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Windows Vista Visual Quick Tips provides visual learners with useful and unexpected techniques essential to getting the most from the operating system. This easy to use, compact guide provides tips, secrets, and tricks to help readers save time and become more efficient with Windows Vista. The full-color screen shots and numbered, step-by-step instructions show readers how to get more done in less time and boost their productivity A handy smaller trim size makes it easy for readers to find essential information on the core tasks of Windows Vista. With the changes to the Windows interface and Vista?s innovative new navigation and folder system-even experienced Windows users will benefit from this handy pocket guide that addresses all the changes to the OS in a quick, easily accessible format. Table of contents : Chapter 1 Make Windows Vista Faster And More Efficient ·Create Shortcuts for Your Favorite Programs ·Adjust Visual Effects for Best Performance ·Ensure Windows Vista Is Optimized for Programs ·Improve Performance with a USB Flash Drive ·Run a Program with Elevated Privileges ·Make Your File Searches Run Faster ·Hear an Alert When You Press the Caps Lock Key ·Display More Programs on Your Start Menu ·Launch Control Panel Icons Faster by Using a Menu ·Update a Device Driver to Ensure Top Device Performance Chapter 2 Set Up Windows Vista The Way You Want ·Pin an Item to Your Start Menu ·Remove an Item from Your Start Menu ·Add the Run Command to the Start Menu ·Display a Clock for Another Time Zone ·Automatically Move the Mouse to the Default Button ·Hide the Taskbar to Get More Screen Space ·Run a Program in Compatibility Mode ·Configure AutoPlay Default Actions ·Change a Disk?s Drive Letter Chapter 3 Enrich Your Media Experience ·Rotate an Image ·Repair a Digital Photo ·Categorize Your Images with Tags ·Create Custom Names for Imported Images ·Synchronize a Media Device ·Create an Automatic Playlist ·Adjust Rip Settings ·Customize the Media Player View ·Share Your Media Library with Others ·Display the Windows Media Player Toolbar Chapter 4 Get The Most Out Of Your Files And Folders ·Open Your Files and Folders with a Single Click ·Open a File with a Different Program ·Add Destinations to Your Send To Menu ·Protect a File by Making It Read-Only ·Perform an Advanced File Search ·Save Time by Saving and Reusing a Search ·Find Files Faster by Sorting and Filtering ·Organize Files by Grouping and Stacking ·Move Your Documents Folder ·Restore a Previous Version of a File ·Enhance Internet Security and Privacy ·Protect Children by Activating Parental Controls ·Avoid Objectionable Material by Filtering Web Content ·Scan for Spyware to Remove Malicious Software ·Play Web Page Media Safely and Privately ·Set the Junk E-Mail Protection Level to Avoid Spam ·Add a Person to Your Blocked Senders List ·Block Messages from a Country to Reduce Spam ·Add a Person to Your Safe Senders List ·Prevent Windows Mail from Sending a Read Receipt ·Configure Windows Mail to Thwart E-Mail Viruses Chapter 5 Unleash The Power Of Internet Explorer ·Automatically Switch to New Tabs ·View Open Pages as Quick Tabs ·Open Multiple Pages When You Start Internet Explorer ·Subscribe to a Web Feed to See New Site Content ·Set the Web Feed Refresh Frequency ·Improve Searching by Adding More Search Engines ·Customize the Links Bar for Easier Surfing ·Save Web Sites Longer to Surf More Efficiently ·Delete Your Browsing History to Ensure Privacy Chapter 6 Make E-Mail Easier ·Leave Your Messages on the Server ·Change Your Message Priority ·E-Mail Multiple People Using a Contact Group ·Protect Your Contacts by Creating a Backup Copy ·E-Mail an Electronic Business Card ·Change the Location of Your Message Store ·Activate the Spell Checker to Eliminate Message Errors ·Create a Rule Quickly from a Message ·Synchronize a Newsgroup to Read Posts Offline Chapter 7 Enhance Your Computer?s Security And Privacy ·Protect a File or Folder with Permissions ·Add a Password to Your User Account ·Require Ctrl+Alt+Delete Before Logging On ·Lock Your Computer to Prevent Others from Using It ·Prevent Others from Starting Your Computer ·Hide Recently Used Documents to Enhance Privacy ·Prevent Malicious Code from Running ·Switch to Advanced Sharing to Improve Security ·Safeguard Your Computer with a System Image Backup Chapter 8 Get More Out Of Your Notebook And Tablet PC ·Set a Battery Alarm to Avoid Running Out of Power ·Create a Custom Power Plan to Improve Battery Life ·Define Actions for Notebook Power Buttons ·Adjust Settings to Give a Better Presentation ·Use Pen Flicks to Scroll and Edit Documents ·Calibrate the Tablet Pen for Accurate Tapping ·Capture Part of the Screen with the Tablet Pen ·Improve Handwriting Recognition by Enabling Automatic Learning Chapter 9 Maximize Windows Vista Networking ·View the Current Status of Your Network ·Run the Network Diagnostics Tool to Repair Problems ·Personalize Your Network Name and Icon ·Display a Network Folder as a Disk Drive ·Share a Folder with Other Users on the Network ·Protect Your Shared Files with Advanced File Permissions ·Work with Network Files Offline ·Manually Connect to a Hidden Wireless Network Index Market Description : ·Home and office users of Microsoft Windows Vista looking for quick and easy access to their common technology questions. About Author : Paul McFedries is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. He has been programming since he was a teenager in the mid-1970s, has programmed everything from mainframes to desktops to bar code scanners, and has worked with many different languages, including Fortran, assembly language, C++, and, of course, JavaScript. Paul has written more than three dozen books that have sold more than two million copies worldwide. These books include Windows 98 Unleashed, The Unauthorized Guide to Windows Me, VBA for Office 2000 Unleashed, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Windows Me, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web Page.