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Mastering ™

Windows ® XP Home Edition

Guy Hart-Davis

San Francisco London

Associate Publisher: Joel Fugazzotto

Acquisitions and Developmental Editor: Tom Cirtin

Production Editor: Leslie E.H. Light

Technical Editor: James Kelly

Copyeditor: Liz Welch

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Proofreader: Nancy Riddiough

Indexer: Ted Laux

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This book is dedicated to Rhonda.

Acknowledgments

My thanks go to the following people for their help with this book:

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Joel Fugazzotto for deciding to publish the third edition

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Tom Cirtin for acquiring and developing the book

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Liz Welch for editing the book carefully and lightly

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Jim Kelly for reviewing the manuscript for technical accuracy and offering helpful suggestions

and encouragement

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Leslie H. Light for coordinating the book project

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Maureen Forys and the staff at Happenstance Type-O-Rama for typesetting the book

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Nancy Riddiough for proofreading the book

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Ted Laux for creating the index

Contents at a Glance

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii

Part 1 • Up and Running with Windows XP Home Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 1 • Introducing Windows XP Home Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 2 • Installing Windows XP Home Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 3 • Getting Started with Windows XP Home Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Chapter 4 • Customizing Your Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Chapter 5 • Installing, Removing, and Running Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Chapter 6 • Managing Your Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Chapter 7 • Making the Most of the Bundled Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Chapter 8 • Finding Help to Solve Your XP Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Part 2 • Administering and Troubleshooting Windows XP Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Chapter 9 • Managing Users and Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Chapter 10 • Sharing and File Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Chapter 11 • Managing Your Disks and Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Chapter 12 • Working with the Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Chapter 13 • Installing, Configuring, and Managing Printers and Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Chapter 14 • Managing Hardware, Drivers, and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Chapter 15 • Using XP Home Edition on a Portable Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Chapter 16 • Optimizing Windows XP Home Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Chapter 17 • Backup and Disaster Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

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