Windows 7

by Pogue, David

• ISBN13: 9780596806392
• ISBN10: 0596806396
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-30
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

In early reviews, geeks raved about Windows 7. But if you're an ordinary mortal, learning what this new system is all about will be challenging. Fear not: David Pogue's Windows 7: The Missing Manual comes to the rescue. Like its predecessors, this book illuminates its subject with reader-friendly insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners as well as veteran PC users. Windows 7 fixes many of Vista's most painful shortcomings. It's speedier, has fewer intrusive and nagging screens, and is more compatible with peripherals. Plus, Windows 7 introduces a slew of new features, including better organization tools, easier WiFi connections and home networking setup, and even touchscreen computing for those lucky enough to own the latest hardware. With this book, you'll learn how to: Navigate the desktop, including the fast and powerful search function * Take advantage of Window's apps and gadgets, and tap into 40 free programs * Breeze the Web with Internet Explorer 8, and learn the email, chat, and videoconferencing programs * Record TV and radio, display photos, play music, and record any of these to DVD using the Media Center * Use your printer, fax, laptop, tablet PC, or smartphone with Windows 7 * Beef up your system and back up your files * Collaborate and share documents and other files by setting up a workgroup network.

Author Biography

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "For Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music). In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.David and his wife Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children. His web site is www.davidpogue.com.

Table of Contents

The Missing Credits

Introduction

The Windows 7 Desktop

Getting Started, Desktop, & Start Menu

Explorer, Windows, & the Taskbar

Searching & Organizing Your Files

Interior Decorating Windows

Getting Help

Windows 7 Software

Programs, Documents, & Gadgets

The Freebie Apps

The Control Panel

Windows 7 Online

Hooking Up to the Internet

Internet Security

Internet Explorer 8

Windows Live Mail

Windows Live Services

Pictures, Music, & TV

Windows Live Photo Gallery

Windows Media Player

Windows Media Center

Hardware & Peripherals

Print, Fax, & Scan

Hardware

Laptops, Tablets, & Touchscreens

PC Health

Maintenance & Speed Tweaks

The Disk Chapter

Backups, System Restore, & Troubleshooting

Networking & Homegroups

Accounts & Logging On

Setting Up a Workgroup

Network Domains

Sharing Files on the Network

Windows by Remote Control

Appendixes

Installing & Upgrading to Windows 7

Fun with the Registry

Where'd It Go?

The Master Keyboard Shortcut List

Colophon

Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.