Maximum PC Microsoft Windows Vista Exposed An Insider's Guide to Supercharging Windows Vista

by Soper, Mark Edward

• ISBN13: 9780789735867
• ISBN10: 0789735865
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-20
• Publisher: Que Publishing

Summary

Windows Vista is designed to change how we work with information and play with digital media. Its new features make it easier than ever to organize existing information, create new information, and make the magic of multimedia and gaming easier to enjoy and use.Maximum PC Guide to Microsoft Windows Vistais designed to help you get the most from these and other new features in Windows Vista. Whether you are a Windows veteran or relatively new to a Windows Vista-based PC, Windows Vista is not just the "same old Windows" we've known and loved/hated for over a decade. Rather than simply acting as a tour guide through all the features of Windows Vista, Maximizing Windows Vista is designed to help you understand and master the great new and improved technologies in Windows Vista. This book is written for users who want to know more than a list of software features -- it's written for users who want to know why that feature exists, what they can do with it, and how they'll benefit from it. All this is delivered in the same, indelible, no punches pulled style that has made Maximum PC one of the most respected and feared PC magazines on the planet. If you're looking for a straightforward, no BS teaching style, then look no further.

Author Biography

Mark Edward Soper has taught computer troubleshooting and other technical subjects to thousands of students from Maine to Hawaii since 1992. Mark has used almost every version of Microsoft Windows starting with version 1.04 and has contributed chapters to Special Edition Using Windows Millennium Edition, all editions of the Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP series, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista, and Easy Windows Vista. Mark blogs on Windows Vista at his Amazon.com blog.

 

Mark is the author or coauthor of many books on a variety of technology subjects, including Upgrading and Repairing Networks, 5th Edition, Upgrading and Repairing Servers, Leo Laporte’s PC Help Desk, Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Home Automation, and Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Home Networking, as well as books on digital photography, broadband Internet, computer upgrading, and A+ certification. Mark is currently writing Unleashing Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center and a new A+ certification study guide. He is a regular contributor to Maximum PC magazine and writes the Windows blog for the Maximum PC website. When he’s not working on technology projects, Mark enjoys photography, researching the history of transportation, church activities, and his family.

 

Table of Contents

Introducing Windows Vista	p. 3
Welcome to Windows Vista	p. 5
The many editions of Windows Vista	p. 23
Getting to work with Vista	p. 35
Installing Windows Vista	p. 37
Mastering the Vista user interface	p. 73
Vista tools for faster and better file organization	p. 97
Mastering your hardware and environment with Vista	p. 121
Managing your contacts with ease	p. 151
Windows Vista at play : entertainment, Internet, and networking	p. 173
Mastering Windows media player 11	p. 175
Windows media center the Vista way	p. 219
Gaming with Windows Vista	p. 247
Internet the Windows Vista way	p. 267
Building a home network the Windows Vista way	p. 289
Keeping Windows Vista safe with backup and troubleshooting tools	p. 309
Burn, baby, burn! Backup inferno	p. 311
Protecting Windows Vista	p. 327
Troubleshooting and maintaining Windows Vista	p. 353
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Excerpts

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