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accessing backing up data before installing Windows Network and Sharing Center, 57 Vista, 31-33 parental controls, 51-53 bypassing logon screen with auto-login, 190 security tools, 53 , 72 , 65 C accessories, 22 add-ons,Windows SideShow, 69 CD drives, 19 Add/Remove utility, 143-144 central processor unit (CPU), 13-14 adding changing Address bar to Windows , to Classic , 100-101 164-165 home page of new tabs in gadgets to Sidebar, 157-158 Explorer 7, 193-196 icons Power button on Start menu, 158-159 icon, windows with Flip 3D, 191 87-89, 91-94 Windows themes, 84-85 to desktop, 86 check boxes, selecting files, 176-177 providers to Live Search in Internet Classic Start menu, changing to, 100-101 Explorer &, 192-193 registry key, 90 classifying networks, 59-60 Address bar, adding to Windows taskbar, clocks 164-165 military time format, 161-163 setting up additional clocks for other adjusting audio levels per application, 198 times zones, 160 Advanced Performance Options window, comparing editions, 28-29 123-124 compatibility, verifying software advanced performance , 123-124 compatibility with Windows Vista, 22 alerts, disabling compatible devices,Windows SideShow, pop-up alerts, 183-185 67-68 appearance Computer icon, renaming, 96 of desktop, 48 of Start menu, 46-47 computer lock, 187 of , 44-45 shortcuts, 189 Windows Sidebar, 48 connections applying Vista styles to XP computers, 152 network connection status details, 124-125 audio cards, 21 network connections, creating shortcuts audio levels, adjusting per application, 198 to, 170-173 auto-login, enabling to bypass the logon Network Connections window, 129, 131 screen, 190 network connection priorities and preferences, 125-128 08_0789737272_Index.qxd 10/26/07 8:21 AM Page 202

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controlling folder paths, viewing, 117-118 displaying menu bar in, 107-108 parental controls, 49 full versions of Windows Vista versus removing tabbed browsing volume, 143 upgrade versions, 30 from, 105-107 CPU (central processor unit), 13-14 G K D gadgets keyboard shortcuts, 196-197 data, backing up before installing adding to Sidebar, 157-158 Windows Vista, 31-33 Windows SideShow, 69 desktop games, 74-75 L adding icons to, 86 graphics cards, 20-21 language packs, 79 appearance of, 48 Live Search desktop settings, 121-122 adding providers to, 192-193 desktops, web desktop items, 138 H Internet Explorer 7, 62 devices, installing Windows hard drive space, verifying, 16-18 locks, computer lock, 187 SideShow, 69 shortcuts, 189 history, view history (Microsoft disabling Internet Explorer 7), 139-141 Log Off button, displaying on Start UAC pop-up alerts for only menu, 101-103 administrators, 185-187 home page, changing in Internet Explorer 7, 193-196 logon screen, bypassing with auto- user account control pop-up login, 190 alerts, 183-185 HyperTerminal, 132-135 Welcome Center, 82 Windows Sidebar, 82-84 M Display Properties, 121-122, 145-146 I Manage Wireless Networks displaying icons window, 126 Log Off button on Start menu, adding 101-103 to desktop, 86 memory, 15-16 menu bar in Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer menu bar, displaying in Internet 107-108 icon, 87-89, 91-94 Explorer 7, 107-108 menu of items on Start menu, Computer icon, renaming, 96 152-156 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 dragging shortcut icon in dragging shortcut icon in, 138 dragging shortcut icons in Microsoft Microsoft Internet Find On This Page, 139 Internet Explorer 7, 138 Explorer 7, 138 secure website padlock, 141-142 Network icon, renaming, 96-99 drives view history, 139-141 reducing large icons, 95 CD drives, 19 resizing with the mouse, 165-166 Microsoft Internet Explorer icon, USB flash drives, improving PC adding, 87-89, 91-92 performance, 178-179 images, screenshots (capturing with in Windows Classic View, 92-94 ), 197 Vista, installing, improving PC performance with USB 34-41 F flash drives, 178-179 Microsoft Windows Vista Fax Console, 75-76, 110 installing Business, 28 devices,Windows SideShow, 69 files, selecting using check boxes, Windows Vista, 34-41 Microsoft Windows Vista 176-177 Enterprise, 28 Instant Search, 61-62 Filmstrip view, 147-150 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Internet Explorer 7, 61-62 Basic, 28 Find On This Page, Internet Explorer adding providers to Live Search, 7, 139 192-193 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Flip 3D, 191 changing home page of new Premium, 28 tabs, 193-196 08_0789737272_Index.qxd 10/26/07 8:21 AM Page 203

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Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, 28 peripherals, 22 auto-login, 190 military time format, 161-163 personal folders, 114-116 computer lock, 187 shortcuts, 189 monitoring capabilities, parental Personalization, 121-122, 145-146 Windows Defender, 54-55 controls, 49-51 Photo Gallery, 62-63 , 55-56 mouse, resizing icons, 165-166 Power button, changing on Start selecting files using check boxes, moving to new PCs preloaded with menu, 158-159 176-177 Windows Vista, 23-26 Programs and Features, 143-144 Service Set Identifier (SSID), 60 My Documents, 114-116 providers, adding to Live Search in , 77-78 My Network Places, 120-121 Internet Explorer 7, 192-193 Shared Documents folder, 116 Public folder, 116 shared files, viewing lists of, 175-176 N shared folders, viewing lists of, 175-176 NetMeeting. See Windows Meeting R shortcuts Space RAM (random access memory), creating to network connec- Network, 120-121 15-16 tions, 170-173 Network and Sharing Center, 56, 58 reducing icons, large icons, 95 keyboard shortcuts, 196-197 accessing, 57 refreshing PC with nightly reboots, locking your computer, 189 network classification scheme, 59-60 180-183 Show Desktop shortcut, 170 network connection status details, Registry, creating backup copies, 97 Show Desktop shortcut,Taskbar menu, 170 124-125 Registry key, adding, 90 showing thumbnails of pictures, network connections, creating Remote Desktop Connection, 76-77 shortcuts to, 170-173 104-105 removing tabbed browsing from shutdown options, 47 Network Connections window, Internet Explorer 7, 105-107 129-131 Sidebar, adding gadgets to, 157-158 renaming Network icon, renaming, 96-99 Computer icon, 96 sizing icons with the mouse, networks, support for Network icon, 96-99 165-166 nonbroadcasting wireless resizing icons with the mouse, Sleep mode, 47 networks, 60 165-166 Snipping Tool, capturing nonbroadcasting wireless networks, restarting Windows Explorer shell screenshots, 197 support for, 60 without rebooting Windows, software, verifying compatibility 173-175 with Windows Vista, 22 Run prompt, 135 sound, adjusting audio levels per O application, 198 . See Windows space, verifying hard drive space, S 16-18 P screenshots, capturing with SSID (Service Set Identifier), 60 Snipping Tool, 197 SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), 141 parental controls, 48 searches, Instant Search, 61-62 Start menu accessing, 51-53 searching from Start menu, 167-169 appearance of, 46-47 controlling, 49 changing to Classic Start menu, monitoring capabilities, 49-51 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), 141 100-101 PCs, refreshing with nightly reboots, secure website padlock, Microsoft displaying Log Off button, 180-183 Internet Explorer 7, 141-142 101-103 security displaying menus of items on, performance, improving with USB 152-156 flash drives, 178-179 accessing security tools, 53 08_0789737272_Index.qxd 10/26/07 8:21 AM Page 204

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Power button, changing, moving to new PCs preloaded , 110 158-159 with Windows Vista, 23-26 Windows Defender, 53-55 searching from, 167-169 peripherals, 22 Windows DVD Maker, 63, 73-74 styles, applying Vista style to XP RAM, 15-16 computers, 152 Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor, , 24-25 6-11 Sync Center, 198-199 Windows Easy Transfer utilities, 23 USB flash drives, 178-179 system requirements and Windows Explorer shell, restarting recommendations for Windows user account control pop-up alerts, without rebooting Windows, Vista, 12-13 disabling, 183-185 173-175 , 136-137 User Account Control. See UAC , 75-76, 110 Windows Firewall, 53, 55-56 T V Windows Flip 3D, 63-65 Windows HotStart, 65 tabbed browsing, removing from verifying software application Windows Mail, 110 Internet Explorer 7, 105-107 compatibility with Windows Vista, 22 Windows Media Center, 71-72 Tablet PC, 65-66 accessing, 72 view history, Microsoft Internet touring, 72 tabs, changing home page of new Explorer 7, 139-141 tabs in Internet Explorer 7, 193-196 , 66-67, 110 viewing Taskbar menu, Show Desktop folder paths, 117-118 Windows Mobility Center, 65 shortcut, 170 lists of shared files and folders, , 62-63, 110 taskbars, appearance of, 44-45 175-176 Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, 110 Telnet, 132-135 Vista Transformation Pack, 152 Windows Security Center, 53 themes, changing, 84-85 Volume Control, 143 Windows Sidebar, 44, 138 thumbnails, showing, 104-105 appearance of, 48 Thumbnails feature, showing W disabling, 82-84 thumbnails of pictures, 104-105 Windows SideShow, 67 time zones, setting up additional web desktop items, 138 compatible devices, 67-68 gadgets, 69 clocks for other time zones, 160 Welcome Center, disabling, 82 installing devices, 69 WindowBlinds, 152 Windows taskbar, adding Address U windows, changing with Flip 3D, 191 bar, 164-165 Windows Windows themes, changing, 84-85 UAC (User Account Control), 183 keyboard shortcuts, 196-197 Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor, disabling pop-up alerts for only restarting Windows Explorer 6-9, 11 administrators, 185-187 shell without rebooting units of measure, 13 Windows, 173-175 connection priorities and preferences, 125-128 Up button, 118-119 , 110 wireless networks, support for upgraded versions of Windows Vista , 63 nonbroadcasting wireless in-place or clean install, 30-31 Windows Automatic Backup, 69-70 networks, 60 versus full versions, 30 Windows BitLocker Drive upgrading to Windows Vista Encryption, 78 audio cards, 21 X CD drives, 19 Windows Classic View, adding CPU, 13-14 Microsoft Internet Explorer icon, XP computers, applying Vista style graphics cards, 20-21 92-94 to, 152 hard drive space, 16-18 Windows Complete PC , 70-71