Windows Vista For Dummies by Andy Rathbone

By Andy Rathbone

Create song CDs and picture DVDs or perhaps watch TV
Move your documents to a brand new machine, or get your previous laptop prepared for Vista
The factor that's made Windows For Dummies such a success is that it's full of the fundamentals you want to make home windows paintings. This publication will get you thru the entire home windows Vista initiatives and tripwires, together with beginning courses, discovering records, navigating the recent see-through interface, staying secure whenever you cruise the web, and masses more.
Discover how to• locate records whilst they're hiding• connect to one other computer• Make Vista paintings like XP• Block net undesirable guys• proportion a computer with no sharing your files• repair difficulties your self

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Still, to clear up the confusion, I describe all five versions in Table 1-1. Table 1-1: The Five Flavors of Windows Vista The Version of Vista What It Does Windows Vista Home Basic Reminiscent of Windows XP Home Edition, this version leaves out Vista’s fancier media features, such as DVD burning, HDTV, TV recording, and other similar features. Windows Vista Home Premium This version is Windows Vista Home Basic, but with the media features tossed back in. It targets people who watch TV on their PC or who want to create DVDs from their camcorder footage.

Click the Start button and choose All Programs. 2. Right-click the Start menu’s Startup icon and choose Open. The Startup icon, which lives in the Start menu’s All Programs area, opens as a folder. 3. Drag and drop any of your favorite programs or files into the Startup folder. Windows Vista automatically places shortcuts to those programs inside the Startup folder. 4. Close the Startup folder. Now, whenever you turn on your PC and log onto your user account, Vista automatically loads those programs or files so that they’ll be waiting for you.

Or maybe Microsoft’s marketing hype pushed you into it. Whatever your situation, this part gives a refresher on Windows Vista basics and buzzwords like dragging and dropping, cutting and pasting, and tugging at vanishing toolbars. It explains how Vista’s changed Windows for the better, and it warns you when Vista’s messed things up completely. Chapter 1 What Is Windows Vista? In This Chapter ᮣ Getting to know Windows Vista ᮣ Introducing the new features in Windows Vista ᮣ Understanding how Windows Vista affects your old programs ᮣ Figuring out whether your PC is powerful enough to run Windows Vista ᮣ Knowing which version of Windows Vista you need C hances are, you’ve probably heard about Windows: the boxes and windows and mouse pointer that greet you whenever you turn on your computer.

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