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
    • Looking at My Computer
    • Working in the My Computer Window
    • Accessing the Control Panel
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • 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
  • 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

Workshop

The quiz and exercise questions are designed to test your knowledge of the material covered in this hour. The answers are in Appendix C, "Answers to Quizzes."

Quiz

1. What are some of the items you can manage from the My Computer window?

2. Why does Windows XP offer multiple views of the same window?

3. How can you tell if a folder is shared?

4. If you need to modify the way your mouse behaves, where would you go?

5. True or false: You can start a program both from your Start menu as well as from your desktop?

Exercises

1. Change your mouse button's orientation to swap the left and right mouse buttons. Close the Mouse dialog box and use the mouse for a while. You'll see that the buttons are reversed. Change the buttons back. You'll learn many ways to adjust your computer's behavior as you explore the rest of this 24-hour tutorial.

2. Change the desktop theme from your computer's current theme to another. Open some windows and look at the Start menu and taskbar to see how the new theme affects the way your Windows XP looks. Additional themes are available on the Internet if you have access as you'll see from the Display Properties dialog box. Even if you find a theme you like, you probably should restore the default theme for the rest of this book's lessons so that your screens match the figures in this text. By the way, each account can specify a different theme. If you find one or two themes you like, you may even create additional accounts for those themes and log on under one of the accounts when you want to work inside one of the theme's environments.

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