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.
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
From the contents:
The Windows 7 Desktop
Chapter 1 Getting Started, Desktop, & Start Menu
Getting Started
The Windows Desktop Now with Aero!
The Start Menu
The All Programs List
Start Menu: The Right Side
Start Shut down (Sleep, Restart, Log Off )
Customizing the Start Menu
Jump Lists
The Run Command
Chapter 2 Explorer, Windows, & the Taskbar
Universal Window Controls
New Window Tricks in Windows 7
Windows Flip (Alt+Tab)
Windows Flip 3D
Explorer Window Controls
Optional Window Panes
Libraries
Tags, Metadata, and Properties
Icon and List Views
Sorting, Grouping, and Filtering
Uni-Window vs. Multi-Window
Immortalizing Your Tweaks
The "Folder Options" Options
Taskbar 2.0
Three Ways to Get the Taskbar Out of Your Hair
Taskbar Toolbars
Chapter 3 Searching & Organizing Your Files
Meet Windows Search
Search from the Start Menu
Explorer-Window Searches
The Search Index
Saved Searches
The Folders of Windows 7
Life with Icons
Selecting Icons
Copying and Moving Folders and Files
The Recycle Bin
Shortcut Icons
Compressing Files and Folders Burning CDs and DVDs from the Desktop
Chapter 4 Interior Decorating Windows
Aero or Not
A Gallery of Themes
Desktop Background (Wallpaper)
Window Color
Sounds
Screen Savers
Desktop Icons
Mouse Makeover
Preserving Your Tweaks for Posterity
Monitor Settings
Chapter 5 Getting Help
Navigating the Help System
Remote Assistance
Getting Help from Microsoft
Windows 7 Software
Chapter 6 Programs, Documents, & Gadgets
Opening Programs
Exiting Programs
When Programs Die: The Task Manager
Saving Documents
Closing Documents
The Open Dialog Box
Moving Data Between Documents
Speech Recognition
Gadgets
Filename Extensions and File Associations
Installing Software
Uninstalling Software
Program Compatibility Modes
Windows XP Mode
Chapter 7 The Freebie Apps
Windows Live Essentials
Default Programs
Desktop Gadget Gallery
Internet Explorer
Windows Anytime Upgrade
Windows DVD Maker
Windows Fax and Scan
Windows Media Center
Windows Media Player
Windows Live Movie Maker
Windows Update
XPS Viewer
Accessories
Connect to a Network Projector
Games
Maintenance
Startup
Windows Live
Chapter 8 The Control Panel...
David Pogue is the anchor columnist for Yahoo Tech, having been groomed for the position by 13 years as the tech columnist for the New York Times. He's also a monthly columnist for Scientific American, host of science shows on PBS's "NOVA," and two-time Emmy-winning correspondent for "CBS Sunday Morning." With over 3 million books in print, David is 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 complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 120 titles.
Über den Autor
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. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The Missing Credits
Introduction
Part One: The Windows 7 Desktop
Chapter 1: Getting Started, Desktop, & Start Menu
Chapter 2: Explorer, Windows, & the Taskbar
Chapter 3: Searching & Organizing Your Files
Chapter 4: Interior Decorating Windows
Chapter 5: Getting Help
Part Two: Windows 7 Software
Chapter 6: Programs, Documents, & Gadgets
Chapter 7: The Freebie Apps
Chapter 8: The Control Panel
Part Three: Windows 7 Online
Chapter 9: Hooking Up to the Internet
Chapter 10: Internet Security
Chapter 11: Internet Explorer 8
Chapter 12: Windows Live Mail
Chapter 13: Windows Live Services
Part Four: Pictures, Music, & TV
Chapter 14: Windows Live Photo Gallery
Chapter 15: Windows Media Player
Chapter 16: Windows Media Center
Part Five: Hardware & Peripherals
Chapter 17: Print, Fax, & Scan
Chapter 18: Hardware
Chapter 19: Laptops, Tablets, & Touchscreens
Part Six: PC Health
Chapter 20: Maintenance & Speed Tweaks
Chapter 21: The Disk Chapter
Chapter 22: Backups, System Restore, & Troubleshooting
Part Seven: Networking & Homegroups
Chapter 23: Accounts & Logging On
Chapter 24: Setting Up a Workgroup
Chapter 25: Network Domains
Chapter 26: Sharing Files on the Network
Chapter 27: Windows by Remote Control
Part Eight: Appendixes
Installing & Upgrading to Windows 7
Fun with the Registry
Where'd It Go?
The Master Keyboard Shortcut List
Colophon
Klappentext
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