Maximum PC Windows Vista Exposed Is Windows XP making you feel like a 98-pound weakling? Is the bevy of security holes, patches, and networking gotchas making you want to reach for a revolver? If so, then you’re like millions of others who are ready to install Windows Vista–the sorely needed revision to the world’s most popular operating system. Maximum PC shows you how to get the most out of this dramatic improvement to Windows. Far from being a mere cosmetic makeover of Windows XP, Windows Vista has been reengineered from the ground up to provide a solid foundation for business, home, education, gaming, and multimedia users. We take the guesswork out of getting up to speed with Vista, and we do it without making you want to put your fist through the screen. Chock full of real world, hands-on solutions, Maximum PC Windows Vista Exposed will have you up and running in no time flat. Here’s what you’ll find inside… · Coverage of Vista’s all-new Aero interface · The skinny on Vista’s new menu system · Deep coverage of new apps within Vista, including Windows Media Player 11, Windows Movie Maker 6, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Media Center, and Windows DVD Maker · How to secure your PC with Vista’s vastly improved security and user management features · Advice for protecting yourself from hackers, spammers, spies, and phishers · Details on new parental controls designed to help you protect your family · Coverage of a heavily revamped Internet Explorer, as well as the new, built-in email application, Windows Mail. · Steps for setting up your own home network (wired or wireless) with Vista’s much improved networking capabilities Mark Edward Soper has taught computer troubleshooting and other technical subjects to thousands of students from Maine to Hawaii since 1992. Mark is the author of eight books, most recently Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Home Automation, and co-author of nine books, most recently Upgrading and Repairing Networks, Fifth Edition. He is a longtime contributor to Upgrading and Repairing PCs, working on the eleventh through seventeenth editions. He has contributed chapters to Upgrading and Repairing Networks Second Edition, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP (all editions) and Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista. Mark is currently writing Windows Vista Media Center Unleashed and Upgrading and Repairing PCs: A+ Certification Study Guide. He is a regular contributor to Maximum PC magazine, and has contributed chapters to Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC and Maximum PC Ultimate PC Performance Guide. Introduction 1 Part I: Introducing Windows Vista 3 1 Welcome to Windows Vista 5 2 The Many Editions of Windows Vista 23 Part II: Getting to Work with Vista 35 3 Installing Windows Vista 37 4 Mastering the Vista User Interface 73 5 Vista Tools for Faster and Better File Organization 97 6 Mastering Your Hardware and Environment with Vista 121 7 Managing Your Contacts with Vista 151 Part III: Windows Vista at Play: Entertainment, Internet, and Networking 173 8 Mastering Windows Media Player 11 175 9 Windows Media Center the Vista Way 219 10 Gaming with Windows Vista 247 11 Internet the Windows Vista Way 267 12 Building a Home Network the Windows Vista Way 289 Part IV: Keeping Windows Vista Safe with Backup and Troubleshooting Tools 309 13 Burn, Baby, Burn! Backup Inferno 311 14 Protecting Windows Vista 327 15 Troubleshooting and Maintaining Windows Vista 353 Index 385
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