Book description
Windows XP Pocket Reference is a handy book for power users and system administrators who need a solid reference with quick answers, but not a lot of explanation. This book is a powerful tool that quickly covers XP's applications and tools, tasks and settings, and commands. Windows XP Pocket Reference covers the following topics:
Getting Started
Mouse and Keyboard Shortcuts
Components of Windows XP
Setting Locator
Registry Tweaks
Command Prompt & Recovery Console
Error Messages
Packed with information in an easy-to-read format, Windows XP Pocket Reference is perfect for someone familiar with Windows who wants to get the most out of Windows XP or needs to support other users as part of their job.
Table of contents
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Windows XP Pocket Reference
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Shortcuts
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3. Components
- Accessibility Options
- Accessibility Wizard
- Activate Windows
- Active Connections Utility
- Add Hardware Wizard
- Add or Remove Programs
- Address Book
- At
- Attrib
- Backup
- Boot Configuration Manager
- Calculator
- Character Map
- Chkdsk
- Clipbook Viewer
- Command Prompt
- Control Panel
- Create Shared Folder
- Date and Time
- Device Manager
- Disk Cleanup
- Disk Defragmenter
- DiskPart
- Display Properties
- DriverQuery
- FAT to NTFS Conversion Utility
- Fax Console
- Fax Cover Page Editor
- File Compare (comp)
- File Compare (fc)
- File and Settings Transfer Wizard
- Folder Options
- Fonts Folder
- Format
- Freecell
- FTP
- Game Controllers
- Hearts
- Internet Explorer
- Internet Options
- Keyboard Properties
- Logoff
- Microsoft Chat
- Microsoft Magnifier
- Microsoft Management Console
- Microsoft NetMeeting
- Minesweeper
- Mouse Properties
- Msg
- Narrator
- Network Connections
- Network Setup Wizard
- New Connection Wizard
- Notepad
- NSLookup
- NTFS Compression Utility
- NTFS Encryption Utility
- On-Screen Keyboard
- Outlook Express
- Paint
- Phone and Modem Options
- Phone Dialer
- Pinball
- Ping
- Power Options
- Printers and Faxes
- Query Process
- Regional and Language Options
- Registry Console Utility
- Registry Editor
- Remote Assistance
- Remote Copy
- Remote Desktop Connection
- Rundll32
- Run As
- Scanners and Cameras
- Scheduled Tasks
- Shutdown
- Solitaire
- Sound Recorder
- Sounds and Audio Devices
- Speech Properties
- Spider Solitaire
- Subst
- Synchronization Manager
- System Properties
- System Information
- System Restore
- Task Manager
- Taskbar and Start Menu Properties
- Taskkill
- Tasklist
- Telnet
- Tracert
- User Accounts
- Utility Manager
- Volume Control
- Windows Explorer
- Windows IP Configuration
- Windows Media Player
- Windows Messenger
- Windows Movie Maker
- Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
- Windows Update
- WordPad
- 4. Setting Index
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5. Registry Tweaks
- 5.1. Registry Editor Crash Course
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5.2. Registry Tweaks
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5.2.1. Files, Folders, and File Types
- 5.2.1.1. Add Delete and Rename to the Recycle Bin's context menu
- 5.2.1.2. Hide all Desktop icons
- 5.2.1.3. Redirect the My Computer icon
- 5.2.1.4. Get rid of the Shared Documents folder
- 5.2.1.5. Remove an entry from Explorer's New menu
- 5.2.1.6. Allow modification of a file type
- 5.2.1.7. Turn off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
- 5.2.1.8. Customize the icon used for generic folders and drives
- 5.2.1.9. Add Encrypt and Decrypt commands to files' context menus
- 5.2.1.10. Customize the locations of system folders
- 5.2.1.11. Open a command prompt window in any folder
- 5.2.2. Performance Tweaks
- 5.2.3. User Account and Network Settings
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5.2.1. Files, Folders, and File Types
- 5.3. Class IDs of Interface Objects
- 6. Command Prompt
- 7. Security Checklist
Product information
- Title: Windows XP Pocket Reference
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2002
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596004255
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