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    HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Blind Folio FM: i Windows ® XP Third Edition FM.indd 1 3/21/05 4:13:00 AM[...]

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    HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Palm/Johnson & Broida/2490-3/Chapter 23 HowT o8 (8) / How to Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 7.0/Doug Sahlin/5788-1/Front Matter Blind Folio FM: ii HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Palm/Johnson & Broida/2490-3/Chapter 23 HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/95[...]

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    Windows ® XP Third Edition Cur t Simmons McGraw -Hill /Osborne New Y ork Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan Ne w Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney T oronto HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Blind Folio FM: iii FM.indd 3 3/21/05 4:13:00 AM[...]

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    HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Blind Folio FM: iv McGraw-Hill /Osborne 2100 Po well Street, 10th Floor Emeryville, California 94608 U.S.A. T o ar range bul k purch ase di scount s for s ales p romotio ns, pr emiums, or fu nd-rai sers, p lease contact McGra w-Hill /Osbor ne at t he abo ve addre ss. [...]

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    This book is for my daughter , Hannah, with much lov e. HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Blind Folio FM: v FM.indd 5 3/21/05 4:13:01 AM[...]

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    About the Author Curt Simmons is a technology author and trainer , focusing on W indows operating systems, Internet technologies, and digital photography . He is the author of more than 50 computing books, including W indows XP Headac hes, Second Edition and How to Do Everything with Y our BlackBerry , Second Edition, both published by McGraw-Hill/[...]

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    P ART I Get to Know Windows X P 1 Explore the XP Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Manage Y our Computer with the Control P anel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 Configure System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4 Manage Componen[...]

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    viii How to Do Everything with Windows XP HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter P ART IV Optimize, T roubleshoot, and Fi x Windows X P 19 T ake Care of W indo ws X P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 20 Manage Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter ix Ackno wledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi P ART I Get to Know Windows X P CHAPTER 1 Explore[...]

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    x How to Do Everything with Windows XP HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Ke yboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Hardware . . . . [...]

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    Contents xi HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter File T ypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Offline Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Configure F older V iews and T oolbars . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    xii How to Do Everything with Windows XP HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter W indo ws Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 W ordPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 CHAPTER 6 M[...]

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    Contents xiii HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Configure Y our Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Install a Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Configure Modem Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    xiv How to Do Everything with Windows XP HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Manage Y our Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Customize Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Use the Address Book . . . [...]

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    Contents xv HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Configure Local Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Use Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Use Remote Desktop W eb Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    xvi How to Do Everything with Windows XP HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Add Audio to Y our Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Adding Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Sav e Movies . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    Contents xvii HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter CHAPTER 20 Manage Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Manage Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Understanding Dynamic Disks . . . . .[...]

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    xviii How to Do Everything with Windows XP HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Creating Restore Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Running System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Undoing a Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    I w ould l ike t o thank e very one at McGra w-Hil l/Osbo rne fo r gi ving me the opport unity to writ e the third editi on of How to Do Eve rything with W ind ows XP . Th anks t o Me gg Mori n, my acquisi tions edito r , for getti ng me s tarted . Also, a b ig tha nks to Aga tha Ki m, Bill Bruns , and L isa Theoba ld for the ir edi tor ial eag le [...]

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    HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Palm/Johnson & Broida/2490-3/Chapter 23 HowT o8 (8) / How to Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 7.0/Doug Sahlin/5788-1/Front Matter Blind Folio FM: xx HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Palm/Johnson & Broida/2490-3/Chapter 23 HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/95[...]

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    HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter xxi Introduction W elcome to the third edition of How to Do Everything with W indows XP ! In my opinion, W indo ws XP is the best operating system Microsoft has produced to date, no matter if you are using W indows XP Home or Professional Edition, W indo ws XP Media C[...]

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    xxii How to Do Everything with Windows XP HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Palm/Johnson & Broida/2490-3/Chapter 23 HowT o-Tght (8) / How to Do Everything with Windows XP/Simmons/953-1/Front Matter Blind Folio FM: xxii ho w to make the mo st of digital photo s on W in do ws XP a nd ho w t o ex tend W indow s XP w ith Plus! packs and P[...]