Windows 7In 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Windows 7 Desktop | 19 |
Getting Started Desktop Start Menu | 21 |
Explorer Windows
the Taskbar | 59 |
Searching Organizing Your Files | 121 |
Interior Decorating
Windows | 173 |
Getting Help | 199 |
Windows 7 Software | 211 |
Print Fax Scan | 577 |
Hardware | 603 |
Laptops Tablets
Touchscreens | 619 |
PC Health | 641 |
Maintenance Speed Tweaks | 643 |
The Disk Chapter | 667 |
Backups System Restore Troubleshooting | 687 |
Networking
Homegroups | 711 |
Programs Documents
Gadgets | 213 |
The Freebie Apps | 265 |
The Control Panel | 311 |
Windows 7 Online | 341 |
Hooking Up to the
Internet | 343 |
Internet Security | 357 |
Internet Explorer 8 | 399 |
Windows Live Mail | 427 |
Windows Live Services | 467 |
Pictures Music TV | 479 |
Windows Live
Photo Gallery | 481 |
Windows Media Player | 521 |
Media Center | 547 |
Common terms and phrases
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