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Book SynopsisEverything there is to know about the world's most widely used operating system. Updated to include information on the security technologies featured in Service Pack 2 (SP2), this desktop reference is dedicated to making your time at the computer safer, easier, and more fun.
Table of ContentsPreface; I. The Big Picture; 1. The Lay of the Land The Big Picture What's New in Windows XP Windows XP Home and Professional Editions Windows Update Windows Service Packs; 2. Using Windows XP The Desktop Point-and-Click Operations; Starting Up Applications Styles and Consequences of Styles; Windows and Menus Keyboard Accelerators Common Controls; Files, Folders, and Disks The Command Line Online Help; Shutting Down; II. Alphabetical Reference; 3. The User Interface; 4. Windows XP Applications and Tools Using the Command Prompt; Alphabetical Reference to Windows Components; 5. Task and Setting Index; 6. The Command Prompt Using the Command Line Command Prompt Choices Wildcards, Pipes, and Redirection Alphabetical Reference to DOS Commands MS-DOS Batch Files III. Advanced Topics; 7. Networking Networking Terminology General Procedures; 8. The Registry What's in the Registry Adding and Deleting Registry Keys and Values Organization of the Registry Hives; Backing Up the Registry Exporting and Importing Registry Data with Patches Ten Cool Things You Can Do in Your Registry; 9. The Windows Script Host What Is WSH? Additional Resources; Executing Scripts Creating a Script VBScript Object Model; Wscript Object Shell Object Registry Routines Shortcuts; Popup Network Object Network Printer-Related Functions; FileSystem Object TextStream Object Object Browser Database Example Messaging; IV. Appendixes; A. Installing Windows XP; B. Migrating to Windows XP; C. Keyboard Shortcuts; D. Power Toys and TweakUI; E. Keyboard Equivalents for Symbols and International Characters; F. Common Filename Extensions; G. Services; H. Service Packs; Index.
