Table of contents Windows NT® 4 For Dummies® file:///P|/VSCAN/TOSCAN/MT/NT4DUM/NT4.HTM Table of Contents Windows NT® 4 For Dummies® Introduction About This Book How to Use This Book And What about You? How This Book Is Organized Part I: Introducing Windows NT (Bare-Bones Stuff) Part II: Making Windows NT Do Something Part III: Using Windows NT Applications Part IV: Been There, Done That: Quick References for Moving to Windows NT Part V: Getting Help Part VI: The Part of Tens Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here Part I: Intro to Windows NT (Bare Bones Stuff) Chapter 1: What Is Windows NT? What Is This "Windows" Stuff, Anyway? What Does Windows NT 4 Do? Why Should I Bother Using Windows NT? Will I Like Windows NT 4 Better than Windows NT 3.51? What's the Difference between Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server? Bracing Yourself for Windows NT 4 Chapter 2: Boring Information, Bothersome Computer Parts The Computer Microprocessor Floppy Disks, Compact Discs (CDs), and Disk Drives Floppy disk flipping What disk drives does Windows NT like? What does "write-protected" mean? Driving with compact discs The Mouse and That Double-Click Stuff Cards and Monitors Keyboards Groups of keys More key principles Print Screen: the one fun, weird code key Modems Printers Networks Sound Cards (Disgusting Bioactive Noises) Parts Required by Windows NT Chapter 3: Windows NT Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know Backing Up Your Work Clicking 1 of 9 07/14/99 08:29:14 Table of contents Windows NT® 4 For Dummies® file:///P|/VSCAN/TOSCAN/MT/NT4DUM/NT4.HTM The Command Line The Command Prompt The Cursor Defaults (And the "Any Key") Desktop (And Wallpapering It) Double-Clicking Dragging and Dropping Drivers Files Folders and Directories Graphical User Interfaces Hardware and Software Icons Kilobytes, Megabytes, and So On Loading, Running, Executing, and Launching Memory The Mouse Multitasking and Task Switching Networks Plug and Play Pointers/Arrows Programs/Applications Quitting or Exiting Programs Quitting or Exiting Windows NT 4 Save Command Save As Command Shortcuts Temp Files The Windows Chapter 4: Network Things Administrators Think You Already Know Account or "User Account" Client/Server Computer Name Domain Exchange Home Directory Logoff Logon Mapped Drive Member Server Network Administrator Network Network Neighborhood Password Peer-to-Peer Permissions Remote Access Resource Server Sharing TCP/IP Username 2 of 9 07/14/99 08:29:14 Table of contents Windows NT® 4 For Dummies® file:///P|/VSCAN/TOSCAN/MT/NT4DUM/NT4.HTM Workgroup Workstation Part II: Making Windows NT Do Something Chapter 5: Getting on the Road with Windows NT Logging On to Windows NT Changing your password Oh, NO! I can't remember my password Starting Your Favorite Program Using pull-down menus Loading a file Putting two programs on-screen simultaneously Using the Keyboard Printing Your Work Saving Your Work Logging Off Windows NT Chapter 6: Examining All Those Buttons, Bars, and Boxes A Typical Window Bars The title bar The menu bar The scroll bar The taskbar Borders The Button Family Command buttons Option buttons Minimize/maximize buttons The Dopey Control-Menu Button Dialog Box Stuff (Lots of Gibberish) Text boxes Regular list boxes Drop-down list boxes Check boxes Sliding controls Just Tell Me How to Open a File! Hey! When Do I Click, and When Do I Double-Click? Chapter 7: Moving the Windows Around Moving a Window to the Top of the Pile Moving a Window from Here to There Making a Window Bigger or Smaller Making a Window Fill the Whole Screen Shrinking Windows to the Taskbar Turning Taskbar Buttons Back into Windows Switching from Window to Window The Alt+Tab trick The Alt+Esc trick The Window-Manipulating Taskbar and Its Cohorts Switching to another window Closing a window from the taskbar 3 of 9 07/14/99 08:29:14 Table of contents Windows NT® 4 For Dummies® file:///P|/VSCAN/TOSCAN/MT/NT4DUM/NT4.HTM Cascading and tiling windows Arranging icons on the Desktop Finding the taskbar Chapter 8: I Can't Find It! Plucking a Lost Window from the Taskbar Finding a Window That's off the Edge of the Screen Cascading Windows (The Deal-All-the-Windows-in-Front-of-Me Approach) Tiling Windows (The Stick-Everything-on-the Screen-at-Once Approach) DOS without Getting Lost Finding Lost Files, Folders, or Computers (But Not Misplaced Laptops) Finding Snippets of Stored Information Peeking into Icons with Quick View Chapter 9: Sharing It All on the Network What's an Intranet? How Do I Know What Computers I Can Access on a Network? Checking Out the Network Neighborhood After I get on the network, what am I looking at? Opening files on other computers Grabbing network files the quick way (with shortcuts) How do I save a new file to another computer? Making Frequent Visits to a Friendly Computer Much Easier Make a shortcut to the computer Mapping a network drive Make the administrator do it Running a Program That Lives on Someone Else's Computer How Do I Share Stuff on My Computer? Make your own workgroup -- astound your friends! Graciously Granting Permissions The Printers Are on the Network! Looking for printers on the network Picking a favorite printer for everyday use Adding a network printer to your machine Chapter 10: Shuffling Words, Pictures, and Sounds from One Place to Another Examining the Cut and Paste Concept (and Copy, Too) Highlighting the Important Stuff Deleting, Cutting, or Copying What You Highlighted Deleting the information Cutting the information Copying the information Finding out more about cutting, copying, and deleting Pasting Information into Another Window Using Copy and Paste with a DOS Program Copying a picture from a DOS program Copying text from a DOS program Pasting text into a DOS program Using the Clipboard Viewer ClipBook Viewer: Enemy or Foe? Looking at Cool Object Linking and Embedding Stuff Embedding Linking 4 of 9 07/14/99 08:29:14 Table of contents Windows NT® 4 For Dummies® file:///P|/VSCAN/TOSCAN/MT/NT4DUM/NT4.HTM Leaving Scraps on the Desktop Deliberately Controlling the Printer Chapter 11: Switch Flipping in the Windows NT Control Panel Finding the Control Panel Customizing the Display The display's background (hanging new wallpaper) The display's screen saver The display's appearance (getting better colors) Display settings (playing with new video modes) Understanding the Fuss about TrueType Fonts Making Windows NT Recognize Your Double-Click Setting the Computer's Time and Date Fiddling with the Printer Stirring Things up with Sound and Multimedia Adding and Removing Programs Finding Out Which Icons to Avoid Adding New Hardware Part III: Using Windows NT Applications Chapter 12: The Windows NT Desktop, Start Button, and Taskbar Making Piles of Junk on the Windows NT Desktop Using the Recycle Bin Making a shortcut Uh, what's the difference between a shortcut and an icon? The Eager-to-Please Start button Starting a program from the Start button Adding a program to the Start button Shutting down Windows NT Organizing the Desktop Mishmash with the Taskbar Clicking on the taskbar's sensitive areas Customizing the taskbar Chapter 13: The Frightening Explorer and My Computer Programs Why Are the Explorer and My Computer Programs So Scary? Fiddling Around with Folders Peering into Your Drives, Folders, and Network Storage Tanks Seeing the files on a disk drive Seeing what's inside a folder Loading a Program or File Deleting and Undeleting Files and Folders Getting rid of a file or folder How to undelete a file or folder Copying or Moving a File or Folder Selecting More than One File or Folder Renaming a File or Folder Using Legal Folder Names and Filenames Copying a Complete Floppy Disk Creating a Folder Seeing More Information about Files and Folders Dragging, Dropping, and Running Making Explorer and My Computer List Missing Files 5 of 9 07/14/99 08:29:14 Table of contents Windows NT® 4 For Dummies® file:///P|/VSCAN/TOSCAN/MT/NT4DUM/NT4.HTM Formatting a New Floppy Disk Chapter 14: Little Accessories That Clog the Start Button's Programs Menu Calculator CD Player Character Map (Adding the ý in Voilý) Chat Clipboard Viewer ClipBook Viewer HyperTerminal Imaging Media Player My Briefcase Notepad Paint Sound Recorder Telnet WordPad My Version of Windows NT Doesn't Have the Right Programs! How Did Windows NT 3.51 Hold Up? Administrative Tools for the TechnoProbics Backup Disk Administrator Event Viewer Performance Monitor User Manager Windows NT Diagnostics Chapter 15: Uh, How Do I Run My Older Programs? Running DOS Programs under Windows NT Adjusting a DOS Program's Diet Making Text Bigger or Smaller in a DOS Program Window Stopping a DOS Program that Won't Stop Chapter 16: Talking to Computers Everywhere Mail Basics So, How Do I Get Exchange Going? Running the Exchange Setup Wizard Addressing messages Sending messages Receiving messages Reading messages Forwarding messages Internet Explorer Internet, intranet, what's the deal? Using Internet Explorer Using the mouse More cool Internet Explorer stuff Part IV: Been There, Done That: Quick References for Moving to Windows NT Chapter 17: Make Windows NT Work like My Old Version of Windows! Where Did My Program Manager Go? 6 of 9 07/14/99 08:29:14 Table of contents Windows NT® 4 For Dummies® file:///P|/VSCAN/TOSCAN/MT/NT4DUM/NT4.HTM I Want My File Manager Back! Where Are Write, Cardfile, Calendar, and Paintbrush? Chapter 18: How Can I Do Anything in Less than Four Steps? How Do I Copy a File to a Floppy Disk (and Vice Versa)? How Do I Copy a File to a Different Folder or Drive on a Network (and Vice