Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows XP in 24 Hours

By Greg Perry

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Wake Up with Windows XP
  • Hour 1. Taking a Bird's-Eye Look at Windows XP
  • Hour 2. Getting Started with Windows XP
  • Hour 3. Managing the Windows XP Interface
  • Part II: Morning Windows Desktop Exploration
  • Hour 4. Working with the My Computer Window
  • Hour 5. Navigating Files with Windows Explorer
  • Hour 6. Calling for Help
  • Hour 7. Improving Your Windows Desktop Experience
  • Part III: Early Afternoon Windows Exploration
  • Hour 8. Installing Programs with Windows XP
  • Hour 9. Finding Files, Folders, and Friends
  • Hour 10. Using the Desktop Accessories
  • Part IV: Late Afternoon Internet Integration
  • Hour 11. Surfing the Web with Internet Explorer
  • Hour 12. Tying Windows into the Web
  • Hour 13. Networking with Windows XP
  • Hour 14. Managing E-mail and Newsgroups with Outlook Express
    • The E-mail World
    • Managing E-mail with Outlook Express
    • Using Newsgroups
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • Part V: An Evening with Advanced Windows
  • Hour 15. Exploring Your Hardware Interface
  • Hour 16. Understanding Printing and Fonts
  • Hour 17. Using Windows on the Road
  • Hour 18. Giving Windows XP a Tune-Up
  • Hour 19. Managing Your Hard Drives
  • Hour 20. Tinkering with the Advanced System Tools
  • Part VI: Having Fun at Nighttime
  • Hour 21. Using Media Player
  • Hour 22. Picturing Windows XP Graphics
  • Hour 23. Making Movies with Windows XP
  • Hour 24. Advanced Windows XP Tips
  • Part VII: Appendixes
  • Appendix A. Differences Between the Windows Home and Professional Edition
  • Appendix B. Glossary
  • Appendix C. Answers to Quizzes

Q&A

1. How can I get e-mail from my multiple Internet accounts?

   If you subscribe to multiple online services or to multiple ISPs, you can set up Outlook Express to send and retrieve e-mail from all your Internet accounts. Select Tools, Accounts to display the Internet Accounts dialog box. Select Add, Mail and follow the wizard to add your accounts to the e-mail. You will almost surely have to contact your ISP to get the wizard's requested information. After you set up the accounts, Outlook Express will check each one when you request new mail.

2. I read a newsgroup message last month that I can no longer find in the newsgroup. How can I see old messages?

   Often you cannot. Each news server holds a limited number of messages. (Your news server has only so much disk space!) Often, Outlook Express downloads, at most, 300 messages at any one time. Sometimes, the server will have more than 300 messages available. To request that Outlook Express retrieve additional messages, select Tools, Get Next 300 Headers. If more than 300 messages are available, Outlook Express will download up to 300 more. By the way, you can change the number of messages that Outlook Express downloads, from 1 to 1,000, by changing the number from the Tools, Options menu item on the Read tab page in the News section.

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