Windows 7: The Missing ManualIn 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.
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... ......................................................... Chapter 2: Explorer, Windows, & the Taskbar................................... 59 Universal Window Controls ......................................................
... Windows. XP. Microsoft added a few choice new features, not the usual. If you're ... window edges are translucent; menus and windows fade away when closed; the ... Explorer features. Explorer windows can now have information panels and ...
... Windows programs, in fact, the entire menu bar is gone until you press Alt (or F10). That includes everyday Explorer windows. Once the underlines are visible, you can open a menu by pressing the underlined letter (F for the File menu ...
... Explorer window. w+F opens the Search window. w+L locks your screen. Everything you were working on is hidden by the login screen; your password is required to get past it. w+Tab cycles through all open windows using the ...
... Explorer (page 409). If you turn on this item, you can use the Start menu to launch Internet Explorer and travel ... Windows 7 PCs on your home network, as described on page 775. Of course, since there's a link to them in the Navigation pane ...
Contents
Interior Decorating Windows | 173 |
Getting Help | 199 |
Windows 7 Software | 211 |
Programs Documents Gadgets | 213 |
Windows 7 Online | 341 |
Hooking Up to the Internet | 343 |
Windows Live Mail | 427 |
Windows Live Services | 467 |
Pictures Music TV | 479 |
Windows Live Photo Gallery | 481 |
Laptops Tablets Touchscreens | 619 |
Network Domains | 761 |
Sharing Files on the Network | 773 |
Windows by Remote Control | 797 |