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
  • 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
    • Introducing the Windows Media Player
    • Using AutoPlay
    • Changing the Look of the Windows Media Player
    • The Media Guide
    • CD Audio Extras
    • The Media Library and Playlists
    • A Radio in Your PC
    • Downloading to a Portable Player
    • What About Video?
    • Playing DVD Movies
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • 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

The Media Library and Playlists

To make access to your media files easier, click the Media Library button on the Windows Media Player. The Media Library button produces a tree-structured hierarchy of all your multimedia files, sorted by title, artist, album, or genre. The Media Manager, a database of multimedia content, keeps tabs on your Media Library of files. That way, when you perform a Start, Search, Files or Folders in Media Manager, you'll quickly locate a multimedia file because the Media Manager won't waste time looking where multimedia files are not located.

If you click the New Playlist button, you can name a new playlist, a list of tracks from one or more albums in your music library on your disk. Perhaps you want to create a playlist of your party favorites. Even though the Windows Media Player tracks your recorded CDs by artist, album, and track, your playlists can contain any track from any album on your disk.

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