
Windows XP Timesaving Techniques For Dummies
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- Intro
- Windows XP Timesaving Techniques For Dummies, 2nd Edition
- About the Authors
- Dedication
- Author's Acknowledgments
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- What's in This Book
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Icons Used in This Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part I: No-Bull Installation and Setup
- Technique 1: Getting the Latest Version of Windows
- Installing Service Pack 2
- Setting Up Service Pack 2
- Recovering from SP2 Problems
- Choosing Between XP Home and XP Professional
- Upgrading Quickly
- Transferring Files and Settings
- Technique 2: Running the Activation Gauntlet
- Understanding Activation, Registration, and Passport
- Activating Windows XP the Right Way
- Registering for Fun and Profit
- Signing Up for Passport (And Hotmail)
- Staying on Top of Privacy Issues
- Technique 3: Retrieving Your Product Key
- Unlocking the Secrets of the Windows XP Product Key
- Locating the Key
- Reconstructing the Product Key
- Verifying Your Product Key
- Technique 4: Installing a Legal Copy of Windows XP over a Bootleg
- Nailing Pirate Product Keys
- Updating Your Key the Easy Way
- Toughing It Out the Hard Way
- Part II: Making Windows Lean and Clean
- Technique 5: Making Windows Work Faster
- Bypassing the Logon Screen
- Monitoring System Performance
- Eliminating the # 1 Bottleneck: Memory Drain
- No-Nonsense Tweaking
- Technique 6: Shut Down, Restart, and Switch Users Quickly
- Creating a Fast Shut Down Icon
- Creating an Icon to Abort a Fast Shut Down
- Creating an Icon to Restart Your Computer Quickly
- Using Shut Down and Restart Options
- Creating an Icon to Switch Users
- Technique 7: Saving Time (And Your Eyes) On-Screen
- Applying Basic, Vision-Saving Tactics
- Understanding How Characters Appear On-Screen
- Screen Resolution and Zoom on CRTs
- Fine-Tuning ClearType
- Setting Up Multiple Monitors
- Technique 8: Stopping a Thief with Your Welcome Screen
- Choosing a Branding Approach
- Building a Pre-Logon Screen
- Modifying the Windows Welcome Screen
- Technique 9: Rapid Power Passwords
- Understanding Password Limitations
- Requiring a Password to Log On
- Looking at Passwords from a Cracker's Point of View
- Changing and Deleting Passwords
- Keeping Your Password Alive
- Technique 10: Windows Power Management
- Understanding the Standards
- Using Stand By and Hibernate
- Forcing Power Off on Shut Down
- Timesaving Settings for Power Users
- Technique 11: Keeping Programs from Starting Automatically
- Recognizing You Have a Problem
- Finding and Eliminating Auto-Starting Programs
- Preventing New Auto-Starters
- Technique 12: Removing and Reinstalling Programs
- Removing Programs Thoroughly
- Updating the Add or Remove Programs List
- Cleaning Up before a Reinstall
- Adding Windows Components
- Using Non-Microsoft Replacements
- Nixing Windows Messenger (And Other Hidden Programs)
- Part III: Convincing Windows to Work Your Way
- Technique 13: Streamlining the Start Menu
- Navigating the Start Menu
- Pinning and Unpinning
- Reining In the All Programs Submenu
- Cascading to Save Time
- Technique 14: Building a Power Desktop
- Desktop Brevity: The Soul of Wit
- Adding Other Icons - Maybe
- Avoiding Active Content
- Trimming the New Right-Click Menu
- Generating One-Click E-Mail
- Starting Multiple Programs at Once
- Arranging Multiple Windows Side-by-Side
- Technique 15: Tricking Out the Taskbar
- Customizing the Taskbar
- Grouping Windows
- Blitzing the Address Bar
- Navigating from the Taskbar
- Technique 16: Launching Your Most-Used Programs Quickly
- Using the Quick Launch Toolbar
- Making the Quick Launch Toolbar Appear
- Adding Programs to the Quick Launch Toolbar
- Making Room for More Programs on the Quick Launch Toolbar
- Auto-Hiding the Taskbar
- Changing Quick Launch Screen Tips
- Opening Documents Quickly
- Opening Web Pages Quickly
- Adding a Blank E-Mail Message to the Quick Launch Toolbar
- Creating New, Template-Based Documents Quickly
- Technique 17: Making Programs Run Your Way
- Running a Program when Windows Starts
- Allowing Other Users to Run Your Programs
- Bringing Back Word's Last Document
- Technique 18: Using Built-In Keyboard Shortcuts
- Shortcuts Everybody Needs
- Important Windows Key Combinations
- A Grab-Bag of Application Shortcuts
- Odds 'n' (Sometimes Useful) Ends
- Technique 19: Making Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts
- Putting Custom Hot Keys to Work for You
- Knowing What You Can't Do with Hot Keys
- Creating and Organizing Hot Keys
- Undoing Hot Keys
- Using ActiveWords for Expanded Hot Keys
- Technique 20: Exploring Effectively
- Making Windows Show Filename Extensions
- Customizing Explorer for Speed
- Choosing the Right View
- Setting Folders' Behavior
- Copying Files Quickly
- Changing Filename Associations
- Renaming Files En Masse
- Customizing the Open and Save As Dialog Boxes
- Technique 21: Finding the Files You Want Fast
- Speeding Up Searches
- Engaging Your Brain Before the Search
- Running a Simple Advanced Search
- Searching for Contents and Metadata
- Employing Wildcards
- Saving and Reusing Searches
- Finding Files That Got Lost
- Advanced Searching with Copernic
- Technique 22: Listing Files Quickly
- Getting Started by Fixing a Windows Bug
- Showing Directory Listings
- Listing Files by Filename Extension
- Printing a File List Automatically
- Getting Rid of Listing Entries
- Part IV: Making the Most of Internet and E-Mail
- Technique 23: Customizing Internet Explorer
- Speeding Up IE
- Finding Uncommon Methods for Common Tasks
- Controlling Favorites - Directly
- Keeping IE under Control
- Technique 24: Saving Time with Google
- Using the Google Toolbar
- Using Google Effectively
- Technique 25: Locating and Sharing Files on the Internet
- Deciding What Files Are Worth Sharing
- Understanding How File Sharing Works
- Downloading and Installing Shareaza
- Finding the Good Stuff
- Technique 26: Keeping Messenger in Line
- Saving or Shooting the Messenger?
- Getting the Skinny on User IDs
- Setting Up Your Messenger Account
- Making Contact
- Using the Fancier Features
- Technique 27: Polyglot IMing with Trillian
- Weighing Trillian Against the Competition
- Installing Trillian
- Using Trillian
- Technique 28: Streamlining Outlook Express
- Arranging Your OE Desktop
- Disabling Windows Messenger Automatic Sign-In
- Making OE Wait to Send and Receive
- Dealing with Read Receipts
- Reducing Clutter in Your Contacts List
- Using Signatures the Smart Way
- Using a Business Card
- Organizing Contacts in Folders
- Setting Up Outlook Express for More Than One User
- Dealing with E-Mail Attachment Security
- Removing the "You Have Messages" Notice
- Technique 29: Zapping Junk Mail
- Understanding Spam
- Phishing Phor Phun and Prophit
- Avoiding Spammeisters and Phishers
- Fighting Back
- Technique 30: Protecting Your Kids
- Evaluating Parental Control Software
- Going Beyond Parental Control Software
- Settling on a Workable Plan
- Part V: Optimizing Your Musical Entertainment
- Technique 31: Using Windows Media Player
- Installing WMP 10
- Tweaking WMP
- Running WMP
- Technique 32: No-Nonsense Music Gathering
- Adding Music to the Media Library
- Ripping CDs You Own
- Technique 33: Buying Music on the Web
- What's Going On Here?
- Sorting through the Stores
- So It "Plays for Sure"?
- Technique 34: Tuning In the Radio
- Tuning In a Station
- Technique 35: Creating Your Own Music CDs
- Choosing the Type of CD to Burn
- Picking Songs to Go on the CD
- Burning the CD or DVD
- Dealing with Hard Drive Space Issues
- Technique 36: Transferring Music to MP3 Players
- Choosing an MP3 Player
- Copying Files to an MP3 Player
- Keeping Backups
- Part VI: Having Fun and Saving Time with Visual Media
- Technique 37: Taking Snapshots with a Webcam
- Taking the Shot
- Setting Up the Shot - F/11 and Be There
- Using Time Delay
- Technique 38: Recording Video with a Webcam
- Installing Windows Movie Maker 2
- Setting Up and Recording a Video
- Recovering from a WMM 2 Freeze
- Technique 39: Editing Your Home Movies
- Importing and Combining Clips
- Understanding the Limitations of WMM
- Trimming Clips
- Using Transitions and Effects
- Adding Titles and Credits
- Saving the Movie
- Technique 40: Managing Pictures from a Digital Camera
- Transferring Pictures to Your PC Automatically
- Transferring Pictures with Windows Explorer
- Using a Camera's Memory Card as a Storage Device on Your PC
- Technique 41: Doing More with Your Pics
- Putting Your Pic on the Desktop
- Using Your Pictures for a Screen Saver Slideshow
- Burning Pictures on a CD
- Burning a Slideshow on a CD
- Recovering Deleted Pictures on Your Camera
- Technique 42: Decreasing Picture Download Times
- Understanding Digital Pic File Sizes
- Changing the Resolution of Pictures
- Technique 43: Printing and Posting Pictures
- Using the Photo Printing Wizard
- Posting Pics on the Web
- Technique 44: Using a Scanner Effectively
- Getting Your Scanner to Work
- Producing Quality Scans
- Part VII: Ensuring Peak Network Performance
- Technique 45: Installing a Small Network
- Putting the Pieces Together
- Preparing for the Network Setup Wizard
- Running the Network Setup Wizard
- Checking the Pieces
- Understanding Addresses
- Technique 46: Securing Your Wireless Network
- Running the Wireless Network Setup Wizard
- Making Manual Changes
- Technique 47: Adding and Configuring a New User
- Grasping User Accounts
- Creating a New Account
- Modifying an Account
- Using the Hidden Administrator Account
- Hobbling the Guest Account
- Technique 48: Sharing Drives and Folders
- Keeping File Sharing Simple
- Using the Four Levels of Protection
- Part VIII: Fast Security Techniques
- Technique 49: Protecting Your PC from Viruses While You Sleep
- Understanding Viruses
- Protecting Yourself - Quickly
- Avoiding Hoaxes
- Technique 50: Plugging and Unplugging Windows Firewall
- Coping with Windows Firewall
- Changing Firewall Settings
- Constructing a Firewall Lockdown Icon
- Technique 51: Building a Better Firewall
- Understanding Firewalls
- What to Look for in a Software Firewall
- Using Windows Firewall
- Installing ZoneAlarm
- Honing ZoneAlarm
- Checking the Logs
- Technique 52: Zapping Scumware
- What Is Scum?
- Running Spybot-S& D
- Knowing When You've Been Slimed
- Going Beyond Spybot
- Technique 53: Canning Adware and Obnoxious Cookies
- Understanding Cookies
- Zapping Advertising Junk with Ad-Aware
- Using Internet Explorer's Built-In Cookie Catchers
- Technique 54: Checking Your Security Perimeter
- Approaching Your Security Perimeter
- Running Steve Gibson's ShieldsUp!
- Running Microsoft's Baseline Security Analyzer
- Part IX: Keeping Your PC Alive
- Technique 55: Updating Windows on Your Own Terms
- Reining In Windows Update
- Downloading the Big Updates
- Checking for Small Updates
- Retrieving and Installing a Declined Update
- Technique 56: Running Disk Chores While You Sleep
- Setting Up an Account for Scheduler
- Running Disk Cleanup Manually
- Scheduling Automatic Cleanups
- Technique 57: Keeping Your Hard Drive in Shape
- Scanning Your Hard Drive
- Running Check Disk Automatically
- Running Defrag Automatically
- Technique 58: Updating Drivers Safely
- Understanding Drivers
- Choosing Your Drivers Wisely
- Updating a Driver
- Rolling Back a Bad Driver
- Technique 59: Running Periodic Maintenance
- Making Your Maintenance Shopping List
- Weekly Cleaning
- Monthly Cleaning
- Fixing Components As Needed
- Technique 60: Making Backups - Fast
- Understanding XP Home's Backup Limitations
- Creating a Backup
- Scheduling Backups
- Restoring a Backup
- Alternatives to Windows Backup
- Technique 61: Requesting Remote Assistance
- Using Remote Assistance Wisely - Quickly
- Coping with Remote Assistance Limitations
- Requesting Remote Assistance
- Sending a Remote Assistance SOS Using IM
- Fine-Tuning Remote Assistance
- Technique 62: Getting Help Fast
- Exploring the Help and Support Center
- Using Help Effectively
- Getting to Help Sections - Quickly
- Using Other Help Sources
- Part X: Fast (Nearly Painless) Disaster Recovery
- Technique 63: Getting Your PC to Boot When It Doesn't Want To
- Running the System File Checker
- Falling Back to Safe Mode
- Using Recovery Console
- Technique 64: Restoring Your System after Calamitous Change
- Understanding System Restore's Limitations
- Creating a Restore Point
- Restoring to a Restore Point - Quickly
- Technique 65: Recovering a Lost Password
- Creating a Password Reset Disk
- Using Your Password Reset Disk
- Getting Around Your Own Password
- Technique 66: Surviving the Blue Screen of Death
- Encountering a Blue Screen of Death
- Starting with Common-Sense Approaches
- Digging into Specific Errors
- Technique 67: Creating a Startup Disk
- Getting the CD You Deserve
- Creating a Boot File Bypass Disk
- Using DOS Boot Disks - If You Can
- Creating Windows XP Setup Disks
- Part XI: The Scary ( Or Fun!) Stuff
- Technique 68: Changing the Registry without Getting Burned
- Don't Mess with This?
- Understanding the Registry
- Backing Up Data the Registry Way
- Making Changes Safely
- Running My Favorite Quick Registry Tweak
- Technique 69: Updating Windows' Registered Owner
- Seeing Who Owns Your PC
- Changing the Owner and Organization
- Technique 70: Speeding Up Scanning for Squishable Files
- Scanning for Squishers
- Speeding Up the Scan
- Technique 71: Using Program Compatibility Modes
- Scanning for Program Compatibility
- Setting Compatibility Modes
- Installing the Retro Way
- Technique 72: Fast, Easy, and Safe Online Shopping
- Searching Reliable E-Tailers
- Paying It Safe
- Complaining Effectively
- Mastering eBay
- Index
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