will take you I have Windows through everything you need Ultimate will contain every to know in easy steps with feature. XP : Windows 7 is quick tips and step-by-step considerably more guides. Not all features are available in every product secure and safer to edition. In this guide I will use on the internet WHO IS THIS GUIDE display icons to show what than Windows XP. versions features are FOR? available in. For this reason alone you should This guide is for non- consider upgrading technical, casual, users of to Windows 7. Use Windows. If you use a PC at home for sending and the upgrade checker receiving email, browsing the on the Microsoft web and maybe odd jobs like website to see if writing letters and editing WHY SHOULD I digital photographs then this your PC will run it. is the book for you. INSTALL WINDOWS 7? I have Windows Any features for Windows 7 makes great Vista : Windows 7 advanced users will leaps over previous versions fixes almost all of be highlighted with of Windows. It is this logo. significantly more secure the performance than Windows XP and issues that caused Windows Vista. Windows Vista to WHAT IS WINDOWS 7? run slowly. The security system, Windows 7 is the latest in a EASE OF ACCESS AND long line of different versions User Account of Microsoft‘s operating DISABILITIES HELP Control (UAC) is also system. now considerably Look for this icon Windows 7 builds on the within this book for less annoying. Any success of operating systems information on how PC running such as Windows XP and fixes to use the ease of Windows Vista will many of the problems access features. associated with Windows happily run Vista. You can find out more These are here to help Windows 7. at... people who may have trouble using the Windows www.windows7.com 7 and software because they have trouble reading small text, listening for prompts or using a keyboard and mouse. Windows 7 Power Users Guide by Mike Halsey 6 www.thelongclimb.com Part 2 Installing INSTALLING Windows 7 versions ................................................................................9 Will my PC run Windows 7? ......................................................................9 Clean install or Upgrade? .........................................................................9 Upgrading from Windows XP ............................................................9 Upgrading from Windows Vista ....................................................... 10 Upgrading from other versions ....................................................... 10 What is 64 bit Windows? ................................................................ 10 Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit ........................................................... 10 Clean install from upgrade only key ................................................ 10 Plug in and turn on your devices ............................................................. 11 Windows Easy Transfer.......................................................................... 11 Common Windows features by version .................................................... 12 Choosing a web browser (EU only) .......................................................... 13 Help .................................................................................................... 13 Getting Started .................................................................................... 13 Install anti-virus ................................................................................... 13 Step-by-step—Installing Windows 7 ................................................. 14-18 QUICK TIPS What is the difference between a clean install and an upgrade? ....................9 32 or 64 bit? ........................................................................................ 10 Always backup your files........................................................................ 11 Missing drivers? .................................................................................... 13 WINDOWS VERSIONS CLEAN INSTALL OR UPGRADE? As with all editions of QUICK TIP Windows, Windows 7 comes in different product When you upgrade your copy What is the versions. The ones you‘ll of Windows all of your files, encounter will be Starter, data and programs will remain difference intact. However not every between a Home Premium, the most common edition and version of Windows 7 will clean install Professional for advanced allow you to upgrade. and an systems and businesses. You cannot upgrade from upgrade Ultimate will contain every any copy of Windows XP feature. and you cannot upgrade from If you have files on a copy of Windows Vista that is a higher product edition to your computer that In this guide I will display icons for the different the version of Windows 7 you aren’t backed up features to say in which are installing. For example, then you should versions of Windows 7 they you cannot upgrade Windows opt for an upgrade. are available. Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Home Premium. This will keep all your files intact. The best advice is always to However any make sure all your files and data are backed up, see the problems that exist Each version of Windows 7 Guaranteeing chapter of this on your PC may also contains more features than book for how to do this, and be there after the editions below it, a su- do a clean install. This will perset of each one. Home make sure you get the fastest, installing Windows Basic lacks the glass aero least problematic installation 7. effects and Media Centre possible. Upgrading can but is fine for low-power cause any
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