Naked Windows XP

A PC enthusiast for almost twenty years, Dan Gookin has written over thirty computer books, many of them bestsellers. Accomplished at writing instructional books that are fun to read, Dan strives to help every day people get the most from their computing experience. Dan and his wife Sandy live in snowy Idaho, and are active in the local theater.

INTRODUCTION. Part 1 Windows XP from Desktop to bottom. 1 Who Could Believe That Therea's a Harder Way to Log Into Windows?. 2 Startup Options, Situations, and Programs. 3 Halting Desktop Madness (Part I). 4 Halting Desktop Madness (Part II). 5 Taming the Taskbar. 6 Betcha Didna't Know All This Stuff About the Start Panel. 7 Learn About the Quick Launch Bar So You Look Better Than Your Co--Workers Who Are Clueless. 8 Other Creative and Useful (But Not Too Bizarre) Ways to Start your Stuff. 9 Stuff You Should Know About Your Documents and My Documents. 10 The My Computer Folder: Not as Important as My Documents, but Vital Nonetheless. 11 There Must Be a Better Way to Get to the Control Panel. Part 2 All the Intermediate--Level, Good Stuff about Disks, Files, and Stuff Like That . 12 The Complete Summary of File Manipulation Commands, 90% of Which You Didna't Know. 13 Bow to Drive C or Suffer the Perilous Consequences. 14 Archiving Techniques to Save Your Butt. 15 All the Necessary Information About Burning a Data CD--R or CD--RW Disk. Part 3 Nifty Audio and Graphics Information That No One Shares. 16 What You Need to Know About Graphics to Survive. 17 Image--Scanning, Digital Camera, and Photo--Editing Tips. 18 Graphics and the Internet. 19 The Wee Graphics: What You Dona't Know About Icons. 20 For All Issues Audio, We Worship at the Temple of Windows Media Player. Part 4 Therea's More Internet Out There Than You Know . 21 Connecting to the Internet (or Not, as the Case May Be). 22 Beating Internet Explorer into Submission. 23 Confronting Your Basic E--Mail Frustrations. 24 Just Enough Address Book to Make Your Life Easier. Part 5 All the Random Tidbits about Configuring Your Computer That Youa'll Want to Ignore But Shouldna't . 25 Say! Isna't that a creaky old DOS program you have there?. 26 True Geniuses Know How to Manage Disk Drives. 27 The Task Manager Nightmare. 28 I Really Want to Impress My Friends and Coworkers with My Knowledge of System Administration. INDEX.