Table of Contents

Introduction 1


Part I: Windows XP Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know
7


Chapter 1: What Is Windows XP? 9


Chapter 2: The Desktop, Start Menu, and Other Windows XP
Mysteries 15


Chapter 3: Basic Windows Mechanics 41


Chapter 4: Flipping Through Files, Folders, Floppies, and CDs
61


Part II: Working with Programs and Files 83


Chapter 5: Playing with Programs and Documents 85


Chapter 6: I Can?t Find It! 107


Chapter 7: Printing, Faxing, and Scanning 115


Part III: Getting Things Done on the Internet 139


Chapter 8: Cruising the Web 141


Chapter 9: Sending Mail and Instant Messages 163


Chapter 10: Safe Computing 185


Part IV: Customizing and Upgrading Windows XP 203


Chapter 11: Customizing Windows XP with the Control Panel
205


Chapter 12: Keeping Windows from Breaking 229


Chapter 13: Sharing One Computer with Several People 243


Chapter 14: Connecting Two or More Computers with a Network
255


Part V: Music, Movies, Memories (And Photos, Too) 273


Chapter 15: Playing and Copying Music in Media Player 275


Chapter 16: Fiddling with Photos and Movies 295


Part VI: Help! 321


Chapter 17: The Case of the Broken Window 323


Chapter 18: Strange Messages: What You Did Does Not Compute
333


Chapter 19: Moving from an Old Computer to a New One 347


Chapter 20: Help on the Windows XP Help System 359


Part VII: The Part of Tens 367


Chapter 21: Ten Aggravating Things about Windows XP (And How to
Fix Them) 369


Chapter 22: Ten Things to Remember about Windows XP 375


Chapter 23: Ten Things to Look Forward to in the Next Version of
Windows 379


Appendix A: Upgrading to Windows XP 381


Index 387

About the Author

Andy Rathbone may be the bestselling technology author ever. He has written 35 For Dummies books and is also an authority on PC hardware and entertainment technology.

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