Windows 7: Up and Running: A quick, hands-on introduction by Wei-Meng Lee

By Wei-Meng Lee

This compact booklet bargains the fastest direction for home windows clients to start with Microsoft's home windows 7 working procedure. You get the fundamental details you must improve or set up the approach and configure it to suit your actions, in addition to a journey of home windows 7's good points and integrated functions. Microsoft has realized from the errors of home windows Vista, and home windows 7 indicates it-this new OS is far quicker and extra strong. With home windows 7: Up and working, you will research what is new and what is replaced from XP and Vista, and get suggestion on how you can use the program for paintings, leisure, speedy conversation, and extra. home windows 7 is poised to be a major hit, and with this convenient advisor, you will be up and operating -- and effective -- with it correct away.Master the person interface, together with the taskbar, bounce lists, computing device devices, Aero Shake, and notification zone observe the thrill of networking with HomeGroup dossier sharing and more desirable wireless travel the system's greater safety, together with the motion heart, person Account keep an eye on, and Credential supervisor easy methods to use home windows reside necessities for messaging, photograph sharing, moviemaking, emailing, and running a blog Get to understand integrated purposes akin to net Explorer eight, home windows Media participant 12, Microsoft Paint, and WordPad find out about not obligatory Microsoft software program to reinforce your home windows 7 event

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However, not many people actively used these folders for storing their personal data. Instead, people created their own folders, with names like C:\My project June 2008 and C:\photos\Photos from Japan trip 2007. Although there is nothing wrong with this approach, it makes indexing and searching very time-consuming, not to mention frustrating. In Windows 7, Microsoft has attempted to address this problem with the concept of Libraries. Conceptually, Libraries are a central repository of all the various folders on your computer.

Adding more folders to the library Click the Add button to specify a folder to add to the library (see Figure 2-16). You can add as many folders are you like. Libraries | 29 Figure 2-16. Adding additional folders to the library Note that the first folder added to the library will be the default save location for the library. This means that when you drag-and-drop an item to the Reports library, the item will be copied into the My Report June 2009 folder (because this is the first folder added to the library).

File Sharing with Windows XP | 47 3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and locate the “Password protected sharing” section (see Figure 3-12). Turn off the password-protected sharing, as this will allow other users to access your shared file without needing an account on your computer. Click the “Save changes” button when done. The previous step is needed only if you want everyone on your network to access your files. If you want to share only with specific users on other computers, you will need to create an account and password for them on your computer so that they can use it to access your files.

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