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by Preston Gralla
Windows Vista in a Nutshell
Windows Vista in a Nutshell
Preface
Considerations and Scope
Organization of the Book
Part I
Part II
Part III
Conventions Used in This Book
Path Notation
Using Code Examples
We’d Like to Hear from You
Safari® Enabled
Acknowledgments
I. The Big Picture
1. The Lay of the Land
1.1. The Big Picture
1.2. What’s New in Windows Vista
1.3. Windows Vista Editions
1.4. Hardware Requirements
1.4.1. Windows System Performance Rating
1.5. Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Windows
2. Using Windows Vista
2.1. The Desktop
2.2. Point-and-Click Operations
2.2.1. Default Behavior
2.2.2. Alternate Behavior
2.3. Starting Up Applications
2.4. Windows and Menus
2.5. Keyboard Accelerators
2.6. Common Controls
2.7. Files, Folders, and Disks
2.7.1. Disk Names
2.7.2. Pathnames
2.7.3. Paths to Network Resources
2.7.4. Short Names and Long Names
2.7.5. File Types and Extensions
2.7.6. Using Windows Explorer
2.7.7. Keyboard Accelerators in Folder Windows
2.7.8. Advanced Drag-and-Drop Techniques
2.8. The Command Line
2.9. Online Help
2.10. Shutting Down
II. Nutshell Reference
3. The User Interface
1.1. Controlling the Interface
4. Working with the Filesystem, Drives, Data, and Search
5. Internet Explorer
5.1. Security
Internet Options Security Tab
Phishing Filter
Pop-Up Blocker
6. Windows Mail
7. Networking, Wireless, and Mobility
7.1. Networking 101
7.1.1. Networking Terminology
7.2. Planning Your Network
7.3. Setting Up a Network
7.3.1. What to Do If Your Connection Doesn’t Work
7.3.2. Understanding Private and Public IP Addresses
7.3.3. Networking Windows Vista with Windows XP and Other Windows Versions
7.3.4. Implementing Network Security
7.3.5. Setting Up Wireless Encryption
7.3.6. Sharing an Internet Connection with Internet Connection Sharing
7.3.7. Setting Up a Bluetooth Device
7.4. Wired and Wireless Connections, Management, and Configuration
7.5. Sharing Resources and Files
7.5.1. Sharing Public Folders
7.5.2. Sharing Other Folders
7.5.3. Sharing Printers
7.5.4. Mapping Drives
7.6. Network Applications
7.7. Mobile Computing
7.8. Networking and Internet Command-Line Tools
8. Security
8.1. General Security
8.2. Internet Security
8.3. Encryption
9. Working with Hardware
10. Managing Programs, Users, and Your Computer
10.1. User Accounts and Computer Management
10.2. Applications and Utilities
10.3. Games
11. Performance and Troubleshooting
11.1. Performance, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting
11.2. Startup
12. Graphics and Multimedia
13. The Registry
13.1. What’s in the Registry
13.2. Adding and Deleting Registry Keys and Values
13.3. Registry Protection in Windows Vista
13.4. Organization of the Registry
13.4.1. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR)
13.4.2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU)
13.4.3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM)
13.4.4. HKCUSoftware and HKLMSOFTWARE
13.4.5. HKEY_USERS (HKU)
13.4.6. HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG (HKCC)
13.5. Hives
13.6. Backing Up the Registry
13.7. Exporting and Importing Registry Data with Patches
13.8. Five Cool Things You Can Do in Your Registry
13.8.1. Open a Command Prompt from the Right-Click Menu
13.8.2. Change the Ribbons Screensaver
13.8.3. Registry Editor Remembers Where You Were
13.8.4. Change the Registered Users and Company Names for Windows Vista
13.8.5. Some Handy Registry Navigation Shortcuts
14. The Command Prompt
14.1. Using the Command Line
14.2. Command Prompt Choices
14.3. Wildcards, Pipes, and Redirection
14.3.1. Examples
14.4. Batch Files
14.4.1. Creating Batch Files
14.4.2. Some Rules of the Road
14.4.3. The “Why” and “When” of Using Batch Files
14.4.4. Variables
14.4.5. Additional Commands Used in Batch Files
III. Appendixes
A. Installing Windows Vista
A.1. Performing a Clean Install
A.2. Upgrading from a Previous Version of Windows
A.3. Windows Anytime Upgrade
A.4. Potential Problems During Setup
B. Keyboard Shortcuts
B.1. Keyboard Accelerators Listed by Key
B.2. Keyboard Accelerators Listed by Function
C. Keyboard Equivalents for Symbols and International Characters
D. Common Filename Extensions
E. Services
Index
About the Author
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Copyright
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